When I was kid, I spotted in the end credits that it was made in Korea! All my favorite US shows back then were made in Korea! It would be cool to actually include the names of Korean animators in the end credits so people can actually appreciate the animators more. In US and Japan animation industry we have famous animators but we barely know any Korean animators.
The animation studios that worked on The Simpsons: AKOM Productions (1989-2021) Anvision (1991-1999) Rough Draft Studios/Korea (1992-) US Animation Inc. (1995) Toonzone Entertainment (2003-2004)
What a fascinating look at something we aren't privy to. I knew this was done in Korea (America has been sending animation work overseas for decades-- cartoon TV series and animated feature films) but it seems like it's not really talked about, or shown ... almost taboo in a way. I would have thought that once the system of using plastic celluloid sheets for cartoons became obsolete, and we graduated/evolved to digital animation, the process would have become so much simpler and faster (and cheaper), but obviously we still need to outsource the labor.
My bigger question is, why is it still outsourced? It it because of the scale of animation content now? Or was it because of education and contrasts of animation workflows in the United States now?
@@mancerrss I *think* the animators are paid less in some other countries and thus you can get better animation without spending more money, but don't quote me on that.
It's also common to have Japanese animators (such as TMS) work on U.S. cartoons as well. Either way, this video is why I enjoy behind-the-scenes extras.
It’s really interesting how a lot of American shows and pretty much all now get animated in Asia. ToonCity (filipino animation studio) animated most of the Disney cartoons in the 90s
Tooncity is a sweatshop studio. There's this Twitter about this Filipino animator who transferred from Toei Animation Philippines working on Pretty Cure to ToonCity for My Little Pony, and there were horror stories.
0:44 There was a scene like that in "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie". Gregg Vanzo got so upset that he wanted to send it back. But yeah, most overseas animation studios before Rough Draft were sweatshops.
They make small parts the whole story and storyboards and key frames are made in the US. It's still an american cartoon, the koreans just draw a few photos.
@@octopuss1918 First of all that's very arrogant to say they draw a "few photos". They're 18-24 frames in a sec an episode is 25min longs that is about 30-36k pictures. They literally draw 90% if the frames. That is why it is outsource because of how much labor work it takes. I do agree that it's still an American cartoon, but you literally said something so arrogant and need to be educated about it
If you’re passionate about it just create, of course it won’t look good at first cuz you can’t expect to animate like James Baxter with your first animation but if you want to work on your skills keep drawing! And keep animating!
I think Koreans learnt a lot about animation from the Japanese because Japan used to outsorce their animations to South Korea too so they (Koreans) had to learn the Japanese animation techniques.
@@manakalaala What I meant to say is I I don't care for any American company that doesn't hire from America. I support American animator Robb Pratt. And I support American-Russian Genndy Tartakovsky.
When they actually show the workload of the anonymous painters and artists without mentioning their salaries it's quite revealing. They work long hours, on a mind-numbing amount of frames. I animate too, I have animated thousands of frames, but at least I was working independently for a decent profit. It's hard labor, not physically, but psychologically, doing someone else's art, as opposed to an essential service or creative pursuit that is intrinsically fulfilling
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They deserve more respect.the first thing you see in the credits is "developed by matt groening" .the creative work is close to effortless,everybody can think of a funny story for an animation episode. Those koreans do all the hard draft work and you see none of them in the credits. You can really see matt groenings mind working in the writers room: "LeTs mAKe a sEriEs aBoUt yElloW pEOple" And then all the koreans did the rest. And at Comicon you only see the "Creative minds" of the dudes in the LA studios who just do the fuckin voice over. Next thing you see is how they drivin around in a porsche and overseas in seoul they get a pat on the back.
Yes, Groening created it. So what. He should get some glory and credit; it was his baby. He started out with a single panel comic in The Village Voice and eventually was fortunate enough to find success in TV. The Simpsons was his baby, his idea, and his humor. Also, you're dead wrong: not everyone can think of a funny story for an animation episode. Holy crap. The creative work is "close to effortless"?? What a stupid remark. Is _everyone_ exceptionally witty and talented with words and comedy? No way. That's a ridiculous thing to say and believe. Also, writing for TV is not all fun and frolic. You wouldn't be so resentful if you had to actually try to do it yourself. It's not easy peasy. If you knew your onions you would know that the Korean unit gets credit at the end of every episode-- as they do for any other American cartoon TV show or film they work on. Yes, it's brief and it's not in the opening sequence, but it's there nonetheless. This is no coverup, no slave labor or something nefarious. I suspect the folks who do the work get a decent wage. If they were mistreated it would be exposed. And finally, as far as your ignorant remark about making "a cartoon about yellow people": most of the characters were originally made yellow because the bulk of the main characters had no hairline, and an animator in 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show suggested a yellow shade because it was similar to both hair and skin. Creator Matt Groening liked the idea, since bright yellow would also grab the attention of channel surfers.
Amphibia Color Return to Wartwood" is an educational game that was released on Amiga and DOS, developed by Rough Draft Software and published by Infogrames in 2023 in European Markets. The game starred Amphibia and Classic Disney Characters was appear in the Color
Amphibia Follow the Reader is an educational game was released for MS-DOS and was developed by Rough Draft Software and published by Distinctive Software on 2024 in North America. It was the last Amphibia game released for MS-DOS
Wow, I knew about this subject, but I’ve never noticed that there is a small douce of Korean magic in the episodes. We “Americans” need to be more open, and not all “Made in the USA all the time”.
Amphibia Color Return to Wartwood is an educational game that was released for the MS-DOS on 2023 in North America, developed and published by Rough Draft Software and was released for the Commodore Amiga by Infogrames on 2023 in European markets. It is the third Amphibiagame released for Commodore Amiga in Europe. The game starred Mickey Mouse and Classic Disney characters was appear in the Color
World of Illusion Starring Anne Boonchuy.and Sprig Plantar is a platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis.The game was released in December 2023 and is part of Sega's Illusion series of Amphibia games. The game was included on the Sega Genesis Mini.
I have this feeling Homer strangling Bart is like every Asians referance with a strict scary dad and their son. We may not get strangled but we do get disciplined very harshly if we have bad grades or commit small crimes like fighting, stealing, underage smoking, etc
Amphibia Math "Anne or Beast? "an educational game that was released on Amiga and DOS, developed by Distinctive Software and published by Rough Draft Software in the United States and Infogrames in Europe. The game starred Amphibia throwing a party for his friends. The game is designed for children 2 to 5 years old
Amphibia Opposites Grubhog Day" Educational game was released for MS-DOS and was developed by Rough Draft Software and published by Sculptured Software, Inc on 2023 The Game Starred Amphibia learning a the Opposites to Magic Trick helping boy and the Disney Guest Characters.
The animation of these old seasons was so well done, kudos to all of them.
When I was kid, I spotted in the end credits that it was made in Korea! All my favorite US shows back then were made in Korea! It would be cool to actually include the names of Korean animators in the end credits so people can actually appreciate the animators more. In US and Japan animation industry we have famous animators but we barely know any Korean animators.
Exactly! It's a shame that Korean animators don't get credit for their work, let's hope that can change some day!
@@MaxwellCartoons in the ending credits for the spongebob movie they credits the actual animators
@@RangoAnimations very true, but same can't be said for TV animation
The animation studios that worked on The Simpsons:
AKOM Productions (1989-2021)
Anvision (1991-1999)
Rough Draft Studios/Korea (1992-)
US Animation Inc. (1995)
Toonzone Entertainment (2003-2004)
Didnt akom do animation for the arthur tv show as well?
Even now It isn't even appreciated how much work goes into animation, especially when that animation is done in other countries
SpongeBob SquarePants is also animated overseas in South Korea, Nickelodeon has cartoons animated in South Korea.
What a fascinating look at something we aren't privy to. I knew this was done in Korea (America has been sending animation work overseas for decades-- cartoon TV series and animated feature films) but it seems like it's not really talked about, or shown ... almost taboo in a way.
I would have thought that once the system of using plastic celluloid sheets for cartoons became obsolete, and we graduated/evolved to digital animation, the process would have become so much simpler and faster (and cheaper), but obviously we still need to outsource the labor.
Is it even possible to train in traditional frame by frame animation in the US? Now it seems to be either 3DCG or that Toon boom method.
@@CornishCreamtea07 I have no clue, sorry to say. One thing holds true: the medium of cartoons is not growing less popular ... with grownups or kids.
@@eduardo_corrochio What's flixzone?
My bigger question is, why is it still outsourced? It it because of the scale of animation content now? Or was it because of education and contrasts of animation workflows in the United States now?
@@mancerrss I *think* the animators are paid less in some other countries and thus you can get better animation without spending more money, but don't quote me on that.
It's also common to have Japanese animators (such as TMS) work on U.S. cartoons as well. Either way, this video is why I enjoy behind-the-scenes extras.
In France a collaboration between a small French studio and TMS formes DiC
There's a little bit of Lupin the 3RD in every U.S. cartoon
It’s really interesting how a lot of American shows and pretty much all now get animated in Asia. ToonCity (filipino animation studio) animated most of the Disney cartoons in the 90s
Tooncity is a sweatshop studio. There's this Twitter about this Filipino animator who transferred from Toei Animation Philippines working on Pretty Cure to ToonCity for My Little Pony, and there were horror stories.
WHEN BART SAYS "HEY MAN", HE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE HES SAYING: "HEY MAN".
~ Frank Shin.
0:44 There was a scene like that in "Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie". Gregg Vanzo got so upset that he wanted to send it back. But yeah, most overseas animation studios before Rough Draft were sweatshops.
Except TMS
@@keypath4389 Except that's a Japanese company
I never new this. They’re masters of their craft.
“I say hello to my frien-my plant”
4:24 Gregg Vanzo got so upset that he wanted to send it back. But yeah, most overseas animation studios before Rough Draft were sweatshops.
Especially Fil-Cartoons
@@DanzigFan-vq3zf Vanzo wanted to rectify overseas animation of its unprofessional ineptitute. He helped raise that bar.
They still have sweatshop animation production houses there for more low-budget animation.
4:35 I like how he talks about it so seriously with pauses like he's recalling some korean war memories 😂
It's a Mind control technique used for "escapism" ..
He clearly didn't watch the episode
Blown away by the crisp, beautiful art animation. I never approved of the strangle nonsense either. Your work is excellent. Thank you.🧡
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All i remember was an episode where someone said "koreans did animating me" and they purposely didn't lip sinc that part
These people were brilliant at their work
These guys are legends because of the artwork that went into the show.
Imagine if the animation studio getting credit, then the audience know that the US cartoons are made from south korea
They make small parts the whole story and storyboards and key frames are made in the US. It's still an american cartoon, the koreans just draw a few photos.
@@octopuss1918 How can they make key frames if their job is to storyboard?
@@octopuss1918 you acting as if keyframes are easy to do
@@octopuss1918 First of all that's very arrogant to say they draw a "few photos". They're 18-24 frames in a sec an episode is 25min longs that is about 30-36k pictures. They literally draw 90% if the frames. That is why it is outsource because of how much labor work it takes. I do agree that it's still an American cartoon, but you literally said something so arrogant and need to be educated about it
Also, the overseas animation studios themselves get credit.
Even tho homer strangles Bart he still loves him right😂
A couple of friends of mine work on the Simpsons as animators in Burbank. I think the work is spread out
oh sure they do
@@mthompson3509 yes, at this location. www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2014/09/29/39573/photos-behind-the-scenes-at-the-simpsons-animation/
30th Anniversary of Rough Draft Studios (1991-2021)
4:21 Evangelion????
3:08 WHY YOU LITTLE!!!!
This makes me want to animate but I suck at drawing
Better get to work!
You can using rigs Animation software
If you’re passionate about it just create, of course it won’t look good at first cuz you can’t expect to animate like James Baxter with your first animation but if you want to work on your skills keep drawing! And keep animating!
The korean animation will always be 100x better than the shitty style of today
You know they are still outsourced to korea
For a show made in Korea, it sure makes fun of Japan a lot.
Well, the scripting is done in America if I understand correctly. It's just the animating that's done in Korea.
@@adamdavis1648 it was a joke
@@jessepinkmansimp6090 Sorry, I honestly couldn't tell.
I think Koreans learnt a lot about animation from the Japanese because Japan used to outsorce their animations to South Korea too so they (Koreans) had to learn the Japanese animation techniques.
Making fun of Japan is a honored Korean Pastime
이걸 어찌 지금 알았지 ㄷㄷ
Incredible people
Did you know that South Korean animation studios provide cheap services. A lot of animation studios outsource to Korea.
James Dahlbender Don't care.
@@Khultan Don’t care? D.r. Movie, a Korean animation steward, also participated in the production of your name.
@@manakalaala You're the problem about the state of western animation ....people like you
@@Khultan ?
@@manakalaala What I meant to say is I I don't care for any American company that doesn't hire from America. I support American animator Robb Pratt. And I support American-Russian Genndy Tartakovsky.
rare video
No videos on UA-cam are rare, dummy.
MrParkerman6 no u
MrParkerman6 It’s a rare footage
He’s meaning that The behind the scenes animation in Korea is rare
Danzig Fan 2006 It’s rare because it’s never brought up where cartoons are animated. They’ll just say it spends weeks overseas being animated
They didnt do animation for Arthur and pinky and the brain also?
When they actually show the workload of the anonymous painters and artists without mentioning their salaries it's quite revealing. They work long hours, on a mind-numbing amount of frames. I animate too, I have animated thousands of frames, but at least I was working independently for a decent profit. It's hard labor, not physically, but psychologically, doing someone else's art, as opposed to an essential service or creative pursuit that is intrinsically fulfilling
Imagine how much yellow paint they had to buy
Great animation over the years 👏👏👏
2:22 damn she's cute
Very interesting
That beginning of the video though 😂
Cool
I think they did animation for first couple of seasons of Arthur also?
Amphibia Jigsaw Puzzles, is a puzzle game was Released for MS-DOS on 2024 and Developed by Novotrade and Published by Rough Draft Software And for the Commodore Amiga by Infogrames in European markets. It is the fourth Amphibia and Guest Disney Character was Appear in the pieces.
Wow, Thanks!
1:59 what was that? The Office but irl? Because i want that. That moment was a very The Office gag
2:32 don't tell me he doesn't make a Stanley face!
refersing angle.
send all the animation to say indiana or germany and everyone would probably notice the style change..
TheXanUser It’s India. Not Indiana
@@DanzigFan-vq3zf Reminds me of the episode where Homer thinks he is outsourced to Indiana and ends up in India.
They deserve more respect.the first thing you see in the credits is "developed by matt groening"
.the creative work is close to effortless,everybody can think of a funny story for an animation episode. Those koreans do all the hard draft work and you see none of them in the credits.
You can really see matt groenings mind working in the writers room: "LeTs mAKe a sEriEs aBoUt yElloW pEOple"
And then all the koreans did the rest. And at Comicon you only see the "Creative minds" of the dudes in the LA studios who just do the fuckin voice over. Next thing you see is how they drivin around in a porsche and overseas in seoul they get a pat on the back.
Gulp
Yes, Groening created it. So what. He should get some glory and credit; it was his baby. He started out with a single panel comic in The Village Voice and eventually was fortunate enough to find success in TV. The Simpsons was his baby, his idea, and his humor.
Also, you're dead wrong: not everyone can think of a funny story for an animation episode. Holy crap. The creative work is "close to effortless"?? What a stupid remark. Is _everyone_ exceptionally witty and talented with words and comedy? No way. That's a ridiculous thing to say and believe. Also, writing for TV is not all fun and frolic. You wouldn't be so resentful if you had to actually try to do it yourself. It's not easy peasy.
If you knew your onions you would know that the Korean unit gets credit at the end of every episode-- as they do for any other American cartoon TV show or film they work on. Yes, it's brief and it's not in the opening sequence, but it's there nonetheless. This is no coverup, no slave labor or something nefarious. I suspect the folks who do the work get a decent wage. If they were mistreated it would be exposed.
And finally, as far as your ignorant remark about making "a cartoon about yellow people": most of the characters were originally made yellow because the bulk of the main characters had no hairline, and an animator in 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show suggested a yellow shade because it was similar to both hair and skin. Creator Matt Groening liked the idea, since bright yellow would also grab the attention of channel surfers.
@@eduardo_corrochio animating everything is way harder
@@madrugaiden2317 You want to expand on that a bit, because your meaning isn't clear. Thanks.
@@madrugaiden2317 as if he said it wasn't
What was the incident in 2000 regarding 64 korean animators?
Amphibia Color Return to Wartwood" is an educational game that was released on Amiga and DOS, developed by Rough Draft Software and published by Infogrames in 2023 in European Markets. The game starred Amphibia and Classic Disney Characters was appear in the Color
"the high wage problems"
only south park and disney /pixar cartoons are made here eveything else in korea
Amphibia Follow the Reader is an educational game was released for MS-DOS and was developed by Rough Draft Software and published by Distinctive Software on 2024 in North America. It was the last Amphibia game released for MS-DOS
¿Por qué recién ahora me estoy enterando?
Wow, I knew about this subject, but I’ve never noticed that there is a small douce of Korean magic in the episodes. We “Americans” need to be more open, and not all “Made in the USA all the time”.
Half the stuff we make are made in China...
@@mattsa9540 I was about to say the same.
Too bad no one in the comment section noticed the awesome Spiderman TAS portrait 😄
Amphibia Color Return to Wartwood is an educational game that was released for the MS-DOS on 2023 in North America, developed and published by Rough Draft Software and was released for the Commodore Amiga by Infogrames on 2023 in European markets. It is the third Amphibiagame released for Commodore Amiga in Europe. The game starred Mickey Mouse and Classic Disney characters was appear in the Color
World of Illusion Starring Anne Boonchuy.and Sprig Plantar is a platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis.The game was released in December 2023 and is part of Sega's Illusion series of Amphibia games. The game was included on the Sega Genesis Mini.
The decline of the show started once they move away from real painted cels
I have this feeling Homer strangling Bart is like every Asians referance with a strict scary dad and their son. We may not get strangled but we do get disciplined very harshly if we have bad grades or commit small crimes like fighting, stealing, underage smoking, etc
4:20 rei
4:23 that’s disrespectful of the Simpson writers to do that.
Amphibia Math "Anne or Beast? "an educational game that was released on Amiga and DOS, developed by Distinctive Software and published by Rough Draft Software in the United States and Infogrames in Europe. The game starred Amphibia throwing a party for his friends. The game is designed for children 2 to 5 years old
lol
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This is sad
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wait... the Simpsons are cartoons...?
Anne Boonchuy Mania - Sega Genesis Sega CD PlayStation Homebrew Traveller's Tales
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Shut up dude
She deadass guessed California. No.
TMS Entertainment On Steroids
ohmigod this entire thing did not age well
Like why?
John Goodman trans years
*SOUTH Korea.
...not the good Korea...