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Korean Yeu Woo Bi Opens This Week
Date: 1/21/2007
January, 2007 is shaping up to be a pivotal month for South Korean animated film. This past week we had the highly anticipated Takwon V opening in 150 theaters nationwide, it's estimated to break boxoffice records there. Now, this upcoming week on Thursday, January 25th, Sun Woo Entertainment and Lee Sung-Gang's (My Beautiful Girl, Mari) full length animated feature 'Yeu Woo Bi Cubby The Fox' opens there. A family tale featuring a mystical five-tailed foxgirl, with a direction style reminiscent of Hayao Miyazaki, the work was 2004's KOFIC Long-Animation Production Support Recipient. Actress Son Ye-jin voices the lead character, Yeu Woo Bi in the 90 minute romantic fantasy which makes creative use of a combination of 2D and 3D animation techniques. 2.7 billion won ($2.9 million) and three years were spent completing the film. Some in Korea are saying it could be the animated film of the decade. Sunwoo is actively promoting the film rights for international distribution. Innolife is hosting a WM video trailer.
Source: Anime News Network