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Hanho Heung-Up

South Korean animation studio

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5648151
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Hanho Heung-Up Co., Ltd. (한호흥업㈜) is an animation service studio based in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1984 by Steven Hahn, over the years the studio has produced animation for many of the industry’s leading SVOD, cable, and broadcast studios and distributors, including Disney, Warner Bros., Fox, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and others. Hanho has worked on dozens of TV-series and feature films, including: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Star Wars: Droids, The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Bob's Burgers, Doug, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Magic School Bus, Turbo FAST and many more. In its native land, Hanho is best known for its work on Fly, Superboard, which aired on the KBS network from 1990 to 2002.

The company traces its origins to Dong Seo Animation, established in 1973, which itself traces its origins to International Art Production, a studio responsible for redrawn colorized versions of Looney Tunes, Betty Boop, Krazy Kat, and other black and white cartoons in the late 60's and early 70's.

Kim Seok-ki is the company's president and CEO.

Production credits

Original productions

Dooly the Little Dinosaur (아기공룡 둘리) (October 1987 – May 1988, Animation production shared with AKOM, Shin Dong-heon Productions and Sam Young Animation)

Guru Cabbage and Guru Radish's Once Upon a Time (배추도사 무도사의 옛날 옛적에) (1990, Animation production shared with Dong Yang Animation, Shin Won Animation and Take One)

Fly, Superboard (날아라 슈퍼보드) (August 1990 – January 2002)

Eunbi & Kabi's Once Upon a Time (은비 까비의 옛날 옛적에) (1991, Animation production shared with Sei Young Animation and Dong Woo Animation)

Sun-Shining Tree (햇살나무) (September 23, 1991)

Hocus Pocus! Story Pouch (콩딱쿵!

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