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Zanybros

South Korean video production company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ25245542
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Zanybros (Korean: 쟈니브로스, stylized as ZANYBROS) is a South Korean video production company specializing in music video and commercial film production.

Zanybros was founded in 2002 by director Hong Won-ki and videographer Kim Jun-hong and has evolved to be one of the most influential music video companies of the Korean Wave. Zanybros also includes the subsidiary companies Astro Digital Lab, a post production company, the specialised camera team Roll Cam and the lighting company Strobe. They have worked with indie bands as well as entertainment agencies such as S.M. Entertainment and JYP Entertainment.

Among the work of Zanybros are some of the highest budget productions in the Korean music video industry, including Seo Taiji's "Moai" and B.A.P's "One Shot"

In 2020, Zanybros and director Hong Won-ki produced their first web series, Goedam, together with Megabox Plus M. The series was acquired by Netflix.

ZB Label

The company's newest subsidiary, a recording company, ZB Label, released a debut music video, "Bomb", on October 20, 2019, for their first artist, Korean-American Alex Christine, also known as AleXa. AleXa left the label following the conclusion of her contract in 2025.

On September 10, 2021, Zanybros co-founder Hong Won-ki and his band MilkTz (밀크티즈) released their debut album MilkTz the 197x under ZB Label and Warner Music Korea.

ZB Label's chief executive officer is Kim Jun-hong, the other co-founder of Zanybros.

Music videos (selection)

2025

Gyubin - "Like U 100"

2024

8Turn - "Like a Friend"

AleXa - "Sick"

Be'O - "Criminal"

Blackswan - "Roll Up"

Bolbbalgan4 - "Lips"

Boy Story - "Alpha"

DKZ - "Like a Movie"

Gyubin - "Really Like You", "Satellite"

ILY:1 - "Firework"

Juniel - "Bye"

Lee DongYeol - "Drip Drop"

MIRAE - "Running"

Moonbyul - "Think About"

NuNew X Paul Kim - "Blooming Just For You"

Oneus - "Now"

Primrose - "Freyja"

Rothy - "Happy Ebd"

Sevenus - "Want You Back", 'Pretty Good"

Solar - "Colors"

TIOT - "Rock Thang"

Waker - Atlantis

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Commercial film (selection)

Concert documentary and VCR

Drama, Entertainment and Film

2022

wavve - MMM_Where are we now (with RBW and Studio wavve)

2021

Mnet, M2 - Kep1er-view (with CJ ENM, Swing Entertainment and WakeOne)

2020

Netflix - Goedam (with Megabox Plus M)

2017

Rakuten Viki, YouTube - UP10TION, Please!

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Zanybros” as south Korean video production company. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2002, 2020, 2019, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2010. The account is most persuasive where Zanybros, South and Korean can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as south Korean video production company. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25245542. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2002, 2020, 2019 and 2025.

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