Turner Broadcasting is making the network’s biggest ever animation project in Korea by greenlighting a new co-production with Synergy Media and Studio Goindol.
This new co-production will be featuring a comedy element that will star alien monsters from outer space on the lookout for the ultimate beat. Titled as Beat Monsters, this animated series will be seen as shorts and will have 52 episodes of 2 minutes each and will have additional micro-shorts. Each episode will fuse live-action footage and CGI animation techniques to create a rich and colourful environment.
“These fun and fresh shorts are exactly what we’re looking for as part of our International Shorts Program,” said Turner’s Kids Networks CCO Asia Pacific,Mark Eyers. “Turner has made a firm commitment to generating and supporting the production of original comedy animation right around the world – and we’re really pleased to find a like minded and globally-focused partner in Korea. When it launches, Beat Monsters will deliver world-class laughs around the world from London to Lagos, and Madrid to Manila.”
Synergy Media, president, Eugene Kang said: “To partner with Turner and have exposure for our IP across millions of households is a real boon for us. I am really happy to see humorous Asian ideas go global, and hope that this is just the first of many projects and co-productions that Turner and Synergy will be able to work on together.”
According to Studio Goindol, president and director of Beat Monsters, Jeong-soo Hur, they have high hopes for this bunch of crazy and adorable alien characters and will soon get to meet these guys in real life. It is inspiring for them that Beat Monsters fits perfectly with Turner and he hopes that their little guys make a huge impact as a result of this cooperation.
Turner Asia Pacific is currently working with studios and animators to produce original shorts and micro-shorts in Singapore, Taiwan, India, Australia, the US and Japan. There is an increase in demand for short-form content, not only on Turner’s linear channels, but also for its multi-platform services and apps such as Cartoon Network Anything and Cartoon Network Watch and Play.
Beat Monsters is expected to air in late 2016 on Turner’s portfolio of kids’ channels in Asia Pacific including Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Toonami as well as on Cartoon Network in EMEA. The project is under development with the assistance from Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) and, in 2014, the pilot short was named ‘Best-in-Show’ at the Asian Animation Summit.