DR Movie

DR Movie Co., Ltd. is a South Korean animation studio that was established in Seoul in 1990 and frequently works with Japanese companies on anime titles. Since 1991, the studio has been in an exclusive partnership with the Japanese animation studio Madhouse, and in 2001, Madhouse became a partial owner/investor. In 2006, Madhouse's parent company at the time, Index Holdings, invested 600 million yen.^[1] DR Movie has been responsible for the animation production end of several Madhouse anime, starting with Tenjho Tenge in 2004 and continuing notably with Claymore in 2007. DR Movie has also been looking to make partnerships with Chinese animation companies for future productions, and as of March 2007 entered into a joint venture studio in Qingdao, China.^[1]

DR Movie Co., Ltd.

Industry	Animation studio and production enterprise
Founded	November 1990
Headquarters	Main: Seoul, South Korea Others: Los Angeles, United States Tokyo, Japan Qingdao, China
Area served	South Korea, United States, Japan, China
Key people	Jeong Jeong-Gyun (CEO) Jung Young-Mok (CFO)
Number of employees	350 (approximately) (2007)
Subsidiaries	Busan DR DR Tokyo[a]
Website	www.drmovie.co.kr

Besides Madhouse, DR Movie also has worked extensively with Nickelodeon, Sunrise, Warner Bros Animation, Gonzo, and Studio Ghibli. DR Movie is the only Korean contract studio with which Ghibli has worked.^[2]

Additionally, DR Movie maintains a production facility in Busan, known as Busan DR.

Works

Original productions

• Elsword: El Lady ^[3]
• Flowering Heart (2016–2017; co-production with Bridge and Busan DR)
• Guardian Fairy Michel
• Metal Fighter T-Boys^{[citation needed]}
• Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles^{[citation needed]}
• Paboo Infinity Force^{[citation needed]}
• The Rising of the Shield Hero (Season 2; co-produced with Kinema Citrus)^[4]
• Terror Man^[5]

As an outsource studio for American production

• Avatar: The Last Airbender - (19 episodes)
• The Batman^{[citation needed]}
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman^[6]
• Batman and Harley Quinn^{[citation needed]}
• Batman vs. Two-Face
• Castlevania: Nocturne
• Godzilla: The Series (Seasons 1 and 2)^{[citation needed]}
• Hellboy: Sword of Storms^{[citation needed]}
• Hellboy: Blood and Iron^{[citation needed]}
• High Guardian Spice^[7][8]
• Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.^{[citation needed]}
• Hulk Vs^{[citation needed]}
• Justice League^{[citation needed]}
• Justice League Action^{[citation needed]}
• Justice League Dark^{[citation needed]}
• Loonatics Unleashed (Main Title Production)^{[citation needed]}
• Masters of the Universe: Revelation
• Men in Black: The Series^{[citation needed]}
• Onyx Equinox
• The Simpsons (Season 34 episode "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" "Death Tome" segment)
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn^{[citation needed]}
• Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay^{[citation needed]}
• Teen Titans ("Switched")^{[citation needed]}
• X-Men: Evolution
• Young Justice (Season 3)

Notes

1. Japanese branch.