Hello Jadoo

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Hello Jadoo
안녕자두야
Author Lee Bin  [ ko ]
Publisher Haksan Publishing
Magazine Party
Original runOctober 23,  1998  – present
Hello Jadoo
Genre Comedy-drama
Directed by
  • Son Seok-woo
  • Ko Se-yoon (S1)
Music by
  • Kim Jeong-ah
  • Woo Jin-ho (S1)
  • Park Jin-hyun (S2)–(S5)
  • Yoo Tae-jin (S2)–(S4)
  • Yoon Joo-hyeon (S5)
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes95 + 1 film
Production
Producers
  • Seok Jong-seo (S1–(S3)
  • Lee Jeong-ik (S1), (S3)
  • Lee Jong-hyuk (S2)
  • Seong In-young (S2)
  • Kwon Hye-min (S4)
  • Jeong Hae-gun S4)
  • Mun Ye-won (S5)
Production companies
  • KNUANI (S1)
  • Atoonz (S2)–(S5),
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 11, 2011 (2011-07-11) 
April 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)

Hello Jadoo [1] (Korean : 안녕자두야) is a South Korean manhwa published by cartoonist Lee Bin  [ ko ] in Monthly PARTY  [ ko ] in September 1997. Tooniverse (CJ E&M broadcasting business division) and Atoonz  [ ko ] co-produced an animation series under the same name in 2011, 2012, 2015, and 2017. The comic is set in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

As of November 12, 2021 more than 31 books were published, along with a supplementary comic titled Mom is Best Friend. In early 2010, a four episode animation series called Hello Jadoo: Mom is Best Friend aired on Tooniverse, but it was not aired on SBS.

Broadcast time

Broadcasting channelBroadcasting periodBroadcasting timeBroadcasting seasonBroadcasting quantity
SBS TVJuly 18, 2011 - December 13, 2011Monday, Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Season 130 minutes
May 23, 2012 - August 8, 2012Tuesday, Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
September 19, 2012 - April 26, 2013Season 2
November 9, 2015 - April 18, 2016Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.Season 3
November 25, 2017 - April 1, 2018Sunday from 7:10 a.m. to 7:40 a.m.Season 4

Plot

The story is set in Seoul, South Korea in the 1980s and the 2000s, telling a pleasant and heartwarming story of Ja-doo and the people around her. [1]

Characters

Main characters

Choi Ja-doo (최자두)
Voice actor: Yeo Min-jeong
The protagonist of the series, Ja-doo is an outgoing and tomboyish 10-year-old girl with a short temper. She is the oldest of all 3 siblings.
Kim Nan-hyang (김난향)
Voice actor: Yang Jeong-hwa
Nan-hyang is Ja-doo's irascible mother who disapproves of Ja-doo’s antics.
Choi Ho-dol (최호돌)
Voice actor: Choi Joon-young
A North Korean refugee from Pyongyang, Ho-dol is Ja-doo's father who works as a manager. Whenever Ho-dol receives his salary, he spends it on alcohol and gets drunk when he comes home, causing Nan-hyang to be angry.
Choi Mimi (최미미)
Voice actor: Jeong Yu-mi
Mimi is Ja-doo's 8-year-old younger sister and the middle child of the family.
Choi Seung-ki (최승기) [a]
Voice actor: Kim Hyun-ji
Seung-ki is Ja-doo's 5-year-old younger brother. He is the frequent victim of Ja-doo's antics, who often steals money from his allowance savings.

Supporting characters

Kim Min-ji (김민지)
Voice actor: Jeong Hye-ok
Nicknamed "Cicada", Min-ji is Ja-doo's outgoing best friend who is the top student in class. She is outgoing, yet aggressive towards Ja-doo initially, but warms up to her in later stories. Min-ji dreams to be a scientist when she grows older.
Lee Yoon-seok
Voice actor: Kim Young-eun
Yoon-seok is the class president who is mischievous. He tried to confess himself to Jadoo multiple times, but failed due to a misunderstanding.
Jang Seong-hoon
Voice actor: Jeong Hye-won
Seong-hoon is one of Jadoo's classmates who was born as an only child to a wealthy family. He is not athletic and often tries to skip Physical Education classes. Although Seong-hoon was afraid of Jadoo at first, he fell in love with her due to her cute looks. He has a snail given to him by Ja-doo.
Kim Seon-dol "Dol-dol"
Voice actor: Jeong Yu-mi
Nicknamed "Dol-dol", Seon-dol is one of Ja-doo's classmates who is modeled on the writer's husband, Jeon Ho-jin. Like Seong-hoon, he comes from a wealthy family, as his father works as a CEO.
Lee Eun-hee
Voice actor: Kim Sae-hae
Eun-hee is one of Ja-doo's classmates who likes to be the center of attention and always mocks other students. She has a crush on Soon-gi and dreams of becoming a singer.
Yoon Soon-gi "Ddal-gi"
Voice actor: Kim Bo-yeong
Nicknamed "Ddal-gi"(meaning strawberry in Korean; because the shape of his face looks like a strawberry), Soon-gi is one of Ja-doo's classmates whose parents manage a bakery, as stated in Season 3.
Lee Mi-ja
Voice actor: Kim Bo-yeong
Mi-ja is Ja-doo's homeroom teacher. She sometimes scolds her, but the other children admire her attitude.

Books

Below is a listing of all books from the Hello Jadoo series:

Awards

Notes

  1. Also known as the nickname 'Aegi' (애기, lit.'baby').

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References

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