Yeongsimi

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Yeongsimi
Created byBae Geum-taek
Original workYeongsimi (1988-)
OwnerBae Geum-taek
Years1988–present
Films and television
Film(s) Young-Shim (1990)
Animated series TV Animated series

Yeongsimi or Young-sim is a South Korean comics serialized 1988 by South Korean cartoonist Bae Geum-taek, [1] and it refers to an animation and other media mix works such as film and TV series based on the original. The story is about innocent but zany adolescent girl Young-sim's normal life. [2]

Contents

Plot

Young-sim is a fourteen-year-old girl who has a round face, round eyes and a pony tail. Her boyfriend Wang Kyung-tae follows her incessantly. He is considered ugly and stammers when he speaks, but he deeply loves Young-sim. Young-sim treats Kyung-tae coldly. However, Young-sim displays considerable jealousy upon discovering Kyung-tae was with another girl. Her mean best friend and her sister Soon-sim add humor to the story. [3]

Media

Film

It was released on July 29, 1990. [4]

Animation

Yeongsimi
Also known asYoung-sim, Young-shim, Yeong-sim, Yeong-shim
Korean 영심이
Created byBae Geum-taek
Based onBae Geum-taek, Yeongsimi
Directed byJeong Seung-bae
Voices ofChoi Su-min
Jang Gwang
Opening themeYeongsimi
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production company Daewon Media
Original release
Network Korean Broadcasting System
ReleaseOctober 5 (1990-10-05) 
December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28)
Related
Oh! Youngsim (2023)

The original version was a comic book first produced in 1988, and after that it was broadcast on KBS in 1990. The popular video version has 13 episodes in total. Young-sim is a representative character of the early 1990s. [2]

Episodes List

EpisodeSubtitleAir Date
1Yeongsimi's Dream5 October 1990
2Class President Election12 October 1990
3"Exam"19 October 1990While at a reunion, Young-sim father, who hears the pride of his friends who have a son who is good at studying, forces Young-sim and Soon-sim to study. Young-shim manages to win first place by rolling a kite, drawing a wick, and rock-paper-scissors with Byeol-nim, and her father boasts to his friends. However, when he hears that his friend's son has won the quiz, he decides to have Young-shim appear on the quiz program. [5]
4"Quiz"26 October 1990
5"Sunsimi's Birthday"2 November 1990
6"Camping"9 November 1990
7Life is short, and art is long16 November 1990
8"Superstition"23 November 1990
9"Star Prince"30 November 1990
10"I Want to Know"7 December 1990
11"Kyung Tae!"14 December 1990
12"Boot Camp"21 December 1990
13"Mom, Dad, I Love You"28 December 1990

Novel

In the novel version, Bae Geum-taek modernized the setting from 1990's South Korea to that of 2004, otherwise the plot is unchanged. [6]

Musical

It came out in 2007 under the title March of Youth (젊음의 행진). [7]

TV series

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References

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