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Daewon Media (대원미디어, 大元미디어), formerly ''Daiwon C&A Holdings'', is a South Korean company specializing in character and animation-related business. Founded in 1973, Daewon's subsidiaries include Daiwon C.I., Haksan Publishing, and Daewon Broadcasting, and it is involved in comic publishing, animation production, video gaming, character licensing, TV animation broadcasting, and animation importing/exporting. Its current Chair and Co-CEO is Wook Jung, and its President and Co-CEO is Hyeon-dong Ahn.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daewon Media Co Ltd )〕 ==History== Daewon Media was founded in 1973 in South Korea as 'One Production', and in 1974 the name was changed to 'Daiwon Productions'. In 1977, Daiwon Animation Ltd was formed, and the company entered into an OEM agreement with Japan's Toei Animation to provide technical assistance work on its animation productions. That year, Daewon providing assistance on around 80 titles, including ''Galaxy Express 999'' and ''Candy Candy''. Daewon moved into the area of domestic animation production, and in 1982 released ten theater animations. In 1985 and 1986, Daiwon signed OEM agreements with several United States animation companies, including Hanna-Barbera. Daewon produced an animated series ''Run, Hodori'' for the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation to promote the 1988 Summer Olympics and in 1987, the created the first-ever domestic television animation, ''Wandering Gatchi'' for the Korean Broadcasting System along with 13 other series. In 1989, Daewon established its Character Business Division for licensing of foreign properties for domestic release. In 1991, Daewon expanded into comics publishing and distribution, and founded "Daiwon C.I." for publication of domestic and imported comics magazines and book imprints. Also that year, Daewon began importing of foreign films. In 1993, one of Daewon's domestic animated film productions, ''The Earth is a Green Planet'' won a bronze medal at the New York Film Festival, and in 1995 won the Gold Prize at the Korean Film & Animation Awards for its animated film, ''Red Hawk.'' Daewon produced South Korea's first television SFX animation, ''Vectormen, Warrior of the Earth'', in 1997. During this time, Daewon entered OEM agreements with Asahi Production of Japan and other international companies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Korea Securities Dealers Assoc Quotation )〕 The company changed its name to Daiwon C&A Holdings in 2000. In 2001, Daewon registered on the KOSDAQ stock market, and later that year, the Daewon Digital Broadcasting and Anione TV, an animation television channel, were launched, with funding from several Japanese investors. In 2003, Daewon licensed the rights for television and comic distribution of ''One Piece'' and ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' from TV Tokyo and Toei Animation, respectively. Also that year, Daewon joined South Korean animation studio Character Plan and Japan's Oriental Light and Magic in production of a theatrical animated adaptation of the Korean comic, ''Blade of the Phantom Master''. The film, released in 2004, became the first animated film jointly produced by the two countries, and has since been translated and distributed in several countries, including the United States. Later in 2003, Daewon signed an agreement with Nintendo to distribute localized versions of its gaming system hardware and software, leading to the founding of Game Champ as a subsidiary company. In 2004, Daewon signed an export agreement with Bandai of Japan for its Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, and with Manga Entertainment of the United States for its domestic production, ''Eon Kid''. The next year, the company launched another TV station, Champ Vision, and signed a memorandum of understanding with Konami of Japan for the Yu-Gi-Oh! online game. In 2006, Daewon won the top prize at the Ministry of Information and Communication's Digital Content Awards for its TV animation, ''Donggle Donggle Jjak Jjak''. The company's name was changed in 2007 to its current one, Daewon Media, and Kids' WB broadcast two of Daewon's domestic productions, ''Eon Kid'' and ''Magi-Nation'' on American television. In 2008, Daewon announced it has secured the worldwide rights to create and distribute an animated TV series of the Japanese comic, ''Gon''. In 2009, Daewon announced the launch of its new preschool animation "Noonbory and the Super 7" through EBS channel in Korea, and CBS Kids block in the US. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daewon Media」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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