The Haunted House Special: The Vampire of Light and the Child of Darkness

The Haunted House Special: The Vampire of Light and the Child of Darkness (신비아파트 특별판: 빛의 뱀파이어와 어둠의 아이) is a South Korean animated television special directed by Seok Jong-seo for the streaming service TVING, based on the franchise The Haunted House. This is the first franchise to be a OVA. The special episode was produced by Studio BAZOOKA, The Haunted House Special: The Vampire of Light and the Child of Darkness was released on TVING on December 22, 2021.[1][2] The special episode takes place between the events of the seasons 3 and 4, following Leon Raymond where his teacher becoming a vampire and mind controlled by Barlow.

The Haunted House Special: The Vampire of Light and the Child of Darkness
Official release poster
Hangul
신비아파트 특별판: 빛의 뱀파이어와 어둠의 아이
Genre
Based onThe Haunted House
Written byKim Jong-min
Ryu Jeon-gha
Directed by
  • Seok Jong-seo
  • Kim Myung-hyun
  • Gong Byeong-pil
  • Lee Bo-hyun
  • Son Min-young
  • Kim Min-ah
Starring
  • Myung-jun Kim
  • Shin Yong-woo
  • Choi Seung-hoon
  • Jo Hyeon-jeong
  • Park Shi-yoon
  • Kim Ki-hyun
Opening theme"The Secret"
by Seongjin Shin
Ending theme"To a Friend"
by Arin Shin
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
Production
Running time55 minutes
Production companyStudio BAZOOKA
Original release
NetworkTVING
ReleaseDecember 22, 2021 (2021-12-22)

A sequel of the special episode titled The Haunted House Special: Joseon Exorcism Annals premiered on July 14 to 21, 2023, 4 episodes in half.[3]

Voice cast

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  • Myung-jun Kim as Leon Raymond
  • Shin Yong-woo as Kang-lim Choi
  • Choi Seung-hoon as Ian
  • Jo Hyeon-jeong as Shinbi
  • Park Shi-yoon as Sara
  • Kim Ki-hyun as Barlow
  • Lee Hyun as Luman
  • Jun Tae-youl as Joachim
  • Kwon Hyuk-soo as Aniceto
  • Kim Young-eun as Hari Koo
  • Kim Chae-ha as Doori Koo

Release

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The Haunted House Special: The Vampire of Light and the Child of Darkness was released on December 22, 2021, on TVING, and later the special episode was aired on cable network Tooniverse on February 24, 2022.[citation needed]

Production

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During in the Children's Day special event in May, 2021 as a teaser, Tooniverse announced that this series is going to be a special episode of OVAs from the OTT streaming platform TVING, as they mentioned, Leon talks to Heewon about his teacher name, Luman happened to him to become a vampire since he was a child in the Season 2 of second part, episode 7.[4]

The original soundtrack opening "The Secret" and ending "To a Friend" was performed by the Korean singer Seongjin Shin and Arin Shin.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "티빙 오리지널 '신비아파트 특별판: 빛의 뱀파이어와 어둠의 아이' 12월 독점 공개!" [TVING's original 'The Haunted House Special Edition: Vampire of Light and Child of Darkness' exclusively released in December!]. CJ E&M (in Korean). October 13, 2021. Archived from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "티빙 오리지널 애니메이션, 뜨거운 팬덤 열광시킬 공식 포스터 공개!" [TVING's original animation, the official poster that will make the fandom go crazy!]. CJ E&M (in Korean). October 27, 2021. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "조선으로 시간여행 '신비아파트' 특별판 내달 14일 첫선" [Time travel to Joseon 'Shinbi Apartment' special edition premieres on the 14th of next month]. No Cut News (in Korean). June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. ^ BIGDATA News (2021-05-06). "CJ ENM 투니버스, 어린이날 특별 이벤트 '신비아파트 영통팬싸' 성료" [CJ ENM Tooniverse successfully completes Children's Day special event 'Shinbi Apartment Yeongtong Fan Sign']. www.thebigdata.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-07-19.
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