Hello Jadoo[1] (Korean: 안녕자두야) is a South Korean manhwa published by cartoonist Lee Bin in Monthly PARTY in September 1997. Tooniverse (CJ E&M broadcasting business division) and Atoonz 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.
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| 안녕자두야 | |
| Author | Lee Bin |
| Publisher | Haksan Publishing |
| Magazine | Party |
| Original run | October 23, 1998 – present |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
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| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 95 + 1 film |
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| Release | July 11, 2011 – April 29, 2023 |
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
edit| Broadcasting channel | Broadcasting period | Broadcasting time | Broadcasting season | Broadcasting quantity |
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| SBS TV | July 18, 2011 - December 13, 2011 | Monday, Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | Season 1 | 30 minutes |
| May 23, 2012 - August 8, 2012 | Tuesday, Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. | |||
| September 19, 2012 - April 26, 2013 | Season 2 | |||
| November 9, 2015 - April 18, 2016 | Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. | Season 3 | ||
| November 25, 2017 - April 1, 2018 | Sunday from 7:10 a.m. to 7:40 a.m. | Season 4 |
Plot
editThe 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
editMain characters
edit- 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
edit- 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
editBelow is a listing of all books from the Hello Jadoo series:
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| Book 1 | October 23, 1998 |
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| Book 2 | April 22, 1999 |
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| Book 3 | August 26, 1999 |
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| Book 4 | February 26, 2000 |
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| Book 5 | August 24, 2000 |
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| Book 6 | September 22, 2001 |
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| Book 7 | September 24, 2002 |
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| Book 8 | October 15, 2003 |
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| Book 9 | April 25, 2005 |
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| Book 10 | April 8, 2006 |
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| Book 11 | April 15, 2007 |
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| Book 12 | September 15, 2008 |
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| Book 13 | May 15, 2009 |
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| Book 14 | June 15, 2010 |
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| Book 15 | June 30, 2011 |
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| Book 16 | April 30, 2012 |
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| Book 17 | September 19, 2012 |
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| Book 18 | March 20, 2013 |
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| Book 19 | September 30, 2013 |
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| Book 20 | March 24, 2014 |
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| Book 21 | November 25, 2014 |
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| Book 22 | June 25, 2015 |
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| Book 23 | December 25, 2015 |
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| Book 24 | May 25, 2016 |
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| Book 25 | November 21, 2016 |
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| Book 26 | April 25, 2017 |
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| Book 27 | October 25, 2017 |
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| Book 28 | February 25, 2018 |
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| Book 29 | September 28, 2018 |
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Awards
edit- 2004 Today's Our Comics Award
- 2009 Korea Contents Awards Excellence Award in Comics
- 2010 Korea Content Grand Prize, Popular Animation Special Award
- 2010, 2013, 2016 1st Best Contents by The Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- 2010 4th CableTV Awards Best Picture of the Year Award on the education/children's section[2]
- 2013 Korea Content Awards, Animation Category Minister of Culture and Tourism Award
- 2016 Korea Content Awards, Animation Category Minister of Culture and Sports Award
- Selected as 2018 Excellent Cultural Product (K- ribbon)
- 2021 Selected as the featured product at the Hi Seoul Awards 2021 by Seoul Business Agency
- 2021 Korea Toy Association Awards
- 2023: Confirmed to actively expand overseas as Korea's representative animation in Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, and Thailand
Notes
edit- ^ Also known as the nickname 'Aegi' (애기, lit. 'baby').
References
edit- ^ a b Seong-yun, Won (2009-12-28). ""Hello! Jadoo", A Korean animation connecting "Dooly the Little Dinosaur'". PD저널 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "2010년 케이블TV 방송대상 수상작". KCTA (in Korean). 2010.