Jang Geum's Dream

Infobox television
show_name = Jang Geum's Dream


caption =
format = Animated television series
runtime = 30 min.
creator =
starring = Jeong Mi Sook/Miki Ito
country = Korea
network = MBC
first_aired =
last_aired =
num_episodes = 52 (List of episodes)

Jang Geum's Dream (hangul:장금이의 꿈, "Jang Geum ieui Kkum", kana:少女チャングムの夢, "Shojo Changumu no Yume") is a Korean animation. It is a production by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. The animation was done by Sonokong and Heewon Entertainment. The animation centers on Jang Geum (장금), who enters the Royal Kitchen as an apprentice court lady. The show is a spinoff from MBC's mega-hit historical drama Dae Jang Geum. The animation program has been sold to Tooniverse, resulting in the broadcast of a second series in 2007.

Characters

The English name is to the left of the Korean name.

People

*Seo Jang Geum (서장금)
*Min Jeong Ho (민정호)
*Choi Geum Yeong (최금영)
*Jang Soo Ro (장수로)
*Yi Yeon Saeng (이연생)
*Yi Chang Ih (이창이)
*Yoon Yeong Ro (윤영로)
*Dr. Mrs. Hae Ya (해야 의녀)
*Kang Dong Ih (강동이)
*Deok Gu Cheo (덕구처)
*Kang Duhk Goo (강덕구)
*Han Sang Goong (한상궁)
*Choi Sang Goong (최상궁)
*Jungjong (중종)
*Dae Bi (대비)
*Jagaek Team (자객단)
*Eori Jagaek (어리자객)
*Beori Jagaek (버리자객)

Animal

*Mong Mong Ih (몽몽이)
*Tayo (타요)
*Danih (단이)
*Jangoh (장오)

Production staff

*Creative Producer:Rhee Eun Woo
*Producer:Kim seon Tae, Rhee Eun Mi
*Courtesy:Yasuo Kageyama
*Scinario:Ough Jeong Eun, Kim Eun Ji, Kim Hyeong Joo
*Character Designer:Kwon Yoon Hee
*Coloring:Kim Keum Joo
*Music Director:Won Il
*Art Director:Bong Hwa Kwon
*Camera Director:Kim Kyeong Tae
*Animation Supervisor: Yasshiu Yama

Plot

The story is spun off of the Korean historical drama Dae Jang Geum, though it is aimed for a younger audience. The plot is basically the same: a girl named Jang Geum with a dream of becoming a palace chef (의녀). However, the complex line of corruption and sometimes even murder present in Dae Jang Geum does not appear in Jang Geum's Dream. The fate of Jang Geum's parents is never revealed and no one in the story dies. The plot is kept light throughout with quite a bit of comedy. Through the story, Jang Geum enters the palace and amazes people with her skills and willingness to learn.

However, after receiving much approval from the royals and upper sang gong, she abandons her thought of cooking to see people's smiles and turns to winning and impressing. Lady Han, a sang gong that has always watched over her, warns her of the path she is taking but Jang Geum continues to strive to impress. Finally she is found out by the sang gongs after stealing a sacred book and thrown out of the palace with her friends, Yeon Shan and Chang Yi. Jang Geum travels with her friends and slowly realizes the mistakes she made and turns back to the train of thought she once had. At the end of this series, Jang Geum wins a competition by preparing food that is beneficial to each individual eating it and is allowed back into the palace. However, she demotes herself to the lowest palace maid because she wants to start over.

Voice actors

Filipino version

Korean version

*Jeong Mi Sook- as Seo Jang Geum
*Rieu Seung Kon- as Min Jeong Ho
*Bahk Seon Yeong- as Chweh Geum Yeong, Han Sang Goong
*Kim Yeong Seon- as Jang Soo Ro
*Bahk So Ra- as Rhee Yeon Saeng
*Rhee Seon Joo- as Rhee Chang Ih, Kang Dong Ih
*Kim Seo Yeong- as Yoon Yeong Ro, Deok Goo Cheo
*Chweh Seok Pil- as Kang Deok Goo, Beori Jagaek
*Yoon Seong Hye- as Chweh Sang Goong
*Chweh Han- as Jungjong
*Song Joon Seok- as Eori Jagaek

Japanese version

*Miki Ito- as Seo Jang Geum
*Hiroshi Tsuchida- as Min Jeong Ho
*Mitsuaki Madono- as Jang Soo Ro
*Konami Yoshida- as Rhee Yeon Saeng
*Kikumi Umeda- as Rhee Chang Ih
*Eisuke Asakura- as Kang Dong Ih
*Urara Takano- as Yoon Yeong Ro
*Rieko Takahashi- as Chweh Sang Goong
*Daisuke Hirakawa- as Jungjong
*Ako Mayama- as Maximum Sang Goong
*Naoko Matsui- as Dr. Mrs. Hae Ya

oundtrack

The soundtrack was released [http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/section-posters/code-k/version-all/pid-1004152518/ on CD] . It featured some traditional Korean songs like Kkobang Kkobang. Popular artists like 7Princess and Lee Seung Hwan contributed as well.

The OP and ED, Ima ga Daisuki and Inori respectively, are both sung by Younha.

ee also

*Dae Jang Geum

External links

* [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/janggeum/index.html MBC Jang Geum's Dream Homepage]
* [http://cafe.daum.net/dejangdong Daum Cafe Jang Geum's Dream Homepage]
* [http://cafe.naver.com/janggeumsdream.cafe Naver Cafe Jang Geum's Dream Homepage]
* [http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/yume NHK Jang Geum's Dream Homepage]
* [http://sulfur.pe.kr/tech/board.php?board=lyric&command=body&no=386 Jang Geum's Dream] at Mimanbu (Korean)