Echo

AWARD:
Seoul Indie AniFest 2023
Grand Price “Star of Indie”

Duration: 17mins 15 secs
Format: Color, 2.39:1, Stereo
Produced in South Korea and USA, 2022
Director: Sang Joon Kim
Production design by: Choong Nyung Yoon
Production Company: Sako Production
Producers: Seogu Lee, Jeannie Yun
Animators: Sang Joon Kim, Kayoko Nagashima, Jae Il Son, Seong Jin Yoon
Background Direcotr: Seogu Lee
Background Artists: Mihyang Kang, Mihyun Nam, Enjoo Han, Mikyong Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Ichikawa Rintaro, Takahashi Daichi, Daejin Kim, Suggwon Kim
Composer: Haewon Kim
Sound Designer: Jusuk Lee
Recording Studio: Studio Garak
Voice Recording: Saeun Hwang

Cast
Yaho-Man: Young Cheol Kim
Younger Brother (Sang Joon): Sunwoo Kim
Older Brother (Sang Hyuk): Jong Hyeok Yoon
Moms/Pepper Lady/Yogurt Lady: Sookyung Oh
Dad: Kyungsuk Bae
Sang Hoon: Jisung Kim
Taekwondo Kid 1: Hyunsik Yoon
Taekwondo Kid 2: Hyeji Chung
Taekwondo Kid 3: Min Hyeok Park

Editor: Kelly Sung
Additional Writer: Seungbeom Ma
Title Handwriting: Yoodam Lim

Supported by: Kocca (한국콘텐츠진흥원)
Sales and Distribution by: AniSEED (씨앗)

Echo is a story about young brothers, living in an apartment in a newly developed city near Seoul, Korea in the 90’s. The brothers’ every morning starts to get disrupted by a strange man across the apartment yelling “yaho”. They start their own little investigation to find out the motifs of the man, after hearing the rumor that this strange man is a cannibal.

Character Sketch

Still Images