Ghost Messenger

Ghost Messenger (2014)

고스트 메신저

THEIR WORLD. HIS BATTLE.

In this anime fantasy, Kanglim is a 5th grade Ghost Messenger on a supernatural mission. When he finds himself trapped in a Soul Phone, Kanglim, who has the power to see mystical spirits, must successfully capture one of them to free himself from the trap.

Date of release
2014-05-22
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Animation, Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Family
Director
Goo Bong-hoe

Casting

Interesting facts

Ghost Messenger is a South Korean aeni made by STUDIO ANIMAL.

Production

Back when smartphones weren't widely used, STUDIO ANIMAL planned Ghost Loader, a mobile TCG game in which players would fight by downloading digitized spirits to their phones. However, due to the circumstances at the time, the game ended up not being developed.

During the time when the title of Ghost Messenger wasn't decided between 저승사자 강림 (The Ghost Messenger KANG LIM) and the current title, STUDIO ANIMAL first made the 1st promotional video of Ghost Messenger. After the PV was made, a Spanish animation company, BRB Internacional, contacted STUDIO ANIMAL and planned to fund them for the production of Ghost Messenger as a TV series, but as BRB asked too much to be edited, the co-production deal between…

Due to the lack of money and considering the various limitations on Korean TV animations-such as those on violence-STUDIO ANIMAL decided to make Ghost Messenger as an OVA series. Currently episode 1 and 2 of the OVA have been successfully released.

However, in a 2019 article announcing its global distribution by Portfolio Entertainment, Ghost Messenger: MOVIE.1 has been mentioned as the first part of a trilogy, with each episode being in feature-length.

In a September 2020 interview done by Gyeonggi Content Agency, STUDIO ANIMAL officially mentioned that the third episode of Ghost Messenger has already been planned but said they wish to start production once a firm financial background is readied.

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