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<i>Hello Jadoo</i>

Hello Jadoo

South Korean comic


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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As of June 12, 2019, 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.[2][circular reference]

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Plot

The 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

Main characters

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)
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

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

Below is a listing of all books from the Hello Jadoo series:[3]

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Awards

  • 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[4]
  • 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

References

  1. 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.
  2. "안녕 자두야". 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean). 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  3. "안녕 자두야의 부제 목록", 위키백과, 우리 모두의 백과사전 (in Korean), 2018-03-16, retrieved 2019-12-23

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