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{{Short description|North Korean state-owned animation studio}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox company
| name = SEK Studio
| logo = SEK Studio logo.jpg
| logo_size = 110
| native_name = 조선4.26만화영화촬영소
| foundation = {{start date|1957|09|07}}<ref name=tongil>{{cite news|url=http://www.tongilnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=14509|author=Yonhap News|script-title=ko:北`4.26아동영화촬영소` 아동영화 다수 창작|language=ko|date=December 26, 2001|accessdate=June 23, 2013|publisher=Tongil News}}</ref>
| location = [[Ot'an-dong]], [[Central District (Pyongyang)|Central District]]
| location_city = [[Pyongyang]]
| location_country = [[North Korea]]
| key_people = Jun Ok Kim
| industry = Animation
| num_employees = 900 (2014)<ref>[https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2018/06/short-history-north-korea-animation-sek/ A Short History of North Korea’s Animation Industry]</ref>
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|context=north
|hangul=조선4.26만화영화촬영소
|hanja=朝鮮4.26漫畵映畵撮影所
|rr= Joseon 4.26 Manhwa Yeonghwa Chwaryeongso
|mr= Chosŏn 4.26 Manhwa Yŏnghwa Ch'waryŏngso
}}

'''Korean April 26 Animation Studio'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Korean Film|url=http://korfilm.com.kp/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=korfilm.com.kp|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709161523/http://korfilm.com.kp/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ({{Korean|조선4.26만화영화촬영소|hanja=朝鮮4.26漫畵映畵撮影所|lit=Korean April 26 Animation Film Studio}}), also known as '''SEK Studio''' (abbreviation of "Scientific Educational Korea"), is a state-owned [[North Korea|North Korean]] [[animation studio]], based in Ot'an-dong, [[Central District (Pyongyang)|Central District]], [[Pyongyang]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = Korea SEK Company | website=[[Naenara]] | accessdate = 2016-05-16 | archive-date = 2005-02-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050213003344/http://www.kcckp.net/en/trade/trade-company.php?9+984 | url = http://www.kcckp.net/en/trade/trade-company.php?9+984}}</ref>

==History==
The studio started operations in September 1957, as 4.26 Children's Film Studio (4.26아동영화촬영소).<ref name=tongil/> 

SEK Studio worked with foreign animators and companies with relative frequency for a North Korean operation throughout the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Around 1985, it began to outsource animation for European television.<ref name="pk-report">{{cite news|url=http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/173rd_issue/2001122606.htm|title=Korean-made Cartoon Films Win Popular Acclaim among Animation Film Fan<nowiki>[</nowiki>s<nowiki>]</nowiki> in Europe|date=December 26, 2001|access-date=June 24, 2013|work=PK Report from Pyongyang|publisher=The People's Korea|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020223061949/http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/173rd_issue/2001122606.htm|archive-date=February 23, 2002}}</ref> It has also done subcontracting work on over 250 foreign animations. They mainly worked on subcontracting Russian, Italian, French, Spanish and Chinese animation, with American animation being outsourced in an indirect way.

SEK has done work on several animated series with [[Mondo TV]], including ''Pocahontas: Princess of the American Indians''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mondo tv S.P.A - LIBRARY Pocahontas |url=http://www.mondotv.it/scheda-singola-pocahontas.html |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124175108/http://mondotv.it/scheda-singola-pocahontas.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Simba the King Lion'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Khorsand |first=Solmaz |date=April 2007 |title=Knuddelachse |language=de |work=[[Datum (magazine)|Datum]] |url=http://www.datum.at/0407/stories/3490038/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717015447/http://www.datum.at/0407/stories/3490038/ |archive-date=July 17, 2010 |accessdate=June 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Park Chan-Kyong |date=February 5, 2007 |title=North Korea supplies laughs as well as lethal weapons |newspaper=North Korean Economy Watch |agency=AFP |url=http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2007/02/05/north-korea-supplies-laughs-as-well-as-lethal-weapons/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mondo tv S.P.A - LIBRARY Simba the King Lion |url=http://www.mondotv.it/scheda-singola-simba-the-king-lion.html |access-date=March 6, 2017 |archive-date=February 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221212622/http://www.mondotv.it/scheda-singola-simba-the-king-lion.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (due to these two, it has been repeatedly misinformed that SEK has worked for [[The Walt Disney Company]]). SEK also has produced features such as the French science fiction epic [[Gandahar (film)|''Gandahar'']] (''The Light Years'') and ''[[Empress Chung]]''.<ref name="nyt2">{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Mark |date=August 31, 2005 |title=Uniting the Two Koreas, in Animated Films at Least |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/movies/31chun.html}}</ref>

It was registered as the SEK Studio which stands for Scientific Educational Korea in 1997 in order to take part in an animation festival in France.<ref name="forbes">{{cite journal |author=Susan Kitchens |date=March 3, 2003 |title=Axis of animation |url=http://members.forbes.com/global/2003/0303/014.html |url-status=dead |journal=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504030514/http://members.forbes.com/global/2003/0303/014.html |archive-date=May 4, 2010 |accessdate=June 23, 2013}}</ref>

According to Cinema Escapist, its most prominent US projects were ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', ''[[Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'' and an episode of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Anthony Kao |date=6 June 2018 |title=A Short History of North Korea's Animation Industry |work=Cinema Escapist |url=https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2018/06/short-history-north-korea-animation-sek/ |accessdate=1 March 2021}}</ref> According to the [[Korean Film Council]], SEK Studio outsourced episode 72 of [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series]].<ref>{{cite news |title=North Korean animation industry, Expansion into overseas markets |script-title=ko:남북 애니메이션 교류 백서 |language=ko |url=http://kofice.or.kr/z99_include/filedown6_1.asp?filename=%EB%82%A8%EB%B6%81%20%EC%95%A0%EB%8B%88%EB%A9%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%85%98%20%EA%B5%90%EB%A5%98%20%EB%B0%B1%EC%84%9C(%EC%B5%9C%EC%A2%85%EB%B3%B8).pdf |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>

Recently, international collaborations between SEK Studio and other nations has declined significantly, with only [[China]] co-producing content. This can largely be attributed to rising tensions between North Korea and the West, notably the United States.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2018-06-06 |title=A Short History of North Korea’s Animation Industry |url=https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2018/06/short-history-north-korea-animation-sek/ |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=Cinema Escapist |language=en}}</ref> SEK Studio participated in "Shijiazhuang International Animation Exhibition" on September 30, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.kotra.or.kr/user/globalBbs/kotranews/10/globalBbsDataView.do?setIdx=247&dataIdx=138670&pageViewType=&column=&search=&searchAreaCd=&searchNationCd=&searchTradeCd=&searchStartDate=&searchEndDate=&searchCategoryIdxs=&searchIndustryCateIdx=&searchItemCode=&searchItemName=&page=15&row=10|title=북한 애니메이션 산업 육성, 해외진출 확대 전망|language=ko|access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref> SEK Studio is expected to introduce a new science fiction genre animation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dihur.co.kr/1429|title=북한 "SF애니 과학기술 역군 육성위한 중대한 과업"|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-03|date=2017-04-18}}</ref> Since 2010s, SEK studio has contracted with many animation studios in China and outsourced in [[Chinese animation|Chinese TV series]], web animations, game graphics and commercials. SEK is currently pursuing large-scale projects with Chinese animation companies. It relates to web animated series that will be produced in China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.163.com/15/0308/20/AK78OQHE0001121M_mobile.html|title=韩媒:朝鲜动画达国际水准 用动画片教育孩子|language=zh|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>

In December 2021, the [[US Treasury]] accused SEK Studio and companies and individuals related to it, of exploiting North Korean workers to earn foreign currency and avoid sanctions on North Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://news.yahoo.com/us-targets-chinese-north-korean-154944099.html|title= US targets Chinese, North Korean firms with sanctions|work=AFP|date=2021-12-10}}</ref> In April 2024, a server leak revealed that some Western television series, such as ''[[Invincible (TV series)|Invincible]]'' and ''[[Iyanu: Child of Wonder]]'', as well as the Japanese anime series ''[[Dahlia in Bloom#Anime|Dahlia in Bloom]]'', had been worked on by SEK Studio despite sanctions.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Lyngaas |first=Sean |date=2024-04-22 |title=Documents found on a North Korean server suggest US studios may have unknowingly outsourced animation work {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/politics/us-animation-studio-sketches-korean-server/index.html |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Nwaenie |first=Chike |date=2024-04-23 |title=Anime: North Korea Believed to Have Violated U.S. Sanctions on Upcoming Isekai Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/anime-north-korea-tv-series-outsource-sanctions/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>

===Previous Names===
SEK Studio was founded in 1957 as April 26 Children’s Animation Film Studio.<ref name=":3" />
* Korean National Film Studio – Puppet Animation Film Research Institute (1957-1959)
* Korean National Film Studio – Animation Film Studio (1959-1960)
* Korean National Film Studio – Animation Film Production (1960-1964)
* Korean Children's Film Studio (1964-1971)
* Korean Science Education Film Studio – Animation Film Production Team (1971-1980)
* Korean Science Education Film Studio – Children's Film Production Team (1980-1996)
* Korean 4.26 Children's Film Studio (1996-2013)
* Korean April 26 Animation Studio (2013-)<ref name=":0" />

==SEK Studio today==
As of 2003, SEK Studio employed over 1,500<ref name=forbes/> or 1,600<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Korea Quietly Emerges as Major Player in Animation Industry |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/nkorea_cartoon-20061206.html |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=[[Radio Free Asia]] |language=en}}</ref> people and subcontracted work for over 70 companies from around the globe, including Europe, [[South Korea]], China, Canada and the United States. After the introduction of advanced equipment, the number of employees was reduced to about 500.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onbao.com/portal/sub_mobile_npc.php?type=N&sid=13729&gubun=onbao|title=북한의 비교우위 산업은?...애니메이션!|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> There are 11 animation production teams in SEK Studio, 9 production teams are responsible for overseas animations subcontracting, and 2 production teams produce domestic animations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://unityinfo.co.kr/sub_read.html?uid=8103&section=sc21&section2=|title=북 대표적인 아동영화 제작소 '조선4.26아동영화촬영소'|language=ko|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> According to Animation Career Review, SEK is the 85th most influential animation studio of all-time. SEK Studio's staff is mostly from [[Pyongyang]] Art Academy, and SEK Studio has established an animation training institute to teach young students.<ref name="An Carreer 2012">{{cite web|last=Fronczak|first=Tom|title=Top 100 Most Influential Animation Studios of All-Time|url=http://www.animationcareerreview.com/articles/top-100-most-influential-animation-studios-all-time?page=0,1|accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref>

In 2014, SEK Studio cooperated with Chinese companies to establish an office in [[Beijing]]. SEK Studio also invested $70,000 in Chinese companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.kotra.or.kr/user/globalBbs/kotranews/10/globalBbsDataView.do?setIdx=247&dataIdx=161043|title=中 북한 대중투자 금지 조치의 영향은?|language=ko|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref> Most employees are in their twenties.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=36428|access-date=2021-03-10|website=[[The Pyongyang Times]]|title= Prolific animated cartoon producer|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20201201115552/http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=36428|url-status=live|archivedate=2020-12-01}}</ref>

Much of the work produced by SEK Studio is considered to be propaganda for North Korean children, with SEK Studio being state-owned and creating animation intended for a young audience.<ref name=":3" />

==Filmography==
SEK has provided animation for the following works:<ref name="Film 2012">{{cite web|title=SEK Animation Studio [kp]|url=https://www.imdb.com/company/co0157788/|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref>

===Television===
SEK Studio has produced over 300 Animations.

{| class="wikitable"
! English title !! Original title !! Year !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Prince Hodong and the Princess of Nakrang]]'' || 호동왕자와 락랑공주 || 2023-2025 || Updated to 8 episodes. Remake of the 1990 film.
|-
| ''Last Match'' || 마지막 경기 || 2022 ||
|-
| ''Pine tree replanted'' || 다시 심은 잣나무 || 2021 ||
|-
| ''Diary of a Little Photographer'' || 꼬마촬영가의 일기 || 2021 ||
|-
|''Oksoe Defeats a Devil''<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=March 10, 2021|title=Oksoe Defeats a Devil wows cartoon fans|url=http://www.pyongyangtimes.com.kp/?bbs=37507|access-date=2021-03-10|website=[[The Pyongyang Times]]}}</ref>
|악마를 이긴 억쇠
|2020
|First released December 2020, features 5.1 sound.
|-
| ''Kimbap made by Hyuk'' || 혁이가 만든 김밥 || 2019 ||
|-
| ''A day of Camping'' || 야영의 하루 || 2018 ||
|-
| ''Our House Rabbit'' || 우리 집 토끼 || 2017 ||
|-
| ''[[Gojumong|Ko Jomung]]'' <ref name=":0" />|| 고주몽 || 2016-2025 || 50 episodes, ended in 2025 (also translated as ''Ko Jo Mong'') <ref name=":1" />
|-
| ''[[The Boy General]] (Series 2)'' || 소년장수 (2부) || 2015-2019 || 50 episodes (51-100), ended in 2019.
|-
| ''Two Boys who Found the Answer'' || 답을 찾은 두 소년 || 2015 ||
|-
| ''Awangnyo Finds out Fire for Kindling''<ref name=":2" />|| 불씨를 찾은 아왕녀 || 2012 || 
|-
| ''Ants to Suri Mountain'' || 수리봉으로 간 깜장이 || 2012 ||
|-
| ''Ant and Big Centipede'' || 개미와 왕지네 || 2012 ||
|-
| ''Byeolnam and Rubber Ball'' || 별남이와 고무공 || 2011 || 
|-
| ''Singsing's Golden Fleece'' || 씽씽이의 금빛털옷 || 2011 || 
|-
| ''The Bustle Caused by Scale Brothers'' || 저울형제가 일으킨 소동 || 2010 ||
|-
| ''Young Warriors of Goguryeo'' || 고구려의 젊은 무사들 || 2010-2014 || 7 episodes, ended in 2014.
|-
| ''An ant with wings'' || 날개를 단 개미 || 2009 ||
|-
| ''Long Long Sunday'' || 긴긴 일요일 || 2009 ||
|-
| ''[[The enchanted mountain|The Enchanted Mountain]]''  || 금강산 팔선녀 || 2008 || A film based on the Korean fairy tale "The Fairy and the Woodcutter".
|-
| ''The Red Star'' || 빨간별 || 2008-2012 || Stop-motion Animation Film. 12 episodes, ended in 2012.
|-
| ''A Greedy Dog'' || 욕심많은 개 || 2008 || Based on the [[Aesop's Fables|Aesop Fable]] [[The Dog and Its Reflection]].
|-
| ''[[Heungbu and Nolbu]]'' || 흥부와 놀부 || 2008 || A film based on the Korean fairy tale [[Heungbu and Nolbu]].
|-
| ''Photographed by Chalkak'' || 찰칵이가 찍은 사진 || 2008 || 
|-
| ''Stonefish Brothers'' || 쏠치형제들 || 2007 || 
|-
| ''The Oriole's Song'' || 꾀꼴새가 부른 노래 || 2007 ||
|-
| ''[[Squirrel and Hedgehog (Series 2)]]'' || 다람이와 고슴도치 (2부) || 2006-2012... || The show was discontinued after episode 32 in 2012 for reasons unknown.
|-
| ''The Lazy Pig'' || 놀고 먹던 꿀꿀이 || 2006 || Remake of the 1969 film
|-
| ''A Butterfly and a Cock'' <ref name=":0" /> || 나비와 수닭 || 2006 || Remake of the 1976 film.
|-
| ''A Boy Defeats Robbers'' || 도적을 쳐부신 소년 || 2006 || Remake of the 1983 film.
|-
| ''Two Friends Drinking Spring Water'' || 샘물을 마신 두동무 || 2006 || 
|-
| ''Tong Tong's Story'' || 통통이가 들려준 이야기 || 2006 || 
|-
| ''[[Let's Keep the Traffic Order]]'' || 교통질서를 잘 지키자요 || 2006-2023 || Updated to 24 episodes. Traffic Safety Animated Series for Kids.
|-
| ''A Chodong and Father'' || 초동이와 아버지 || 2005 ||
|-
| ''A Cat and Kids'' || 야웅이와 꼬마들 || 2004 || 
|-
| ''A little Squirrel in Tolbaegol'' || 돌배골의 꼬마 청서 || 2004 || 
|-
| ''A little painter'' || 꼬마화가 || 2003 || North Korea's first CGI (computer-generated imagery) Animation Film.
|-
| ''Grandpa's Mirror'' || 할아버지가 준 거울 || 2003 || 
|-
| ''Three friends in fantasy'' || 환상속의 세 동무 || 2002 || The first 3D Animation Film by SEK Studio.
|-
| ''[[The Bell (1999 TV series)|The Bell]]'' || 방울소리 || 1999-2005 || 7 episodes, ended in 2005.
|-
| ''[[Prince Hodong and the Princess of Nakrang]]'' || 호동왕자와 락랑공주 || 1990 ||
|-
| ''Welcome to Pyongyang Festival'' || 평양 축전에 오신걸 환영합니다 || 1989 || Animation film on the occasion of [[13th World Festival of Youth and Students]].
|-
| ''[[Clever Raccoon Dog]]'' || 령리한 너구리 || 1987-2012, 2021-2025 || Updated to 83 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcti.re.kr/webdata/newweb/reportEng/file/Basic%20research_2011-12.pdf#page=162|title=Title not available|language=ko|pages=138–39|year=2012|accessdate=June 30, 2013|publisher=Korea Culture & Travel Institute|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032354/https://www.kcti.re.kr/webdata/newweb/reportEng/file/Basic%20research_2011-12.pdf#page=162|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| ''Monkey Brothers'' || 원숭이 형제 || 1985 ||
|-
| ''Three Friends'' || 세 동무 || 1985 ||
|-
| ''[[A Winged Horse]]'' || 날개달린 룡마 || 1983 ||
|-
| ''Pencil Bomb'' || 연필 폭탄 || 1983 || [[Anti-USA]] Propaganda Animation Film.
|-
| ''A Hedgehog Defeats a Tiger'' || 호랑이를 이긴 고슴도치 || 1983 ||
|-
| ''A Boy Defeats Robbers'' || 도적을 쳐부신 소년 || 1983 ||
|-
| ''[[The Boy General]]'' || 소년장수 || 1982-1996 || 50 episodes (1-50), ended in 1996.
|-
| ''Gun Shooters'' || 포쏘기 선수들 || 1978 ||
|-
| ''[[Squirrel and Hedgehog]]'' || 다람이와 고슴도치 (Series 1) || 1977-1982, 1997-2005 || 26 episodes, ended in 2005.
|-
| ''Raccoon Dog's Height Measurement'' || 너구리의 높이재기 || 1976 ||
|-
| ''A Butterfly and a Cock'' <ref name=":0" /> || 나비와 수닭 || 1976 ||
|-
| ''Whose Talent is Best?'' || 누구의 재주가 제일 일가? || 1976 ||
|-
| ''Brave Wild Goose'' || 용감한 기러기 || 1975 ||
|-
| ''The Rabbit with The Big Ears'' || 귀가 큰 토끼 || 1974 ||
|-
| ''Why did the dog cry?'' || 멍멍이는 왜 울었나? || 1974 ||
|-
| ''How Raccoon prepared for winter'' || 너구리의 겨울차비 || 1974 ||
|-
| ''A Little Tree and Sudong'' || 애기나무와 수동이 || 1972 ||
|-
| ''The Lazy Pig'' || 놀고 먹던 꿀꿀이 || 1969 ||
|-
| ''Time Bomb'' || 시한폭탄 || 1967 || [[Anti-USA]] Propaganda Animation Film.
|-
|''Pig's Pumpkin Seeds'' || 꿀꿀이의 호박씨 || 1967 ||
|-
|''Burned Squad of Flies'' || 불타버린 쉬팔리 부대 || 1966 || [[Anti-USA]] Propaganda Animation Film.
|-
|''The Good Brother'' || 의좋은 형제 || 1966 ||
|-
| ''Dog and Cat'' || 멍멍이와 야웅이 || 1965 ||
|-
| ''Brother and Sister'' || 오누이 || 1964 ||
|-
| ''The Little Flower Pot'' || 작은 화분 || 1964 ||
|-
| ''Yawoong caught in fishing'' || 낚시에 걸린 야웅이 || 1962 ||
|-
| ''Deer and Tiger'' || 사슴과 호랑이 || 1962 ||
|-
| ''Merry Field'' || 흥겨운 들판 || 1962 ||
|-
| ''Little Red Star'' || 꼬마붉은별 || 1961 ||
|-
| ''Swallow Brothers'' || 제비 삼형제 || 1961 ||
|-
| ''The Greedy Pig'' || 욕심많은 돼지 || 1960 ||
|-
| ''Our Hill'' || 우리 동산 || 1959 || SEK Studio's First Animation Film.
|-
|''Blue Spring''<ref name=":0" />
|파란샘물
|
|
|-
|''A Gold Nugget and Maize Cakes''<ref name=":0" />
|황금덩이와 강낭떡
|
|
|-
|''Slug Raccoon''<ref name=":0" />
|느렁뱅이 너구리
|
|
|-
|''Bears' Village and Hares' Village''<ref name=":0" />
|곰동산과 토끼동산
|
|
|-
|''The Story of Two Generals''<ref name=":0" />
|두 장군 이야기
|
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|}

===Animation services===
{{expand section|information on local productions from this company|date=December 2019}}
The list below is a part of the works outsourced by SEK studio.

{| class="wikitable"
! Title !! Year !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Invincible (TV series)|Invincible]]'' || 2024 ||<ref name=":4" />
|-
| ''[[Iyanu: Child of Wonder]]'' || 2024 ||<ref name=":4" />
|-
| ''[[Dahlia in Bloom#Anime|Dahlia in Bloom]]'' || 2024 ||<ref name=":5" />
|-
| ''{{ill|Anatane et les enfants d'Okura|fr|Anatane et les enfants d'Okura}}'' || 2019 || Project started on 2006, halted until 2019, Studio SEK credited on first episode, credits removed depending masters.
|-
|-
| ''{{ill|Bu-Bum! La strada verso casa|it|Bu-Bum! La strada verso casa}}'' || 2016 || With [[Rai Fiction]]
|-
| ''[[Sissi The Young Empress]]'' || 2016 ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Egyxos|it|Egyxos}}'' || 2015 || With [[Rai Fiction]] and [[Musicartoon]]
|-
| ''{{ill|Flower Angel (Chinese animation)|zh|小花仙|lt=Flower Angel}}'' || 2014 || With {{ill|Shanghai Taomee Network|zh|上海淘米}}, Chinese [[Magical girl]] animated series
|-
| ''[[Stan Lee's Mighty 7]]'' || 2014 ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Star Key (TV series)|it|Star Key|lt=Star Key}}'' || 2014 || Italian television animated series, With [[Gama Movie Animation]] and [[Rai Fiction]]
|-
| ''{{ill|Le straordinarie avventure di Jules Verne|it|Le straordinarie avventure di Jules Verne}}'' || 2013 ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Il sogno di Brent|it|Il sogno di Brent}}'' || 2013 ||With [[Rai Fiction]] and [[Lucky Dreams]]
|-
| ''{{ill|Baskup Tony Parker|fr|Baskup - Tony Parker}}'' || 2011 || French television animated series, With [[Télé images kids]] and [[The Walt Disney Company France]]
|-
| ''[[Spike Team]]'' || 2010 || Italian series
|-
| ''[[Giovanni e Paolo e il Mistero dei Pupi]]'' || 2010 ||
|-
| ''[[Chumballs]]'' || 2009 ||
|-
| ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (2009 animation)|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' || 2009 || Chinese-Japanese Co-produced animated series based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
|-
| ''[[Angel's Friends]]'' || 2008 || Produced by [[Mondo TV]]
|-
| ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' || 2007 || Episode "The Awakening", outsourced by MOI Animation Studio
|-
| ''[[Jurassic Cubs]]'' || 2007 ||
|-
| ''[[Padre Pio (TV series)|Padre Pio]]'' || 2006 ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Foot 2 rue|fr|Foot 2 rue}}'' || 2005 || Italian-French series
|-
| ''{{ill|La cuisine est un jeu d'enfants|fr|La cuisine est un jeu d'enfants}}'' || 2004 || French series 
|-
| ''[[The Boy (TV series)|The Boy]]'' || 2003 ||
|-
| ''[[The Spaghetti Family]]'' || 2003 || Italian series produced by [[Mondo TV]]
|-
| ''[[Pororo the Little Penguin]]'' || 2003 || Season 1 (26 episodes); credited as Sam-Cheon-Ri
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' || 2003 || Episode 72 (1 Episodes); uncredited
|-
| ''[[Raindrop, water is adventure]]'' || 2002 || Produced by [[Motion Pictures, S.A.]], [[Televisión Española|TVE]], [[TV3 (Catalonia)|TV3]] and [[Radiotelevisió Valenciana|TVV]]
|-
| ''[[The Bellflower Bunnies]]'' || 2001 || [[The Bellflower Bunnies (season 1)|Season 1]] (4 episodes)
|-
| ''[[Lazy Cat Dinga]]'' || 2001 || With Hanaro Telecom; credited as Sam-Cheon-Ri
|-
| ''[[Prudence Petitpas]]'' || 2001 ||
|-
| ''[[Marcelino Pan y Vino (anime)|Marcelino Pan y Vino]]'' || 2001 || Japanese series
|-
| ''{{ill|Bécassine et le Trésor viking|fr|Bécassine et le Trésor viking}}'' || 2001 || French series
|-
| ''[[Narigota]]'' || 2001 ||
|-
| ''[[Les enfants de Toromiro]]'' || 2000 ||
|-
| ''{{ill|Les Aventures outre-mer|fr|Les Aventures outre-mer}}'' || 2000 ||
|-
| ''{{ill|La Princesse du Nil|fr|Princesse du Nil (série télévisée d'animation)}}'' || 1999 || 1999 Animated Series
|-
| ''[[Sophie's Misfortunes]]'' || 1998 ||
|-
| ''[[Dragon Flyz]]'' || 1996 || French-American television animated series
|-
| ''[[Princesse Shéhérazade|Princess Sheherazade]]'' || 1996 ||
|-
| ''[[Papa Beaver's Storytime]]'' || 1993 || 1999 episodes; credited as Studio SEK
|-
|''Pocahontas: Princess of the American Indians'' || 1998 || Television animated series, Produced by [[Mondo TV]], Directed by [[Orlando Corradi]]
|-
| ''Simba the King Lion'' || 1997 || Television animated series, co Produced by [[Mondo TV]]
|-
| ''[[Bamboo Bears]]''|| 1995 ||
|-
| ''[[Davy Crockett]]'' || 1994 ||
|-
| ''[[Les Misérables]]'' || 1992 ||
|-
| ''[[Spiff and Hercules|Pif and Hercules]]'' || 1989 || Credited as Studio S.E.K.
|-
| ''{{ill|Ernest Le Vampire|fr|Ernest le vampire}}'' || 1989 ||
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! Year !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'' || 2007 || Outsourced by [[Rough Draft Studios]]
|-
| ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' || 2007 || Outsourced by [[Rough Draft Studios]]
|-
| ''[[Little Soldier Zhang Ga]]'' || 2005 ||
|-
| ''[[Le petit Wang]]'' || 2005 ||
|-
| ''[[Tentacolino]]'' || 2004 || Produced by Mondo TV<ref name=pk-report/>
|-
| ''{{ill|Corto Maltese, la cour secrète des arcanes|fr}}'' || 2002 ||
|-
|''[[The Legend of the Titanic]]''
|1999
|Produced by Mondo TV<ref name="pk-report" />
|-
| ''[[Gandahar (film)|Gandahar]]'' (''Light Years'') || 1988 ||<ref name=pk-report/>
|-
| ''[[How Wang-Fo Was Saved]]'' || 1987 ||
|}

==In popular culture==
Canadian animator and cartoonist [[Guy Delisle]] documented his experiences whilst working at the SEK Studio in his graphic novel, ''[[Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Delisle |first=Guy |title=Pyongyang: A Journey into North Korean |year=2004 |publisher=Drawn and Quarterly |location=Montreal }}</ref> because SEK studio subcontracted the [[Corto Maltese]] animation.

==See also==
{{Portal|North Korea|Animation|Companies}}
* [[Korean animation]]
* [[List of animation studios]]

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070321004339/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/IC14Dg03.html US cartoons 'made in North Korea' (archived)]

[[Category:North Korean animation studios]]
[[Category:Children's mass media]]
[[Category:Mass media in Pyongyang]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in North Korea]]