Jurassic War (partially found French-Korean animated series; 2002)
The Jurassic War (also known as Wars of the Jurassic Period) animated series was made in 2002 with joint efforts of “RGP France” and a South Korean studio “Raon Pictures” (라온픽처스), directed by Lee Ki-young (총 감독) and Regis Ghezelbash, a person later on known in France for his work at building bridges with other countries professionals[1].
It is a series about the girl Niu who lives in the Jurassic Period of history, when dinosaurs were alive (and talking), — the princess of her small elf tribe, gifted with connection to magical powers. She's going on a quest for elemental relics with the aid of a silent boy Zar and a cowardly dinosaur Imp to stop the villain who wants to steal them first for their power. Niu is quite arrogant and bossy because of her royal blood, but she has to learn to respect nature and people around her to succeed in her quest and save her home from evil.
Production
The show was loosely inspired by a StarCraft-like video game titled “Jurassic Wars 2”. The French studio was sponsoring the main production for the series (25% of overall funds) and responsible for distribution in Europe, while the Korean studio was working on the product itself.
- General director: Lee Ki-young (총 감독).
- Supervision: Jeong Se-young, Hong Jin-seong, Kim Hyun-dong.
- Producer: Lee Sang-joo.
- Chief Designer: Shin Byung-cheong.
- Designer: Kim Do-sik.
- Music/Sound Director : Lee Young-bin.
Availability
Only 12 original episodes are available to view on the web.
The English dub, that was supposed to be aired in North America by the distributor company “Moonlight” in 2003[2], seems to be completely lost, though reportedly some kind of dub existed one time on DVD discs.
The Russian professional dub, on the other hand, is fully available on the web. See the corresponding section below.
Episode List
Episodes were around 12-minutes long. The names of episodes are going to be in Korean and translated to English (note that the exact names of episodes in English dub currently stay unknown).
# | Title | Status Kor | Status En |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 저주에 걸린 엘프족/The Elves Cursed | Found | Lost |
2 | 자르와 만남/Meet Zar | Found | Lost |
3 | 괴짜 영감 우불라/The Weird Woobula | Found | Lost |
4 | 겁쟁이 날프/Nalph the Coward | Found | Lost |
5 | 동굴산의 비밀/The Secret of the Cave Mountain | Found | Lost |
6 | 소매치기 공룡 쌕쌕이/The Pilfering Dinosaur | Found | Lost |
7 | 부라구 호수/The Lake Buragu | Found | Lost |
8 | 물의 신전/The Sanctuary of Water | Found | Lost |
9 | 엄마가 된 임프/Imp Becomes a Mother | Found | Lost |
10 | 니우 위기의 순간/Niu's Moment of Crisis | Found | Lost |
11 | 카누스 대 데몬/Kanus vs the demon | Found | Lost |
12 | 임프의 배신/The Betrayal of Imp | Found | Lost |
13 | 데카의 변신/Deca's Transformation | Lost | Lost |
14 | 공룡 무덤/The Dinosaur Tomb | Lost | Lost |
15 | 대역전/The Great War | Lost | Lost |
16 | 알로에게 생긴 일/What happened to Alo | Lost | Lost |
17 | 티라노 계곡의 전투/The Battle of the Tyrannosaurus' Valley | Lost | Lost |
18 | 네 번째 신물/The Fourth Relic | Lost | Lost |
19 | 무쌈바니의 추억/The Memory of Mu-sam-wa-ri | Lost | Lost |
20 | 지구의 배꼽/The Navel of the Earth | Lost | Lost |
21 | 다섯 번째 신물/The Fifth Relic | Lost | Lost |
22 | 빼앗긴 신물/The Relic is Lost | Lost | Lost |
23 | 탄생의 신비/The Sacrament of Birth | Lost | Lost |
24 | 파수라 해전/Pasura Naval Battle | Lost | Lost |
25 | 구리아 섬으로/Guria's Island | Lost | Lost |
26 | 신비한 파포의 샘/The Mystical Papo Spring | Lost | Lost |
Russian dub
Войны Юрского периода (The Wars of Jurassic Period) is an official Russian dub of the French-Korean joint produced series “The Jurassic Wa” (쥬라기원시전). It's notable for being the only version of the series that is freely available on the web for its entirety.
“Insomnia World Sales” (France) had the rights reserved in 2005. It was distributed on DVD by “Hits for Kids” in Russia, and by ИНТЕР-ФИЛЬМ in Ukraine (with Ukrainian subtitles)[3].
Availability
As of 15th of April 2024, Russian dub is available on YouTube in its entirety, but only the first episode contains intro. Other intro sequences were cut even for DVD, most probably because they were considered to be boring for the audience. Intros originally were just showing moments from the series. There is also no outro for episodes, but the menu for choosing an episode featured the 35 seconds hip-hop remix of the intro on loop. There were three DVDs, each featuring a part of the series, sold separately[3]. Probably later on was released one-disk edition with all of the episodes.
26 episodes last for around 11 minutes each. In the dub you can clearly hear the Korean voice actors, but the voiceover is of good quality, done by professional actors. The table below contains links to each episode.
# | Title Ru/En | Status |
---|---|---|
1 | Начало путешествия/The Adventure Begins | Found |
2 | Новый попутчик/A New Companion | Found |
3 | Странный Вубула/The Strange Woobula | Found |
4 | Изгнанник Нальф/Nalf the Exiled | Found |
5 | Святилище огня/The Fire Sanctuary | Found |
6 | Динозавр-воришка/The Pilfering Dinosaur | Found |
7 | Ю-ю, динозавр-гений/Yu-yu, the Genius Dinosaur | Found |
8 | Врата таинственного источника/The Gates of the Mystic Spring | Found |
9 | Приключения Нильфа/Nilph's Adventures | Found |
10 | В ожидании/Waiting | Found |
11 | Канук и демон/Kanuk and the demon | Found |
12 | Измена/The Treason | Found |
13 | Превращение Дека/The Transformation of Dec | Found |
14 | Гробница динозавров/Dinosaurs' Tomb | Found |
15 | Зигзаг Фортуны/Fortuna's Twist | Found |
16 | Что случилось с Ало/What Happened to Alo | Found |
17 | Битва в долине Тираннозавров/The Battle of the Tyrannosaurus' Valley | Found |
18 | Четвёртая святыня/The Fourth Relic | Found |
19 | Память Му-сам-ва-ри/The Memory of Mu-sam-wa-ri | Found |
20 | Пуп Земли/The Center of the World | Found |
21 | Пятая святыня/The Fifth Relic | Found |
22 | Потеря святыни/The Relic is Lost | Found |
23 | Таинство рождения/The Sacrament of Birth | Found |
24 | Новая битва/A New Battle | Found |
25 | Остров Гуриа/The Island Guria | Found |
26 | Таинственная стена/The Mystical Wall | Found |
Gallery
External Links
- Regis Ghezelbash wiki page.
- Series mentioned on the fan article for the original game.
- The community of the game predating the series, “Jurassic Wars 2”.
- The YouTube playlist with all the 26 episodes of Russian dub. The quality of video was initially as bad on DVD.
- A screenshot from the first episode with Ukrainian subtitles visible (image is hosted outside of wiki).
- MKV-files of ru dub hosted on mega.
References
- ↑ The article on initial run of this show, retrieved at 17 Aug '23
- ↑ Announce for the airing of the show, retrieved at 17 Aug '23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scans for the box covers of the ru dub DVD-release: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Retrieved 15 Apr '24.