Service Scope: Korea catches co-pro fever

Three years ago, Canada's Funbag Animation was quite gung-ho about Korea as an off-shore service region. A Korean company had invested in its Toad Patrol series, and the animation quality it turned around more than met international market standards. But Funbag's most recent show King, a co-production with Decode, was animated in India, and now the company is doing cheap Flash rendering out of its own Ottawa studio. Put simply, says production manager Philip Wood, it's all about price point. And Korea is finding it difficult to compete on this level.
January 1, 2005

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