A feature-length fully-animated model of smash hit Korean sequence “Yumi’s Cells” will launch subsequent month on the European Movie Market in Berlin. Worldwide rights to the property had been picked up by Barunson E&A, a part of the Korean Barunson conglomerate that additionally produced Oscar-winning live-action movie “Parasite.”

“Yumi’s Cells: The Film” is a 3D characteristic animation primarily based on the favored Naver webtoon sequence of the identical title that debuted in 2015. Manufacturing of the movie is by Locus Animation (previously Sidus Animation), which was beforehand chargeable for “Crimson Sneakers and Seven Dwarfs” and Studio N, a subsidiary of Naver Webtoon. The movie is presently in post-production and will probably be delivered later this 12 months.

Locus’s newest work, “Exorcism Chronicles: The Starting” can also be debuting on the EFM.

“Yumi’s Cells” revolves round an workplace employee Yumi and the myriad of cells inside her mind – akin to Rational Cell, Emotional Cell, Nervousness Cell, Love Cell, Naughty Cell, and extra – every chargeable for Yumi’s feelings and actions. The narrative explores Yumi’s development alongside her cells in imaginative methods.

In 2021 and 2022, the property was tailored right into a TV sequence that mixed live-action and animation for Korean streamer Tving. It lifted most important actor Kim Go-eun (beforehand identified for the Ok-drama sequence “Guardian: The Lonely and Nice God”) to additional worldwide recognition.

The characteristic film, a primary for the franchise, delves into the love story of Yumi and Babi, choosing up from the ultimate a part of the second season of the TV sequence. It additionally explores Yumi’s pursuit of her dream to grow to be a author.

The unique “Yumi’s Cells” webtoon achieved a mean consumer ranking of 9.9 factors out of ten, per episode, establishing itself as a formidable mental property. Earlier than the launch of the TV adaptation, Naver reported that the webtoon had been considered 3.2 billion instances.

The following TV sequence ran for 28 episodes, corresponding to 2 seasons, with the second season reportedly having fun with a 60% enhance in viewership over the primary.

Tving reported over rights gross sales for the sequence to over 150 territories. Abroad distributors included Viki, China’s Bilibili and iQiyi and Amazon’s multi-territory platform Prime Video.

Studio N has been often parlayed its content material portfolio into dramas, motion pictures, and animations with examples together with the Netflix Unique “Candy Dwelling” and “Bloodhounds,” Disney+’s “Vigilante.”

Sylvie Kim, head of Barunson E&A’s worldwide enterprise unit, stated: “We’re delighted so as to add the characteristic animation adaptation of ‘Yumi’s Cells,’ a globally beloved IP, to our gross sales lineup. We plan to persistently introduce authentic and highly effective content material with out limiting ourselves to particular nations, genres, or codecs.”

On the EFM, Barunson E&A may even start pre-sales of slates of different titles which are additionally in post-production. These embody the journey comedy “Amazon Bullseye,” starring Ryu Seung-ryong (“Excessive Job” and Disney+ “Shifting”) and “Forbidden Fairytale, which it pitches as a daring and imaginative attractive comedy.