Yeongsimi or Young-sim is a South Korean comics serialized 1988 by South Korean cartoonist Bae Geum-taek,[1] and it refers to an animation and other media mix works such as film and TV series based on the original. The story is about innocent but zany adolescent girl Young-sim's normal life.[2]

Yeongsimi
Created byBae Geum-taek
Original workYeongsimi (1988-)
OwnerBae Geum-taek
Years1988–present
Films and television
Film(s)Young-Shim (1990)
Animated seriesTV Animated series

Plot

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Young-sim is a fourteen-year-old girl who has a round face, round eyes and a pony tail. Her boyfriend Wang Kyung-tae follows her incessantly. He is considered ugly and stammers when he speaks, but he deeply loves Young-sim. Young-sim treats Kyung-tae coldly. However, Young-sim displays considerable jealousy upon discovering Kyung-tae was with another girl. Her mean best friend and her sister Soon-sim add humor to the story.[3]

Media

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Film

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It was released on July 29, 1990.[4]

Animation

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Yeongsimi
Also known asYoung-sim, Young-shim, Yeong-sim, Yeong-shim
Korean영심이
Created byBae Geum-taek
Based onBae Geum-taek, Yeongsimi
Directed byJeong Seung-bae
Voices ofChoi Su-min
Jang Gwang
Opening themeYeongsimi
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companyDaewon Media
Original release
NetworkKorean Broadcasting System
ReleaseOctober 5 (1990-10-05) –
December 28, 1990 (1990-12-28)
Related
Oh! Youngsim (2023)

The original version was a comic book first produced in 1988, and after that it was broadcast on KBS in 1990. The popular video version has 13 episodes in total. Young-sim is a representative character of the early 1990s.[2]

Episodes List

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Episode Subtitle Air Date
1 Yeongsimi's Dream 5 October 1990
2 Class President Election 12 October 1990
3 "Exam" 19 October 1990 While at a reunion, Young-sim father, who hears the pride of his friends who have a son who is good at studying, forces Young-sim and Soon-sim to study. Young-shim manages to win first place by rolling a kite, drawing a wick, and rock-paper-scissors with Byeol-nim, and her father boasts to his friends. However, when he hears that his friend's son has won the quiz, he decides to have Young-shim appear on the quiz program.[5]
4 "Quiz" 26 October 1990
5 "Sunsimi's Birthday" 2 November 1990
6 "Camping" 9 November 1990
7 Life is short, and art is long 16 November 1990
8 "Superstition" 23 November 1990
9 "Star Prince" 30 November 1990
10 "I Want to Know" 7 December 1990
11 "Kyung Tae!" 14 December 1990
12 "Boot Camp" 21 December 1990
13 "Mom, Dad, I Love You" 28 December 1990

Novel

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In the novel version, Bae Geum-taek modernized the setting from 1990's South Korea to that of 2004, otherwise the plot is unchanged.[6]

Musical

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It came out in 2007 under the title March of Youth (젊음의 행진).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "한국만화의 대표적(?) 안경 캐릭터:왕경태 (『열네살 영심이』)" [A representative (?) glasses character in Korean comics: Wang Kyung-tae (『14-year-old Young-sim』)]. Daum Cafe (in Korean). 15 September 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "추억의 애니·만화, 드라마·영화로 재탄생" [Reborn as animation/manhwa, drama/movie of memories] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  3. ^ "영심이" [Young-sim]. Doopedia (in Korean). Retrieved 8 July 2023 – via Naver Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ "영심이" [Young-Shim]. Cine 21 (in Korean). Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  5. ^ 🌈만화동산 | 영심이 3회⭐시험 | 19901019 KBS방송, retrieved 2022-08-08
  6. ^ "소설로 돌아온 '영심이' '사춘기 性' 발랄한 터치" ['Youngsimi', who returned as a novel, 'puberty' with a lively touch] (in Korean). Sports Dong-a. 20 November 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. ^ "영심이와 왕경태 (젊음의 행진)" [Young-sim and Wang Kyung-tae (March of Youth)] (in Korean). Seoul Economics. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2023.