Post by ourmasteram on Sept 3, 2023 5:45:56 GMT
[NOTE: The media in question is unsuitable for people under the age of 18. It contains sexual themes, graphic violence, and general unsuitable content.]
I hope this is the correct place to put it, please let me know if I'm wrong.
THE ORIGINAL CARTOON:
In 2006 a South Korean animated movie called Aachi & Ssipak* released. The movie was based on a series of flash animated cartoons that were available online - though today, only one episode is known to be accessible (off the Korean, and I believe, German home releases). While I've only recently gotten into this series, my boyfriend has been a huge fan for over a decade, and can recall quite a bit of content that has now gone missing.
(*Note: The names have been translated differently at different times, both by people and by machine translation. These can include Archie or Ach'iwa instead of Aachi, or Mr. Pak, C-Pak, or Ssip'ak instead of Ssipak.)
I believe to have found the website that they were hosted on (HERE), but I don't have any experience with extracting old flash media, or if this is in a state in which it can still be preserved. If anyone has experience with this, I would greatly appreciate your input. A link which seems to have all(?) 7 episodes listed is HERE.
The plot of the flash cartoon differs from that of the movie, including a major character - the King of the mutants - instead having been a human in disguise in the original animations.
On the old websites, there are links to something called Cine 4M - I'm unsure of what this is, or if it has any relevance. It can be found HERE.
ARTIST BLOG & CONCEPT ART:
My boyfriend also tells me that an artist involved had a website (possibly the one above?) which provided concept art for A&S and potentially other projects. In his own words:
[...] finding the concept art would be a nice cherry on top, especially if I could find the creator/artists site again
I remember they had a blog-like site that had art for another project they wanted to do, one of the characters for it was this giant robot woman with her face covered by a featureless mask (she kinda gave off female Geko vibes)
I remember they had a blog-like site that had art for another project they wanted to do, one of the characters for it was this giant robot woman with her face covered by a featureless mask (she kinda gave off female Geko vibes)
The Swiss/German special edition release, "Tengoku Edition", came with a small concept art book. This concept art book is not what we're looking for, and we already have it in our possession (we are meaning to scan/preserve it).
OTHER:
I don't know if this really counts as lost media, but if I correctly recall, there was a bus/van that sold A&S merchandise (or gave it away?) in promotion of the movie, as seen as an extra in the DVD release. If any photos of merchandise are able to be found, I would be grateful. I can't imagine there's anything purchaseable online, but if so, I would be immensely grateful!
I don't know if cash bounties or rewards are allowed at all, and please let me know if they are/aren't - but if they are, I would be willing to pay someone for the discovery and restoration of this content (though no price is in mind atm).
Thank you so much in advance for reading this.
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