Kim Cheong-gi (; born April 4, 1941) is a South Korean director of animated, fantasy, and science fiction films.
His most well known work, Robot Taekwon V (1976), is considered one of the milestones of Korean animation. With actor Shim Hyung-rae, he created the Ureme series, one of the more popular Korean children's series of the late 1980s.
Partial filmography Robot Taekwon V (animated) (1976) Robot Taekwon V 3 (로보트 태권 V 3탄: 수중특공대) (animated) (1977) Golden Wing 123 () (animated) (1978) Robot Taekwon V and Golden Wing 123 (animated) (1978) Run, Wonder Princess! () (1978) Tale of Three Kingdoms () (animated) (1980) Super Taekwon V () (animated) (1982) Wuroemae from the Outside (우뢰매 = 'Wuroemae,' or 'Ureme,' 'Uremae,' 'Uroi-mae,' etc.) () (1986) Space Gundam V (animated) (1983) Wuroemae from the Outside, Part II (1986) Operation of Alien Uremae (1987) Wuroemae 4: Thunder V Operation (1987) Super Hong Gil-Dong () (1987) New Machine Uremae 5 (1988) Guru Kong-cho and Super Hong Kil-Dong 2 () (1988) Bioman () (1989) The Third Generation Uremae 6 (1989) Super Hong Kil-Dong 3 () (1989) Samtos and Daengki Ddoli () (1990) Robot Tae Kwon V 90 () (1990) Space Police of the Human Power () Ureme 7: The Return of Ureme (1992) Gag Unit Robot Twins () (1993) Ureme 8 () (1993) Queen Esther () (1996) Lim Keok Jeong, Korean Robin Hood () (1997) Kwanggeto Taewang (The Great Emperor) (Canceled)
References 'Hangook Manhwa' (한국 만화) at Korean Wikipedia Kim Cheong-Gi at Asiandb 김청기 at Yahoo! Korea (in Korean)
External links The Great Emperor website
Extensive interview can be found at www.korazy.com.au korazy.com.au Kim Cheong-Gi's The Great Emperor at www.twitchfilm.net General information about 김청기 at the KMDb