Remember Robot Taekwon V? First robot animation-themed museum opens in Seoul

October 14, 2015
(Yonhap)

Filmmaker Kim Choeng-gi, famous for his animated film “Robot Taekwon V,” delivers a speech during a ceremony in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2015, to celebrate the opening of the robot animation-themed museum. (Yonhap)

(Yonhap)

A boy wearing a taekwondo uniform poses for a photo in front of a 13-meter figure of “Robot Taekwon V,” a robot from a popular animation of the same title, during a ceremony in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2015, for the opening of the robot animation-themed museum. (Yonhap)

 

Remember Robot Taekwon V?

South Korea held a ceremony to celebrate its first robot animation-themed museum in Seoul on Wednesday, and the most notable display was inspired by “Robot Taekwon V,” the nation’s first science fiction animation released in 1976.

The show was very popular among teens and children at the time.