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Mar 12, 2010, 6:36 PM
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30 Japanese women hurt watching animation shoot
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Thirty Japanese women were injured -- one seriously -- while watching an animated drama being filmed Friday in South Korea, Japanese Embassy and South Korean police and firefighters said.
Most had only light injuries, but one sustained a serious injury to her face, the Japanese Embassy said. The women ranged in age from their 40s to 70s. Three South Korean men were hurt as well.
The incident took place during filming of the animated version of Winter Sonata, a popular South Korean TV drama series. South Korean heartthrob Bae Yong Joon, the show's star, does the voiceover of his character in the animated version.
South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that high winds at an outdoor set in a resort area of the country's northeastern Gangwon Province caused part of the set to fall down. Spectators were hit by broken pieces and sustained injuries to the head, arms and legs, the agency said. Victimes were treated at nearby hospitals.
Yon-sama, as Bae is endearingly called in Japan, is especially popular among Japanese women for his starring role in Winter Sonata.
At the time of the accident, about 1,700 Japanese women fans of Bae reportedly were watching the filming as part of a tour organized by Digital Adventure.
(via Kyodo News [www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/27-japanese-tourists-hurt-during-filming-of-yon-sama-drama])
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Mar 12, 2010, 6:36 PM)
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Directing Animator
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Mar 13, 2010, 6:13 PM
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Re: 30 Japanese women hurt watching animation shoot
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Wait, I'm confused...
I've heard of "Winter Sonata" but was unaware that there was an animated version as well. So when the accident occured, it was the animated version that was being filmed?! If so, wouldn't that take place at an indoor studio? Why would an animated production need an outdoor set?
There are 4 anime channels in South Korea: Tooniverse, Animax, FocusAnimation, and I forget the name of the fourth... is the animated version of WS currently airing in South Korea?
You would think I would already know this, wouldn't I? 
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Mar 13, 2010, 8:56 PM
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Re: 30 Japanese women hurt watching animation shoot
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The full name of the anime series is Winter Sonata: Another Story. The live-action version airs on South Korea's KBS, so the anime series may be on that, too. The anime series was first broadcast in Japan last October, and the last episode will be aired April 24.
The English-language Manila Bulletin is reporting that the shooting was of a live-action scene, but that it was intended as an "added bonus" to the anime series, whatever that means.
Bae -- South Korea's highest-paid actor -- and actress Choi Ji Woo, another star of the original series, were already done with the shooting of the wedding scene when the accident took place near the Sun Cruise Resort in Gangneung City. Bae and Choi voice Kang Joon Sang and Jung Yu-jin, respectively, in the anime series.
Some 1,700 fans were chosen from 10,000(!!!) who applied to view the filming of the scene.
Ambulances and private cars brought the victims to different hospitals. Bae visited them immediately, apologizing to them and expressing wishes for their speedy recovery.
Bae's agency, Keyeast Co., issued an apology for the accident as well. It said it will pay for the victims' hospital expenses of the victims.
The agency said that filming was done and Bae was having his picture taken with fans. The photo session was moved inside the resort as the wind blew stronger. However, the makeshift platform and posts collapsed as fans were moving to get to the resort.
The strong winds also damaged many parts of Gangwon province.
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Mar 13, 2010, 8:57 PM)
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