Ask John: How Much Anime Has Peter Chung Created?

Question:
How many other so called “anime” shows are drawn in the Aeon Flux and Reign: The Conqueror style and what are their titles?

Answer:
Essentially you’re asking for the filmograhpy of South Korean born animator Peter Chung. Peter Chung entered the animation industry in 1981 as a layout artist on Ralph Bakshi’s fantasy film Fire & Ice. From there, he moved on to behind the scenes work for Disney studios, work on the Transformers cartoon and movie, character design on the little known DIC produced Ring Raiders and C.O.P.S. cartoons, and character design and direction for Rugrats.

The 1990 premier of Aeon Flux on MTV’s Liquid Television was Chung’s breakthrough, and the first animation to showcase his unique and distinctive character design style. This distinctive character design style resurfaced in the 1996 anime OAV series Alexander Senki, produced by Japan’s Madhouse Studios based on Chung’s character and concept designs. The next significant appearance of Peter Chung’s distinctive style can probably be attributed to the pair of nationally broadcast TV commercials for Checkers/Rally’s fast food restaurants that aired in 2000.

In 2000, Peter Chung again worked on animation that may be classified as Japanese animation when he directed the opening title/character introduction sequence of Katsuhito Ishii’s live action pop-culture crime film Party 7. Peter Chung was again involved in a Japanese project with the 2003 release of The AniMatrix, although his segment of the anthology, “Matriculation,” was animated in South Korea with no involvement from any Japanese animators.

If you’re interested in Peter Chung’s work, you can find samples and a full, detailed filmography on the Animation World Network site.