Squirrel and Hedgehog

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'''''Squirrel and Hedgehog''''' is an animation tv series with furry characters developed and produced in North Korea to be aired on state television (even if DVDs are currently avaible in Korean dub for limited export).
It's remarkable for a number of scenes with graphic violence including death of characters due shootings or martial arts and for the propaganda content.

==Plot and details==

The series follow a conflict between communities of animals living in an unspecified country.
The show has had a discontinuous production and the style has developed over the years.

The entire series is essentially government propaganda, the citizens of Flower Hill being a metaphor for North Koreans and the enemy forces of weasels and wolves metaphors for Japan and the United States respectively.

==First Series==
Large part of the episodes follow the adventure of Geumsaegi. A Flower Hill squirrel that infiltrate among the ranks of his enemies to act as secret agent and damaging the Weasels/Mouses, conving them of being a Flower Hill's traitor.

Episode 01 is actually an early and old style with some differences (including friendly bears, possibly as metaphor of Soviet Union)
Episodes 02- 24.
(the DVD avaible ends with episode 24, there are at least 3 other episodes before the first episode avaible of the new series)

==Second Series==
The new series show a modern style of animation, with also use of CGI for some effects. After the defeat of the Weasel Army, the characters have to face the new threat of Wolves, lead by Captain Keoteo (Capt. Cutter or Devil, depending on translation), while also remanents of Weasels and Mouses keep making troubles.
Few episodes avaible on youtube surfaced. Currently are released episode 27, episode 30 and episode 31

==Main Characters==

Geumsaegi: Is the main character of the series. He's a squirrel and act as a covert agent between Weasels and Mouses, making them believe to have defected from Flower Hill. During the show he has great determination and intelligence and incredible skills in martial arts and shootings. He is also shown to have on-the-spot deduction skills, able to play along into any twist devised by the enemy (usually Moolmangcho) and work it against them.

Juldarami: Often acting as parter/support character of Geumsaegi. He's a squirrel with a pair of strips on the tail, during the adventures sometimes show even more hardness then Geumsaegi dealing with enemies. He is shown to have enormous determination and physical power, though it often makes him hot headed and rash. When Bamsek was captured by Moolmangcho, Julderami disregards his own safety (and quiet frankly that of Bamsek) to dash forward, shooting the enemy. His actions result in him getting shot, making him the third character in all of Flower Hill to be wounded/killed.

Bamsek: little brother of Geumsaegi. A new character of the second series. After the defeat of the Weasel Army he think that the new peace can allow him to live a civilian life but danger is always lurking

Moolmangcho: Of all the villains in the series, he's the most resistent. Moolmangcho is a mouse and differently from many of his species, he show a certain degree of intelligence. During the whole first series he's the only one to ever suspect of Geumsaegi and try to demonstrate the true identiy of the Flower Hill agent, though the Weasel Army is destroyed in the end he survive to fight another day.
During an action against Geumsaegi he lost his tail and he's driven by revenge. He sometimes show good shooting abilities and and martial arts even if usually it's never enaugh to defeat the Flower Hills agents but more often he prefer the escape.

==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/dprksquirrels ''Squirrel and Hedgehog'' episodes] on [[YouTube]] (incomplete, some with English dubs)
* [http://confurvatives.livejournal.com/381224.html Thread about ''Squirrel and Hedgehog''] on the {{lj-comm|Confurvatives}} community on [[LiveJournal]]
* [http://www.dprk-book.com/movie.php?action=view&book_id=M1017&lx=%EC%98%81%ED%99%94&lx2=DVD&page=1&keyfield=&key= Episodes 1-30 DVD at dprk-book.com] (Note: NO SUBTITLES in any language)

[[Category:Television programs]]
[[Category:Korea]]

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