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The longtime K-pop agency and the studio behind the popular kids’ show\u00a0\u201cCatch! Teenieping\u201d (2020\u2013) will co-produce a 13-episode K-pop-themed animated series set for global streaming release in 2028.<\/p>\n
SM Entertainment said Monday it is teaming up with local animation studio SAMG Entertainment to co-produce an animated series built around K-pop.\u00a0<\/p>\n The companies signed a co-production agreement for an animated series tentatively titled \u201cSuperhero Idol Project\u201d (translated).<\/p>\n The series is aimed at developing\u00a0new animation intellectual property (IP) targeting the global market.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cSuperhero Idol Project\u201d is slated to be a 13-episode animated series combining a K-pop-inspired world with original storytelling, aimed at viewers from their teens to their 20s and 30s.<\/p>\n \u201cWe intend to blend artist IP with a superhero narrative in an attempt to draw both K-pop fans and animation audiences,\u201d said SM.\u00a0<\/p>\n Each episode will run about 20 minutes. Its release is targeted for 2028 through global streaming platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\n SM will handle the planning and production of the series’ key music, as well as participate in the vocals and performances featured in the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe companies plan to expand the project beyond animation production into an integrated IP business spanning music, concerts, artist management and video licensing,\u201d SM said.\u00a0<\/p>\n SAMG Entertainment, formerly known as\u00a0SAMG Animation, was founded in 2000 and is best known for producing the wildly popular magical preschool series \u201cCatch! Teenieping\u201d (2020\u2013).\u00a0<\/p>\n SM Entertainment, founded in 1989, is an entertainment agency as well as a record label and music production company, producing major K-pop acts such as Girls’ Generation,\u00a0EXO, SHINee, NCT, Red Velvet and aespa.\u00a0<\/p>\n BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.koreajoongangdaily.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The longtime K-pop agency and the studio behind the popular kids’ show\u00a0\u201cCatch! Teenieping\u201d (2020\u2013) will co-produce a 13-episode K-pop-themed animated series set for global streaming release in 2028. The logos of K-pop agency and music label SM Entertainment, left, and animation studio SAMG EntertainmentSM ENTERTAINMENT SM Entertainment said Monday it is teaming up with local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2518713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2518712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SM-Entertainment-SAMG-to-co-produce-K-pop-animated-series-for-global.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518714,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518712\/revisions\/2518714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}