Olympus Guardian (hangul: 올림포스 가디언, Ollimposeu Gadieon) is a South Korean animated television series based on "The Greek and Roman Myths in Comics" (a total of 20 volumes) published by Gana Publishing Co., a publishing company specialising in comics. From 11 December 2002 to 16 July 2003, it was made into an animated film by SBS, SBS Productions, SBSi, Gana Entertainment and Dongwoo Animation and aired on SBS. It tells the story of Ji-woo and Ji-yeon listening to Greek and Roman mythology from their father, who works as painters.
In 2005, the movie version of the animated film "Olympus Guardian Movie" was screened. RH Korea has released its full collection of Olympus Guardian (a total of 70 volumes) based on the cartoon through Random Kids, a children's specialty brand.
Plot[]
Ji-woo and Ji-yeon enter the studio of their father, who works as a painter, and become curious as they discover a book of Greek Roman mythology on a desk. Ji-woo and Ji-yeon hear the story of Greek Roman mythology from their father, and the animation starts with the stories of the Olympus gods.
Cronus fears that his sons will be deprived of their status, and swallows them as soon as they are born. However, Cronus' wife, Rhea, did not want her youngest son, Zeus, to be stolen by her cruel husband, Cronus, so he secretly swallows stones and Zeus the baby escapes to a safe place for the maid.
As time goes on, Zeus becomes an adult and hears the story of his birth from the tree spirit, Dryad. This led Zeus to find a herb that induces vomiting to save his brothers and sisters that Cronus swallowed, and goes to the dark-covered Temple of Olympus.
Zeus, who went to the Temple of Olympus, turned to his mother, Rhea, for help. Rhea feeds Cronus with herbs that induce vomiting. With Rhea's help, Zeus's brothers and sisters, who escaped from Cronus' body, defeated Cronus and rescued the Temple of Olympus.
Voice cast[]
Character | Voice actor | Description |
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Zeus | Hong Si-ho | |
Hera | Kang Hee-sun | |
Poseidon | Ahn Jong-duk (eps. 1, 2) Kim Kwan-jin (eps. 3-6, 10, 32-39) Shin Sung-ho (eps. 7, 13-25) |
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Hades | Kim Seung-tae (ep. 1) Hong Seung-sup (eps. 2-5) Gu Ja-hyung (ep. 22) Kim Woo-jeong (ep. 35) |
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Apollo | Uhm Tae-kuk (ep. 2) Son Won-il (eps. 3-7, 10-14, 17-39) Kim Seung-jun (ep. 8) Yoon Bok-sung (ep. 15) |
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Artemis | Kim Hye-mi (ep. 2) Woo Jung-shin (eps. 26-39) |
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Athena | Cha Myung-hwa (eps. 2-7, 11-17, 39) Woo Jung-shin (ep. 10) Lee Mi-ja (eps. 32-35) |
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Hermes | Kim Young-sun | |
Aphrodite | Choi Duk-hee (eps. 4-8, 10) Kim Jeong-ju (ep. 9) Ji Mi-ae (eps. 22-39) |
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Hephaestus | Kim Kwan-jin | |
Ares | Hong Seung-sup (eps. 3, 4) Jung Seung-wook (ep. 17) Ahn Jong-deok (eps. 23) |
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Demeter | Lee Mi-ja | |
Perseus | Kim Seung-jun | |
Heracles | An Ji-hwan | Demigod son of Zeus and Alcmene. |
Father of Ji-woo and Ji-yeon | Lee Bong-jun | |
Ji-woo | Lee Mi-ja | |
Ji-yeon | Woo Jung-shin |
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An unfinished story: constellations[]
Television series based on mythology | |
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1990's | In the Beginning: The Bible Stories • Xena: Warrior Princess |
2000's | Clash of the Gods • Olympus Guardian • The Legend |
2010's | Vikings |
2020's | Dracula • Ragnarok |