| Yeongsimi | |
| Creator: | Bae Geum-taek |
| Origin: | Yeongsimi (1988-) |
| Owner: | Bae Geum-taek |
| Years: | 1988–present |
| Films: | Young-Shim (1990) |
| Animated Series: | TV Animated series |
Yeongsimi or Young-sim is a South Korean comics serialized 1988 by South Korean cartoonist Bae Geum-taek,[1] and it refers to an animation and other media mix works such as film and TV series based on the original. The story is about innocent but zany adolescent girl Young-sim's normal life.[2]
Young-sim is a fourteen-year-old girl who has a round face, round eyes and a pony tail. Her boyfriend Wang Kyung-tae follows her incessantly. He is considered ugly and stammers when he speaks, but he deeply loves Young-sim. Young-sim treats Kyung-tae coldly. However, Young-sim displays considerable jealousy upon discovering Kyung-tae was with another girl. Her mean best friend and her sister Soon-sim add humor to the story.[3]
It was released on July 29, 1990.[4]
| Alt Name: | Young-sim, Young-shim, Yeong-sim, Yeong-shim |
| Native Name: | |
| Creator: | Bae Geum-taek |
| Based On: | Bae Geum-taek, Yeongsimi |
| Director: | Jeong Seung-bae |
| Voices: | Choi Su-min Jang Gwang |
| Open Theme: | Yeongsimi |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Company: | Daewon Media |
| Network: | Korean Broadcasting System |
| Related: | Oh! Youngsim (2023) |
The original version was a comic book first produced in 1988, and after that it was broadcast on KBS in 1990. The popular video version has 13 episodes in total. Young-sim is a representative character of the early 1990s.
| Episode | Subtitle | Air Date | |
| 1 | Yeongsimi's Dream | 5 October 1990 | |
| 2 | Class President Election | 12 October 1990 | |
| 3 | "Exam" | 19 October 1990 | While at a reunion, Young-sim father, who hears the pride of his friends who have a son who is good at studying, forces Young-sim and Soon-sim to study. Young-shim manages to win first place by rolling a kite, drawing a wick, and rock-paper-scissors with Byeol-nim, and her father boasts to his friends. However, when he hears that his friend's son has won the quiz, he decides to have Young-shim appear on the quiz program. |
| 4 | "Quiz" | 26 October 1990 | |
| 5 | "Sunsimi's Birthday" | 2 November 1990 | |
| 6 | "Camping" | 9 November 1990 | |
| 7 | Life is short, and art is long | 16 November 1990 | |
| 8 | "Superstition" | 23 November 1990 | |
| 9 | "Star Prince" | 30 November 1990 | |
| 10 | "I Want to Know" | 7 December 1990 | |
| 11 | "Kyung Tae!" | 14 December 1990 | |
| 12 | "Boot Camp" | 21 December 1990 | |
| 13 | "Mom, Dad, I Love You" | 28 December 1990 |
In the novel version, Bae Geum-taek modernized the setting from 1990's South Korea to that of 2004, otherwise the plot is unchanged.[5]
It came out in 2007 under the title March of Youth (젊음의 행진).[6]
See main article: Oh! Youngsim.