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 specializing in comics. From 11 December 2002 to 30 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: Gigantes Counterattack" 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.
Animated television series
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 and Roman mythology on a desk. Ji-woo and Ji-yeon hear the story of Greek and 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, Cronos' 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.
Characters and voice actors
Twelve Olympians
Zeus (Voice actor: Hong Si-ho (episode 1–14, 16–39), Jang Gwang (episode 15)): The supreme god with a style to live on form and die for form. He uses all the postures that boast a golden angle so that he can use the perfect pose anytime, anywhere with the camera on. The posture alone is charismatic enough to overwhelm other gods, but it can always collapse once. The action is agile, and it is characterized by the tension and tight posture that you can feel from a game character or a kung fu master. The first movement of the action always shows a strong-weak-weak movement.
Hera (Voice actor: Kang Hee-sun): The supreme goddess who always reigns supremely with an ambience that looks down on people. She has a body and posture that is not disturbed by tension, and has a sharp gaze and a feeling that penetrates Zeus's flirtation. When her eyes flash with poison, the ratio of the whites of the eyes to the pupils becomes 7:3. She protects her family as the goddess of marriage. To those who value her family, she feels even softer and more sacred.
Poseidon (Voice actor: Ahn Jong-duk (episode 1, 2), Kim Kwan-jin (episode 3–6, 10, 32–39), and Shin Sung-ho (episode 7, 13–25)): The god of sea with lively laughter, strong power, simple thoughts, and a thick mountain-like body. He gets the most power with the least amount of movement. He has only a chance power, his head is simple, and he can be covered by the waves he has created. Still, he doesn't budge and his eyes are wide open. He acts as soon as he believes "this is it!", But his ears are thin and he is shaken by this word. On the contrary, when the head becomes complicated, it immediately causes a windmill wave (Poseidon is a technique that makes swirling waves surge by swinging the trident in a circular shape like a compass, with Poseidon as its axis).
Hades (Voice actor: Kim Seung-tae (episode 1), Hong Seung-sup (episode 2–5), Gu Ja-hyung (episode 22), and Kim Woo-jeong (episode 35)): The god of the underworld, characterized by a poker face that doesn't know what he's thinking. He subdues the crowd with his gloomy eyes, tightly closed lips, a wide-open body, and a loud voice. He has a dark charisma that is the exact opposite of Zeus, but he also has a sensibility to enjoy reciting poetry. He enjoys sunbathing in the sunlight coming through the crevices of the dark underground palace. The way he confesses his love with his gloomy eyes is the sexiest among the male gods.