Hello Jadoo

Synopsis

The story is set in an ordinary Korean household and follows five families from 1978 to the early 1980s. It portrays the pleasant and heartwarming days of tomboyish girl Choi Ja-Du, her drunkard father Choi Ho-Dol, her Scrooge-like mother Kim Nan-Hyang, her clever sister Choi Mi-Mi, her mischievous brother Choi Seung-Gi, and teachers Lee Mi Ja and Jo Yong Pal. The shrewd yet loving Jadoo's interactions with her family and friends bring viewers cute fun and laughter.

Background

Hello Jadoo is a South-Korean franchise that resulted in comic books and a TV series. The comic books came out in October 23rd 1999 and ended in April 25th 2017. The TV show was more popular. There are 3 seasons to it. The first season came out in 2011, the second around the end of 2012 and the third in 2015. The two seasons have aired on Tooniverse in Korea and Disney Channel in Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Phillippines, and China. Dubbed Languages of the show besides Korean were English, Chinese, Indonesian and Malay. Vietnamese had subtitles, however. Outside of the regular series, besides the comic books, there were 2 popular movies that came out; Hello Jadoo-The Little Mermaid in 2015 and Theatrical Cut in 2017.