{{Short description|2003 South Korean animated film}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=May 2019}} {{More footnotes needed|date=October 2021}} }} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film |image = Hammerboy.jpg |caption = Promotional poster |director = Ahn Tae-geun |producer = {{ubl|Lee Dong-ki|Yang Ji-hye}} |based_on = {{based on|''Hammerboy''|Huh Young-man}} |writer = {{ubl|Ahn Cheol-woo|Choi Jeong-woon|Kim Min-jo|Lee Seo-kyeong}} |narrator = |starring = Kim Seo-young |music = Angelo Oddi |cinematography = |editing = |distributor = Sponge |released = {{Film date|2003|08|20|Big Apple Anime Fest|2004|08|06|South Korea}} |runtime = 80 minutes |country = South Korea |language = Korean |budget = $2 million<ref name="KOFIC">{{cite magazine|last=|first=|date=2003|title=Hammerboy|url=https://archive.org/details/kofic-korean-cinema-2000-2019/Korean%20Cinema%202003/page/n89/mode/1up?view=theater|magazine=Korean Cinema 2003|location=|publisher=Korean Film Commission(KO FIC)|access-date=January 2, 2024|url-status=}}</ref> |gross = }} '''''Hammerboy''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=^망치|rr=yes}}) is a 2003 South Korean animated film. Based on the manhwa of the same name by Huh Young-man, it premiered at the Big Apple Anime Fest on August 30, 2003, before a theatrical release in South Korea on August 6, 2004. It was released in North America on DVD by Central Park Media in 2007, with the original Korean track and an English dub.
==Plot== The story is about a boy called Mangchi. He is small, but he possesses a magical hammer that helps him get around all his problems. He therefore got the nickname of "Hammerboy". Mangchi lives on a small distant island called Candlestick because everywhere else has turned into a wasteland because of some big catastrophe. When princess Poplar from the kingdom of Jemius is being pursued by henchmen of the conspirator Moonk, Hammerboy sides with her, ready to unleash all his latent powers in order to save humankind.
==See also== * List of Korean animated films * List of animated feature-length films
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0418867|Mangchi}}
Category:2003 Korean-language films Category:2003 South Korean films Category:2003 animated films Category:2003 films Category:Animated films based on manhwa Category:Central Park Media Category:Films based on works by Huh Young-man Category:South Korean animated films
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