Girls Generation: The Anime

Girls’ Generation is a Japanese-Australian animated musical comedy television series featuring representations of the South Korean girl group of the same name. Created and developed by Australian filmmaker and musician Alex Harshegyi, and co-produced by KBS Media, Girls’ Generation is one of MTV’s Music Group Cartoons.
== Characters ==
=== Girls' Generation ===
Kim Taeyeon (voiced by Katey Sagal) - Taeyeon is the leader and main vocalist of the group. She is the oldest member and is considered to be the most rational and mature, like a big sister. Aside from her rational personality, though, Taeyeon can be very sceptical, and is sometimes shown staring at someone’s behind (usually Tiffany's; occasionally to be caught and scolded for doing so), and sometimes makes the other girls do all the dirty work for her. She also has a strong appetite for sugary foods. Despite all of this, she truly cares about her bandmates and will do anything for them. Taeyeon's signature colour is blue (although her favourite colour is actually purple). When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Taeyeon plays acoustic rhythm guitar.
Jessica Nicole Jung (voiced by Tara Strong) - Jessica is the second main vocalist of the group. Like Tiffany, she was born and raised in the United States. She tends to be quite lazy, as she sleeps so much off stage, much to the other members' frustration. Jessica is cynical, sarcastic and possesses a fiery temper, but will gradually show a calmer side over time. When she is not singing or sleeping, she enjoys hanging out, shopping, and visiting salons. Jessica is also very boy-crazy, and is often seen gawking at and trying to attract good-looking guys. She cares a lot about the other girls and will help them when they need her. Like Tiffany, Jessica will also take Taeyeon's role as the leader if Taeyeon is not there. Jessica's signature colour is red. When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Jessica plays keyboards, or piano.
Lee Soonkyu "Sunny" (voiced by Kristen Li) - Sunny is the third member of the group. She serves as the glue that holds their friendship together. Sunny is an expert in "aegyo" (cute displays of affection), which at times annoys the other girls. She likes animals, enjoys playing video games, and sometimes acts childish compared to the others. Sunny's signature colour is yellow. When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Sunny plays percussion such as tambourine, maracas, cowbell, bongos, congas, triangle or xylophone.
Tiffany Michelle Young (voiced by Emilia Clarke) - Tiffany is the fourth member of the group. She is the self-proclaimed diva of the group. Of the nine girls, Tiffany is the most outgoing, boy-crazy like Jessica, and concerned with the latest trends. She is also able to play flute, but is rarely seen doing so. Tiffany also has a rational side like Taeyeon, as she tends to complain when the other girls do anything ridiculous in public. Nevertheless, she will always help someone when needed. Like Jessica, Tiffany will also take Taeyeon's role as the leader if Taeyeon is not there. Tiffany's signature colour is pink (which also happens to be her favourite colour). When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Tiffany plays bass guitar.
Kim Hyoyeon (voiced by E.G. Daily) - Hyoyeon is the main dancer of the group. She is considered to be the best dancer, hence her nickname "Dancing Queen". She is also considered to be the tomboy of the group, although there are no obvious hints of her being such. Her favourite types of music include dance pop, EDM, hip hop, and occasionally rock. Hyoyeon's signature colour is green. When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Hyoyeon plays electric rhythm guitar.
Kwon Yuri (voiced by Grey Griffin) - Yuri is the second main dancer of the group. She is considered to be the sexiest member of the band. Aside from singing, she enjoys working out, partying, shopping, visiting salons, and playing musical instruments, such as guitar, violin and piano. Yuri's signature colour is black, although it may be substituted with indigo or crimson. When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Yuri plays electric lead guitar.
Choi Sooyoung (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - Sooyoung is the seventh member of the group. She is the biggest fashionista of the group, along with Yoona, and is particularly known for her famous long legs. Her two hobbies outside of singing are modelling and eating. Even though she may appear healthy, she likes to eat the most (and surprisingly does not gain weight). She is also able to play violin, guitar, and piano. Sooyoung's signature colour is orange. When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Sooyoung plays the drums.
Im Yoona (voiced by Rachael MacFarlane) - Yoona is the visual of the group. She is beauty-obsessed, loves her good looks, is also a fashionista along with Sooyoung (albeit not as much), and an accomplished actress. She shares a lot in common with Sooyoung. Yoona's signature colour is purple (although her favourite colour is actually blue). When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Yoona plays six-string or twelve-string lead guitar.
Park Seohyun (voiced by Julianna Rose Mauriello) - Seohyun is the youngest member ("maknae") of the group. She is smart, but very shy, although she is known to easily become frustrated at times (usually when the other girls fight in her presence). Seohyun maintains a rather healthy diet compared to the rest of the group. She often spends her free time studying or playing piano or guitar. Seohyun's signature colours are aqua and white. When the group is playing musical instruments instead of dancing, Seohyun plays piano, or keyboards. 
=== Other characters ===
The Manager (voiced by Michael Keaton) - Girls' Generation's manager is a serious, rational, no-nonsense businessman in his mid 30s. He is very protective of the girls, sometimes invading their privacy to ensure that they are safe. His real name is not usually mentioned, as the girls usually nickname him "Manager Oppa". He is the only male character to appear on-screen in most episodes.
The Secretary (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - The manager has a secretary, who is also his wife, and often handles issues that he cannot. She has long black hair in a fishtail, wears a red dress and black high heel shoes for a secretary look. She is partially based off of Ms. Bellum from The Powerpuff Girls; except her face is shown due to “female modifications”.
The Announcer (voiced by Matt Chapman) - The Announcer's name tells all, as he serves as an announcer wherever one is needed. He doesn't really let his personality show through, so little is known of him as a character, except that he does seem to be eager to do his job. He always seems to be donning a purple suit and tie (or, on some occasions, a tuxedo), along with a monocle and a large black moustache. The Announcer, as a character, was adopted from the Homestar Runner franchise.
MC Boom/Lee Minho - MC Boom is a fellow K-pop idol and TV host. Most of his appearances occur in the first season, where he is the host of a musical talent program called "School of Rock" (not to be confused with the 2003 film starring Jack Black).
Snowy (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) - Snowy is Girls' Generation's pet dog, who is introduced in Episode 2. He is a white Maltese puppy who is very energetic, jumpy and curious.
Super Junior - Super Junior are a boy band consisting of ten members: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, and Kyuhyun. They are considered to be the male rival of Girls' Generation, though the two groups remain friendly to each other.
Krystal Jung - Krystal is Jessica's younger sister. She makes her first appearance in the episode where Jessica tries to convince the other girls to keep their career as a K-pop group secret, fearing that Krystal, who is not aware of this at the time, may be jealous of her. When Krystal finds out, however, Jessica breaks down at first, but calms down when Krystal considers following in her footsteps (and joining another girl group, f(x), much to Jessica’s dismay).
The Narrator (voiced by Greg Page) - The Narrator’s role in the scene is undoubtedly self-explanatory. He is also shown to be interactive with the girls and may also lash out on some “crew problems”.
== Trivia ==
=== Name changes ===
Three of the girls have slight name changes. Jessica and Tiffany were given the middle names Nicole and Michelle, respectively, for fun, in Harshegyi’s words.
Seohyun’s birth name is Seo Joo-hyun, but for this show, it was changed so that Seohyun was her actual name. and her surname was changed to Park; the reason being out of the five main surnames in Korea (Kim, Lee, Park, Choi and Jung), none of the members in real life had the surname Park.
=== Colour codes ===
The colour coding system used is not always based on real life favourite colours – Tiffany with pink is the most notable exception, along with Hyoyeon with green and Seohyun with white (although Seohyun’s code can be substituted with aqua).
For one instance, real life Taeyeon’s favourite colour is purple and real life Yoona’s favourite colour is blue, but their colour codes are swapped to blue for Taeyeon and purple for Yoona, because Harshegyi felt it suited better this way.
Another instance is while real life Hyoyeon and Sunny share the same favourite colour, Sunny is often coded with yellow instead, allegedly to match her name and personality. 
Sooyoung shares the same favourite colour with Tiffany in real life, but her colour code ended up being orange. 
While Jessica and Seohyun both have the same favourite colour, since white was taken by Seohyun, Jessica ended up being coded with red.
Lastly, real life Yuri shares the same favourite colour with real life Yoona, but since the blue colour code is already taken by Taeyeon, and also due to her popular nickname “Black Pearl”, Yuri’s coded colour ends up being black, although this can be substituted with indigo or crimson.
=== Heated debates ===
Harshegyi, being the purist he is, called for all nine members, including then-former member Jessica, for this cartoon. SM Entertainment initially resisted, but Harshegyi insisted to avoid controversy on whether or not Jessica was meant to be in it, and so SM Entertainment relented. Of course, that controversy was bound to happen either way.
Harshegyi also had a heated debate about the voices. While Harshegyi wanted to avoid fake foreign accents in favour of regular American-based ones, the executives urged him to replace the voice actors he chose with actual Asian- and Korean-based ones (with the exception of Kristen Li, who is Korean-American). Harshegyi furiously refused, saying: “I understand Asian characters should be played by Asian people in live action roles, but I have no idea why this should apply to voice acting in animation as well”. On top of that, the voice actors were already recording their dialogue, and time and budget constraints meant replacements could not happen anyway.
== Gallery ==
=== Non-English Posters ===
File:Girls Generation (Korean).PNG|Korean poster.
File:Girls Generation (Japanese).PNG|Japanese poster.
File:Girls Generation (Mandarin).PNG|Mandarin poster.
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