1Shift

1Shift is a South Korean animation studio located at the Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea. It is a outsourcing animation company for Western studios for their projects. What is different from 1Shift from the others in the area is that they want to focus on the relationships between Western creatives and the South Korean animation industry, and building trust between the two, something similar that happened with the production of Avatar: The Last Airbender and it's sequel, Legend of Korra.

Foundation
Jessica Jin-Hee was a animator and executive over at SurgeKorea between 2018 and 2022, working on shows. She loved working on western animation, including 6th Dimension, Mobile Mecha, Beta Heroes, and Teifore: Legend of the Mystical Dragons. After a while, she wanted to go big on animation and approached Comet executives in the Spring of 2022 to potentially launch her own studio based in Seoul with a focus on working on building a more creative bridge between South Korea and western studios. Comet agreed, but with the stipulation that two other big companies in the area must co-fund and co-own the studio in case the project fails. Jin-Hee agreed and approached multiple entertainment studios in the area, but only two were supportive and positive about investing their money into the project, Lotte Corporation and Naver Corporation. Lotte even agreed to set the studio at the Lotte World Tower as well.

Afterwards, she went and looked for fresh candidates to help launch the studio, and with Comet lending over some staff as well in exchange for money, 1Shift officially launched in June of 2022.

Their first project will be a co-production between 1Shift and Axtyon for their science fantasy show titled Solstice. 1Shift will assist with directing, photographing, character designing, composition, and a lot more with the project.

Works

 * Solstice (2023-future)
 * Lead animation work, co-production work as well. Ownership lies between Axtyon and Beta Cartoon.