Anchor: More South Koreans have been taking on prominent roles in recently released Hollywood animated films. They’ve joined the production process of films such as "The SpongeBob Movie" and "Big Hero 6." With more on how they are capturing the global animation world, our Kim In-kyung reports.

Report: [Sound bite from the trailer of "The SpongeBob Movie"]

A yellow square fellow and his sea creature pals go on an adventure in search of a coveted secret recipe which has been stolen. 

That's the synopsis of "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water," which topped the U.S. box office in its opening weekend earlier this month.
 
Rough Draft Korea, the Seoul-based animation studio, did the paint and ink work for the movie, continuing its job on the series since its TV launch 19 years ago. The animation house is already well known among major Hollywood studios such as 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers.
 
Chief Executive Park Kyung-sook of Rough Draft Korea told KBS the company produced 320-thousand pages of images for the movie. To make the pictures more vivid, animators still draw with their hands using pen and paint.
 
[Sound bite: Park Kyung-sook - chief executive, Rough Draft Korea (Korean)]
"Our strength is that we can produce movements and expressions that depict American culture."

[Sound bite from the trailer of "Big Hero 6"]
 
A South Korean also created characters for the runaway hit "Frozen" and "Big Hero 6," which attracted more than two million viewers here since its release last month.
 
Kim Sang-jin, character design supervisor for Walt Disney Studios, is the hero.
 
[Sound bite: Kim Sang-jin - character design supervisor, Walt Disney Studios (Korean)]
"Koreans have been playing a pivotal role at (studios such as) Pixar and DreamWorks since a few years ago."
 
Kim, who has worked for Disney for the past 20 years, advised that life's answer lies in doing what one really likes.
 
Behind Hollywood's immensely popular animation works are Koreans equipped with delicate expressiveness and professionalism.
 
But tasks lie ahead as many of them work on simple repetitive jobs and receive relatively low wages compared with their skills.
Kim In-kyung, KBS World Radio News.