Aenimo

Aenimo (Sandian: 애니모; ) is traditional and computer animation originating from Sandia. Although it dates as far back as the early 1960s, Sandian animation became internationally popular in the mid-1990s. Since then, aenimo have become internationally recognizable. They are often distributed through television, movie theaters, and the Internet. Many of them are based on Sandian comics (hwaman). Compared to Western animation, aenimo do not use CGI often unless it is in action scenes or works which are fully computer animated. As opposed to the lack of variety present in anime, aenimo uses a wide range of art styles can be used for these productions.

The Sandian animation industry encompasses over 200 studios, including major studios like Kyongi Animation, Robocom, Holotype E&A, and Studio Demi. Since the rise of the Internet in the mid-2000s, aenimo has achieved unprecedented international popularity, with numerous companies competing to license, subtitle, dub, and release aenimo productions. As of May 2019, Sandian animation accounted for over 30% of all animated television shows in the world.

Web aenimo
Web aenimo (웹 애니모) is that is directly released onto the Internet. Though it originally refers to aenimo on websites like and Morokoro, it can also refer to series streaming exclusively on major streaming services such as  or.

Web aenimo, as opposed to other aenimo titles, are often noted for their great variety in runtime. For example, the 2011 series Savage Mentor has episodes that range from six to twelve minutes in length, and the 2019 series Darkside has episodes whose lengths range from thirteen to twenty minutes.