Yobi, The Five-Tailed Fox (2007)

25/01/2007 (KR)•Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction•1h 26m

User
Score

Guem-ee makes Yobi promise to keep a conversation where he shared his favorite song a secret using this. Yobi later has Jong-ee promise to keep her being a fox a secret using the same gesture.

Overview

After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world to rescue him. At the village, Yobi meets many humans, including Geum Yee who studies at a school for maladjusted children. Interested in Geum Yee, Yobi joins the students and revels in the fun of human life, but both a fox hunter and a mysterious shadow man are on her trail.

Top Billed Cast

Son Ye-jin
Yobi (voice)
Ryu Deok-hwan
Hwang Geum-ee (voice)
Gong Hyung-jin
Mr. Kang Han-moo (voice)
Lee Jong-goo
Hunter/Village Headman (voice)
Lee Hyang-sook
Mother Spirit / Ju Hye-Seung (voice)
Choi Do-yeong
Jo-hee (voice)
Lee Hyun-joo
Naughty Yo/ Saeng-Kee/ Sung-Chan (voice)
Kim So-hyeong
Mr. Shadow / Captain Yo (voice)
Jeong Ok-joo
Jung Jong-ee / Jong-ee's Mother/ Jung-Wook/ News Anchor (voice)

Social

Reviews 1

A review by Ichikojo32

10.0

Written by Ichikojo32 on May 16, 2025

The drawing of Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox is widely criticized as being of a high standard, but there are reviews that the story and direction were insufficient. In particular, since the voice actor was played by a celebrity rather than a professional voice actor in the production, there are many likes and dislikes that come with this. Such celebrity voice acting has been frequently used in animated film production, and it is often aimed at the effect of 'star marketing'. In fact, Son Ye-jin, who voiced as Yobi, appeared in the promotional media of Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox and promoted it. Th...