Boy General () is a North Korean animated series made by SEK Studio (). The show was based on Koguryŏ history. The Boy General is one of the most popular animated series in North Korea, the others being Squirrel and Hedgehog and Clever Raccoon Dog.
Plot The brave young warrior Seo-me defeats invaders which are intended to conquer his homeland Koguryo. In the first 50 episodes, the enemies are introduced as tribes with their chieftains. But after the 50th episode, the So state. From the 76th to 100th episode, the series focuses on Chung-Mu, Seo-me's son, after a 10 year timeskip.
Episode Summaries 1. Soeme looks for his father among soldiers of Koguryo coming back with victory. But the only one he receives is his father’s bloody sword. Ever since, with full thought of revenge on enemies, he aims high to become a general to defend his motherland and trains hard to build a great strength.
2. Soeme has built up a great strength to defeat enemies at one stroke overcoming all obstacles and dangers. On the other hand Paekgo who has infiltrated into Koguryo trains his son Hobi to hatch his devil plot. A hunting match between them is held. In this match Soeme hunts a tiger and becomes a boy general.
3. Soeme grows up through battles against enemies. Under the cheers of victory, enemies’ maneuvers are carried more seriously. By the maneuvers of Hobi and other spies, Soeme and his soldiers fall in a pit and Soeme is captured.
4. Soeme stands firm and bravely fights against enemies. Hobi who is promoted to a general, tries to draw enemies into the castle using Senior general while generals are out for hunting. Soeme listens enemies’ plot from an old man of Koguryo and firmly determines to devote his life for Koguryo.
5. The old man helps Soeme to escape but dies. Soeme accuses HoBi and other spies but he is misunderstood and is jailed by enemies’ tricks. Soeme wages unyielding struggles against enemies and defends their castle.
6. The enemies attack a Koguryo fort out of a judgement that it is vacant, but suffer defeated, far from opening its gate. They schemed to take hold of the key to the fort by using their spies, Paekgo and Hobi, who wormed their way into Koguryo to attain their goal. But their scheme is foiled by the struggle of Koguryo people who love their country, and the fort remains safe.
7. Soeme’s mother is seized by Hobi and Chokbal on her way to a governor-general, carrying with her a letter about enemy movement, so she is dragged into the enemy position. Availing themselves of this opportunity, the enemies plan to catch Soeme. Unaware of this plot, Soeme storms into the enemy camp alone only to be caught by the enemy. But he gets out of the enemy camp by the self-sacrificing struggle of vice governor-general and other Koguryo soldiers. At last he bitterly feels that his recklessness resulted in what gruesome consequences.
8. When the spirit of the Koguryo soldiers to destroy the arrogant enemies, runs high an ultimatum of the boss of the enemy troops is sent to Koguryo by Hobi. What does the ultimatum mean?
9. When their plan is conveyed to Koguryo by Soeme, the boss of the enemy troops and Chokbal map out another scheme timed for Chusok Harvest Moon Day. But Soeme’s mother hears this fact through the mouth of Hobi, and flies an arrow to Koguryo at the risk of her life. So the enemy scheme is frustrated and the spy who infiltrated into Koguryo is captured.
10. When the bell on the fort tolls on the basis of confession of cook, an enemy spy, the enemies launch an all-out attack at Koguryo. But the enemy’s wild dream ends in a fiasco by Soeme and other soldiers and people of Koguryo who love their country and cherish burning hatred for the enemies and finally Koguryo wins final victory.
11. Soeme achieves a great victory in the fierce fighting against the enemies to defend his native village. Carried away by the victory, he feels relaxed and gets slack and indolent, with the result that Ho Bi runs away after killing Kuk Hwa’s grandpa. What is the bitter lesson for Soeme ?
12. Soe Me is appointed as a garrison commander in charge of Chongu Castle and leaves his home village. His affection for mother, his native village and home folks and the memory of his childhood friends are cherished deeply in his heart. He is firmly determined to defend them.
13. Soeme is newly appointed as a garrison commander of Chongu Castle. Looking at fallen walls he couldn’t find a way out. Who is the traitor that pulled down fort wall?
14. A doubt on a mason who stopped the arrows of enemies to Soeme with his body. A fierce battle against sudden enemies. What lessons does Soeme get?
15. Vice garrison commander acts uneasily. This makes Soeme a doubt. Soeme fights against enemies for map of the fort drawn by the mason. In this fight Soeme loses the mason, comrade of his father.
16. Due to treachery of vice garrison commander, there is a fierce battle against enemies who have delusion to occupy Koguryo. But thanks to Soeme and other young revengers, enemies’ plot goes to vain.
17. After achieving victory in the battle against enemies, the cheers of hurrah roll over the castle. And Soeme is ordered to find and give Chongu-sam to General Paekun. Enemies get to know this and chief of enemies and those like vice garrison commander who were infiltrated to castle scheme another plot.
18. Enemies who faced continuous defeat, scheme to put poison into wild insam sent to General Paekun and accuse Soeme of poison. What result will their plot bring about?
19. Though they were busy to fight against enemies, citizens of Chongu Castle wall up to Sonnyo Peak. In this time, traders with trade loads come into the castle. Who are the traders? What are there in their loads?
20. A spy makes a signal but enemies’ chief doesn’t make an order to attack. Soeme doesn’t know what plot the enemies are planning and prepares a new operation to attack enemies. Thanks to the patriotism of Kuk Hwa and other people of Koguryo who dedicate their lives for defending country, Soeme could achieve great victory in the final battle against enemies.
21. Yedong and Nalsae couldn’t meet Soeme who was appointed as a costal garrison commander. When they are back home with emptiness they find the letter left by him. What is written on the letter?
22. Yedong and Nalsae used to think that they would be able to pass the martial art contest with their riding and lashing skill. But they fail to because of their strict master. When can they achieve their dream to be generals defending the country?
23. Though they had high ambition, Yedong and Nalsae become feeble-minded through intensive training. And they leave the training center for Soeme. On the way they encounter Hobi and Iri to fall into danger.
24. Lost his parents by pirates and grown up with little tigers, the boy is named “Pomdong” by Yedong and Nalsae. Riding on tigers to go to meet Soeme, Yedong and Nalsae and Pomdong are full of spirits in their mind to beat off enemies.
25. Yedong, Nalsae and Pomdong come to find pirates robing jewels at Fox Valley. But they meet Mira who arrested Kukhwa who was going to the training center to meet Yedong and Nalsae. Who is Mira? What do Yedong and Nalsae realize after the fierce battle against pirates?
26. Kukhwa has been caught by a daughter of the head of pirates, Mira and Yedong and Nalsae are inflamed with animosity against the enemies. Yedong, Nalsae and Pomdong have a firm determination to revenge enemies and defend the country, being generals and train themselves in the training ground again.
27. Unggo comes into the pirates’ cave with Soeme’s letter where Kukhwa was caught. What is in the letter and Unggo may come back safe...
28. Unggo has a narrow escape from pirates’ cave by the help of Kukhwa and gets on the enemy’s ship. Soeme gets to know the location of the enemies owing to sacrificing struggle of Unggo and Kukhwa who love the country.
29. Yedong, Nalsae and Pomdong have been confined in the flames of fire with tigers and they escape from danger by the sacrificing help of martial art master but they come to lose their valuable master. What do young revengers keep in mind, going through this?
30. Soeme had to find the treasures of the country which were robbed by pirates as early as possible but he couldn’t know the secret route of the enemies. So he waits for Kukhwa’s signal with impatience. Can Kukhwa possibly complete a difficult mission?
31. Kukhwa becomes a mute due to the head and this works Yedong, Nalsae and Pomdong up to a violent temper. Young boys send a fire signal of going to war to Soeme in spite of unfavorable climatic condition cherishing Kukhwa’s mind to devote her life in the fighting of defending the country.
32. The enemies hold the head’s birthday party in an ostentatious manner for all they knowing that Koguryo armies is coming to attack them. What’s the enemies’ sinister design?
33. Koguryo achieves a great victory in the fighting against pirates due to Soeme, boy generals and soldiers. But the fighting against the enemies who watch for a chance to attack Koguryo does not end up.
34. Yedong, Nalsae and Pomdong have a fierce fighting to inform the enemies’ plot, spied out by Unger to Soeme as soon as possible. What do the enemies seek for?
35. Yedong volunteers to discharge a military order to escort an ordnance officer to the position who makes a new weapon. How does Yedong rescue an ordnance officer who was caught by enemies?
36. The young boys get into the fierce fighting against enemies. Among them, there is Pomdong who sacrifices himself without any hesitation to defend the mechanical crossbow which is permeated with the soul of his father.
37. Nalsae goes into the enemies’ den to spy out their plot. He fulfills his duty with credit by his wisdom and valor and finally he comes back to Koguryo.
38. The enemies’ ambition to defeat Koguryo becomes more and more conspicuous day by day. The enemies try to achieve their cunning purpose through overseas but their plot ends in smoke owing to Unggo’s sacrificing struggle.
39. Pau, who has infiltrated into the enemy gets a military order to come back to Koguryo. But the head Chokbal and the enemies of Koguryo scheme to invade again and he refuses to go to his homeland and infiltrates deeper into the enemy after knowing about it.
40. Chieftain who is afraid of the power of machinery crossbow schemes a cunning plot to seize them. Soeme gets to know about that from Pau and he gives a special mission to Unggo, Yedong and Nalsae. Amidst the tenacious pursuit of enemies such as cunning Hobi and atrocious Iri, young boy generals combine their wisdom and defend the machinery crossbow of Koguryo.
41. Talrae disguises as a granddaughter of the chieftain and gets into the enemy. What does she feel keenly, who has been revengeful of her brother’s enemy?
42. Chieftain plots to invade into Unha Castle using the cave. Talrae, running a risk, comes closer to an atrocious lion step by step to find the map of cave.
43. Though Talrae was happy to know the enemies’ plot to invade Unha Castle, she gets into prison due to cunning Hobi’s betrayal. Despite she is young, she fights bravely to defend the country like a beautiful azalea of Koguryo.
44. Yedong who goes to liaison outpost, Sambongsan Temple with the map of jewellery. It depends on not only the destiny of Talrae and Pau but also Unha Castle. Yedong defeats cunning Hobi and enemies with his excellent martial arts and wisdom and accomplishes his military order finely at the risk of his life.
45. In Unha Castle, there is a joyful holiday pastime on the occasion of the Tano festival. Chieftain and the enemies invade into Unha Castle covertly using this opportunity. But they were defeated again owing to Soeme’s outstanding plan and Koguryo soldiers’ ardent patriotism.