While Western fans were impatiently waiting for the release of new episodes of “Games of Thrones,” North Korean audiences were waiting for their own shows.

Among them were new episodes of the lengthy children’s cartoon series “Boy General” and “Kochumong,” both set in the long-gone days of the Koguryo kingdom, which existed in the northern part of Korea in the first millennium AD.

Though the intended audience of both serials is schoolchildren (mostly boys), the films have fans among all age groups in the DPRK, and North Korean studios try their best not to disappoint these people.

“Kochumong,” the