The title refers to black gomusin, shoes made of rubber which children frequently had to wear because they were cheap and durable.

It was nominated as a 'Best Program' by the Korean Broadcasting Commission and recognized as a 'Common Good Animation' in September, 2004.

Because of this, there are a lot of references to that time period such as the street vendors and the school bread deliveries.

The episodes of the brothers and family arouse nostalgia and memories about the past in many older Korean viewers.

[4] On November 19, 2020, it was released exclusively at CGV under the theatrical version titled The Black Rubber Shoes of Memories.

Like the original cartoon, the animation mainly dealt with the growing up of the brothers, and the special feature 〈The Ordeal of Barley Mountain〉, a trilogy, tells the story of overcoming difficulties due to sudden unemployment of the father through family love.

In 2015, the 4 black rubber shoes, which were jointly produced by reuniting with Hyeongseol-N after 10 years, aired from May 11 to August 10.