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  1. An artistic rooster may not have been on your bingo card, yet here we are! Yaos, like trolls, are inbetweeners* - they're somewhere in the middle on the scale human <> animal. Through training and meditation they can become almost human. This is why I neither use demons nor monsters for them, they can change in a way the latter can't

    (*Yes, I made an animation joke - after all it was right _there_)

    (Roster eye contact in pic)

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  2. You won't hear many comments on embroideries for this movie. They don't work well for animation. Historically the less you had to draw when you drew the same character hundreds of times the better. But they also has a tendency to 'melt away' on screen, even on CGI movies where you can be precious about details.

    What you _can_ do is to add details where it counts - like the patch on this artist's hanfu.

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  3. *snrk* We're so, so, SO far from Pilgrim's Progress*! And it's all for the better; anyone who _doesn't_ want insights in the Questions Of Life (no one can be in the mood for that all the time) can just ignore it and focus on the goofy animals.

    (*on my top ten of Most Boring Books I've Read)

    (Pig and Toad eye contact in pic)

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  4. Since I mentioned religion; don't think our main characters are some Shining Seekers of Light. They're basically high level ignorant bumblers, and they remain bumblers 'til the end. But this is the point when they start to learn stuff.

    (Cartoon Tang farmer eye contact in pic)

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  5. Love the tilted angle and the extreme perspective here! Pig is on a mission (to save another yao), but he's not on secure ground.

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  6. I'll put on my dusty old scholar of religions hat for a few seconds, and say that when I say religion I _don't_ mean 'Christianity sans Christianity' - which is a popular definition online. I mean religion as in the 'method we use to sort and handle our relationships - including to life's big questions and the supernatural*'

    (*regardless of whether you think it exists you form a relationship to it and a method to handle it)

    ->

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  7. Our minute storyarch is completed. Here we see Pig wearing the shoes and pants, plus holding the spear from the former scene. Normally a viewer doesn't notice these things, but they make the feel of the story better. And, since stories usually are sold on vibes, fumbling this can make or break a movie.

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  8. I have to admit I like Pig's underwear. It's the simplest version possible; a long piece of cloth pulled between the legs, then the ends have been folded around each other to form a waist. Toad, not to be forgotten, has an actual leaf tied around his body. An effective way to show that these two are the lowest on the rung - nobodies.

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  9. I have to admit I like Pig's underwear. It's the simplest version possible; a long piece of cloth pulled between the legs, then the ends have been folded around each other to form a waist. Toad, not to be forgotten, has an actual leaf tied around his body. An effective way to show that these two are the lowest on the rung - nobodies.

    #NobodyDonghua #LittleDemonsFromLanglangMountain #CharacterDesign #donghua #CDrama

  10. I have to admit I like Pig's underwear. It's the simplest version possible; a long piece of cloth pulled between the legs, then the ends have been folded around each other to form a waist. Toad, not to be forgotten, has an actual leaf tied around his body. An effective way to show that these two are the lowest on the rung - nobodies.

    #NobodyDonghua #LittleDemonsFromLanglangMountain #CharacterDesign #donghua #CDrama

  11. I have to admit I like Pig's underwear. It's the simplest version possible; a long piece of cloth pulled between the legs, then the ends have been folded around each other to form a waist. Toad, not to be forgotten, has an actual leaf tied around his body. An effective way to show that these two are the lowest on the rung - nobodies.

    #NobodyDonghua #LittleDemonsFromLanglangMountain #CharacterDesign #donghua #CDrama

  12. 'Nobody' is a masterpiece in completed storyarchs, even on minute levels. A few scenes ago Pig was stripped of his clothes. Now, when we enter his hideout, his second set is clearly visible to the left - a spot where people usually start to scan a picture. And note the spears in the background to the right.

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  13. Most of you probably know, but tigers are A Thing in China. When they are stylised they're portrayed with the character 'wáng' - king - on their forehead. That's why this character has a character on their face. It's neither a burn mark nor a Mensur scar, it's mother Nature designating them king of the animals

    (If you meet a tiger IRL you have to squint a bit for it to work - though I sugest you focus on staying alive instead)

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  14. Large pots is a running theme in this movie. Keep an eye on them. Considering the general goal of yaos, both in Journey To The West and this donghua, is to eat Tanzang it's not that surprising, but they also symbolise something more. Ain't gonna' lie it's made me reflect deeper on what pots (or cauldrons) may represent in Norse mythology.

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  15. That bottle he's wearing is a gourd. I might be slightly off when I say that it symbolises eternal life, but I'm positive it's a popular accessory for holy persons in Chinese iconography. It's also a cheap container considering you can grow them en masse. So here it's foremost the pre-industrial version of a plastic bottle.

    Aaaaaaand foreshadowing - we all love a good foreshadowing.

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  16. I can't remember which one of Hollywood's movie companies that opens with the Statue of Liberty - to avoid confusion whether the movie is from the US or not. Nobody opens with ink drawings of carst mountains, Sun Wukong, gourds, Sun Wukong, Ne Zha, lotuses, Sun Wukong, the Red Army, and a humungous drum on golden legs. Enjoy the ride!

    This is the logo for China Film Group.

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  17. You want demons? You'll get yaos! But frankly - the opening intro with presentations of the different studios and companies involved is worth watching in itself. Since Shanghai Animation Studio is the one responsible you get a long sequence with geometrical representations of their greatest hits - and an overload of Sun Wukong.

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