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'Niu Lai' was created by a mother and son team in just five years, and has gone from the year's biggest flop to a surprise success.
#NiuLai #ChineseAnimation #boxoffice #animation
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/chinese-animated-indie-niu-lai-goes-from-butt-of-jokes-to-box-office-champ/ -
'Niu Lai' was created by a mother and son team in just five years, and has gone from the year's biggest flop to a surprise success.
#NiuLai #ChineseAnimation #boxoffice #animation
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/chinese-animated-indie-niu-lai-goes-from-butt-of-jokes-to-box-office-champ/ -
'Niu Lai' was created by a mother and son team in just five years, and has gone from the year's biggest flop to a surprise success.
#NiuLai #ChineseAnimation #boxoffice #animation
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/chinese-animated-indie-niu-lai-goes-from-butt-of-jokes-to-box-office-champ/ -
The version of Nobody I saw btw. It has long stretches of silence - probably OST that's been been cut out to avoid copyright strikes. This works weirdly well for the scenes. I can't say they get better since I haven't seen the original, but it isn't a hamper.
It's a touching story of four yaos impersonating Tangzan, Sun Wukong etc, to fetch the holy scriptures before them. You won't regret watching this one.
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The version of Nobody I saw btw. It has long stretches of silence - probably OST that's been been cut out to avoid copyright strikes. This works weirdly well for the scenes. I can't say they get better since I haven't seen the original, but it isn't a hamper.
It's a touching story of four yaos impersonating Tangzan, Sun Wukong etc, to fetch the holy scriptures before them. You won't regret watching this one.
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The version of Nobody I saw btw. It has long stretches of silence - probably OST that's been been cut out to avoid copyright strikes. This works weirdly well for the scenes. I can't say they get better since I haven't seen the original, but it isn't a hamper.
It's a touching story of four yaos impersonating Tangzan, Sun Wukong etc, to fetch the holy scriptures before them. You won't regret watching this one.
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Whoever animated Erlang (here in the shape of a tiger - the one on top) definitely studied cats! That's one happy tiger!
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Whoever animated Erlang (here in the shape of a tiger - the one on top) definitely studied cats! That's one happy tiger!
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Whoever animated Erlang (here in the shape of a tiger - the one on top) definitely studied cats! That's one happy tiger!
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Animator 1: Hey! By layering the cels we can create an Wukongception here!
Animator 2: What's that?
Animator 1 *suddenly remembering his oath as a time traveller*: Errr... I tried to use Latin to make it sound cooler. Stupid me! Let's call it lots'a Wukong instead.
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Animator 1: Hey! By layering the cels we can create an Wukongception here!
Animator 2: What's that?
Animator 1 *suddenly remembering his oath as a time traveller*: Errr... I tried to use Latin to make it sound cooler. Stupid me! Let's call it lots'a Wukong instead.
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Animator 1: Hey! By layering the cels we can create an Wukongception here!
Animator 2: What's that?
Animator 1 *suddenly remembering his oath as a time traveller*: Errr... I tried to use Latin to make it sound cooler. Stupid me! Let's call it lots'a Wukong instead.
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Looks like 'it's not medicine if it doesn't taste bitter' is a thing in China too. This is one of several expressions Sun Wukong goes through in three seconds, after licking the Jade Emperor's Golden Elixir. However this won't stop him from eating the entire bottle Out Of Spite.
Edit: I was wrong, he liked it.
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Looks like 'it's not medicine if it doesn't taste bitter' is a thing in China too. This is one of several expressions Sun Wukong goes through in three seconds, after licking the Jade Emperor's Golden Elixir. However this won't stop him from eating the entire bottle Out Of Spite.
Edit: I was wrong, he liked it.
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Looks like 'it's not medicine if it doesn't taste bitter' is a thing in China too. This is one of several expressions Sun Wukong goes through in three seconds, after licking the Jade Emperor's Golden Elixir. However this won't stop him from eating the entire bottle Out Of Spite.
Edit: I was wrong, he liked it.
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Woot! Bilibili has put Nobody on YouTube! If you can't get enough of Sun Wukong through my comments, head over and watch.
(I will not face the fact that my watch list just expanded to the Nth degree. Again. In fact, I'm _totally_ calm.
*falls over*)
Edit: it's only episode 1 - yes, I'm as disappointed as you are.
#UproarInHeaven #JourneyToTheWest1986 #NobodyDonghua #donghua #ChineseAnimation
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Woot! Bilibili has put Nobody on YouTube! If you can't get enough of Sun Wukong through my comments, head over and watch.
(I will not face the fact that my watch list just expanded to the Nth degree. Again. In fact, I'm _totally_ calm.
*falls over*)
Edit: it's only episode 1 - yes, I'm as disappointed as you are.
#UproarInHeaven #JourneyToTheWest1986 #NobodyDonghua #donghua #ChineseAnimation
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Woot! Bilibili has put Nobody on YouTube! If you can't get enough of Sun Wukong through my comments, head over and watch.
(I will not face the fact that my watch list just expanded to the Nth degree. Again. In fact, I'm _totally_ calm.
*falls over*)
Edit: it's only episode 1 - yes, I'm as disappointed as you are.
#UproarInHeaven #JourneyToTheWest1986 #NobodyDonghua #donghua #ChineseAnimation
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Oh? So it _can_ be tu di? That gives new fuel to my unhinged lingustic hypothising. Anyway, note that Wukong - freshly appointed guardian of the Imperial Mother's peach garden - has a stylised peach on his apron.
#UproarInHeaven #Costuming #CharacterDesign #donghua #ChineseAnimation
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Oh? So it _can_ be tu di? That gives new fuel to my unhinged lingustic hypothising. Anyway, note that Wukong - freshly appointed guardian of the Imperial Mother's peach garden - has a stylised peach on his apron.
#UproarInHeaven #Costuming #CharacterDesign #donghua #ChineseAnimation
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Oh? So it _can_ be tu di? That gives new fuel to my unhinged lingustic hypothising. Anyway, note that Wukong - freshly appointed guardian of the Imperial Mother's peach garden - has a stylised peach on his apron.
#UproarInHeaven #Costuming #CharacterDesign #donghua #ChineseAnimation
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The fight against Nezha is another core memory, because Nezha utterly mystified me. A child fighting among - and with - grownups felt out of place. I suspect because in any other story I'd encountered he'd be the Son Of The Emperor and a major storytelling element. Here he just shows up, gets beaten, and disappears again.
#UproarInHeaven #ChineseAnimation #animation #shenmo #donghua
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The fight against Nezha is another core memory, because Nezha utterly mystified me. A child fighting among - and with - grownups felt out of place. I suspect because in any other story I'd encountered he'd be the Son Of The Emperor and a major storytelling element. Here he just shows up, gets beaten, and disappears again.
#UproarInHeaven #ChineseAnimation #animation #shenmo #donghua
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The fight against Nezha is another core memory, because Nezha utterly mystified me. A child fighting among - and with - grownups felt out of place. I suspect because in any other story I'd encountered he'd be the Son Of The Emperor and a major storytelling element. Here he just shows up, gets beaten, and disappears again.
#UproarInHeaven #ChineseAnimation #animation #shenmo #donghua
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Kudos to Shanghai Animation Film Studio for giving their characters five fingers! I know the reason for four fingered characters, but - frankly - the shortcut sucks just as much as sliding feet in a walk cycle.
(Belt buckle eye contact in pic)
#UproarInHeaven #animation #ChineseAnimation #shenmo #donghua
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Kudos to Shanghai Animation Film Studio for giving their characters five fingers! I know the reason for four fingered characters, but - frankly - the shortcut sucks just as much as sliding feet in a walk cycle.
(Belt buckle eye contact in pic)
#UproarInHeaven #animation #ChineseAnimation #shenmo #donghua
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Kudos to Shanghai Animation Film Studio for giving their characters five fingers! I know the reason for four fingered characters, but - frankly - the shortcut sucks just as much as sliding feet in a walk cycle.
(Belt buckle eye contact in pic)
#UproarInHeaven #animation #ChineseAnimation #shenmo #donghua
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What makes Sun Wukong stand out as a trickster, at least in Shanghai Animation Studio's and CCTV's versions, is that he's kind. Most tricksters are 'base line kind', ie they reach the level of kindness we expect from anyone. Wukong likes being kind, and often takes delight in it.
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What makes Sun Wukong stand out as a trickster, at least in Shanghai Animation Studio's and CCTV's versions, is that he's kind. Most tricksters are 'base line kind', ie they reach the level of kindness we expect from anyone. Wukong likes being kind, and often takes delight in it.
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What makes Sun Wukong stand out as a trickster, at least in Shanghai Animation Studio's and CCTV's versions, is that he's kind. Most tricksters are 'base line kind', ie they reach the level of kindness we expect from anyone. Wukong likes being kind, and often takes delight in it.
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SVT, for some reason, did not subtitle this movie when they first broadcast it. Instead they had a wellknown actor and comedian narrate it - and he probably ad-libbed a lot. He said about this character* "Oh. That old man has cotton in his skirts!" Almost 50yrs later, and I still randomly go "What the _heck_ man!" at the memory
(*Great White Planet In The Sky according to the translation, The North Star according to my memory)
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SVT, for some reason, did not subtitle this movie when they first broadcast it. Instead they had a wellknown actor and comedian narrate it - and he probably ad-libbed a lot. He said about this character* "Oh. That old man has cotton in his skirts!" Almost 50yrs later, and I still randomly go "What the _heck_ man!" at the memory
(*Great White Planet In The Sky according to the translation, The North Star according to my memory)
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SVT, for some reason, did not subtitle this movie when they first broadcast it. Instead they had a wellknown actor and comedian narrate it - and he probably ad-libbed a lot. He said about this character* "Oh. That old man has cotton in his skirts!" Almost 50yrs later, and I still randomly go "What the _heck_ man!" at the memory
(*Great White Planet In The Sky according to the translation, The North Star according to my memory)
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The guards parting the waterfall with their weapons is such an awesome detail! I was around 6yrs when I saw it first, and it immediately formed a core memory!
Edit: spelling of hashtag
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The guards parting the waterfall with their weapons is such an awesome detail! I was around 6yrs when I saw it first, and it immediately formed a core memory!
Edit: spelling of hashtag
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The guards parting the waterfall with their weapons is such an awesome detail! I was around 6yrs when I saw it first, and it immediately formed a core memory!
Edit: spelling of hashtag
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To maximise on monkey business* I'm now watching Upproar In Heaven, one of my all time favourite animated movies. It was the one that taught me that animation could be more than Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and weirdly greenish grey experimental movies.
(*Look! I've tried to minimize the easy puns! Just let me have this one!)
Edit: spelling of hashtag
#UproarInHeaven #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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To maximise on monkey business* I'm now watching Upproar In Heaven, one of my all time favourite animated movies. It was the one that taught me that animation could be more than Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and weirdly greenish grey experimental movies.
(*Look! I've tried to minimize the easy puns! Just let me have this one!)
Edit: spelling of hashtag
#UproarInHeaven #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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To maximise on monkey business* I'm now watching Upproar In Heaven, one of my all time favourite animated movies. It was the one that taught me that animation could be more than Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and weirdly greenish grey experimental movies.
(*Look! I've tried to minimize the easy puns! Just let me have this one!)
Edit: spelling of hashtag
#UproarInHeaven #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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Ne Zha 2: A Global Phenomenon Comes to English-Speaking Audiences
Ne Zha 2 English Release Date, Voice Cast, and IMAX Screening
A24 and CMC Pictures are bringing Chinese animation to international audiences with the English-language release of Ne Zha 2. The record-breaking sequel will premiere in theaters across the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand starting August 22....#A24 #Chineseanimation #Englishlanguagerelease #MichelleYeoh #NeZha2
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Ne Zha 2: A Global Phenomenon Comes to English-Speaking Audiences
Ne Zha 2 English Release Date, Voice Cast, and IMAX Screening
A24 and CMC Pictures are bringing Chinese animation to international audiences with the English-language release of Ne Zha 2. The record-breaking sequel will premiere in theaters across the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand starting August 22....#A24 #Chineseanimation #Englishlanguagerelease #MichelleYeoh #NeZha2
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Ne Zha 2: A Global Phenomenon Comes to English-Speaking Audiences
Ne Zha 2 English Release Date, Voice Cast, and IMAX Screening
A24 and CMC Pictures are bringing Chinese animation to international audiences with the English-language release of Ne Zha 2. The record-breaking sequel will premiere in theaters across the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand starting August 22....#A24 #Chineseanimation #Englishlanguagerelease #MichelleYeoh #NeZha2
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Anyone knows where one can get hold of "Ne Zha 2"? Searching the internet is like trying to grab a soap in the bathtub. I'd like to formally award some Gaston LaGaffe points to the site that deemed "Traffic" by Jaques Tati a similar movie, but above that I have nothing. Rumour has it it'll be released on streaming services this fall, and some point to Netflix.
Can someone help an animation lover out?
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Anyone knows where one can get hold of "Ne Zha 2"? Searching the internet is like trying to grab a soap in the bathtub. I'd like to formally award some Gaston LaGaffe points to the site that deemed "Traffic" by Jaques Tati a similar movie, but above that I have nothing. Rumour has it it'll be released on streaming services this fall, and some point to Netflix.
Can someone help an animation lover out?
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Anyone knows where one can get hold of "Ne Zha 2"? Searching the internet is like trying to grab a soap in the bathtub. I'd like to formally award some Gaston LaGaffe points to the site that deemed "Traffic" by Jaques Tati a similar movie, but above that I have nothing. Rumour has it it'll be released on streaming services this fall, and some point to Netflix.
Can someone help an animation lover out?
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Hrmpf! I'm already getting Nezha 2 spoilers on tumblr, and I have to wait until I can see the movie via streaming. While I know how to handle spoilers, in this case I was completely caught by surprise. I've rarely seen contemporary Chinese animation spill over to my "Western" media. Congrats to Jiaozi, Chengdu Coco Carton et al; you truly made it!
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Hrmpf! I'm already getting Nezha 2 spoilers on tumblr, and I have to wait until I can see the movie via streaming. While I know how to handle spoilers, in this case I was completely caught by surprise. I've rarely seen contemporary Chinese animation spill over to my "Western" media. Congrats to Jiaozi, Chengdu Coco Carton et al; you truly made it!
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Hrmpf! I'm already getting Nezha 2 spoilers on tumblr, and I have to wait until I can see the movie via streaming. While I know how to handle spoilers, in this case I was completely caught by surprise. I've rarely seen contemporary Chinese animation spill over to my "Western" media. Congrats to Jiaozi, Chengdu Coco Carton et al; you truly made it!
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Hrmpf! I'm already getting Nezha 2 spoilers on tumblr, and I have to wait until I can see the movie via streaming. While I know how to handle spoilers, in this case I was completely caught by surprise. I've rarely seen contemporary Chinese animation spill over to my "Western" media. Congrats to Jiaozi, Chengdu Coco Carton et al; you truly made it!
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Chinese animation before the Cultural Revolution was friggin' amazing! This was shown on tv in Sweden in the late 70s/early 80s - I have vague memories of it. It's nothing wrong with the solid block Disneyesque style, but this gave me the ahA! moment that animation could be so much more.
"The Cowherd's Flute" 1963 (Te Wei, Qian Jiajun; Shanghai Animation Film Studio)
(NB: Super slow pacing)
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Chinese animation before the Cultural Revolution was friggin' amazing! This was shown on tv in Sweden in the late 70s/early 80s - I have vague memories of it. It's nothing wrong with the solid block Disneyesque style, but this gave me the ahA! moment that animation could be so much more.
"The Cowherd's Flute" 1963 (Te Wei, Qian Jiajun; Shanghai Animation Film Studio)
(NB: Super slow pacing)
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Chinese animation before the Cultural Revolution was friggin' amazing! This was shown on tv in Sweden in the late 70s/early 80s - I have vague memories of it. It's nothing wrong with the solid block Disneyesque style, but this gave me the ahA! moment that animation could be so much more.
"The Cowherd's Flute" 1963 (Te Wei, Qian Jiajun; Shanghai Animation Film Studio)
(NB: Super slow pacing)
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Chinese animation before the Cultural Revolution was friggin' amazing! This was shown on tv in Sweden in the late 70s/early 80s - I have vague memories of it. It's nothing wrong with the solid block Disneyesque style, but this gave me the ahA! moment that animation could be so much more.
"The Cowherd's Flute" 1963 (Te Wei, Qian Jiajun; Shanghai Animation Film Studio)
(NB: Super slow pacing)
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I love the 'inking' in this donghua - the lines are slightly uneven and a bit bold. They're also the more elegant version of my own inking, so I _might_ be biased...
(Eye contact in pic)
#LoveMagicGrocery #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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I love the 'inking' in this donghua - the lines are slightly uneven and a bit bold. They're also the more elegant version of my own inking, so I _might_ be biased...
(Eye contact in pic)
#LoveMagicGrocery #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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I love the 'inking' in this donghua - the lines are slightly uneven and a bit bold. They're also the more elegant version of my own inking, so I _might_ be biased...
(Eye contact in pic)
#LoveMagicGrocery #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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I love the 'inking' in this donghua - the lines are slightly uneven and a bit bold. They're also the more elegant version of my own inking, so I _might_ be biased...
(Eye contact in pic)
#LoveMagicGrocery #ChineseAnimation #animation #CDrama #donghua
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In a needless competitive discussion on twitter about who's best between Chinese or Japanese animation, someone posted this absolute gem from 1988 Shangai Animation realised by the Chinese illustrator and animator Te Wei using Shan shui painting style.
Posting it here in case anyone need some beauty and poetry.#animation #ShanShui #ChineseAnimation #ChineseArt #MastoArt #FediArt #Art #ink #InkArt
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In a needless competitive discussion on twitter about who's best between Chinese or Japanese animation, someone posted this absolute gem from 1988 Shangai Animation realised by the Chinese illustrator and animator Te Wei using Shan shui painting style.
Posting it here in case anyone need some beauty and poetry.#animation #ShanShui #ChineseAnimation #ChineseArt #MastoArt #FediArt #Art #ink #InkArt
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In a needless competitive discussion on twitter about who's best between Chinese or Japanese animation, someone posted this absolute gem from 1988 Shangai Animation realised by the Chinese illustrator and animator Te Wei using Shan shui painting style.
Posting it here in case anyone need some beauty and poetry.#animation #ShanShui #ChineseAnimation #ChineseArt #MastoArt #FediArt #Art #ink #InkArt