Thanks a lot for sharing this. The east has some really great lore. Kung Fu Panda was the one time I thought the West really gave a gift to the east. It was done well. I like the animal forms of Kung Fu and things like that and the concepts of Zen. There are so many very good stories from the East that have yet to be animated that would totally work. I really liked the Grace Lin books. Also, my man Lloyd Alexander has one called The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen that was yet, another very enjoyable tale. I was very surprised how much I enjoyed Raya and the Last Dragon. Then, of course, Airbender has a great world. There are more that haven’t come to mind yet, but you are right about that. The East offers some really good stories that seem to fit perfect into animation. Eastern animation film can still go much further if they ever decide to put even more money behind it and promote their culture.
On a side note, years ago, I went to see Shen Yun and was totally impressed that every single ballet dance number, told an individual story and you could totally follow it. It’s something I hope the Russians took notice of since ballet is their thing. I think I liked the Shen Yun style a bit more because it was almost like they would dance to plots.
Inspired by an epic Chinese tale, THE MONKEY KING is an action-packed family comedy that follows a charismatic Monkey (Jimmy O. Yang) and his magical fighting Stick on an epic quest for victory over 100 demons, an eccentric Dragon King (Bowen Yang), and Monkey’s greatest foe of all —his own ego!
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