
"Ne Zha" is another step towards the rise of China's domestic animation film industry and more like it is required before the time comes.Jiang Ziya ( Chinese: 姜子牙 pinyin: Jiāng Zǐyá, sometimes spelt as Jiang Zi Ya) is a 2020 Chinese computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Cheng Teng and Li Wei. By then, we could have a so-called industrial chain." In some extent, his words echoed the remarks of Wang Changtian, president of Beijing Enlight Media, three years ago: "We need five to 10 'Monkey King: Hero is Back' or 'Big Fish & Begonia' every year, accounting for 15 percent of the general box office of the year. "Because it will become a part of their daily life like there is nothing to make a fuss about," he added. While asked about whether "Ne Zha" represents the "rise of domestic animations," director Yang Yu said that "when people stop talking about 'rise of domestic animations' and take good animation for granted, that's when we can say that the industry has risen".
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However, at least one million professional talents are lacking in the industry. According to a 2018 report from "Chinabaogao", the scale of the domestic films is expected to reach 210 billion yuan (30.26 billion U.S. I cannot remember which part is the most difficult because the whole process is like a journey in hell."īehind all of this is the lack of talent in the industry. "I think it is a miracle we have finished it.

"I've been challenging my limits all the time, until we ran out of money," Yang said during an interview with Beijing News. Yang has bet the future of his studio to make this movie. It took him even longer time to complete "Ne Zha".Īfter the film's success, a group of numbers has been repeatedly mentioned in reports: five years of hard work, 66 editions of scripts, more than 100 designs of "Ne Zha's image, 1,318 visual effect shots, 20 special effects companies and around 1,600 staff members. As a graduate of medical school, he determined to become a self-trained animator and director, and it took him nearly four years to complete his first short animation film "See Through". It is not quite a surprise that Yang Yu, while outlining a story for his first feature film, would choose "Ne Zha". And when he chooses to become the savior, he has reversed the track of his destiny, as well as people's attitude. "I'm a born devil, so what! If destiny is unfair, I'm going to fight against it until the end of my life!" said the three-year-old child, after growing up surrounded by everyone’s prejudice against him and afraid of him.

He has to struggle with people's bias of him, as well as his own self-recognition to redefine himself. Even though, the new image of Ne Zha in the namesake animation film directed by Yang Yu, more widely known as Jiaozi, has surprised many audiences from his appearance to the plotline and theme of the story.ĭespite the "ugly appearance" which makes him different from people's previous knowledge of the deity, the most noticeable renovation is that instead of being the chosen one, "Ne Zha" is a self-made god this time. He is probably one of the most rebellious gods in the traditional Chinese mythology, and has been repeatedly recreated in novels, myths, cartoons, television series, and films. He is depicted in Chinese literary context as the third son of Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, as well as a lotus-incarnated child deity known as the "Third Prince of Lotus." Originated in Buddhism, "Ne Zha" was later adapted into Chinese mythology and Taoism as a whole new character.

"Ne Zha" has been given the role of a savior in multiple meanings.
