Despite little promotions, Legend of the Rabbit Hero is already beating major film Wuxia (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei's) in daytime sales

Inarguably one of the weakest sections of the Chinese film industry, the animation department seems to be picking up ground along with the rest of the industry.  This summer, three animated features are lined up for releases. Already, Rabbit Hero has become the third Chinese animation to exceed a million yuan in box office sales.

The Legend of the Rabbit Hero 兔侠传奇 has obvious American influences, while Kuiba 魁拔 shows Japanese influence.  Nevertheless, the two animations both show major improvements in animation and are a good start. No one accused of Anastasia for copying Disney, so please don’t bash these films. If these series succeeds, hopefully this will spur on more investment in animation and allow for a larger growth in animations in China.

Meanwhile, Spaceship Sai’er is based on a popular video game for kids and is coproduced by eeMedia. See the other two trailers below the cut

The Legend of the Rabbit Hero 兔侠传奇 trailer

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