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- Title
ORIGINALITY, IMITATION, AND RE-INDIGENIZATION: KUIBA: Z (2011) AS A CULTURALLY HYBRID ANIMATED FILM.
- Authors
SHAOPENG CHEN; YILUN JI
- Abstract
This article analyzes the hand-drawn, full-length 2D animated Chinese film Kuiba: Z (Wang Chuan, 2011), the first instalment of the five-part adventure drama Kuiba series. For the past two decades, the question of originality has troubled the Chinese animated film, including Kuiba: Z. Although the characters in Kuiba: Z show many similarities with their Japanese counterparts in Shonen manga and anime, in respect of visual composition and personality, this does not mean that Kuiba: Z is an imitation of Japanese anime film. This article argues that Kuiba: Z is instead a culturally hybrid work that straddles the line between Chinese and Japanese approaches to animation in the context of the re-indigenization movement in Chinese animation production. The film is emblematic of the application of both traditional and modern Chinese iconography, particularly in its construction of the imaginary world of Yuan Yang.
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Film Studies, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 1, p105
- ISSN
0847-5911
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/cjfs-2019-0003