History Anime / TheTibetanDog

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Tenzing's dad appears indifferent to his son and spends most of his time preoccupied with his medical profession. Eventually however, he reveals to feel uncertain at how to proceed with Tenzing, and believes he hates him for not having traveled to help his mother when she fell ill, which was something Tenzing had wanted to ask him about earlier as well.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Tenzing's dad appears indifferent to his son and spends most of his time preoccupied with his medical profession. Eventually however, he reveals to feel uncertain at how to proceed with Tenzing, and believes he hates him for not having traveled to help his mother when she fell ill, which was something Tenzing had wanted to ask him about earlier as well.]]

* HeroicDog: The titular character, [[spoiler:complete with a HeroicSacrifice at the end.]] The rest of the Tibetan dogs counts as well as they all serve as badass sheep hearders, fighting off wolves with little to no effort, [[spoiler:and fearlessly attacks the Demon alongside Doogee at the climax battle.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Doogee's introduction is to save Tenzing from a bear. Later the other Tibetan dogs does the same by saving him and the sheep from wolves.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:The robber Fajie informs his brother that he's had a HeelFaceTurn and refuses to be a robber anymore, as he wants to live a peaceful and honest life with his girlfriend. That following night where he's followed his wish and is with her, the Demon appears and brutally kills them both.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: As mentioned above. [[spoiler:Doogee battles and defeates the Demon, but is mortally wounded in the process. When witnessing Tenzing coming to his aid only to be followed by an avalanche, he gathers what's left of his strength to pull Tenzing on his back and escaping with him, making it to a cliff where he jumps to get Tenzing safely to the other side. Having managed so, Doogee himself falls down the cliff and ends up at a mountain shelf, where he dies while Tenzing cries besides him and the other Tibetan dogs mournfully howls.]]

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* AnimeHair: Tenzing is strangely enough the only one who has it.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Doogee dies, but his legacy lives on in his offspring with Nari. Tenzing as an old man narrates how Doogee taught him about bravery and ThePowerOfFriendship, and we see his grandchildren play with Doogee's descendants.]]

* WouldntHitAGirl: Doogee refuses the fight the female dog Nari.

* AnimeHair: Tenzing is strangely enough the only who has it.

* FishOutOfWater: Mostly averted. Tenzing had apparently lived in the city up until where the movie begins, but he more or less quickly adapts to life on the Tibet praire.

* FishOutOfWater: Mostly averted. Tenzing had apparently lived in the city up until where the movie begins, but he quickly adapts to life on the Tibet praire.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Doogee dies, but his legacy lives on in his offspring with Naru. Tenzing as an old man narrates how Doogee taught him about bravery and ThePowerOfFriendship, and we see his grandchildren play with Doogee's descendants.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: As mentioned above. [[spoiler:Doogee battles and defeates the Demon, but is mortally wounded in the process. When witnessing Tenzing coming to his aid only to be followed by an avalance, he gathers what's left of his strength to pull Tenzing on his back and escapes with him, making it to a cliff where he jumps to get Tenzing safely to the other side. Having managed so, Doogee himself falls down the cliff and ends up at a mountain shelf, where he dies while Tenzing cries besides him and the other Tibetan dogs mournfully howls.]]

* ActionGirl: Naru.

* BelligerentSexualTension: A rare example with two dogs; Doogee and Naru. To recap briefly; they meet by nearly getting killed fighting each other, [[spoiler:and by the end of the movie they have puppies together.]]

* BelligerantSexualTension: A rare example with two dogs; Doogee and Naru. To recap briefly; they meet by nearly getting killed fighting each other, [[spoiler:and by the end of the movie they have puppies together.]]

''The Tibetan Dog'' (Chinese: 藏獒多吉; Japanese: チベット犬物語 ～金色のドージェ～) is a 2011 Chinese/Japanese animated film directed by Masayuki Kojima, co-produced by Madhouse, China Film Group Corporation and Ciwen Pictures. It features a young boy named Tianjin leaving for Tibet after [[ParentalAbandonment his mother passes away]] to live with his father in the prairies, [[ABoyAndHisX where he eventually encounters a true friend in form of a golden Tibetan Mastiff.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jialuo,]] who ends up getting mauled to death by the beast.
* BearsAreBadNews: The bear who appears on Tianjin's first day of herding sheep (though all it does before the Tibetan Dog attacks it is to curiously sniff at a horrified Tianjin.)
* HeroicDog: The titular character. Though the rest of the Tibetan dogs counts as well as they all serve as badass sheep hearders, fighting off wolves with little to no effort.
* KidsAreCruel: A bunch of village kids starts throwing rocks at Tianjin for being a "city boy".
* MixAndMatchCritters: The body of the beast (of what you can make out) looks like a giant mix between a bear and a bison.
* NostalgicNarrator: The story's being told by Tianjin as an old man.

* TheUnreveal: It's never explained just ''what'' that giant beast is, nor do you see its appearance properly as it's always covered in shadow.