The Monkey Prince &mdash; a joint production from Toei Animation with Chinese and American support

The Monkey Prince — a joint production from Toei Animation with Chinese and American support

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TargetmasterJoe Since: May, 2013

#1: Oct 25th 2018 at 5:46:19 PM

Confused? Here's what to know as per the report from Anime News Network:

Japan's Toei Animation, Sammy (a part of Sega Sammy Holdings), Sola Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet (animation studio behind Sonic: Night of the Werehog, Harlock: Space Pirate, and Resident Evil: Vendetta) announced they'd be joining forces with China's Bona Film Group to make a CG-animated movie temporarily called The Monkey Prince, which is (unsurprisingly) based off Journey to the West.
They're approaching this with a global focus using Japan's power of content and China's technological strengths and market power.
Speaking of Sonic the Hedgehog, his character designer, Naoto Oshima, is cooking up the story and character designs for the movie.
And how's America involved? The movie's being directed by John A. Davis, whose references include Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and the script will be coming from J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, who also wrote for Shrek 2.
As for animation production, that's bring handled by Tenh Animation Magic, which was established in October 2017 as a joint invest by Toei, Sammy, Sola Digital Arts, and Sanzigen's Galaxy Graphics.

And we have a teaser poster:

So...any thoughts? Just by the appearance of Sun Wukong (if that's who the character in the poster is), I'm pretty much onboard this!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Oct 25th 2018 at 8:47:01 AM

TargetmasterJoe Since: May, 2013

#2: Apr 4th 2019 at 11:47:49 AM

Bump.

We got a synopsis and screenshots!

“In the near future, a young girl and her baby brother find themselves separated from their parents during an alien invasion. Desperate to be reunited with them, Elle enlists the help of a magical but wayward Monkey Prince banished from his land by his father the King. Together they set off on an incredible journey aided by the Monkey Prince’s special powers and a cast of magical characters they meet along the way; a shape-shifting staff, a ditsy spirit guide, a sentient cloud named Nimbus, and a team of ‘Mini Monkeys’ who can be summoned by the Monkey Prince with just one hair plucked from his head. It’s certainly not all plain sailing; the Monkey Prince is reluctant to change his self-centered ways and Commander Kuroc and his alien army are determined to stop them, but eventually they will learn to work together towards their common goal.”

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