Jackie Chan set to thrill children
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Action star Jackie Chan promotes his upcoming animation series, All New Jackie Chan's Adventures. [Photo provided to China Daily] |
In the latest series, J-Team, a group of pupil superheroes led by the young Jackie try to stop a villain, who turns children's sweet dreams into nightmares.
In each episode, lasting around 12 minutes, Chan appears in the first and final scenes to show off stunts and offer tips on morality and values.
Chan says the current production is the first time that he has licensed Chinese studios to make an animated series named after him, and he hopes that the 104-episode series will grow into a franchise, including books, films and games.
Separately, a feature-length animated movie on him is set to be released in China in 2018.
Chan also says he hopes the upcoming series will promote Chinese culture and history in overseas markets.
Shi Ting, marketing director of VJ animation studio, one of the producers of the series, says around 150 Chinese animators worked on the 41-million-yuan ($6 million) series for six years.
"We specialize in children's animation. And, after we discovered that most children cannot tell the difference between dreams and reality, it inspired us to do a series about dreams," says Shi.
The research took place in seven major cities across China.
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