New animated film redefines Chinese mythology

Two trailers were released on Monday, showing that Yang — sort of like a fashionable street boy — pilots a boat-like vehicle to travel across a sea of clouds. Wearing a ribbon around his forehead, the "third eye" is invisible. Xiao Tian Quan, now white despite appearing in much darker colors in previous movies or animated series, is just like any normal puppy on the Earth, happily chasing after several birds in a scene.

The film is scheduled to open across China mainland in July, anticipated by some insiders and cinema operators as a potential blockbuster to uplift the sluggish market amid the current COVID-19 resurgence.