DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (龙刀奇缘） is the first 3D-CGI Chinese animated feature film from Hong Kong and directed by Antony szeto. It was produced by "DCDC" and "China Film" company, and is also considered the first 3D rendered martial arts film.

Background

The reigning all-China wushu champions gathered together in Shandong where the director and animators flew to learn more about the diversity of martial arts for the film. Although DragonBlade was completely made in Hong Kong the film was originally animated and lip-synced to English first. This is because it is technically easier to dub from English to Cantonese than the other way around.[1] The MTR transportation service promoted the movie with a Dragonblade octopus card. Since this movie is the first 3D-CG film fully rendered in Hong Kong, the card is now a rare collectible item.

Awards

Won the 2nd annual Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Excellence Award

Won 2006 Special Achievement in a First Feature Film Award from ASDA (now the Australian Directors Guild)

Editor: Xu Xinlei