This is a very peaceful movie. You will not know when it will end. The scenes are very beautiful. It is one of my favourite animations.

Much of China's animated films are not just for children; they are a complete family viewing necessity! I say this because - as a lover of animation films (in particular Asian/Eastern Chinese, Japanese, Korean etc) - it/they are a way to escape the cruel reality of the day to day misery of most of the Chinese population.

Having said that this is just top of the shop animation film making (something like the early days of Disney wonders; before they became just another greedy corporate megalomaniac bunch of Board-members and Shareholders).

There is definitely a look/feel of the old Japanese Studio Ghibli approach of animation; animation espionage I call it :) That, in this case, is a good thing though as the 'GHIBLI' studio's were the best animation film producers ever...by far better than Disney. Its got nothing wrong with it at all. Its interesting, engrossing, different, active/lively and pure fun!

China's march towards film domination will soon leave Hollywood trailing far behind, but, as good as they get with every film they will have to be content with sharing the top spot with both japan and South Korea!

This is a big effort in 2D animation for China, trying very hard to deliver a product that could be at the same time exciting and profound and that has the look of a blockbuster Japanese Anime, more specifically the Studio Ghibli ones. And the end result manages to work in some occasions and to look quite the part, but still suffers from some pacing problems and a lack of emotional focus at times. Also, the way the story develops ends up being quite conventional, but for the most part it's an enjoyable film.