A new donghua made an impressive splash with a trailer that collides two different animation styles in a dynamic and exciting manner. The Chinese streaming platform unveiled a six-minute colorful trailer for a new superhero donghua called To Be Hero X.
To Be Hero X revolves around a world where ordinary people can turn into heroes if there are enough people who trust them. The one who people trust the most become known as X. Nobody knows who X really is, but the current X has been sitting on the throne for two years. The other heroes hope to dethrone X in an epic tournament.
Produced by Paper Plane, Studio LAN, PB Animation, To Be Hero X will uses a combination of 2D and 3D animation.
FUN FACT: Chinese animation, have used 3D animation frequently in their works, but this may be the first donghua series that uses both styles.
ABOUT THE TRAILER
The trailer begins with a rather jaunty and suave tune accompanying a man who stops to buy a drink from a vending machine. He drops his coin and just manages to save it before it disappears into the sewers. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices a man with a gas mask strapped to his face toss a dog, wearing a tie, to the ground.
Just before the man hits the dog with a stick, the protagonist snaps his fingers and turns the gas mask man into a 2D picture. With a snap, the protagonist transports him and the gas mask clones into a 2D cartoon-y/comics universe, even changing his appearance in the process.
The synopsis of To Be Hero X revolves around a world where ordinary people can turn into heroes if there are enough people who trust them. The one who people trust the most become known as X. Nobody knows who X really is, but the current X has been sitting on the throne for two years. The other heroes hope to dethrone X in an epic tournament.
The trailer for To Be Hero X is available to watch on Catsuka’s YouTube channel. Studio LAN has not yet announced a release date.
Check the trailer here:
