Light Chaser Animation Studios ( zh, s=追光动画, hp=Zhuī Guāng Dònghuà) is a Chinese CG animation

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based in

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, China. The studio was founded in early 2013 by Gary Wang, the founder and ex-CEO of the popular Chinese video sharing website Tudou.com.

History

In an interview with the ''Wall Street Journal'' on March 12, 2013, Gary Wang announced Light Chaser Animation, a movie studio to produce animated feature films targeting the rapidly growing Chinese movie market, which grew by 30% in 2012 and was widely expected to overtake the U.S. market in size by 2020. He cited the lack of quality domestically produced animation content, a rapidly growing domestic market, and improving environment for movie distribution, promotion and copyrights in China as the main reasons behind his decision. Light Chaser's website states that its main goal is to "create world-class animated films". Their first animated feature, '' Little Door Gods'', directed by Wang, opened in China on January 1, 2016. It premiered in the United States on May 20, 2017, at the

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. Light Chaser's second feature film, ''

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'', was released in China on July 21, 2017. In the United States, Vision Films distributed the film as ''Toys & Pets''. An airline safety video was made for

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starring this film's characters. Their third feature film, '' Cats and Peachtopia'', was released in China on April 5, 2018. In the United States, Viva Pictures released the movie as "Cats" on

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in late 2019, and distributed the movie theatrically on January 24, 2020. Their fourth feature film, '' White Snake'', directed by Amp Wong and Zhao Ji, was released on January 11, 2019, in China. The film received a limited release in the United States and Canada on November 15, 2019, with

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acting as the distributor. It also debuted in France at the

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. The film is a co-production with American studio

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Warner Bros. has rights in China and is credited as a co-producer due to its significant involvement in the creation of the film. The film won the Golden Angel for "Best Chinese & American Co-Production Animation Film" at the Chinese American Film Festival. Their fifth film, '' New Gods: Nezha Reborn'', was released in February 2021. A works-in-process feature about the film was to premiere at the

. The company has been focusing on animation production technology since its establishment, and is building its own render farm and developing technology. In addition, the software has introduced Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, and Arnold.

Filmography

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