Founded in Beijing in 2013 by Wang Wei, creator of Tudou, Light Chaser Animation (追光动画) makes 3D animated films drawn from Chinese legends and history.
History
After leaving Tudou, the video site he had founded, Wang Wei created Light Chaser Animation in March 2013, aiming to make world-class Chinese animated films.
The studio released its first film, Little Door Gods (小门神), in 2016, then Cats and Peachtopia (阿唐奇遇) in 2018. Success came in 2019 with White Snake, followed by Green Snake (2021) and White Snake: Afloat (2024).
Alongside, it launched the New Gods series, revisiting the gods of the Investiture of the Gods, with Nezha Reborn (2021) and Yang Jian (2022). In 2023, Chang'an became its biggest hit.
Signature
Light Chaser bets on highly polished 3D, a steady output of one or two films a year, and stories drawn from Chinese legend, mythology and poetry. Wang Wei writes the scripts himself under pen names.
Its donghua on Donghua Fan
The series and films in the catalogue that Light Chaser Animation worked on.
Other productions
- Little Door Gods (小门神, 2016)
- Cats and Peachtopia (阿唐奇遇, 2018)
- New Gods: Nezha Reborn (新神榜：哪吒重生, 2021)
- New Gods: Yang Jian (新神榜：杨戬, 2022)
Trivia
- Its founder, Wang Wei, had created one of China's first online video sites, Tudou.
- The studio usually releases one or two films a year.
- Chang'an runs 168 minutes, nearly three hours.
Donghua Fan's take
Light Chaser is Chinese animation's most consistent studio. Not all its films are equal, but White Snake and Chang'an are real successes.
— Spidermas, for Donghua Fan