Ask for an animated film about China Zodiac. Each episode tells the story of a Zodiac animal who fought bravely with ghosts and sacrificed himself in order to protect human beings.

The Chinese Zodiac is a domestic cartoon produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio on 1993~ 1995, with a total of 13 episodes, which mainly tells the origin of the Chinese Zodiac.

In every episode of the story, there will be an evil monster. Every time a monster is destroyed, an animal gives its life. In memory of them, this animal became this year's Zodiac. Zodiac is an important part of China traditional culture. This animation is about the heroic fairy tale of the zodiac.

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This domestic cartoon produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio depicts that in ancient times, the world was ruled by twelve vicious demons in turn.

In order to save mankind, a brave young soldier and his friends, twelve kinds of animals, such as rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs, fought to the death with the devil, and finally liberated mankind from the disaster.

Every time a monster is destroyed, an animal gives its life. In order to commemorate the sacrificed animals, people named them the zodiac.

This film is well-made, with exquisite picture quality and touching plot. With a strong flavor of China traditional culture, it is a rare animation masterpiece that perfectly integrates myth, history, culture and folk customs.

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