by It has been announced that a Japanese-dubbed version of The Legend of Hei 2, a new film based on the popular Chinese animated film The Legend of Hei, will be produced.
It was also announced that Hanazawa Kana will reprise her role as Xiaohei. New information will be announced at a stage event on March 23rd at the Aniplex booth at AnimeJapan 2025, one of the world’s most significant anime events.
“The Legend of Hei” is produced by Chinese animator and animation director MTJJ and Hanmu Chunhua (HMCH) Studio. The web animation series was released on a video site in March 2011 and gained popularity, and the movie version was later released. The movie version was a hit, grossing about 315 million RMB (about 4.9 billion yen) in box office revenue in China.
A subtitled version was released in Japan in September 2019, and a Japanese-dubbed version was released in November 2020. The dubbed version had a long run of screenings lasting about six months, and its box office revenue exceeded 520 million yen.
