New Gods: Yang Jian
Year: 2022
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
Studio: Light Chaser Animation Studios
Director: Zhao Ji
Cast: Kai Wang, Ji Guanlin, Lihong Li, Li Lanling, Zhao Yi, Liu Xiaoyu
Crew: Zhao Ji (Director), Keer Zhu (Editor), Lu Xi (Producer), Chen Mu-Chuan (Writer), Zhonglin Xu (Novel), Xixing Lu (Novel)
Runtime: 128 minutes
Release: Aug 19, 2022
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 75 users
Popularity: 3
Country: China, United States of America
Language: 普通话
Budget: 0
Revenue: 70,826,303

_New Gods: Yang Jian_ feels like an alternate timeline of _Journey to the West_ along with all of the jazzy influence of _Cowboy Bebop_. The animation is slick and impressive, but the intentional crawl of the storytelling dulls the action and dims the spectacle of the visuals ever so slightly. It simply isn’t as effective or as entertaining as _Nezha Reborn_, which is currently still streaming on Netflix. **Full review:** https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/01/23/new-gods-yang-jian-review-godly-animation-shackled-to-a-prolonged-narrative/