The history of Hong Kong animation has always been translocal and transnational. It can be traced back to at least the late 1940s, when some mainland animators and cartoonists in exile like the Wan Brothers, Zhang Guangyu, Liao Bingxiong, and Te Wei made animated shorts and even experimented with the making of an animated feature film … Continue reading Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Hong Kong Animation, Zoom Webinar, May 12-14, 2022 →

Trailer: Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017

July 13, 2021Trailer

Childhood Memories: Chinese Animation and the Shanghai Animation Film Studio from the Eyes of an Animator’s Son

April 29, 2019Speeches

By Yan Shuchen; translated by Eva Chang (Panel Chair) Yan Shuchen is the son of Teacher Yan Shanchun. He graduated from the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law in 1990. From 1990 to 1993, Yan Shuchen worked at the People’s Procuratorate in the Jing’an District of Shanghai. Since 1993, he has been working in … Continue reading Childhood Memories: Chinese Animation and the Shanghai Animation Film Studio from the Eyes of an Animator’s Son →

An Authentic Animator

August 8, 2018Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

Download PDF By Yan Dingxian; translated by Nick Stember (Panel Chair) Thank you, Teacher Duan, for your wonderful speech. I believe everyone has learned a lot. Our next speaker will be Teacher Yan Dingxian. He was born in 1936 and graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1953. That same year, he joined the Shanghai … Continue reading An Authentic Animator →

Walking Our Own Path and Making Innovations in Chinese Animated Filmmaking

June 14, 2018Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

Download PDF By Duan Xiaoxuan; translated by Nick Stember (Panel Chair) Thank you, Ms. Mochinaga, for your wonderful speech. It was very moving. It really took us back to that special historical era. The next speaker is Teacher Duan Xiaoxuan. Teacher Duan was born in 1934, and first entered the Chinese animation industry at the Northeast … Continue reading Walking Our Own Path and Making Innovations in Chinese Animated Filmmaking →

Mochinaga Tadahito and Animated Filmmaking in Early New Socialist China

May 16, 2018Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

By Mochinaga Noriko; translated by Nick Stember and Yan Chen (Panel Chair) We’re going to have five speakers today, so we will invite them to talk one by one first, then followed by … Continue reading Mochinaga Tadahito and Animated Filmmaking in Early New Socialist China →

Welcome Speech

May 15, 2018Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017, Speeches

By James Lee; translated by Nick Stember (Panel Chair) Honored guests, good afternoon! I am Professor Daisy Du Yan from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where I conduct research in Chinese animation. First, I would like to thank Professor Billy Kee-long So, Chair of the Division of Humanities, and Professor James Lee, … Continue reading Welcome Speech →

Report on Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism

January 30, 2018Animators: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism, April 27-28, 2017 Reports

By Hang Wu In April 2017, I worked as a student assistant for the Animators’ Roundtable Forum held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and had the valuable opportunity to get to know the renowned animators involved. Mochinaga Noriko, daughter of Mochinaga Tadahito, shared with me some old photos taken and developed … Continue reading Report on Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Chinese Animation and (Post)Socialism →