"Chinese animations are pedagogical. Why can't we just tell a good story? And there are really no cartoon movies created for adults in China, which is a pity," says Ye Shengying, a 29-year-old Japanese cartoon fan.
Many of the early Chinese cartoons that were successful were taken from ancient Chinese stories, such as A Journey to the West. "But this is not the only way forward. You can see in Disney cartoons that there are different peoples, opinions and cultures involved," Xiao says.
Another problem, Xiao says, is adopting new techniques: "At Disney, Pixar, or Dreamworks, there are special teams developing software to make cartoons, but in China, we only use foreign techniques."
By Gan Tian
Editor: Wang Nan
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