New Gods: Yang Jian (2022)
2h 8m | PG-13
Fifteen hundred years after the war of gods, the heaven declined. Yang Jian, the God of Erlang, made a living by working as a catcher. One day, Yang Jian was ordered to hunt down a young man, his own nephew.
Director: Zhao Ji
Studio: Light Chaser Animation Studios
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Kai Wang
as Yang Jian (voice)
Ji Guanlin
as Wan Luo (voice)
Lihong Li
as Yuding (voice)
Lanling Li
as Chen Xiang (voice)
Zhao Yi
as Shen Gongbao (voice）
Liu Xiaoyu
as Shen Gongbao (voice)
Reviews
_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/