Plot:
Recently, Huayi Brothers announced that "Old Master Q: The Legend of Little Water Tiger", co-produced with Old Master Q Media, will be released on January 27, 2011. This is not only the first time that "Toho Co., Ltd.", which is well-known to animation fans, has joined hands with Chinese animation, but also the first time that Huayi Brothers has entered the Spring Festival children's film market. Old Master Q and Dafanshu, a pair of partners well-known to Chinese audiences, will fight with the four dragon kings with different personalities together with the new animation image "Little Water Tiger". With the help of magical elves, they will travel to the deep sea and the desert to fight against the ocean crisis caused by the villain "Fire King", embarking on a tortuous and interesting journey. "Old Master Q: The Legend of Little Water Tiger" is adapted from the "Old Master Q" series of comics, and the classic four-frame comics are presented on the big screen again in 2D retro style. The Old Master Q comics have been published in Hong Kong magazines such as Sing Tao Daily, Daily Express, Ming Pao, and Movie since 1962, and their influence has gradually extended overseas. They are published in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Europe, North America, India, Thailand, etc., and the sales volume has reached nearly 100 million copies worldwide. In addition to the amazing sales volume, the Old Master Q comics have also been widely developed in different fields. In 1965, the image of "Old Master Q" was used by the Hong Kong Government Information Department for anti-drug propaganda. In 1981, the cartoon film adapted from "Old Master Q" won the "Best Cartoon" at the 18th Golden Horse Awards. In 1984, the Hong Kong government issued a "Prepaid Commemorative Phone Card" for "Old Master Q". In 1998, the "Old Master Q" comic series was selected as the best children's comic book by the Taipei City News Bureau. In 2006, the "Hong Kong Academic Reading Campaign 2006" survey report pointed out that Old Master Q is the favorite comic book for primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong. In addition, the original manuscript of Old Master Q has been put on the market at Sotheby's (the world's largest art auction house), becoming the world's first animation auction item. Forty-seven years after its creation, Old Master Q, as the most influential Chinese-created animation, is known as the "evergreen tree in the comics world" in the Chinese community. It has not only touched countless people, but also enriched our childhood memories. Director Ang Lee once publicly expressed his gratitude, "Thank you Old Master Q for nourishing my imagination and sense of humor in my youth." The famous historian and writer Bo Yang even succinctly said how much Old Master Q attracted him, "There are three fatal attractions in life: politics, religion, and love. We can now add a fourth fatal attraction, which is Old Master Q comics."