The Legend of Hei

The Legend of Hei (Chinese: 罗小黑战记大电影) is a 2019 animated film prequel to the animated series, The Legend of Luo Xiaohei. It details various events in the life of the cat spirit Luo Xiaohei which take place before the series.^[4]

The Legend of Hei
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Chinese	罗小黑战记大电影
Directed by	MTJJ(Ping Zhang)
Produced by	Joy Pictures
Starring	Xin Shan Wang Zhen Xianghai Hao Mingyue Liu
Production company	HMCH
Distributed by	Huaxia Film Distribution Co., Ltd[1]
Release date	7 September 2019 (2019-09-07)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	China
Language	Chinese
Box office	US$48.5 million[2][3]

Synopsis

Xiaohei begins his wandering journey because his home is destroyed by humans. On a search for a new home, he encounters other monsters as well as human allies, some of which share his dislike of humans. This leaves him with the dilemma of which side to choose.^[5]

Characters

• Xiao Hei/Hei (小黑)

Voiced by: Xin Shan (Chinese), Kana Hanazawa (Japanese), Emi Lo (English)

• Wuxian/Infinity (无限)

Voiced by: Wang Zhen (Chinese), Mamoru Miyano (Japanese), Aleks Le (English)

• Feng Xi/Storm End (风息)

Voiced by: Xinghai Hao (Chinese), Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Howard Wang (English)

Releases

The Legend of Hei was released September 2019 in China.^[6] Its Japanese-language official dub aired in Japan a month afterwards, distributed by Toho Cinemas.^[7] It was released in the US and Canada with an English dub by Shout! Studios in 2021.^[8]