Fire Ball (2005) 紅孩兒:決戰火焰山
Director: Wang Tong
Starring: A Ya / Cai Shengyan / Yang Guimei / Peng Chacha / Chen Zhaorong / Chen Xuanyu / Xu Jiehui / Qian Demen
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Animation / Children / Fantasy
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan, China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 2005-05-08 (Mainland China/Taiwan China/Hong Kong China)
Duration: 95 minutes
Also known as: Red Boy: Battle at the Fiery Mountains/ Fire Ball: Journey to the West - The Secret Behind the Fiery Mountains / 红孩儿大话火焰山 / 红孩儿：决战火焰山
IMDb: tt2321301
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
Tang Sanzang (voiced by Chen Zhaorong) took his three disciples, Sun Wukong (voiced by Martha), Zhu Bajie (voiced by Chen Xuanyu) and Sha Monk, to the Western Regions in an attempt to obtain the true scriptures. The four, who experienced various hardships along the way, came to the Flame Mountain. The four learned that only by using the power of the treasure fan to extinguish the blazing fire could they pass through this place and continue moving forward.
The holder of the treasure fan is Princess Iron Fan (voiced by Yang Guimei), the wife of the Bull Demon King (voiced by Peng Chacha), but their child Red Boy (voiced by Liu Hanya) attempts to attack Tang Sanzang and use his meat to make elixirs. At the same time, Spider Spirit learned that Tang Sanzang had appeared and had evil intentions. For a time, the four masters and disciples fell into an extremely dangerous situation. It turns out that Red Boy was used and deceived by the Toad Spirit (voiced by Xu Jiehui). After learning the truth, he joined forces with Sun Wukong to destroy the enemy
Adventure at Flaming Mountains (2013) 火焰山历险记
Director: Xiao Huaihai
Screenwriter: Yin Heng / Zhang Ping
Starring: Gu Yueyi / Kou Lai / Hong Bo / Wang Yiwei / Shi Xinying / Jie Jie / Bai Weimin / Wang Jiong / Ju Min
Genre: Animation / Fantasy / Adventure
Country/Region of Production: Mainland China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Date: 2013-07-19 (Mainland China)
Duration: 84 minutes
Also known as: Adventure at Flaming Mountains
Adaptation: Retelling
Summary:
The audience found that the animated film "Flame Mountain Adventure" is exactly the same as the animated film "Red Boy's Story of Flame Mountain" which won the Taiwan Golden Horse Award in 2005, but the names of the producers, directors and other main creators have all been changed. After interviews with many parties, it was learned that the film is indeed a remake of the old film, deliberately concealing the truth in the publicity, infringing on the consumer's right to know, and such incidents are not uncommon in the current animation film industry.
The film was edited from 87 minutes to 84 minutes, nothing else. The plot, theme, all original animations, and backgrounds are almost unchanged from the previous version. To be precise, "Flame Mountain Adventure" is just a re-release with a different name.
During the pre-release promotion of "Flame Mountain Adventure", it was never mentioned that this animation was a modified version of "Red Boy's Big Talk about Flame Mountain", and this important information was not informed to the audience at all. The person in charge explained: "This is the plan of our company's entire project. We are promoting this project in such an order, and we are not saying that it is different." It is obviously a "secondary production", but the original creative team list has been completely changed. The producer changed from "Taiwan Hongguang" to "Wu Du Xiaoxiang"; the original director was Taiwanese director Wang Tong, but now it has become Xiao Huaihai. Mr. Zhang said that he would issue a formal statement to the media to explain these questions. But the producer does not think there is anything wrong with the second release.
