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Brave Animated Series
GenreAction
Adult animation
Adventure
Comedy drama
Fantasy
Based onBrave Series by Yellow Book
Developed byYang Zi Ting
Written byYang Zi Ting
Directed byYang Zi Ting
Voices of
  • Zheng Yun Fan
  • Gao Yun Shuo
  • Jiang Qing Yan
  • Jiang Du Hui
  • Meng Qing Fu
  • Huang Bai Wei
  • Ma Guo Yao
  • Chen Yan Jun
  • Sun Ke Fang
  • Niu Kai Yang
  • Xu Shu Bin
  • Teng Wei-Te
  • Chen You Wen
  • Liao Guo Jun
  • Wu Kang Ren
  • Mu Xuan Ming
  • Lin Kai ling
  • Huang Tzu jiao
  • Liu Kuan-ting
  • Fu Pin Cheng
  • Sun Cheng
Theme music composerLION
ComposerWeiFan Chang
Country of originTaiwan
China
Original languageChinese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers
  • Yu Pei Hua
  • Lin Chiung Fen
ProducerWang Wei Xiu
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 4, 2021 (2021-07-04)(Taiwan)
September 1, 2021 (2021-09-01)(Worldwide)

Brave Animated series (Chinese:勇者動畫系列 Pinyin: Yǒngzhě dònghuà xìliè lit. 'Brave Animation Series') is a Taiwanese black comedy fantasy animated series based on the comic book series of the same name, created by Yellow Book, is produced by Big Cat Studio in association with Aries Creative and Public Television Service.[1] the series is set in a RPG fantasy video game-like World, where a group of heroes who want to stop the evil forces of the Demon Kingdom, only for realize that they are not in the right side of justice.

The series was originally scheduled to be released on June 13, 2021 on Public Television, but due the COVID-19 Pandemic it was delayed to July 4[2], additionally, the series was released in MyVideo on August 1, and in LineTV in Taiwan and Worldwide on Netflix on September 1, 2021[3] ,the series received positive reviews by the critics, who praised the story, the animation and his comedy.

A second season is set to be released in some point of 2025.

Plot

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In a World of Fantasy, exist three races, Humans, Demons, and Dragons, which are in constant conflict, for humans exist a group of warriors called "Braves", wich try to eliminate the grand demon king "Morewant", and send peace to the kingdom, a Newbie Brave tries to defeat the demons but when he discover than they are not evil beings, and the Braves are actually bloodthirsty warmongers who want to eradicate demon race, decide to unite with the demon kingdom to stop them.

The series its a satire to the tropes of RPG games and fantasy media, where criticize the roles of heroes and villains and the human nature.

Characters

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  • Zheng Yun Fan as Main Brave[4]/ Sick Demon.[5]
  • Gao Yun Shou as Goblin.[6]
  • Jiang Qing Yan as Slime[7]/ Sword Brave.[8]
  • Jiang Du Hui as Bunny.[9]
  • Meng Qing Fu as Superstar Brave.[10]
  • Huang Bai Wei as Fair Brave.
  • Ma Guo Yao as Old King.
  • Chen Yan Jun as Fire Demon.[11]
  • Sun Ke Fang as Dragon Girl.[12]
  • Niu Kai Yang as Dragon Slayer Brave.
  • Xu Shu Bin as Blue Dragon/ Reporter.
  • Teng Wei Te as Water Demon.[13]
  • Chen You Wen as Black Brave.
  • Liao Guo Jun as Loyal Brave.
  • Wu Kang Ren as Chief Brave.[14]
  • Mu Xuan Ming as Desire Queen.
  • Lin Kai ling as Despair Brave.
  • Huang Tzu jiao as Old Morewant.
  • Liu Kuan ting as First Brave.
  • Fu Pin Cheng as Morewant.[15]
  • Sun Cheng as Red Dragon/ Business King.
  • Xu Huang Huang as War King.

Episodes

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Seasons No. episodes Originally aired Network
First aired Last aired
1 6 July 1, 2021 July 18, 2021 PTS
August 1, 2021 December 31, 2024 My Video
September 1, 2021 August 31, 2024 Line TV
Netflix
2 6 TBA TBA PTS
MyVideo
Line TV
Netflix

As ofJuly 4, 2021, six episodes of Brave Animated Series have been released.

TBA

Production

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In 2018 the Ministry of Culture had raised funds for the creation of new animated series and adaptations of national comics and IP's, among the studios that participated in the external bidding process for the adaptations, in February 25, 2021 where the indie company Big Cat Studio announced an association with Yellow Book to produce an animated series of the comic book series "Brave Series". The series received a forward-looking budget subsidy of NT44.2 million, of which 1 million¥ was used for behind-the-scenes documentary shooting, having an average budget of 7.2 million¥ per episode and being in production for over 2-3 years with the deconstruction and reorganization of the first 260 chapters of the original work into 6 episodes, with a writing period of about half a year.[16][17] In April 12, with a teaser of the main character[18], later on April 16, the official Facebook account announced that the first season has finished production and it was ready to be released.[19]

Reception

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The series received positive reviews by the critics, who praised the story, comedy and animation, in IMDb, the series received a 7/10 stars, saying that it has: "Great world building, straight forward plotting and a total complete adaption of the game/comic book series." [20]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Nominated Results Ref.
Golden Bell Awards October 22, 2022 Animation Program Award "Brave Animated Series" Won [21]
General Program Sound Design Award Gao Wei Yan,

Zhang Wei Fan,

Lin Xie Zhong

Nominated

Future

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In July 25, 2021, in an interview with GGN Gamer, when they asked Wang Wei Xiu about the future of the series, he responded: "Of course I hope there will be a second season of animation! At present, the comic series of Yellow Book is still in progress. I hope everyone can support it. [...] As for peripheral products, there are currently some plans in progress, and we ourselves are looking forward to the actual products."[22]

After the success of the first season, in November 24, 2022 was announced that the series was renewed for a second season[23]. Later on July 26, 2024, the official account announced that the season 2 is now in Post-Production and is set to release in some point of 2025.[24]

Notes

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TBA

References

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  1. ^ 巴哈姆特. "黃色書刊《勇者系列》改編動畫年內大貓工作室製作推出 黃子佼參演配音". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  2. ^ 巴哈姆特. "公視×黃色書刊《勇者系列》動畫宣布因疫情影響將延至 7 月 4 日開播". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  3. ^ 編輯, TNL (2021-07-02). "公視《勇者動畫系列》為動畫元年打頭陣,黃子佼與眾星出席線上記者會大談創作秘辛". TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
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