It has been announced that the Japanese dubbed and subtitled versions of the new film "The Legend of Hei 2," a popular Chinese animated feature film, will be released simultaneously in the fall of 2025. The second teaser visual, which gives a glimpse of Xiaohei and Mugen's adventures, has also been released.
"The Legend of Hei" is produced by Chinese animator and animation director MTJJ and Hanmu Chunhua (HMCH) Studio. The web animation series was released on a video site in March 2011 and gained popularity, and the movie version was later released. The movie version was a hit, grossing about 315 million RMB (about 4.9 billion yen) in box office revenue in China.
A subtitled version was released in Japan in September 2019, and a Japanese dubbed version was released in November 2020. The dubbed version had a long run of screenings lasting about six months, and grossed over 520 million yen.
The new film will be set two years after the previous one. Kana Hanazawa will continue to voice Xiaohei in the Japanese dubbed version.
