It has been announced that a Japanese dubbed version of the new film "The Legend of Hei 2," a popular Chinese animated feature film, will be produced. It was also announced that Kana Hanazawa will continue to play the role of Xiaohei. A stage event will be held on March 23rd at the Aniplex booth at AnimeJapan 2025, one of the world's largest anime events, where new information will be announced.
"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 its box office revenue exceeded 520 million yen.
