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Uproar in Heaven 3D Is he god, warrior or simply a naughty boy? The Monkey King’s conflicting personas are part of what makes the character so special, but Sun Wukong 孙悟空 in “Uproar in Heaven 3D” 大闹天宫 D3 N3o Ti`ng4ng definitely has more of the latter. After all, this is a feature-length cartoon. The protagonist of Wu Cheng’en’s classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” 《西游记》X~y5u J# , Sun Wukong, is a brave yet mischievous monkey assigned to protect the monk Xuanzang during his pilgrimage to India. Thanks to an array of TV dramas, movies, comics and videogames, his adventures are well known in China across all generations, particularly those who grew up watching the 1980s TV series starring Liuxiaolingtong. “Uproar in Heaven 3D” is a remake of another visualization of the Monkey King story, the original“Uproar in Heaven,” which was considered a landmark picture in the potted history of Chinese animated film. The original “Uproar” focused on the first seven chapters of the epic novel, covering the birth of this miraculous monkey and his rise to become the monk’s divine protector. For producer Wan Laiming, bringing what he considered to be one of the greatest Chinese narratives to life through animation was a long-cherished dream and perhaps the pinnacle of his life’s work. Wan, who pioneered Chinese animated film in 1941, was only able to begin work on“Uproar” after he became the main cartoonist and director of the newly established Shanghai Animation Film Studio 上海美术电影制片厂 Sh3ngh2i M0ish Di3ny@ng Zh#pi3nch2ng . The two-hour feature recounts the adventures of the Monkey King before his “Journey to the West,”when he challenged the powers of heaven and defeated an army of 100,000 celestial warriors. Upon its completion, Wan traveled the world and collected numerous awards at film festivals, helping “Uproar”become the flagship work of China’s animation industry. Almost 50 years later, this year’s updated version gives the animation a facelift using modern special