Secrets of the Furious Five (2009)

Original title

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five

Directed by

Raman Hui

Genre

comedy film, action film, flashback film

Country

United States

Runtime

24 min

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 475 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Po tells short stories about the younger days of his fellow fighters the Furious Five. Each story shows how they learned their skills and what made them who they are.

lightheartedenergeticwhimsicalnostalgicinspiringplayfulfast-pacedwarm

What happens

Secrets of the Furious Five (also known as Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five) is a 2008 American animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation that serves as a spin-off to the animated feature film, Kung Fu Panda (2008), and appears on a companion disc of the original film's deluxe DVD release. It was broadcast on NBC February 26, 2009, and became available as a separate DVD. The film has a framing story of Po the Dragon Warrior (in computer animation) telling the stories of his comrades in arms, the Furious Five, who are depicted in 2D cel animation, similar to the opening and end credits of the original film. The only actors from the film to reprise their roles in this short were Jack Black as Po, Dustin Hoffman as Master Shifu, David Cross as Crane, and Randall Duk Kim as Master Oogway. Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan and Seth Rogen do not reprise their roles, mainly because their related characters are depicted as their younger selves. In this short, Monkey is voiced by Jaycee Chan, son of Jackie Chan. Jaycee Chan also voiced Crane in the Cantonese version of the original film. Production of the film was outsourced to Reel FX Creative Studios, which worked on CG animation, and to Film Roman, which worked on traditionally animated sequences. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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