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Tai Chi Chasers (2007)

Tai Chi Chasers poster
Original title
태극천자문
Directed by
Hiroki Shibata
Genre
action television series, adventure television series
Country
South Korea, Japan
Length
1 season, 39 episodes
Rated
TV-Y7
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Rai gains supernatural powers and gets pulled into a long war between two groups called the Tigeroids and the Dragonoids. The series is an action adventure inspired by East Asian mythology.

action-packedfast-pacedheroicwhimsicalmythicstraightforwardchildren-friendlyserialized

What happens

Tai Chi Chasers also known as Taegeuk Kids on KBS World is an action-adventure and a Manhwa anime television series produced by JM Animation and Toei Animation. The series, inspired by East Asian mythology, revolves around the protagonist Rai, a child who gains supernatural abilities and becomes involved in a long-running armed conflict between two ethnic groups, the Tigeroids and the Dragonoids. Tai Chi Chasers originally aired on KBS 1TV from 29 April 2007 to 20 January 2008. A localised Cantonese version of the series aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong from 13 August 2009 to 1 January 2010, and an English language localization was distributed through 4Kids Entertainment in the United States, airing on Toonzai from 17 September 2011 until 2 June 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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