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Tea Pets

2017 · 98 min

A bright, busy animated adventure with cute characters, gentle peril, and a warm message about friendship and self-acceptance.

Directed by: Gary Wang
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring: Ji Guanlin, Shi Lei

Overview: A group of tea pets—cute clay figurines that are good-luck charms for tea drinkers—embark on a magical animated adventure to find a fabled mystic.

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Directed by: Gary Wang
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring: Ji Guanlin, Shi Lei

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
identity
found family
survival
healing
Places: small town
fantasy world
Era: timeless
Audience: family
Form: animated
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: animation, adventure, family
Directed by: Gary Wang
Written by: Gary Wang
Starring: Ji Guanlin, Shi Lei
Runtime: 98 min
Country: China
Languages: Mandarin

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