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Niwa: If the pentagram is the destructive cycle, channeling our energy inwards, then the pentagon must be the creative cycle, channeling our energy outwards.

The creation (生 shēng) and destruction (剋/克 kè) cycle, as depicted in Master Raindrop.

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The defeat of the Nian, as depicted in Master Raindrop.

Happy Lunar New Year!!

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Chang'E as depicted in Master Raindrop

A literal goddess

Happy Moon Festival! 🌕🏮🎆

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[Transcript]

Synopsis

Master Raindrop is a funny and exciting adventure through the timeless world of Asian myths and legends- a road trip in which a group of high-spirited 12-year-old martial arts novices meet a variety of weird and wonderful creatures, as they try to save their peaceful land from the evil General Bu and his army of terracotta warriors.

It is a journey through the boundless Land of Thousand Legends, as Raindrop and his friend Shao Yen set out to reunite the legendary five Elements- Earth, Water, Metal, Wood and Fire- and restore the Golden Dragon, protector of their land.

Along the way, these unlikely heroes match wits and skills with crazy and colourful friends and enemies alike, in adventures that combine high-stakes drama with comic, Jackie Chan-style martial arts.

Background

Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy; 3D Animation

Target audience: 6-9 year Olds

Format: 26 x 24 minutes

Producer: Big Communications Pte Ltd, Flux Animation Studio Ltd, Flying Bark Productions Pty, Ltd with the support of Media Development Authority of Singapore

Status

Status: In production

Logline: A funny and exciting adventure of 12-year-old martial arts novices through the timeless world of Asian myths & legends

Broadcast: The show is currently airing on Channel 7 (Australia), and was sold to various Asian, Middle Eastern and African broadcasters

Style

Master Raindrop combines an epic story with thrilling martial-arts action and witty verbal and physical humour

As an irreverent spin on Asian mythology and martial arts, the series does to Asian myths what Shrek did to European fairytales

Master Raindrop is based on the five elements- water, fire, wood, earth and metal- and the natural phenomenon of Ying and Yang as the rise and fall of the human destiny cycle is shown

The visual style of the series heightens the witty storytelling- including innovative design, martial arts sequences, snappy endings and dynamic camera movements

Extras

Mobile: Mobile game in production

Master Raindrop will be a true 360° experience featuring a website and a variety of merchandise and games

Source: x

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The mobile game that could've been. But didn't because LAMP got shut down. And they had cool ideas too. It would've been like Pokemon Go.

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[Transcript]

Jinhou

Metal element

Wisecracking

Hyperactive

Impressed by appearance

Jinhou loves being the centre of attention. He tends to leap into conclusions, and is easily blinded by wealth, power and affluence.

Flamo

Fire element

Fiery

Mercurial

Cunning

Fiery by nature, Flamo became an evil force to be reckoned with when taken in by General Bu.

Master Raindrop

Water element

Impetuous

Brave

Cheeky

Master Raindrop is the bold but reluctant leader whose destiny it is to unite the five elements to raise the Golden Dragon from its slumber.

Niwa

Earth element

Self-conscious

Sensitive

Dependable

Shy at first, when Niwa discovers her skill, she grows in confidence and learns she has much to offer to the world.

Shao Yen

Wood element

Self-disciplined

Focused

Stubborn

Shao Yen, who grew up believing she was an orphaned girl, is the one who gets the group out of trouble when Raindrop has led them into it.

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Names of the Elements

Jin Hou literally means golden monkey.

Raindrop is self-explanatory.

Niwa means garden in Japanese. On the other hand, she could be named after Nüwa, a goddess who made mankind out of clay/earth.

Flamo is flame.

Idek about Shao Yen. We don't have the characters for her name.

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Some of the 1000 Legends in The Land of 1000 Legends

Wu Xing/Five Elements

Jade Princess & Jade spirit?

Chang'E & Moon Jade Rabbit & Archer Yi

Ma Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

Qilin/Kirin/Kỳ Lân

Journey to the West (Bull King, Princess Iron Fan, Red Boy)

Golden dragon from a koi fish swimming up a waterfall

Peaches of Immortality/Longevity

Monastery of Monkeys?(idk, Myanmar or Nepal or neither)

Lord of the Cranes

Dragon & Phoenix Pearl (and Xi Wang Mu)

Legend of the White Snake (and Green Snake)

Nian

Rangda & Barong masks (and Calon Arang(?))

Mekla & Ramasura

Chantakorop & Mora though I'm pretty sure they call him Ki or Qi

Baku (and a dream realm?)

River serpent

Magic mortar & pestle & seeds that grow and shrink & a creature that steals stuff with bat wings that sounds like jenni or jenai or something? But it matches description with the orang-bati?

Badang

Vampire cat? Maybe bakeneko?

Tree of 1000 fruits?

Wu Gang and the tree

Dragons

Daruma doll

Meng Po's Five Flavored Tea of Forgetfulness

Well of Wellness? Lantern that can see the future?

* '?' indicates unknown myth