#Junyi Wu

[kayleerowena]

THE WITCH'S WINGS & OTHER TERRIFYING TALES, an 'are you afraid of the dark?' graphic novel with three stories based on hispanic urban legends, comes out october 3rd 2023!!!

kick off the halloween season & ✨ preorder it now ✨ if fun, spooky middle-grade horror is your jam!

i'm so excited for people to get to read this book; everyone involved put so much love into it, and i can't wait to hear what people think once it's out in the world. to celebrate how close the release date is, here are a few preview pages from my segment of the book, the tale of the haunting of bus #13!

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[tragcdysewn]

@mvsicinthedvrk asked: lu junyi to jun wu idk what's going on in the maze but this feels right: ❛ no offense, but i think you might be just a little too crazy for me. ❜

21 The maze is burning bright with fire. The air is hot with smoke choking characters at every turn. It is difficult to push one through the narrow paths with the plant life on fire right nearby.

"if my sanity is your main concern at the moment, your priorities are clearly skewed." jun wu replies, his face entirely blank as his eyes scan the flames around them. "i can not die, but this may very well kill you."

[camyfilms]

八佰 2020

If we raise this flag, it will be a great provocation for the Japanese army. They will stop at nothing to destroy us. They may even use heavy artillery. If that's the case, forget about two days. Holding out for even a few hours will be a struggle. What do you say?

[elliepassmore]

The Water Outlaws review

4/5 stars Recommended if you like: Wuxia fantasy, action adventure, renegade heroes, political intrigue Big thanks to Netgalley, Tordotcom, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review! TW attempted sexual assault This book is interesting because the characters, by and large, don't turn out to be who you think they're going to be. I don't mean in a bait and switch kind of way or that the characters experience growth, but rather a realistic way. The characters themselves have their own self-conceptions about who they are and what they would do in certain circumstances, just like we form perceptions of the characters, and then over the course of the book, those self-perceptions are repeatedly and thoroughly challenged to get at the heart of who the character actually is. Lin Chong, for instance, has a very strict code of values and believes in both justice and the law, but as the synopsis says, she ends up as a criminal running from the empire. So how does what she's experienced and what she does next fit into her self-conception, if at all? I really enjoy how the characters answer these questions for themselves and it's interesting to see internal conflict dealt with in this manner. The story is told in multiple POV, so we get multiple angles of the things happening both in the capital and in Liangshan. While it might seem redundant to have two POVs for both locations, I actually think it adds to the story because then we can see the various schemes and layers that are going into each move on both sides. Lin Chong is definitely a character that grew on me. She's a straight arrow and believes the law, and empire, is just and that criminals are criminals for a reason. Unfortunately, she still struggles with the idea that the law can be wrong, that the government can be corrupt, even after she's branded a criminal. I'm not a fan of characters who think like that, especially when the corruption is right in front of them, but Lin Chong grew on me. She started to question her own line of thinking and began putting those martial arts skills to use for a good, albeit illegal, cause. Once she decides to be loyal, then she's loyal, and I liked seeing her friendships grow with the other women. Lu Junyi is a savvy intellectual who is a friend of Lin Chong's before she has to go on the run. Surprisingly, Lu Junyi remains an important character throughout the story. When the book opens, Lu Junyi is a socialite who hosts salons where intellectuals can gather and debate anything from science to poetry to politics, with Lu Junyi often taking an active and liberal role in these meetings. As the book goes on, however, she's faced with needing to put that knowledge to use in a dangerous endeavor. Like Lin Chong, she has to examine who she thinks she is and who she actually is. Lu Da is introduced as a friend of Lu Junyi's but ends up becoming sworn-sisters with Lin Chong. In contrast to the other two women, Lu Da is brasher and more impulsive, interested more getting things done than in thinking things over thenacting. She's an exceptionally loyal character and willing to fight to the end to protect those she cares about. Lu Da is also someone who isn't afraid of owning up to their mistakes. At times her narrative did make her feel younger than she actually is, like a child in an adult's body, which I wasn't a fan of. Wu Yong is another bandit with Liangshan and is the major strategist of the group. While we did get her POV, it was hard to fully grasp her plans and motivations since so much was left unsaid. I didn't really like her at first, but once we got a peek inside her head, I ended up liking Wu Yong a lot more. She has, as mentioned, a tactician's mind and I liked seeing how she schemed and came up with contingency upon contingency. Cai Jing is the grand chancellor for the empire and is really a mixed bag. He's definitely not a good person, but he's also not totally unlikable (which is kind of shocking). He fully believes that everything he's doing is for the good of the empire, which makes him a dangerous enemy to have. And like Wu Yong, he's good at planning for multiple contingencies. With him as one of the antagonists, I really did question whether the Liangshan Bandits could/would win. The last 20% or so is probably my favorite. There's a lot going on there but it's fast paced and interesting. I liked the battle in particular since we get to see a lot of different strategies brought out and it's really the only major showdown in the book, so I enjoyed being able to root for the bandits. I will say that I think this book could've been shorter. It was hard for me to get going and the action doesn't really pick up until ~40-50% of the way through. I would've liked to see some of the earlier parts compressed so that we can get to the main plot faster. The science bits were kind of hard for me to follow. There was a lot of technical work going on and some of the speakers weren't always coherent, so I had difficulty understanding what was happening. I know what the end goal of the experiments was, but I suppose I'm kind of confused still about what exactly the scientists were doing and how they were doing it. Overall this is a good book, particularly if you're looking for an action/adventure. Some parts of it dragged and I found some parts hard to follow, but the Liangshan Bandits definitely make up for it and I enjoyed reading their parts.

[the-archlich]

In the Romance, it's stated that Guan Yu left behind three main commanders--Mi Feng, Fu Shiren, and Pan Jun--to block Wu so he could attack Fan. Fu Shiren and Mi Feng are well known, but can you tell us about the third guy, Pan Jun? All the Romance says of him is that he's kind of a jerk and that Guan Yu should have left a different officer (it names Zhao Lei in particular) to block Wu instead.

Let's review everyone here.

SGZ 45.4 tells us that Shi Ren (Junyi) was from Guangyang. He was assigned to guard Gong'an under Guan Yu but betrayed him to Sun Quan. Guan Yu's biography (SGZ 36.1) concurs with this. It inserts the character 傅 in front of his name (leading to the misnomer Fushi Ren). SGZ 2 and SGZ 54.3 both agree with SGZ 45, so we can conclude that the character 傅 is a corruption or an error.

Mi Fang was the brother of Mi Zhu (SGZ 38.2). Their sister was married to Liu Bei before he fled to Jing province. At the time of the Fan campaign, Mi Fang was the head of Nan canton, with his headquarters at Jiangling (which he shared with Guan Yu). His family had a reputation for being skilled at the horse and bow, and he successfully helped suppress a revolt after defecting to Wu, so he was not without some talents.

Pan Jun was by far the most important and interesting of these men. His biography (SGZ 61.1) is a bit on the longer side.

Pan Jun was from Wuling in the unfashionable part of Jing. He distinguished himself as a scholar when he was young and became a military adviser in Jiangxia (where he would have served Huang Zu. He was later made magistrate of Xiangyang, making him a figure of substantial note at Liu Biao's court. When Liu Bei took over, Pan Jun became one his advisers. During the campaign for Yi province, Pan Jun was left in Jing to manage the province's affairs.

Pan Jun initially refused to serve Sun Quan when he annexed Jing but changed his mind after receiving a personal visit. He subsequently advised Sun Quan in securing the territory. When Sun Quan took the imperial title, Pan Jun was made one of the Nine Ministers. Eventually he became Minister of Ceremonies (which Wu appears to have treated as the chief of the Excellencies), a title he retained for the rest of his life.

The most notable exploit of Pan Jun's career was a campaign in the 230s. Over the course of several years he subdued the various tribes of western Jing, bringing the territory firmly under Sun Quan's control. Many of Wu's future commanders first saw serious campaigning during this episode.

However, Pan Jun and Sun Quan started to fall out later in life. Sun Quan began listening to corrupt officials and Pan Jun had no patience for that. Back when he was just a military advisor he had executed the corrupt chief of Shaxian. He wrote repeated letters to Sun Quan warning him about the unscrupulous officials at his court but to no avail. A particularly powerful official, Lu Yi, tried to have Pan Jun ousted but failed.

Eventually Pan Jun got fed up with being nice. He traveled to Jianye attempting to simply murder Lu Yi himself and face the consequences. However, Lu Yi avoided the meeting. Soon, the officials were able to prevail upon Sun Quan to punish Lu Yi, who was duly executed. Nevertheless, the rift between Sun Quan and his advisers never fully healed, and Pan Jun himself died not long after this.

[rfsnyder]

junyi wu

[book-reviewer-2000]

Scary Stories for Young Foxes

Christian McKay Heidicker

Illustrated by Junyi Wu

One autumn evening, seven little foxes ask for scarier stories than their mother has told them yet. Although they beg and whine, she tells them that she has no more scary stories, but there is an old storyteller who has terrible stories that would scare the white into their tails. They find themselves at the den of this old storyteller, who tells them stories of two fox kits, each on harrowing journeys through danger and the unknown. Mia and her mother flee a deadly illness that takes the rest of their family and come face-to-face with humans. Uly, the runt of the litter with a forepaw that doesn’t work, has to flee from his father who wants to kill him. The pair meet when Uly helps Mia escape the humans. The two have to stick together to make it through a swamp with dangerous creatures, Uly’s sinister father, and the bitter cold of winter. After each story, one of the kits turns tail, too scared to listen any longer. Which kit has the bravery to listen to all of the stories? What happens to the two kits struggling through adventure after adventure? It’s up to an intrepid and insightful reader to find out. Mia and Uly deal with loss and grief in an eloquent way, uniting from their shared familial issues. While the stories are about fictional foxes, readers may see themselves in the characters and their tales. This book fills the imagination with its descriptive word choice and haunting illustrations of each anecdote. The scary stories bring elements of the supernatural, natural, and even human-created terror. But fear not- there’s a kind ending for these little foxes. This book may not be the best choice for easily frightened readers, but lovers of spooky fairytales will enjoy this original concept.

BIBLIO: 2019, Henry Holt and Company/ Macmillan Publishing Group, Age 9-12, $16.99 and $22.99.

REVIEWER: Rebekah Ehrhart

FORMAT:  Middle Reader

ISBN: 9781250181428

[le-trash-prince]

80% through The Water Outlaws and having a great time. I love all these ladies and enbys. I keep trying to rank my faves and I can't decide. I've loved Lu Da's wholehearted earnestness from the very beginning and continue to love her more with every page. Wu Yong is the nb tactician of my dreams. And Lu Junyi is so broken and tormented I want to put her in my pocket.

[booksformks]

Book Review: Elf Dog and Owl Head

Elf Dog and Owl Headby M.T. Anderson, Junyi Wu (Illustrator) 5 out of 5 stars Clay is tired of being stuck at home during the pandemic, tired of online school, and tired of being trapped in the house with his annoying family. He goes out exploring the woods behind his home and he encounters an elf-hound who has gotten separated from the elven hunt. The elves have all gone back underground to…

[idahobob]

I Have No Legs, and I Must Run from Yue Li on Vimeo.

An athlete who is past his prime is struggling with his injuries. The arrival of a talented new member of his team. plants the seeds of jealousy in the Protagonist s mind.

Awards:

66TH BFI London Film Festival - Winner: Best Short Film

Palm Springs International ShortFest - 2023 | Special Mention: Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under

2022 Young Director Awards - Silver Screen

The 28th ifva Awards - Special Mentioned

Stockholm International Film Festival - nominated

Short of the Week - selected

21st IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival - nominated

Norwich Film Festival - nominated

CREW: STARRING Wen Xin, Xu Zhaobang, Yan Sanyuan

DIRECTOR Li Yue

WRITTEN BY Li Yue

PRODUCED BY Sol Ye, Mo Zhulin

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Limbo Lin

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Zeng Yingxin, Deng Ning, Wu Heng

EDITED BY Alvynn Diagne

COLORIST Fu Shu

SOUND DESIGNER Liu Qi

MUSIC BY Peravich Punnatrakul, Adam Chimmanee

CAST Zheng Haotian, Zhao Yuan, Zheng Chenbo, Xu Huangwei, Zhao Wenjie, Dou Ronghui, Ling Hanrui, Xue Zexin, Liu Hao, Ren Haokai, Liu Zhankuo

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Yang DongZhen

2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Zheng Haotian

ASSISTANT EDITOR Henrik Pierce

SPORTS CONSULTANT Zhang Xin

CHOREOGRAPHER/ACTING COACH Liu Yiyi

DIRECTOR ASSISTANT Wang Yizhen

PRODUCTION MANAGER Zeng Xiangchong

LOCATION MANAGER Wang Gaosheng, Hu Xing

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Song Sixuan

FOCUS PULLER Bu Zhuo

ASSISTANT CAMERA Hu Wenquan, Zhang Hengyuan

CAMERA OPERATOR Yang Yi

GAFFER Liu Aimin

SPARKS Xu Hongjie, Hu Xiaodong, Zhang Shuang

MAKEUP ARTIST & COSTUM Lu Mangmang

HAIRDRESSER Wang Sha, Bai Zirong

SOUND CREW

PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER He Junyi

BOOM OPERATOR Li Hui

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER Han Yu, Li Hao

DRONE OPERATOR Yuan Fukai

D.I.T Cheng Jianxin

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Yang Linlin， Wang Zerui, Du Xiaoming

PROPS Master Zhang Ge

ASSISTANT PROPS Li Shuai, Ren Xiaoguang, Liu Qiang, Bai Baogui

TRANSPORTATION CAPTAIN Ai Manyi

CAMERA CREW DRIVER Wei Huihong

DRIVER Zheng Yongsheng，Zhao Youcai, Liu Zhiqiang

DRIVER Li Gen

RENTAL HOUSE: KO Film Rental

[kayleerowena]

hey! did you know i have a book coming out in less than 2 months? THE WITCH'S WINGS & OTHER TERRIFYING TALES, an 'are you afraid of the dark?' graphic novel with three middle-grade horror stories based on hispanic urban legends, comes out october 3rd, and you can preorder it right now!

i'm super proud of the work i put into this book, and the other stories are also absolutely amazing. i hope you all love it as much as i do! i'd appreciate people spreading the word on this, since preorders are super important to a book's success!

[liurl]

I Have No Legs, and I Must Run from Yue Li on Vimeo.

An athlete who is past his prime is struggling with his injuries. The arrival of a talented new member of his team. plants the seeds of jealousy in the Protagonist s mind.

Awards:

66TH BFI London Film Festival - Winner: Best Short Film

Palm Springs International ShortFest - 2023 | Special Mention: Best Live-Action Short 15 Minutes and Under

2022 Young Director Awards - Silver Screen

The 28th ifva Awards - Special Mentioned

Stockholm International Film Festival - nominated

Short of the Week - selected

21st IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival - nominated

Norwich Film Festival - nominated

CREW: STARRING Wen Xin, Xu Zhaobang, Yan Sanyuan

DIRECTOR Li Yue

WRITTEN BY Li Yue

PRODUCED BY Sol Ye, Mo Zhulin

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Limbo Lin

PRODUCTION DESIGNER Zeng Yingxin, Deng Ning, Wu Heng

EDITED BY Alvynn Diagne

COLORIST Fu Shu

SOUND DESIGNER Liu Qi

MUSIC BY Peravich Punnatrakul, Adam Chimmanee

CAST Zheng Haotian, Zhao Yuan, Zheng Chenbo, Xu Huangwei, Zhao Wenjie, Dou Ronghui, Ling Hanrui, Xue Zexin, Liu Hao, Ren Haokai, Liu Zhankuo

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Yang DongZhen

2nd ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Zheng Haotian

ASSISTANT EDITOR Henrik Pierce

SPORTS CONSULTANT Zhang Xin

CHOREOGRAPHER/ACTING COACH Liu Yiyi

DIRECTOR ASSISTANT Wang Yizhen

PRODUCTION MANAGER Zeng Xiangchong

LOCATION MANAGER Wang Gaosheng, Hu Xing

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Song Sixuan

FOCUS PULLER Bu Zhuo

ASSISTANT CAMERA Hu Wenquan, Zhang Hengyuan

CAMERA OPERATOR Yang Yi

GAFFER Liu Aimin

SPARKS Xu Hongjie, Hu Xiaodong, Zhang Shuang

MAKEUP ARTIST & COSTUM Lu Mangmang

HAIRDRESSER Wang Sha, Bai Zirong

SOUND CREW

PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER He Junyi

BOOM OPERATOR Li Hui

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER Han Yu, Li Hao

DRONE OPERATOR Yuan Fukai

D.I.T Cheng Jianxin

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Yang Linlin， Wang Zerui, Du Xiaoming

PROPS Master Zhang Ge

ASSISTANT PROPS Li Shuai, Ren Xiaoguang, Liu Qiang, Bai Baogui

TRANSPORTATION CAPTAIN Ai Manyi

CAMERA CREW DRIVER Wei Huihong

DRIVER Zheng Yongsheng，Zhao Youcai, Liu Zhiqiang

DRIVER Li Gen

RENTAL HOUSE: KO Film Rental

[winningthesweepstakes]

Elf Dog & Owl Head by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Junyi Wu

            Elf Dog & Owl Head by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Junyi Wu. Candlewick Press, 2023. 9781536222814 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy What did you like about the book?  When a pandemic seizes the world, 12-year-old Clay’s family is mightily disrupted.  His mother loses her job as a waitress when the restaurant closes, school has…

[petnews2day]

Book Review: Elf Dog & Owl Head, by M.T. Anderson

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Book Review: Elf Dog & Owl Head, by M.T. Anderson

ELF DOG & OWL HEAD, by M.T. Anderson. Illustrated by Junyi Wu. M.T. Anderson won the National Book Award in 2006 for the first volume of “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation.” He also won, in my head, the award for Best First Line of 2002, with his novel “Feed,” which […]

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[youngshiney]

i said i was going to make a post of all my favorite Chuang 2020 performances (bc its the superior produce show) so here's the links. not an exhaustive list for the intro rankings bc there are so many and its been a while since i watched the first episode. these are just ones i watch regularly. i'll link the first ep at the end in case anyone wants to see the whole thing. the episodes are on youtube for free (except episode 3 bc of kw)

Intro performances/assessments: Nene singing Best Part, Curley Gao singing Someone You Loved, 844 Band performing Gurenge, Sun Ruyun's group performing Dong Ba La

First stage (tw for kr*s wu bc he was a judge in this ep but hes minimal): Gugudan Sally (Liu Xie'ning)'s group performing Signature Move, Curley Gao's group performing Miss Chic, Lana's group performing Suffocated, Liu Meng's group performing Jiayou Amigo!

Second stage: Li Mengqi's group performing I'm Not Yours, Lin Junyi's group performing Riding My Favorite Moped, Chen Zhuoxuan's group performing That Girl Said To Me, Miao Jingou's group performing Poem

Third Stage: Xu Yiyang's group performing Miss Freak, Wang Yijin's group performing Outlier, Liu Xie'ning's group performing Sing It Once Every Morning, Nene's group performing Lost In Me, Curley Gao's group performing Ice Queen

First episode: https://youtu.be/CBjKpz2v3zY

i highly suggest checking out the full show if you liked any of these clips or if you like produce shows. the whole thing was really fun to watch and the girls are so talented and fun. and the Luhan/Zitao moments are super funny since theyre such good friends