Tencent announced at the Tencent Video Animation Festival 2023 on Tuesday that the 1979 television anime Hana no Ko Lunlun (Lunlun the Flower Child) is getting a remake in China by Toei Animation‘s Shanghai subsidiary and Tencent Video, a video distribution division of Tencent Group. The companies unveiled a visual:
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Toei Animation‘s original anime debuted in February 1979 and aired for 50 episodes. The series got a movie in March 1980.
The story follows the Flower Girl Lunlun, who must find the Rainbow Flower so that a new ruler can take up the throne of the Flower Planet King.
Sources: Animation Business Journal (Tadashi Sudo), MoCa News
