[3] The word manhua was originally an 18th-century term used in Chinese literati painting.
Feng Zikai reintroduced the word to Chinese, in the modern sense, with his 1925 series of political cartoons, entitled Zikai Manhua, in Wenxue Zhoubao (Literature Weekly).
The film borrows from a Japanese "hot-blooded" style, refreshing the audience's views on Chinese animation.
[7] It was reported that CEO Wu Hanqing received minority help from a venture capital fund at Tsinghua University to complete Kuiba.
[8] This film holds distinction as the first big Chinese animation series to enter the Japanese market.