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Yao-Chinese Folktales · S2 · E3

Today's Zoo

  • TV-14
  • Jan 8, 2026
  • 22 min

With a retro picture quality and mockumentary style, it reflects individual choices within a fantastical stage.

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About this episode

With a retro picture quality and mockumentary style, it reflects individual choices within a fantastical stage.

Season 2

9 episodes
  1. 1How to Become Three Dragons

    23 minJan 1, 2026

    This film features 2D cartoon style with meticulous and vibrant brushwork, using a young snake's quest for immortality to explore themes of self-discovery and growth.

  2. 2Man in the Ear

    22 minJan 1, 2026

    Employs ink-wash sketching and is based on strange tales from "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", outlining the inner desires of the heart.

  3. 3Today's Zoo

    22 minJan 8, 2026Now viewing

    With a retro picture quality and mockumentary style, it reflects individual choices within a fantastical stage.

  4. 4Light Snow

    22 minJan 15, 2026

    Felt is used as the material to create stop-motion animation, delicately portraying the complex and profound emotional bonds within family affection.

  5. 5San Lang

    22 minJan 22, 2026

    Combines 2D and 3D animation, featuring desert aesthetics and science fiction elements, as it searches for the inner path home amidst the world of martial arts with flashing blades.

  6. 6The Big Bird

    28 minJan 29, 2026

    A 2D animated film in a dark fairy tale style, using this dark fairy tale to write a story of a journey of guardianship.

  7. 7Worship the Mountain

    24 minFeb 5, 2026

    A fantasy realism piece that showcases Hakka culture, blending Hakka folk customs with fantastical imagination to find echoes of homeland and distant places.

  8. 8Xingtian

    20 minFeb 12, 2026

    Fuses 3D technology with hand-painted animation to reinterpret the heroic epic from ancient mythology.

  9. 9The Great Nobleman

    22 minFeb 19, 2026

    Featuring a watercolour style that is heartwarming and comforting, weaving humor and warmth between father and son within a fantastical setting.

Guest stars

Xu MinghaoLittle Bear (voice)
Liu QianhanMother Bear (voice)
Jash ZhouGiraffe (voice)
Li HaojiaElephant (voice)
Chen XiGrey Parrot (voice)
Werner OuyangZoo Director (voice)