China bans movies which combining live action with cg

February 23, 2006 | Links

Wow - The Chinese government has banned any films that combine live action (real) characters with animated/ computer generated ones.

CGI and 2-D characters alongside human actors jeopardize “the broadcast order of homemade animation and mislead their development,” according to a report from the state-run Xinhua News Agency.

Order comes as the Chinese government attempts to increase local production of Mandarin-language toons and cut the amount of foreign animated programming appearing on Chinese television.

You can read the full article on the Variety website

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