I remember this when it was aired in the UK in the mid 80's - some of the imagery became seared in my head & It has always stayed with me over the years. I thought it was highly unusual for a 'certain scene' not to be edited out for UK broadcast bearing in mind it was an animated film primary aimed at children & because of the broadcasting standards of that time. Thanks for uploading it, it's great to see it & to enjoy its production values & artistic style in HD quality. Sorry where are my manners ?? Thanks so much for putting this together & uploading it !
I hear you, not all dubbings / translations of language tracks into English are going to be as 'faithful' as the native language track in all kinds of media productions, my comments were more about by memories from watching this animation in the UK all those many years ago (& enjoying the artwork / design / production values nonetheless).@MaxineWashington
Same here, I watched this in the 80s and had taped it from the TV, unfortunately my dad recorded over it and I couldn't remember what it was called but it has always stayed in my head for years because of the scene you talked about in your comment above. I finally managed to find this about 10 mins ago by searching for animate Chinese film where a boy uses a sword to.....well you can fill in the blank lol. Absolutely over the moon to be watching this again after maybe 37 years....bringing back so many good memories.....it was nice to read your comment and know I wasn't the only one it made an impression on :)
@@jaybe2648 I think it’s fantastic - & the art style on display is brilliant & kudos to the poster for dubbing the English audio track into the HD quality video.
Ah I was OBSESSED with this film when I was a child! My mum recorded if off the tele and I watched it over and over again! Nobody I’ve talked to about it has ever heard of it! I managed to get hold of a Chinese DVD years ago but thanks so much for uploading the English dub, so nostalgic to me. Explains a lot about who I have become ha! Should be up there with all the other classic childhood trauma films from the 80s! 😹😭
If you ever find that vhs tucked away in a box please do give me a shout, I would love to get a hold of a copy to make a higher quality audio transfer. I do a lot of audio restoration on other projects but with this it's so hard to get good results with the low bitrate mp3 audio I have available.
I saw it in the UK in the mid 80's & its imagery, design, painted backgrounds, & general production values have always stayed with me. I can't recall if it ever was aired again.
Fantastic to see such a high quality version grace TH-cam that has the UK dubbing. I loved this movie as a kid, despite it often disturbing me in places.
The part when his dear is coming with the ring and sash and its too late...he has sacrificed and later clutches for his sash and ring....41:20 onwards...that music has haunted me for 30 years or more
I saw this on TV in 1988 and then got it as a gift on VHS 📼 that same year as I liked it so much and lost the VHS. But it's nice to see this on here after so many years. I could watch this over and over again and never get bored. A true classic with some true morals and values!
You're amazing. I was trying to do the same thing and had given up, felt it was impossible with all the versions with so many minutes of difference. And you did it, I can't believe it, and the video quality much higher than the one I had. THANK YOU
@@zoey_cairns I can imagine! A real dedication to the work... The music in this version is so unique and beautiful. When I saw the original version was like wtf, such a different feel
nezha conquers the dragon king is the one film thats dearest to my heart. i've been practically hunting this movie down for ages - a shame it's so underrated, which makes it all the more difficult to pin down any complete version with full audio or animation clarity. i've always watched a mandarin version where the dark scenes are practically unwatchable and glitchy (yet i loved the film all the same) so i must say, the animation quality here is much better than any i've seen uploaded before. thank you so much for sharing this. its so vibrant! (if i might ask, where did you get it from?) so much appreciation to you for the dedication in putting it all together and editing to work around all the little hitches and difficulties in the audio - unfortunately thats the only part i take slight issue with as the soundtrack carries so much more emotional force, and sounds a lot fuller in the mandarin audio version. (eg - th-cam.com/video/Xxa72iEZkfk/w-d-xo.html) (in english here, some of the dialogue here and there sounds a little lackluster and falls short of emotion as well.) perhaps this is my imperfect opinion as someone who grew up always watching and listening to the chinese. if only i were more experienced with editing and could place the chinese audio over this video quality. but alas, not everyone can demand everything at once :) i'll settle for enjoying the best of both worlds, albeit separately again, thank you so much for this upload.
ps. i think you're probably the coolest person on youtube - nezha conquers the dragon king AND PINK FLOYD LISTENER? money is absolutely a fucking banger. i love you.
I think there is finally a version that meets both your requirements (th-cam.com/video/ZhHoh9oND9c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fGB-4J7YBmTj-FCU), its got the original audio combined with way better video quality that has not been boxed into 4:3 ratio.
Does anyone know what the title of this film is, about a frog who goes to heaven to ask the lord of heaven for rain to fix a drought. He brings a fox, bear and tiger with him. His allies have to fight the emperor's guards who are roosters and dogs. I vaguely remember seeing on TV somewhere. It is possibly an old chinese animated film as well.
Hotblooded kid kills son of major bigshot and arouses the wrath of the Gods themselves but this forces him to fight his equally cool dad - this Chinese story is like the basis of all shonen manga.
Not sure exactly what you mean? All the dialogue is indeed complete but the first 13 seconds of audio are missing, I dubbed in a piece of music from elsewhere in the film and then crossfaded it through as the copy of the film with the English audio I was given started abruptly at 0:13 At 8:15 the gong sounds different initially because there was 4 seconds of the English dub missing from the version I was given. To cover the gap I took the gong sound from the French dub and looped it a couple of times before crossfading back to the English audio, you can hear the edit where the gong tone changes. There's also a few seconds missing from the harp at the very end, the version I was given cut out abruptly so I applied a fade out to make it seem more natural There were other gaps throughout but as they happened where there was music but no dialogue I was able to just use the music from the French dub to patch those sections up. So in total there's 17 seconds missing, maybe closer to 20 depending on how long the harp continued for at the end.
Why did Nezha like to ride that white dragon like a horse?😂 He should have kept it, it would make a fine horse for him, too bad he struck that white dragon dead with his ring🤣
Hadn’t seen this for over 30 years, and I kept getting flashes of it in my mind, so had to look it up and here I am! I still question that Nezhalooks like a girl, and always wondered why his butt was on show the whole first quarter of the film 😂
This isn't a definitive answer as I've not done research on this. But there was less of a taboo around small children that are naked in those days, I guess because children are seen as innocent, and the red bib is appropriate clothes for a toddler or baby. Nezha is often played by a girl in Chinese productions... think how Peter Pan is often played by a girl in plays. The clothing, long hair and red ribbons are all appropriate for a boy; a girl wouldn't be dressed quite like that or act in that way.
In some Chinese mythological themed TV dramas where Nezha was not the leading role, e.g. Monkey King, the Eight Immortals.....in scenes where they need to show the heavenly court (Jade emperor and the celestial deities as his court ministers including the deity Nezha ), Nezha was often cast by an adult actress to portray a male child though.
It's so cute how the children ask nezha if they can ride on ao guang instead of asking the dragon himself
I remember this when it was aired in the UK in the mid 80's - some of the imagery became seared in my head & It has always stayed with me over the years. I thought it was highly unusual for a 'certain scene' not to be edited out for UK broadcast bearing in mind it was an animated film primary aimed at children & because of the broadcasting standards of that time. Thanks for uploading it, it's great to see it & to enjoy its production values & artistic style in HD quality. Sorry where are my manners ?? Thanks so much for putting this together & uploading it !
same here like 1984
I hear you, not all dubbings / translations of language tracks into English are going to be as 'faithful' as the native language track in all kinds of media productions, my comments were more about by memories from watching this animation in the UK all those many years ago (& enjoying the artwork / design / production values nonetheless).@MaxineWashington
The blade cut lives rent free in my mind 😢
Same here, I watched this in the 80s and had taped it from the TV, unfortunately my dad recorded over it and I couldn't remember what it was called but it has always stayed in my head for years because of the scene you talked about in your comment above.
I finally managed to find this about 10 mins ago by searching for animate Chinese film where a boy uses a sword to.....well you can fill in the blank lol.
Absolutely over the moon to be watching this again after maybe 37 years....bringing back so many good memories.....it was nice to read your comment and know I wasn't the only one it made an impression on :)
@@jaybe2648 I think it’s fantastic - & the art style on display is brilliant & kudos to the poster for dubbing the English audio track into the HD quality video.
Ah I was OBSESSED with this film when I was a child! My mum recorded if off the tele and I watched it over and over again! Nobody I’ve talked to about it has ever heard of it! I managed to get hold of a Chinese DVD years ago but thanks so much for uploading the English dub, so nostalgic to me. Explains a lot about who I have become ha! Should be up there with all the other classic childhood trauma films from the 80s! 😹😭
If you ever find that vhs tucked away in a box please do give me a shout, I would love to get a hold of a copy to make a higher quality audio transfer. I do a lot of audio restoration on other projects but with this it's so hard to get good results with the low bitrate mp3 audio I have available.
@@zoey_cairns Next time I’m home I’ll have a root around, I remember searching for it before and not having any luck though.
I saw it in the UK in the mid 80's & its imagery, design, painted backgrounds, & general production values have always stayed with me. I can't recall if it ever was aired again.
I like how the dragon of the east like totally ate kids and then proceeded to beef with one for killing his (probably equally) horrible son
Fantastic to see such a high quality version grace TH-cam that has the UK dubbing. I loved this movie as a kid, despite it often disturbing me in places.
Thank you for posting this :3 Honestly even after all these years, the character designs and background paintings look so modern and vibrant
The part when his dear is coming with the ring and sash and its too late...he has sacrificed and later clutches for his sash and ring....41:20 onwards...that music has haunted me for 30 years or more
I'm sorry to hear that, buddy.
I saw this on TV in 1988 and then got it as a gift on VHS 📼 that same year as I liked it so much and lost the VHS. But it's nice to see this on here after so many years. I could watch this over and over again and never get bored. A true classic with some true morals and values!
This was amazing as kid, finally found it after so many years
My favourite cartoon as a kid, still cry like a baby. Thank-you for making and sharing this
This is quality so grateful you let me know you had this.
Netflix’s Monkey King brought me here for more Dragon King info on his own sons!
Thank you! This is fantastic. I loved this film as a child and have a giant canvas print on my wall
You're amazing. I was trying to do the same thing and had given up, felt it was impossible with all the versions with so many minutes of difference. And you did it, I can't believe it, and the video quality much higher than the one I had. THANK YOU
I'm glad you appreciate it.
It took a lot of work to sync it all up, the project file is a mess of audio clips :P
@@zoey_cairns I can imagine! A real dedication to the work... The music in this version is so unique and beautiful. When I saw the original version was like wtf, such a different feel
So awesome. Such a cool movie. I can' believe I used to watch this as a small child! Thanks for sharing!
4:30 "Your majesty, Ganon and his minions have seized the island of Koridai!"
"Squadala! We're off!"
I just randomly got this in my recommended. I didn't expect to like this as much as I did, thank you for uploading!
This is awesome! Thank you so much for posting this!
Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece, took me back to my childhood. it took me a long to find it online. Great job!
I had this on VHS when I was a kid. Strange to watch it again
Great quality of image 👍🏼👍🏼
wow that was really good. I dont know what i expected when i clicked on this video but, yeah, thanks for reworking and posting this
Thank you for putting this up. I remember watching this as a kid and loved it 😊
this is amazing! thank you for the work you've done to piece this together
Thank you so much. This is the exact one I watched in the 80s
nezha conquers the dragon king is the one film thats dearest to my heart. i've been practically hunting this movie down for ages - a shame it's so underrated, which makes it all the more difficult to pin down any complete version with full audio or animation clarity.
i've always watched a mandarin version where the dark scenes are practically unwatchable and glitchy (yet i loved the film all the same) so i must say, the animation quality here is much better than any i've seen uploaded before. thank you so much for sharing this. its so vibrant! (if i might ask, where did you get it from?)
so much appreciation to you for the dedication in putting it all together and editing to work around all the little hitches and difficulties in the audio - unfortunately thats the only part i take slight issue with as the soundtrack carries so much more emotional force, and sounds a lot fuller in the mandarin audio version. (eg - th-cam.com/video/Xxa72iEZkfk/w-d-xo.html)
(in english here, some of the dialogue here and there sounds a little lackluster and falls short of emotion as well.)
perhaps this is my imperfect opinion as someone who grew up always watching and listening to the chinese.
if only i were more experienced with editing and could place the chinese audio over this video quality.
but alas, not everyone can demand everything at once :)
i'll settle for enjoying the best of both worlds, albeit separately
again, thank you so much for this upload.
ps. i think you're probably the coolest person on youtube - nezha conquers the dragon king AND PINK FLOYD LISTENER? money is absolutely a fucking banger. i love you.
I think there is finally a version that meets both your requirements (th-cam.com/video/ZhHoh9oND9c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fGB-4J7YBmTj-FCU), its got the original audio combined with way better video quality that has not been boxed into 4:3 ratio.
@@dhribbler7303 oh this is literally perf, thank u so much for putting in the research
thanks for uploading!
If any of you watching want to show your appreciation for the work I put into re-editing this I have a Ko-Fi page here: ko-fi.com/zoeysvinylshelf
Does anyone know what the title of this film is, about a frog who goes to heaven to ask the lord of heaven for rain to fix a drought. He brings a fox, bear and tiger with him. His allies have to fight the emperor's guards who are roosters and dogs. I vaguely remember seeing on TV somewhere. It is possibly an old chinese animated film as well.
Hotblooded kid kills son of major bigshot and arouses the wrath of the Gods themselves but this forces him to fight his equally cool dad - this Chinese story is like the basis of all shonen manga.
Omg! I remember this. My childhood memories 😀😀😀😀😄😄😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
when i saw nezha burn the crabs and fish i said SEA FOOD
Ah they changed the music?
Omg thank you!!! 🥲Looked for this for so long
do you have more tales
I think I found the lost opening 20 seconds of the BBC version of sound from somewhere here.
oooh do you have a link?
@@zoey_cairns Search Little Nezha with the this year option and you will find it
@zoey_cairns Well it is in a Greek dub released by BBC Video in that country
@@zoey_cairnsPrissni Nezha
@@zoey_cairnsPrinssi
This is the complete English dub because 15 seconds weren't used for it
Not sure exactly what you mean? All the dialogue is indeed complete but the first 13 seconds of audio are missing, I dubbed in a piece of music from elsewhere in the film and then crossfaded it through as the copy of the film with the English audio I was given started abruptly at 0:13
At 8:15 the gong sounds different initially because there was 4 seconds of the English dub missing from the version I was given. To cover the gap I took the gong sound from the French dub and looped it a couple of times before crossfading back to the English audio, you can hear the edit where the gong tone changes.
There's also a few seconds missing from the harp at the very end, the version I was given cut out abruptly so I applied a fade out to make it seem more natural
There were other gaps throughout but as they happened where there was music but no dialogue I was able to just use the music from the French dub to patch those sections up.
So in total there's 17 seconds missing, maybe closer to 20 depending on how long the harp continued for at the end.
Yes I must and I will
Why did Nezha like to ride that white dragon like a horse?😂 He should have kept it, it would make a fine horse for him, too bad he struck that white dragon dead with his ring🤣
Funny you say that. Cuz there was another white dragon who actually did become a horse.😂
This version is dubbed. Bgm changed. Highly recommend original version.
GYATTTT
49:20 magic 🇨🇳 China
40:49 would do it again
Hadn’t seen this for over 30 years, and I kept getting flashes of it in my mind, so had to look it up and here I am! I still question that Nezhalooks like a girl, and always wondered why his butt was on show the whole first quarter of the film 😂
This isn't a definitive answer as I've not done research on this. But there was less of a taboo around small children that are naked in those days, I guess because children are seen as innocent, and the red bib is appropriate clothes for a toddler or baby. Nezha is often played by a girl in Chinese productions... think how Peter Pan is often played by a girl in plays. The clothing, long hair and red ribbons are all appropriate for a boy; a girl wouldn't be dressed quite like that or act in that way.
In some Chinese mythological themed TV dramas where Nezha was not the leading role, e.g. Monkey King, the Eight Immortals.....in scenes where they need to show the heavenly court (Jade emperor and the celestial deities as his court ministers including the deity Nezha ), Nezha was often cast by an adult actress to portray a male child though.
Did Nezha's adopted father die of grief?
Tai is a god. He simply doesn’t die
@BruhTNT4258 I am talking about the King where he tried to kill Nezha but failed.
And why he no diaper 😮😮😮😢😢😢😢
This was thousands of years ago
he stayed in his mom’s belly for more than 3 years, so he doesn’t need diapers😂
This background music is really weird. Why replace the perfect Chinese original music? I don't know who did this stupid thing.
This is the version I watched throughout my childhood, for that reason I do enjoy the replaced score. The original is of course excellent
'The spirit is free because he who knows how to live has no place for death to enter.' Worst line of closing narration ever.
The first femboy of Chinese childhood
Wait you mean a lady Gaga ???? Nezha boy ???!!!
J&ws stop taking children
This is a PG film
Nezha is a lady boy
This is an awful animated film.