Throne of Elves
Throne of Elves | |
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Directed by | Song Yuefeng |
Production companies | Shanghai Mijia Media Horgos Caitiaowu Pictures Beijing Enlight Pictures HG Entertainment Hu Na Kuai Le Yang Guang Hu Dong Yu Le Media 江苏省广播电视集团有限公司 58.com Bilibili Film Mili Entertainment[1] |
Distributed by | Beijing Enlight Pictures[1] |
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Running time | 104 minutes[2] |
Country | China |
Languages | Mandarin English[2] German |
Box office | CN¥23.4 million[1] |
Throne of Elves (Chinese: 精灵王座), also known as Dragon's Nest 2: Throne of Elves, is a 2016 Chinese animated adventure romance film directed by Song Yuefeng.[1][2] It was released in China by Beijing Enlight Pictures on August 19, 2016, in 2D and 3D. It is the sequel to the 2014 animated film Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn based on the video game Dragon Nest.[1]
Plot
It is the wedding of the Elf Queen Mayre, and Liya (Ashley Boettcher) is excited to invite Little Fish (Ryan Potter). The queen allows the request for Liya even though the to-be elf king and Liya's brother disapproves. At the land of the old great battle where the spirits of the many slain elves lurk, sister of the queen, Meyla is a dark elf tries to control the power of the dark stone of death. She resurrects the spirits as her soldiers and gatecrashes the wedding ceremony. There a quick fight takes place between the elves and Meyla. But the elves remain unable to defeat her. Meyla attacks Meyra and asks for the gem of Life of The Green gem ( Which is what the queen was supposed to wear on the wedding day, that is, the queen Mayra was supposed to wear. But she could have foreseen the danger in advance so she gave it to princess Liya to hide and protect it). When Meyla was fighting with the queen for the green gem, Little Fish fires an arrow with a bow which was gifted by princess Liya and the arrow injures a hand of Meyla. Then Meyla gets more angry, corrupts the arrow with the magic of the Dark gem and shoots back towards Little Fish which wounds him and the magic of the dark gem enters into his vein which keeps corrupting him. Meyla couldn't found the green gem so she kidnaps Queen Meyra and asks for the green gym and the elvish map in exchange of Queen Meyra.
Little Fish and his group assists the elves on the adventure of defeating evil Meyla and discovery of the meaning of life and sacrifice.
Cast
English voice cast
- Ashley Boettcher as Princess Liya
- Ryan Potter as Lambert/"Little Fish"
- Anika Noni Rose as Meyla (named "Elena" in the previous film)
- Julie Nathanson as Queen Mayre
- Gavin Hammon as Prince Alyan
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Barnac (listed as "Captain B")
- Enn Reitel as Blacksmith Berlin
- G. K. Bowes as Elf Captain
- Jon Olson as creature voices
- Stephanie Sheh and Michael Sinterniklaas as additional voices
Chinese voice cast
- Ji Guanlin[3] as Queen Mayre
Reception
The film has grossed CN¥23.4 million at the Chinese box office.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "精灵王座(2016)". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ a b c "精灵王座 (2016)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Chinese fantasy animation 'Throne of Elves' to hit cinemas". ChinaDaily.com.cn. August 19, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
External links
- 2016 films
- Chinese films
- Chinese animated films
- 2016 animated films
- Beijing Enlight Pictures films
- Chinese 3D films
- 2016 3D films
- Mandarin-language films
- English-language films
- 2010s adventure films
- 2010s romance films
- Animated adventure films
- Animated romance films
- Chinese computer-animated films
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