I Am What I Am/雄狮少年

Excellent animation! Its whole story, animation technique and the main roles’ setting are ranked in the first class. I think it can be ranked in the level of Disney or Pixar. I give this animation 9/10 as it is almost satisfying except for some a little fabricated dialogue lines. Another important merit is this Chinese animation is a realistic one concentrating on the current local Chinese society, without any Chinese legends’ background such as Sun Wukong or Ne Zha, which means the comic producers in Chinese more and more independent and powerful.

Some so-called Chinese patriotic audience, trolls actually, said the animation is a humiliation to China because the leading roles have long-small-evil eyes like “The Mandarin” in Marvel Universe. Oh come on! Aren’t you too sensitive to ignore the true nature of this passionate movie?

The proper way of defending one’s country is to make great achievements with so-called characteristics rather than crying out like a baby or cursing online or accusing that you were humiliated. Characteristics like your appearance are your born nature, nothing good, nothing bad, it is unnecessary to express patriotism or hatred to the country with them, and if others do, just ignore them because this is stupid nonsense. Think about the story of the label “Made in Germany”, which was first used to mark the poorly-produced goods from Germany because of their lower quality. However, German people tried their best and later made the label became the mark of best quality. See? did German cried and accused that was a humiliation to Germany? No, of course not, it can only be useless. Only by hard-working and making higher achievements can you change the way others comment on you and eliminate the so-called “humiliation”.

==日本上映后评论==

#雄狮少年日本上映#《雄狮少年》日语配音版今天起在日本全国上映，已经先睹为快的动画界·娱乐界大佬们纷纷给出好评[送花花]

（排列按日语五十音顺序）

没有异能的天分！没有神奇的血缘！不会转生异世界！
尽管如此，他们仍然有着希望去实现的梦想！这就是现代最纯正的热血运动传说！
——《刀剑神域》、《你好世界》导演伊藤智彦

被影片的水平完全压倒了。城镇的光与影、与同伴的相遇、各种对比表现令人叫绝。
只要不忘记自己的喜好，就会坚持尝试百折不挠。当少年与狮子成为一体时，请屏住呼吸，祈祷奇迹。
这部作品让人重新想起了曾经一度被自己遗忘了的那份心气！
——《美少女战士》、《少女革命》导演几原邦彦

对喜欢《少林足球》和其他功夫电影的我来说，观看这部影片时我已经完全忘记了这是一部CG动画影片。
动作戏和镜头移动都相当有压迫力，是一部融合了中国独有风情的优秀之作。
——《王者天下》导演今泉贤一

这是一部多么美丽的电影啊。这里有最棒的舞狮，最棒的少年少女和长辈们。
尽管受尽世间挫折，也不忘记荣耀而勇往向前的身姿，咬紧牙关直到触摸奇迹。只要斗志的灵魂在燃烧，就绝对无法阻挡！
大家都去看吧！因为这部电影太棒了！
——《钢之炼金术师FA》导演入江泰浩

有搞笑有功夫，有友情有师徒情，以及三人修行时的那首插曲（译者注：《世间始终你好》），云集了各种吸引观众的要素，让你直到全片结束都深深沉浸在电影的世界里！
在功夫片里时常出现的舞狮，在作为一项竞技运动时，给人的感觉就好像舞狮版的《龙威小子》一样。
能够制作出这样高水准作品的中国动画业界，现在一定是充满着活力吧。有机会真想见识下这部片的制作过程呢。
——《BLEACH 千年血战篇》角色设定·总作画监督工藤昌史