Review: Reimagined Chinese legends power the visual marvel 'New Gods: Yang Jian'
by Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times
Jan 20, 2023
2 minutes
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To American audiences, especially comic fans, the title "New Gods" may confuse. "New Gods: Yang Jian" is not related to comic legend Jack Kirby's 1970s DC masterwork that spawned Darkseid, Mister Miracle and others. And the gods are hardly new; the protagonists of this exquisitely animated Chinese film franchise (first "Nezha Reborn," now "Yang Jian," with
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