The five Beijing Olympic mascots known as Fuwa delighted
children on Saturday as the animation series, The Fuwa Olympic
Cruise, had its grand premiere in the Chinese capital.
The animation debuted as a highlight of the week-long Kaku
Cartoon Carnival, which opened on the same day at the Agricultural
Exhibition Center.
Acclaimed entertainers Zhang Liangying, Tao Hong, Cao Ying, Jin
Haixin and Mei Ting, who voiced the five Fuwa, all showed up at the
ceremony.
Supported by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, Beijing
TV invited a bevy of big-name producers to create a 100-episode
animation series as a special tribute to next year's sporting
gala.
Among the producers are Hong Kong comic artist Tony Wong
Yuk-Long and Taiwan's Ao Youxiang.
In the animation series, the five Fuwa take the audience back in
time, on a journey to learn the origin of every Olympic sport.
The first 20 episodes will be screened at the Kaku Cartoon
Carnival, and the series is slated to hit the small screen on
August 8.
Singer Zhang Liangying, who
voices the Fuwa called Yingying in The Fuwa Olympic Cruise
animation series, shows up at the premiere ceremony in Beijing on
Saturday, July 21, 2007.?
?Actress Tao Hong (L) and Cao Ying, who
voice the Fuwa Beibei and Nini in The Fuwa Olympic Cruise
animation series, show up at the premiere ceremony in Beijing on
Saturday, July 21, 2007.
Singer Jin Haixin, who
voices the Fuwa called Huanhuan in The Fuwa Olympic Cruise
animation series, shows up at the premiere ceremony in Beijing on
Saturday, July 21, 2007.
A girl dressed as the Fuwa
called Beibei, at the premiere ceremony of The Fuwa Olympic
Cruise animation series, in Beijing on Saturday, July 21,
2007.
(CRI.cn July 23, 2007)
