Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

This animation film tells the story of how the Furious Five were created by the young Tigress, who made an unfortunate mistake when following Shifu's orders.

I switched on "Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll" just to past time, and I was actually quite surprised by he very good picture quality on the on demand TV channel. The story is light-hearted and fun, as the animals are assembled by a beautiful mistake. When all seems to be lost, and there is no hope, a seemingly unlikely but actually expected Hollywood ending arrives. It is a fun animation, but it is not very memorable or groundbreaking.

I just freshly watched this short on netflix three hours ago. At first I was a little disappointed as it was not in the same animation style but more drawn like a cartoon. But then the story, the characters, the voices and the jokes are in the way they used to be and that is great. You learn about how the Furious Five were teamed up. It was an accident or it was destiny. Really just two words for the same thing. I found it enjoyable till the last second not quite as good as the movie but really the only thing that is missing is the animation but everything else is up there. But the most important thing is it actually made me watch the movies again. Luckily the first two are on netflix as well and I just watched them before writing this review. I'm glad quite frankly to once again re watch the whole thing and just be happy about it.

This is the short in the Kung Fu Panda franchise that describes how the Furious Five came to be a team and Po became such a fan of kung fu. Secrets of the Furious Five is about their own journeys but this one is about the first time they get together and work as a team to help protect Kung Fu. I find it is good to see something about them as the movies themselves are more about Po than the team and how they came to be. Still seems like we need a Furious Five spinoff film to explain their minimal role in Kung Fu Panda 4. Its 2D animation stands out from the modern 3D computer animation. It does have the Chinese feel in animation while still being American. This franchise has really expanded the visibility of Chinese culture when it comes to ideas and animation. I find that quite a bit here in the U. S. is more European based and find it good if we get more Asian representation and appreciation.