Pigsy Eats Watermelon () is a 1958 Chinese animation short film produced at the Shanghai Animation Film Studio by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan. It is also translated as "Mr. Pig Eats Watermelon" or "Zhu Bajie Eats Watermelon". Wan Guchan innovated a new paper-cut technique and this film was the first to utilize the method.

Story

The main character was Zhu Bajie, the Chinese folklore character from the literature Journey to the West. Though the story was considered more of a spin-off. The character was used, since pigs were often associated with greed in the culture.

Pigsy Eats Watermelon

Creators

References

CCTV cartoon history

External links

China's Movie Database

1958 films

1958 short films

1958 animated films

1950s stop-motion animated films

1950s Mandarin-language films

Chinese animated short films

Cutout animation films

Animated films about pigs

Films about food and drink

Animated films set in forests

Pigsy Eats Watermelon