The Tale of the White Serpent

The Tale of the White Serpent

The adventures of a cute little panda, a dragon god and an evil serpent.

Directed by Taiji Yabushita

Produced by Toei Animation

195879 min6.2 / 10

A whimsical animated fairy tale about love transcending form, where a snake goddess pursues her human beloved across magical obstacles with the help of loyal animal companions.

As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang and she is in love with him. Many years later, when they are both adults, the princess is magically transformed into a human and sets out to find her love. But the local wizard believes her to be a vampire, and banishes Xu-Xian from the village in order to save him. Xu-Xian's pet pandas Panda and Mimi set out to save him and bring him, in the process becoming leaders of an animal gang.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Tale of the White Serpent end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is The Tale of the White Serpent easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is The Tale of the White Serpent scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is The Tale of the White Serpent violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is The Tale of the White Serpent sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity45

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Surprise35

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Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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