History Animation / HappyRunning

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food. The film was released in August 2009. It was anticipated by the production team to become a blockbuster and milestone animated film in mainland China but as with most other Chinese animated films in theaters, it was a [[BoxOfficeBomb box-office disappointment]], and received mixed reviews. Despite this, Sun Lijun would still create high profiled and innovative animated movies.

* ConspicuousCG: The worm monsters as described above appear in static CG animation (Only the ones that come out of the pumpkins).

''Happy Running'', also known as ''Running Freely'' is a 2009 Chinese animated film directed by Sun Lijun (Director of ''Little Soldier Zhang Ga'' and ''Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit'') and published by the Beijing Film Academy.

* Animesque: It has anime-inspired visuals.

* ConspicuousCG: The worm monsters as described above appear in static CGI animation (Only the ones that come out of the pumpkins).

* CaptainErsatz: The worm monsters in the Super Vegetable Contest, which look like Wrigglers from {{VideoGame/Super Mario}}, hence their ball-like segments.

* ConspicuousCGI: The worm monsters as described above appear in static CGI animation (Only the ones that come out of the pumpkins).

* FanGirl: Three fan girls cheer on Toto and Thorn several times.
* JerkAss: Thorn is a very arrogant bully who constantly teases Toto and his friends.

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food. The film was released in August 2009. It was anticipated by the production team to become a blockbuster and milestone animated film in mainland China but like most other Chinese animated films in theaters, it was a [[BoxOfficeBomb box-office disappointment]], and received mixed reviews. Despite this, Sun Lijun would still create high profiled and innovative animated movies.

* EpicFail: Later in the film, the flower team used a scent that would stun the worms but instead stunned themselves. The similar situation applied to the ninja team when they used their signature group jump to reach to land. They crashed and were eliminated from the game.

* JerkAss: Thorn, who is very arrogant and constantly teases Toto and his friends.

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food. The film was released in August 2009. It was anticipated by the production team to become a blockbuster and milestone animated film in mainland China but like most other Chinese animated films in theaters, it was a [[BoxOfficeBomb box-office disappointment]] and received mixed reviews. Despite this, Sun Lijun would still create high profiled animated movies.

* CatsAreMagic: Toto's pet cat. He enchanted Toto to win in competitions.
* ConspicuousCGI: The worm monsters as described above appear in static CGI animation.

* JerkAss: Thorn, who is a very arrogant and constantly teases Toto, and Garlic for similar reasons.
* LimitedAnimation: The character animation.

It is about an anthropomorphic melon named Toto, who struggled to be skilled in sports due to his weight. When he learn from his mistakes and train with his friends, he would take on the 101st Super Vegetable Contest, an major event held every four years filled with obstacles that required teamwork to pass.

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food. The film was released in August 2009. It was anticipated by the production team to become a blockbuster and milestone animated film in mainland China but like most other Chinese animated films in theaters, it was a box-office disappointment and received mixed reviews. Despite this, Sun Lijun would still create high profiled animated movies.

''Happy Running'' is a 2009 Chinese animated film directed by Sun Lijun (Director of ''Little Soldier Zhang Ga'' and ''Legend of Kung Fu Rabbit'') and published by the Beijing Film Academy.

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food. The film was released in August 2009. It was anticipated by the production team to become a blockbuster animated film in mainland China but like most other Chinese animated films in theaters, it was a box-office disappointment and received mixed reviews. Despite of this, Sun Lijun would still create high profiled animated movies.

* CaptainErsatz: The worm monsters in the Super Vegetable Contest, in which they look like Wrigglers from {{VideoGame/Super Mario}}, hence their ball-like segments.
* CatsAreMagic: Toto's cat. He enchanted Toto to win in competitions.
* ConspicuousCGI: The worm monsters as described above appear in static CGI.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The monster found near the end of the Super vegetable Contest.]]
* EpicFail: Later in the film, the flower team used a scent that would stun the worms but instead stunned themselves. The similar situation applied to the ninja team when they used their signature group jump to reach to land. They crashed and were eliminated from the game.

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food. The film was released in August, 2009. It was anticipated by the production team to become blockbuster animated film in mainland China but like most other Chinese animated films in theaters, it was a box-office disappointment and received mixed reviews. Despite of this, Sun Lijun would still create high profiled animated movies.

* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: The monster found near the end of the Super vegetable Contest.]]

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are usually anthropomorphic food.

''Happy Running'' is a 2009 Chinese animated film directed by Sun Lijun and published by the Beijing Film Academy.

It is about an anthropomorphic melon named Toto, who struggled to be skilled as his parents in sports. When he learn from his mistakes and train with his friends, he would take on the 101st Super Vegetable Contest, an major event held every four years filled with obstacles that required teamwork to pass.

* EpicFail: Late in the film, the ninja team used their signature group jump to reach to land, they crashed and failed in the game.

* CaptainErsatz: The worm monsters in the Super Vegetable Contest, in which they look like Wrigglers from {{VideoGame/SuperMario}}, hence their ball-like segments.

The film is a message to children to promote exercise and eating organic foods, justified by the fact that the characters are anthropomorphic food.