1 | Mulan was first described in an ancient poem written between the 4th to 6th centuries AD. According to this tale, she was a [[ActionGirl female warrior]] who [[SweetPollyOliver disguised herself as a male soldier]] in the {{Imperial Chin|a}}ese army, secretly taking the place of her {{conscript|ion}}ed father. After bravely fighting against nomadic hordes along the frontier, she ultimately returned home as a war hero. |
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3 | The ancient story of Mulan has received multiple modern media adaptations, as listed below. |
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5 | !!Oldest known version: |
6 | * '''''Literature/TheBalladOfMulan''''', the earliest known (if not the original) version of the story. |
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8 | !!Adaptations and Derivative Works: |
9 | [[index]] |
10 | [[AC:Anime & Manga]] |
11 | * In the first two Cantonese dubs of ''Anime/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'', [[DubNameChange NausicaƤ's name was changed to Mulan]] [[InNameOnly despite the film having little to do whatsoever with the actual story of Mulan]]. NausicaƤ's name would be restored in the Blu-ray redub. |
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13 | [[AC:Films -- Animation]] |
14 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' (1998), an [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated film]] made by Creator/{{Disney}}. |
15 | ** [[Franchise/MulanDisney The franchise]] it spawned. |
16 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfMulan'' (1998), a Creator/UAVEntertainment {{mockbuster}} version of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Disney movie]]. |
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18 | [[AC:Films -- Live-Action]] |
19 | * ''Film/{{Hua Mulan Joins the Army}}'' (1927), a silent film directed by Li Pingqian. |
20 | * ''Film/{{Mulan Joins the Army|1928}}'' (1928), a film directed by directed by Hou Yao. |
21 | * ''Film/{{Mulan Joins the Army|1939}}'' (1939), a film written by Ouyang Yuqian and directed by Bu Wancang. |
22 | * ''[[Film/LadyGeneralHuaMulan Lady General Hua Mu-lan]]'' (1964), a UsefulNotes/HongKong opera musical movie. |
23 | * ''Film/MulanRiseOfAWarrior'' (2009), a Chinese live-action film. |
24 | * ''Film/{{Mulan|2020}}'' (2020), [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes live-action remake]] of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} 1998 Disney animated film]]. |
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26 | [[AC:Literature]] |
27 | * ''The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan'', a 2019 young adult novel by Sherry Thomas. |
28 | * ''Mulan: The True Story'', a historically accurate literary adaptation set in Northern Wei, with only a few errors in adapting, by Daniyar Z. Baidaralin |
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30 | [[AC:Live-Action TV]] |
31 | * ''Series/{{A Tough Side of a Lady}}'' (1998), a UsefulNotes/HongKong drama series starring Mariane Chan as Hua Mulan. |
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33 | [[AC:Theatre]] |
34 | * The Xu Wei play ''The Heroine Mulan Goes to War in Her Father's Place'' (c. 1580). It did a lot to flesh out the very bare-bones story laid out in the original ballad, and elements that it invented have often been [[LostInImitation maintained in later adaptations]]. Perhaps most significantly, it was the first work to establish "Hua" as Mulan's surname. |
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36 | [[/index]] |
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