Big Fish & Begonia

Big Fish & Begonia
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese大魚海棠
Simplified Chinese大鱼海棠
Literal meaningThe big fish and the Chinese flowering crabapple
Hanyu PinyinDàyú Hǎitáng
JyutpingDaai6jyu4 Hoi2tong4
Directed byLiang Xuan
Zhang Chun
Written byLiang Xuan
Starring
Edited byTu Yiran
Music byKiyoshi Yoshida
Production
companies
Horgos Coloroom Pictures
Beijing Enlight Media
Biantian (Beijing) Media
Studio Mir
Distributed byBeijing Enlight Media
Release date
  • 8 July 2016 (2016-07-08)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
BudgetCN¥30 million
Box officeUS$85.7 million

Big Fish & Begonia (simplified Chinese: 大鱼海棠; traditional Chinese: 大魚海棠; pinyin: Dàyú Hǎitáng; Wade–Giles: Ta42 Hai3tʻang2; lit. 'The big fish and the Chinese flowering crabapple') is a 2016 Chinese animated epic fantasy film written, produced and directed by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun. The first animated feature film of B&T Studio collaborating with Studio Mir, it is a joint investment by B&T and Enlight Media. It was released in both 2D and 3D formats in China by Enlight Media on 8 July 2016.

Shout! Studios acquired the North American distribution rights, with a wide release on 6 April 2018 in co-distribution with Funimation Films. Manga Entertainment released the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 18 April 2018.