Dunk for Future

### Produced by

Alpha Group Co., Ltd., Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd., Shanghai Tao Piao Piao Movie and TV Culture Co., Ltd., ZheJiang DongYang Microcosmic Pictures Co., Ltd., Youku Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Msc Co., Ltd., Beijing Weimeng Chuangke Network Technology Co., Ltd.

## Release Information

### Box office

CN¥160.331 million

***Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf — Dunk for Future*** (Chinese: 喜羊羊与灰太狼之筐出未来) is the eighth animated movie of *Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf* series. It is a sequel of the television animation *Dunk for Victories*.

## Plot

The Chinese Logo
With all the attentions and expectations, Team Defenders made their way to the world-class basketball event — The Basketball Metropolis Cup. They were the most competitive team to grasp the trophy but unexpectedly they lost it because of the last shot of discord. The team seemed to fall away when Weslie and Wolffy had a dispute after the finals.

However, true friendships will not be destroyed easily. Jonie decided to assemble the members again and join the new Basketball Metropolis Cup. Will their determination and devotion to basketball complete their basketball championship this time?

## Staff

* General directed by: Huang Weiming
* Animation directed by: Huang Junming, Chen Lijin
* Scripted by: Wu Chaowei, Geng Yimiao, Liu Zemin, Liu Wei
* Supervised by: Huang Xiaoxue
* Producer: Cai Ruiqiong
* Produced by: Alpha Group Co., Ltd., Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd.,Shanghai Tao Piao Piao Movie and TV Culture Co., Ltd., ZheJiang DongYang Microcosmic Pictures Co., Ltd., Youku Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Msc Co., Ltd., Beijing Weimeng Chuangke Network Technology Co., Ltd.
* Distributed by: ZheJiang DongYang Microcosmic Pictures Co., Ltd.

## Cast

* Zu Liqing for Weslie
* Zhang Lin for Wolffy
* Liang Ying for Paddi and Wilie
* Deng Yuting for Tibbie, Jonie and Tiger Wing
* Liu Hongyun for Sparky
* Gao Quansheng for Slowy
* Zhao Na for Wolnie
* Li Tuan for Blazey

## Music

* Theme Song Biekan Wo Zhi Shi Yi Zhi Yang 2022
Sung by: Bibi Chou
Lyrics by: Ivy Koo and Wang Zhongqiao, Composed by: Ivy Koo and Chen Yu
* Insert Song Jiu Shi Guanjun
Sung by: Luo Weiluo
Lyrics by: Tan Zihao, Composed by: Deng Ziqi
* Insert Song Nifeng Shengzhang
Sung by: Lu Shilang
Lyrics by: Cui Shixuan, Composed by: Huang Chengcheng
* Insert Song Guanlan Qingchun
Sung by: Lu Shilang
Lyrics by: Lu Shilang and Cui Shixuan, Composed by: Lu Shilang

## Videos

Dunk For Future Trailer 1Dunk For Future Trailer 2Dunk For Future Trailer 3
## Trivia

* This is the first animated film in the series that is not based on a Chinese zodiac, but a rival of Team Defenders in the film is a tiger team, and 2022 is the year of the tiger in the Chinese calendar.
* This is the first film in the series to premiere in February.
* The production team behind this film, hoping to perfect their idea for this movie using trial and error, made 37 scripts, 74 storyboards, and 2,142 shots in order to find a version that worked.
* Msc Co., Ltd., one of the companies involved in the production of the film, produces *Happy Heroes*, another series created by "father of *Pleasant Goat*" Huang Weiming. Part of it is owned by Alpha Group, who also owns *Pleasant Goat* production company Creative Power Entertaining.
* This is the first *Pleasant Goat* film to have a 2.39:1 aspect ratio, while the movies before it had a widescreen (16:9) aspect ratio.
* In the subtitled version released in Japan, Team Defenders is translated as ガーディアンズ (*Gādianzu*, Guardians), different from the English translation.

### Continuity

* When Weslie asks Wolffy how long they've known each other for, Wolffy responds "About 5,000 episodes", breaking the fourth wall as he does so. This is a reference to episode 41 of *Rescue Across Time*, where the exact same exchange is used.

### Cultural references

* Sparky is seen playing on a Nintendo Switch console a few times.
* Tiger Wing's first game of basketball with Weslie features the polar bear Bernard, from the South Korean-Spanish series of the same name, as a spectator. Alpha Group, who owns *Pleasant Goat*, has the rights to *Bernard* in China.

## References

1. ↑ https://news.sina.com.tw/article/20220123/41091406.html

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