Remember when I talked about the anime series "Stitch"? Which I thought was an alright series, I did think that we were done. Disney did announce they are making a live-action Lilo and Stitch movie because Disney has nothing better to do or something. I found out later that there was another Lilo and Stitch, well Stitch, series and this time from China.
But it's not a knock-off series because Disney was involved in making it or at least endorses it because it's even on the Disney Now service in the United States. (Not even "Stitch" gets that respect) So this series is called "Stitch and Ai" (Pronounced like "I" or eye) where once again Lilo is not involved because what is she done acting, did she quit? I also thought that maybe Stitch had given up on Yuna, from the anime", but apparently this happens before Japan? The series ran for 13 episodes in 2017, first on China state television network on CCTV-1 and CCTV-14 eventually making it to Disney Channel Southeast Asia with an English dub.
The first episode in English is called "Hello-Goodbye".( I like that song too) So our not Lilo character is narrating where she lives in the Huangshan mountains. A real mountain range in China so, we are learning geography today! Our main character is named Wang Ai Ling but she says you can call her Ai. Her English voice is by Erica Mendez so, Disney really has gone all out on this. The theme song fits China as much as the first series theme fits Hawaii and the other series, Japan. "Lilo and Stitch the series" has the most catchy theme of all of them.
Stitch has been kidnapped by space criminals. His English done this time by Ben Diskin who was the voice of him in the English dub of "Sitch" he's also done voices in anime such as "Digimon Fusion" (why we picked that credit, nobody knows), and he was the voice of Nigel Uno in "Codenamed Kids Next Door" , plus more but we aren't IMDB. Then because everybody loves Stitch another space gang goes after the first space gang to steal him and while they try to get him he escapes. He crash lands on Earth (with visions of Lilo in his head) and lands guess where?
Ohio. (Well, you know where he lands) The Huangshan mountains, but let's see what Ai is up to. So she doesn't want to go somewhere. So very much like Lilo, Ai's parents are dead and she's being looked after by her sister,Jiejie. There's an aunt named Daiyu who wants Ai to live with her to be the city because she's mean. Also, Jiejie and Daiyu are voiced in English by Laura Post, who recently has done the voice of Isabella in "The Promised Neverland" dub.
Here's a picture of Ai and her sister/ Copyright Disney because it's not a knockoff series
The series Mertle is Meiying who apparently just walks into people's houses as Peanuts characters do. Ai sees star in the daytime and thinks to make a wish on it. Ai runs out and sees that that star is Stitch. The bad guys come back and chase Stitch and Ai. Plus in episode 1, I have to point out that guy with Ice Cream seen in the original series is in this episode with ice cream! Meanwhile, Stitch and Ai don't die falling off a cliff and the bad guys are still after them. The bad guys get stopped and I wonder if we will see them again. The aunt who wants to move Ai out is trying to still get Ai out, also Sitch can write Chinese so, he's versatile.
Woah/ Copyright Disney
More after the jump
So episode 2 continues the aunt not liking her niece staying in the mountains and wants her to move the city gets called away on business so, no city for now. Episode 2 is called the teacher' s pet. We can learn a little more about Ai now. She and her sister seem to get along. Now, Ai has gone to school and apparently Meiying may want to be closer to Ai but others think that Ai is strange so, she keeps a distance for appearances. Also, stitch has snuck in.
Oh, the aunt wants to take Ai the same day because of course, she does. The science teacher has been possessed by an alien, the one to get Stitch, right when Ai is to present her science project. She uses strobe lights and apparently, nobody notices that the teacher is acting insane or is green because they might not be very bright students. Stitch already knows and tells Ai.
The sister tries to tell her aunt that she thinks Ai should stay with her. Then she decides to bring her to the school, which might not be a good idea. The alien gives Stitch's backstory for those in the back who don't know a little bit about him. The alien also reads minds and luckily Ai thinks up pink elephants. (Guess she's drunk) He reveals himself to be an alien and starts chasing after Stitch. (He's an alien?!) The teacher is back to normal. But, the aunt isn't impressed because reasons.
Fake Ai leaves with her aunt, which is Stitch, and then he runs off back to Ai. This series continues the overall theme of family as well. Another returner this time from the original movie is Colonel Bubbles. Apparently, everybody and their mother is after Stitch.
I'm going to cut here talking about episodes mostly to talk about the show as a whole. I found it fun to watch. The animation is pretty good so Disney didn't cheap out here at all. For those wondering , yes Jumba and Pleakley do show up in this series. Unlike with "Stitch" we don't see Lilo making any actual appearance. Other characters from the movies and series do make it though it was pretty nice to see them.
I like Ai as a character she seems to be a good fit with Stitch and even with her background being like Lilo's she's not a Lilo copy. The animation is alright though I think the original series and the anime had better animation style over all. From watching the rest of the episodes it does have a narrative set to it meaning it's not an episodic show as much as following line of plot between episodes. So, it's existence,much like the anime series,is weird but it isn't an awful thing to exist. As much as I wanted to think it was totally awful it really wasn't and was slightly enjoyable to watch. If If I need to I may come back to this series on this blog in the future.
So, give the series a check out if you are curious , I think it's worth a least a check out.
Tune in next time when Stitch ends up in Brazil with another girl in a new series.
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