葫芦兄弟 (2008)

The Calabash Brothers is a Chinese animation TV series produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and directed by Hu Jinqing, Ge Guiyun, and Zhou Keqin. The series can be variously translated as Gourd Brothers, Seven Brothers or Pumpkin Brothers. In China, the series is popularly known as Huluwa. It was one of the most extremely popular animations in China during the 1980s. While it has been praised as much as Havoc in Heaven domestically, it was released at a point when the Chinese animation industry was in a relatively downed state compared to that of the rest of the international community. Still, the series was translated into 7 different languages. The episodes were produced with a vast amount of paper-cut animations led by Zhou Keqin who became the director of paper-cut animations in 1975. The age rating for The Calabash Brothers is PG for Violence Depressing Scenes and Rude Words/language including sexual harassment in both Chinese and English dubs.