Disney Princess Mulan Mulan 1998
Mulan is the eighth official disney princess and first heroine in the line up who is not actually royalty through either birth or marriage.
Disney princess mulan mulan 1998. The 1998 animated mulan was a cinematic triumph and objectively speaking mulan remains the most hardcore disney princess. Her speaking voice is provided by actress ming na wen while singer lea salonga provides the character s singing voice. Now let s get the comparisons to the original out of the way. The fearless brave and independant princess is the bravest yet.
Since niki caro s mulan has been in development the movie has been drawing a clear line between the 1998 animated hit and musical and its new badass and action packed pg 13 version. Disney really challenge the stereotypical princess traits here the unrecognisable princess adds a whole new story line. When disney s animated mulan came out in 1998 and global audiences thought it was a great story chinese people were really happily surprised. 1 summary 2 plot 3 cast 4 songs 5 trivia tomboy mulan.
It is based on the chinese legend the ballad of hua mulan and is the first disney princess film to be based on a legend. But many of us also felt that the. As a result mulan has far more on screen kills than any other disney princess due to her character s goals and conflicts in protecting china from the invading huns. 1 a violent disney princess mulan is the first disney animated film to focus so thematically and specifically on war and battle.
Over a thousand years before she became a disney princess mulan was a legendary warrior in chinese literature. Mulan is a 1998 american animated film produced by walt disney feature animation and released by walt disney pictures. Long before disney made mulan a household name with their 1998 animated film the warrior princess hua mulan had a long history in chinese literature where stories were told about her for over a millennium. Yes ariel may have her singing voice rapunzel may have her hair and elsa may have her ice powers but please.
Fa mulan is a fictional character inspired by a legendary figure who appears in walt disney pictures 36th animated feature film mulan 1998 as well as its sequel mulan ii 2004.