''Kiangnan 1894'' (Chinese title: 江南) is a 2019 Chinese animated film co-produced by SMG Pictures and Shanghai Zhongchuan Culture Media Co. It was scheduled released on September 27, 2019, and set in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

during the late

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

. The theme song debuted at the CCG Expo 2019 in

in July. It revolves around a teenager named A'lang, who accidentally becomes an apprentice in the Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory before becoming a top military mechanic. The creative production of the movie was supported by Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co Ltd and its parent company China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, which was formerly Jiangnan Manufacturing Factory. As part of the promotion of this film, idol group

BEJ48 BEJ48 (pronounced B.E.J. Sìshíbā, more often called B.E.J forty-eight) is a Chinese idol girl group based in Beijing. It is one of SNH48's sister groups formed in 2016, together with GNZ48. Overview BEJ48 is one of the first two sister group ...

recorded the theme song for this film.

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