''The Tibetan Dog'' (; ) is a 2011 Chinese/Japanese animated film directed by Masayuki Kojima, co-produced by Madhouse, China Film Group Corporation and Ciwen Pictures. It is based on the novel ''Mastiffs of the Plateau'' by Yang Zhijun. It premiered at 51st Annecy Film Festival in June 2011. Manga artist Naoki Urasawa provided the initial character designs, before they were reworked by Shigeru Fujita. In this film, a young boy named Tenzing leaves for Tibet after his mother passes away to live with his father in the prairies and encounters a true friend in form of a golden Tibetan Mastiff.

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released the film on home video in the U.S.

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* * 2011 animated films 2011 films 2011 anime films Chinese animated films Films about Tibet Films directed by Masayuki Kojima Japanese animated films Madhouse (company) Maiden Japan Tibetan-language films Naoki Urasawa {{anime-film-stub