Sword of the Stranger vs The Legend of Hei

The Legend of Hei has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.6/10 for Sword of the Stranger). The Legend of Hei is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 43m. Sword of the Stranger is the older of the two (2007 against 2019). Both are action, animation movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Sword of the Stranger posterSword of the Stranger2007 VS The Legend of Hei posterThe Legend of Hei2019
Sword of the StrangerThe Legend of Hei
Audience score★ 7.6/10★ 8.3/10
Year20072019
Length1h 43m1h 42m
GenresAction, Animation, HistoryAction, Animation, Fantasy
Country––
DirectorMasahiro AndoMTJJ
Main castHirofumi Nojima, Akio Otsuka, Maaya Sakamoto, Koichi Yamadera, Unsho IshizukaShan Xin, Liu Mingyue, Hao Xianghai, Ding Dang, Yuntu Cao

Synopsis

Sword of the Stranger

Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.

The Legend of Hei

When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However, they run into a human known as Wuxian who separates Luo Xiaohei from the other spirits and the two go on a journey, with the cat spirit learning to control his abilities as well as forming his own thoughts on…

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