The Frog Kingdom

2013 Chinese film

The Frog Kingdom

Chinese theatrical release poster

青蛙王国
Directed by|

* Nelson Shin
* Melanie Simka

Written by| Mychal Simka
Produced by| Zheng Liguo

Production
company

Vixo

Release dates

* December 28, 2013 (2013-12-28) (China)
* June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30) (United States)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| China
Languages|

* Chinese
* English

Budget| CN¥50,000,000
Box office| CN¥21,951,474.01

The Frog Kingdom (Chinese: 青蛙王国) is a 2013 Chinese animated adventure drama film directed by Nelson Shin and Melanie Simka.

## Premise

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> When the Frog King announces that the amphibian who wins the most Froglympics medals will marry his daughter, the Frog Princess runs away. Dressed as a commoner in men's clothing, she befriends street vendor Rain and his tadpole sidekick Little Ken. The princess can't help falling in love with Rain as he trains for the games. Meanwhile, the Frog King, ridiculed for not having his daughter by his side, has a Fake Princess trained as her stand-in. When Little Ken learns that four other contestants are spies of the ruthless Snake King who is plotting an invasion, the Froglympics are turned upside down.[1]

## Production

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The Frog Kingdom was produced by the Jilin Animation Institute and its in-house animation company, Vixo. The film took five years to produce, and had a production team of 300 members, 80% of which were graduates from the Jilin Animation Institute. Additionally, hundreds of students contributed to the film's production.[2] The film was directed by Nelson Shin and Melanie Simka, and produced by Zheng Liguo.[1] It had a budget of CN¥50,000,000.[2]

The film was released in China on December 28, 2013.[3]

## Reception

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The film grossed CN¥21,951,474.01 worldwide.[4] It was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2014 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Frog Kingdom (Qingwa Wangguo)". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
2. ^ a b Zhangyu, Deng; Liu, Mingtai (29 January 2014). "Ribbib... Move over, Kermit". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
3. ^ "Weekly box office 30/12/2013 - 05/01/2014". english.entgroup.cn. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
4. ^ "Frog Kingdom - Financial Information China". The Numbers. Retrieved 2025-06-23.

## External links

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* The Frog Kingdom at IMDb
* The Frog Kingdom at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by Nelson Shin

* The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
* Empress Chung (2005)
* The Frog Kingdom (2013)

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