中國首部成人動畫,以手繪山水背景構造奇幻血腥世界。故事以詭異的花生鎮為背景,小鎮上空漂浮著一個巨大的黑色花生狀球體,鎮上的人長得與花生一模一樣,當身上長出鬼蘑菇時便會被守衛槍決。奕衛國大護法為了尋找失蹤太子來到花生鎮,引發了連串離奇事件。花生國民畫風簡約怪誕,故事隨不速之客到來變得越來越詭譎暗黑,畫面越見血腥,圓碌碌的大護法真實面目更叫人意想不到。《大護法》是光線彩條屋影業繼《大聖歸來》和《大魚海棠》後合眾籌之力製作而成的第三部動畫作品,由香港電影金像獎最佳剪輯師林安兒監製兼親自剪片。

From crowdfunding to self-declaring a PG-13 rating, the makers of Dahufa clearly aren’t interested in playing by industry rules, and the result is one of the most unexpected films to come out of China. An eye-popping amalgam of flash animation and traditional painting-inspired backgrounds, this fantasy action-adventure shocks with colorful violence and a provocative allegorical tale ripe for political interpretation. While searching for a runaway prince, warrior Dahufa comes upon a creepy town whose brainwashed, enslaved residents live in oppression and ignorance under a brutal tyrant. Though he only wishes to find the prince, Dahufa’s arrival shakes up the town and plants the seeds of awakening and revolt.