Shandong Culture

Iconic cartoon characters from your childhood

By Zhang Xingjian (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2017-05-31

Iconic cartoon characters from your childhood

Calabash Brothers [Photo/Mtime]

10. Calabash Brothers

First appearance: Calabash Brothers (1986)

Age: 31

Species: human

Personal qualities: powerful, skillful, encouraging

Social influence: The 1980s series was one of the most popular animations in China. While it has been praised as much as Havoc in Heaven domestically, it was released at a point when the Chinese animation industry was in a relatively depressed state compared to the rest of the international community. Still, the series was translated into seven different languages.