You can kind of tell that The Tiger's Apprentice is going for a Kung Fu Panda film feel with its structure, just with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Admittedly, it stumbles a bit on that, given how most of the Zodiac Furious Five (or rather, Terrific Twelve) don't even appear for much of the
The Tiger's Apprentice has a fascinating production history. Even at the beginning of its production in the late 2000's, it was still going to be the film adaptation of the 2003 action-adventure fantasy novel of the same name by Laurence Yep (Golden Mountain Chronicles, Dragon). However, the
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia both kicks up the action and ramps up the stakes with a very poisonous plotline in Ep. 9 "Tengri". In fact, this is the most amount of bloody action we've seen in this anime in a while. However, in terms of story, it still takes second fiddle to the very sudden
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has Sitara / Fatima play a very dangerous game of power and intrigue in Ep. 8 "Great Khatun Boraqchin". All surrounding the most recent addition to the growing cast: the Empress Boraqchin. She's elderly and quite enigmatic, but is also as sharp as a rapier. Playing