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Cartoon version of TV sitcom

After various incarnations - as a film and a puppet show in the making, an online game and a stage play - the smash-hit TV drama My Own Swordsman (Wulin Wai Zhuan) has now been adapted into a cartoon. The 100-episode animated version will be shown on CCTV-8 from Saturday.

The TV sitcom that swept China in 2006, although set in a small inn of ancient times, is a modern play, in which actors wear traditional Chinese costumes but talk like today's youngsters. It became wildly popular thanks to its witty one-liners and competent performances.