im dying squirtle

[conceptartworld]

Aura Battler Dunbine Illustrations by Yoshiyuki Takani

[iliothermia]

[despazito]

Niu Lai has not made its way onto tumblr yet so I guess my anglophone ass has to make a post about it

[despazito]

Low-budget ‘Niu Lai’ emerges as a surprise hit with its ‘disaster-level’ animation, grabbing millions in China as curiosity rivals Nolan’s ‘

This movie is currently a huge meme in china. It came out of nowhere and inexplicably got a theatrical release, looks like ass, was animated completely by the director and his mother, and took several years to make. "Niu Lai" translates roughly to "The bull is coming" and apparently the film has several other allusions to stock market puns. The Chinese stock market coincidentally had an uptick the day of its release which added further fuel to the meme fire. After going viral Niu Lai began to actually turn profit at the box office, theatres unprepared for Niu Lai mania (the creators did not distribute any promotional material) had to improvise DIY posters:

Niu Lai has now been pulled from theatres.

[lamignonette]

[cilantrhoes]

[dropovers]

[kosmogrl]

average day in 2026

[nueuhell]

Hashtag shopping haul

[nueuhell]

They got goldfish crackers locked up at Target because of all the Pokemon scalpers

[ichorknight]

driving my chevy to the levee today

[ichorknight]

what the fuck

[pnglove]

RAT CAKE ♡🐀

[aceynk]

kicks you in the amazing digital head

[kosmogrl]

[kev1ngalice]

@ViralEgoist

[badassdemonsword]

Im dryin up faster than lake mead just thinking about it

[chicknparm]

Futures

Made of

Ethical romantasy

[zuzofait]

woof woof !!!

[dimetrodone]

The Great Gatsby