American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese is an American streaming television series, created by Kelvin Yu and Charles Yu. It is based on the graphic novel of the same name. It was released on Disney+ on May 24, 2023.

Starting June 2, 2023, and for a limited time, the series was made available on YouTube, Hulu, and Roku, and aired on ABC.^[1]

Synopsis[]

Based on the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese is a genre-hopping action comedy that tells the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Ben Wang as Jin Wang
• Yeo Yann Yann as Christine Wang
• Chin Han as Simon Wang
• Ke Huy Quan as Jamie Yao/Freddy Wong
• Jimmy Liu as Sun Wei-Chen
• Sydney Taylor as Amelia Taylor
• Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong/The Monkey King
• Michelle Yeoh as Guanyin

Recurring[]

• Mahi Alam as Anuj
• Stony Blyden as Andy
• David Bloom as Josh
• Justin Jarzombek as Travis
• Ethan Rich as Greg Wallace
• Rosalie Chiang as Suzy Nakamura
• Sophie Reynolds as Ruby
• Brian Huskey as Mr. Larkins
• Jennifer Irwin as Principal Finney
• Larry Bates as Coach Garrett
• Josh Duvendeck as Marty K. Morris/Danny
• Leonard Wu as Niu Mowang/Bull Demon
• Ronny Chieng as Ji Gong/Mad Monk
• Poppy Liu as Princess Iron Fan
• Brian Le as Zhu Bajie/Pigsy
• Xiaoshuang Fan as Sha Wujing/Sandy

Guests[]

• Stephanie Hsu as Shiji Niangniang/Lady Rocky
• James Hong as Jade Emperor
• Jimmy O. Yang as Ao Guang/Dragon King
• Sakura Lin as Queen Mother
• Sarah Ho as Princess Jade Face
• Jessica Ma as Melly
• Lisa Lu as Ni Yang
• Lilli Birdsell as Margie Ann Taylor
• Andy Daly as Dennis Taylor
• Liam Risinger as Holden Taylor

Episodes[]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production Code
1	"What Guy Are You"	Destin Daniel Cretton	Kelvin Yu & Charles Yu	May 24, 2023	1HXZ01
Jin Wang starts his sophomore year, hoping to make the soccer team and "level up" his social status, all while impressing his crush. But his plans are derailed with the arrival of a new foreign exchange student named Wei-Chen.
2	"A Monkey on a Quest"	Dinh Thai	Vali Chandrasekaran	May 24, 2023	1HXZ02
Jin is pressured to make a statement after an offensive meme video of him goes viral.
3	"Rockstar Status"	Dennis Liu	Warren Hsu Leonard	May 24, 2023	1HXZ03
Jin must decide between impressing his soccer teammates and helping Wei-Chen on his heavenly quest.
4	"Make a Splash"	Peng Zhang	Aaron Izek	May 24, 2023	1HXZ04
In a flashback, young Sun Wukong and his best friend, Niu Mowang, attend a heavenly banquet.
5	"Abracadabra"	Johnson Cheng	Lawrence Dai	May 24, 2023	1HXZ05
Jin and Wei-Chen search for a scholar who may know something about the Fourth Scroll.
6	"Hot Stuff"	Lucy Liu	Kai Yu Wu	May 24, 2023	1HXZ06
Amelia throws Jin a birthday party, which gets crashed by Niu Mowang.
7	"Beyond Repair"	Erin O'Malley	Lana Cho	May 24, 2023	1HXZ07
Jin finds himself in trouble at school as Wei-Chen tries to rescue his father from the Bull Demon.
8	"The Fourth Scroll"	Destin Daniel Cretton	Kelvin Yu	May 24, 2023	1HXZ08
Jin and Wei-Chen must stop Bull Demon's plan to destroy Heaven.

Production[]

On October 4, 2021, Deadline reported that a brand new series based on the graphic novel American Born Chinese was in active development on Disney+.^[2][3]

On February 7, 2022, Deadline also reported the series cast and that production is slated to begin in February in Los Angeles.^[4]

Filming officially begun on February 8, and officially wrapped on July 6.^[5][6]

On January 5, 2024, Deadline reported that the series had officially been cancelled.^[7]

Videos[]

Trivia[]

• The series features numerous reunions among various actors including:
  • Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, and Stephanie Hsu from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
  • Yeoh, Ronny Chieng, Jimmy O. Yang, and Lisa Lu from Crazy Rich Asians.
  • Destin Daniel Cretton, Yeoh, Chieng, and Hsu from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
  • Rosalie Chiang and Hong from Turning Red.
  • Yang and Chieng from Wish Dragon.
  • Yeoh and Hong from Kung Fu Panda 2.
• This is the first Disney+ original series to be made available on Roku.

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References[]

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Media American Born Chinese (soundtrack) Episodes "What Guy Are You" • "A Monkey on a Quest" • "Rockstar Status" • "Make a Splash" • "Abracadabra" • "Hot Stuff" • "Beyond Repair" • "The Fourth Scroll" Characters Jin Wang • Christine Wang • Simon Wang • Jamie Yao/Freddy Wong • Sun Wei-Chen • Amelia Taylor • Sun Wukong/The Monkey King • Guanyin • Anuj • Suzy Nakamura • Niu Mowang/Bull Demon • Ji Gong/Mad Monk • Shiji Niangniang/Lady Rocky • Princess Iron Fan • Andy, Josh, and Travis • Ao Guang/Dragon King • Jade Emperor • Zhu Bajie/Pigsy • Sha Wujing/Sandy

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