Raya and the Last Dragon

A quest to save her world.
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
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Budget
$100 000 000
Revenue
$130 423 032
Director
Scenario
Photo Don Hall
Don Hall
Author
Producer
Actors
Photo Kelly Marie Tran
Kelly Marie Tran
Raya (voice)
Photo Awkwafina
Awkwafina
Sisu (voice)
Photo Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan
Namaari (voice)
Photo Alan Tudyk
Alan Tudyk
Tuk Tuk (voice)
Photo Izaac Wang
Izaac Wang
Boun (voice)
Photo Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong
Tong (voice)
Photo Daniel Dae Kim
Daniel Dae Kim
Benja (voice)
Photo Thalia Tran
Thalia Tran
Little Noi (voice)
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Short description

Raya and the Last Dragon is set in Kumandra, a land where people and dragons once lived side by side. When a destructive force known as the Druun swept through, turning living things to stone, the dragons gave their lives to end it. Five centuries later the Druun have returned, and Kumandra has long since broken apart into rival nations. Raya, a young warrior and the daughter of a chief, sets out to find the one dragon said to have survived, hoping to undo the damage and bring the divided peoples back together. Her search leads her to Sisu, and to companions gathered along the way, but the mistrust between the nations stands in the way of any lasting repair.

The film is a Walt Disney Animation Studios production directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, from a screenplay by Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen, with Peter Del Vecho and Osnat Shurer producing. It arrived between Hall's Big Hero 6 and Strange World, and was López Estrada's second feature after Blindspotting. Kelly Marie Tran voices Raya and Awkwafina voices Sisu, with Gemma Chan, Alan Tudyk, Izaac Wang and Benedict Wong among the cast.

Released in March 2021, it carries a reported budget of 100 million USD and a worldwide box office of about 130 million. On IMDb it holds 7.3/10 from roughly 187,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.8/10 from around 7,400 votes. The critics' rating is 7.7/10 from 303 reviews, broadly in line with those audience scores.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The plot required the protagonist to have some form of transportation, and thus Tuk-Tuk was invented. This is a hybrid animal capable of curling into a ball and riding under a saddle. In Thailand, this is what a vehicle in large cities like Bangkok is called.
  • In Indonesian, "raya" means great. In Malay, the word means hibiscus, which is the national flower of Malaysia.
  • Raiya's fighting style with two sticks is based on the Filipino martial art of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali.
  • The land of Kumandra combines features of countries in Southeast Asia: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Laos.
  • Raya is the third Disney princess after Merida and Moana whose image is original and not based on fairy tales and legends. Unlike films about other Disney princesses, these three cases do not feature a romantic subplot.
  • The Tuk-Tuk is named after the Thai vehicle.

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