

Namaari pursues Raya, hoping to gain the gem shards for the Fang tribe. Raya and Sisu travel through tribes, reclaiming pieces of the gem and making new friends: the young restaurateur Boun from Tail, the baby con artist Little Noi from Talon, and the warrior Tong from Spine, all of whom have lost loved ones to the Druun. Raya and Sisu resolve to take back the four stolen pieces of the gem, reassemble it and use it to banish the Druun and restore Raya's father and others who were turned to stone. She manages to summon her at a shipwreck in Tail where Sisu admits that she did not create the gem, but wielded it on behalf of her four siblings, who each contributed their magic to the gem. Six years later, Raya treks across Kumandra searching for Sisu to have her create another gem and banish the Druun once more. As every tribe member steals a piece of the gem and flees, Benja notices that the Druun are repelled by water and sacrifices himself to save Raya's life by throwing her in the river before getting turned to stone by the Drunn. The gem's destruction creates a fissure which releases the Druun once more, quickly overtaking the Land of Heart. Alerted to the attack, Benja and the other tribes arrive and start fighting over the gem, breaking it into five pieces in the scuffle. Namaari betrays Raya as part of a plot to help Fang steal the gem. Trusting Namaari, Raya shows her the gem's chamber. During the feast, Raya befriends Namaari, daughter of Chief Virana of the Fang tribe and Fang's princess, who gives Raya a dragon pendant and tells her of a legend that says the dragon Sisu still exists and can be summoned.

Firmly believing Kumandra can be reunited, Benja holds a feast for the leadership of all five tribes. įive hundred years later, Chief Benja of the Heart tribe, which ends up retaining possession of the dragon gem, trains his daughter, young warrior Princess Raya to protect the gem. A power struggle for the gem divides Kumandra's people into five separate kingdoms called Fang, Heart, Spine, Talon and Tail, corresponding to their placement along a gigantic dragon-shaped river.

She concentrates her magic into the gem and blasts the Druun away, reviving Kumandra's people but not its dragons. Sisu, the last surviving dragon, is given her siblings' magic which was placed in a gem. Raya and the Last Dragon also led the 49th Annie Awards with ten nominations, but did not win in any of the categories nominated.įive hundred years ago, the peaceful and prosperous sub-continent of Kumandra is ravaged by the Druun, evil, dark-colored spirits that turn every living thing in its path to stone. The film received various accolades, including a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, and was nominated in the same category at the 79th Golden Globe Awards.
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The film became the third most streamed movie title of 2021, and has grossed over $130 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation and voice acting. In July 2021, shortly after its premium access run, the film became the second most-viewed streaming title behind Netflix's fifth season of Lucifer. It was simultaneously available on Disney+ Premier Access as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on movie theaters. The film was made available in 2D, RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures had planned to release Raya and the Last Dragon in theaters in the United States on November 25, 2020, however this was delayed to Madue to the COVID-19 pandemic. Starring the voices of Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Izaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, and Sandra Oh, Raya and the Last Dragon depicts a warrior princess who sought for the fabled last dragon, with hopes of restoring the dragon gem that would bring back her father and banish the evil spirits known as the Druun from the land of Kumandra. The film is based on traditional Southeast Asian cultures.

The 59th film produced by the studio, it was directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, co-directed by Paul Briggs and John Ripa (in their feature directorial debuts), and produced by Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho, with a screenplay written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim. ə/ RYE-ə) is a 2021 American computer-animated fantasy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
