American Born Chinese Canceled at Disney+ After Season 1

American Born Chinese Canceled at Disney+ After Season 1 By According to , has officially decided not to renew its coming of age fantasy drama for a second season. The cancellation comes after less than a year since the led series had debuted its 8 episode first season. The outlet notes that is currently planning to shop the show to other streamers or networks.

What was American Born Chinese about? “It told the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life,” reads the synopsis. “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.” Disney+’s American Born Chinese was directed by from a screenplay written by brothers Kelvin Yu (Bob’s Burgers) and Charles Yu (Westworld), with Kelvin Yu as the showrunner.

It was described as a genre hopping action comedy that explored issues of identity, culture, and family. It starred Yeoh, Ben Wang, Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Daniel Wu, Ke Huy Quan, former Taekwondo champion Jim Liu, and Sydney Taylor. American Born Chinese was executive produced by Cretton, the Yu Brothers, Gene Luen Yang, Erin O’Malley, Melvin Mar, Jake Kasdan, and Asher Goldstein.

The series was a production by 20th Television. Maggie Dela Paz has been writing about the movie and TV industry for more than four years now. Besides being a fan of coming of age films and shows, she also enjoys watching K Dramas and listening to her favorite K Pop groups. Her current TV obsessions right now are FX’s The Bear and the popular anime My Hero Academia.

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