Humanoid Amphibian pilots Mecha in China's Sci-Fi animated film ANIMEN

It seems during the past few years, China is experiencing a boom in its local animation industry with a new wave of original content for TV and film production.  Among the project riding on this wave is Xu Ke's CG sci-fi film Animen (超蛙战士) from Shanghai's Hippo Animation, featuring frog-like characters and mecha action in a space opera.  I wouldn't say its the most promising animation from China but it certainly stands out from the rest.

Animen is set in a universe parallel to our own where mans exploration has allowed the human race to spread across the galaxy. This rapid expansion caused the development of different civilizations and the human genome has come to encompass frog, roach, and lizard DNA with each new subspecies developing its own civilization. However, rather than peaceful co-existence, each race plots, colludes, or kills in order to gain dominance in the galaxy.

The many factions include the peace-loving Rana, the evil Zhang, the scheming Union and Xi, and unaligned pirates who cause havoc to all sides. Yet all play a vital role in teaching; the only way of survival is through symbiosis.

Its set to open in theaters across China on June 1st which also happens to be Children's Day.  You'll find some videos embedded below.