All of which is to say that Turning Red gives you a lot of ideas to grapple with. It also gives you a lot to look at. Director Shi and her collaborators have a lot of fun incorporating East Asian influences into the story and animation. You can see touches of Japanese anime in the character design; Mei's panda has the fluffy, oversized proportions of Hayao Miyazaki's Totoro. The action-heavy climax manages to salute kaiju movies like Godzilla and martial-arts epics like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This is due mainly to her own upbringing and her deep-set anxiety about her own panda hurting those she loves. A lot of Mei’s internal conflict comes from wanting to be the daughter that her mother wants her to be while also expressing her individuality with her friends. Meilin Lee (aka Mei) is 13 years old at the beginning of Turning Red. She is an average height for her age at 4’8″ (142.2 cm), but her 8″ (243.8 cm) red panda form is far from average.

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As a human, Ming stands proudly, never slouches, and almost always wears heels, appearing much taller than her actual 5’6″ (167.6 cm) height. When she turns into a panda, Mei becomes much more self-conscious and unable to control her emotions – the perfect metaphor for puberty. Swifties Threaten To Boycott Netflix When 'Taylor Swift: The Reputation Stadium Tour' Is Removed Next Month: "Does Netflix Realize How Many People Are Going To Cancel Their Subscription?" How 'The Buccaneers' Crafted Josie Totah and Mia Threapleton’s "Joyful" Queer Romance: "Never Even a Discussion"Real Housewives Of Potomac' Star Ashley Darby Isn't Mad That Sonja Morgan Stole Her Owen Wilson Thunder At BravoCon: She Knew "His Fetishes"

Joy Behar Calls On Will Smith To "Get In The Ring" With Jada Pinkett Smith On 'The View': "He Sits There And Takes It" Ming Lee (Mei’s mother) is 35 years old and 5’6″ (167.6 cm). Her panda form is significantly taller than Mei’s at 262’5.6″ (8000 cm). Taylor Ann Green Confesses That She "Initiated" Kiss With Austen Kroll On 'Southern Charm': "I Caught Him Off Guard" The Great British Baking Show': Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith Sent the Wrong Baker Home during "Party Week" Stream It Or Skip It: 'Christmas at the Chalet' on Lifetime, Where Divorcée Teri Hatcher Explores Love, Purpose, and Skiing in AspenListed below are the heights in feet and cm and the ages of Turning Red’s main characters. Character Stream It Or Skip It: 'Christmas in Notting Hill' on Hallmark, in Which Soccer, Love, and London Collide While Mei's father is shy and mostly stays out of the way, her mother, Ming — a terrific Sandra Oh — is attentive to the point of overbearing. In addition to being super-involved with Mei's studies, Ming rigorously polices her daughter's social life, in hopes that she won't be too influenced by Western ways. It follows Meilin Lee as a family curse disrupts her teenage life before it has barely begun. Turning Red Characters Heights and Ages Chart

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