(2021) — Blazing Samurai

The film originally titled (2021) was ultimately released as " Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank " (2022). While there is no single academic "paper" defining it, the film's production is widely documented as an animated homage to Mel Brooks' 1974 classic Blazing Saddles . Production Context and Title Change

The project was first announced in 2010 by Yair Landau as a response to the trend of westernizing Asian films. Blazing Samurai (2021)

The name was changed from Blazing Samurai to Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank in April 2022, shortly before its July theatrical release by Paramount Pictures . Narrative and Parody The film originally titled (2021) was ultimately released

In 2019, Cinesite took over production, reanimating the film with new concepts. The name was changed from Blazing Samurai to

The film's journey is a notable example of troubled production history in animation:

It was originally in production at Arc Productions when the studio suddenly shut down in 2016.