Anime from all over the world is pretty goof. The French brought us Oban Star Racers. Korean manga is pretty good. Stitch the anime only aired in English in Australia. The Chinese have done some pretty amazing CGI and live action movies. Sometimes, like in a few Jet Li films, doing special effects as good as any anime. I'm sure we've all seen Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle. Kung Fu panda of course was based in China and Ranma went back and forth.
https://www.cbr.com/best-chinese-anime-donghua/
But I just wrote a book based on Bai Suzhen (Lady White Snake) and while I don't find the opera terribly riveting, there are aspects of the story I did enjoy. The original horror stories where the snakes ate people. Lady Blue Snake's long quest to rescue Lady White Snake from Fahai.
https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Blue-Snake-Traditional-Chinese/dp/B0FXFZF7NV/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.bij5I8eT_SGfYqIcssszrX-DfciMeoc9-xikbetR-Km2fj3y8gOlxR7wJymXrlw-6ytH9yTqPjyYN1hElk2iaos6lxvrUcSZlB5SIN62Hds795TSoH5Mg6bzQRKIcRqiZGjEX6wrq8JGZRWIBbwxDMP-cl4r6HQ-J-lFijj9_lXjhkgCT52gw-ZUpqXn58f9QO9i1HiFTfx81lRdOV9ZAV2ZoEDrVUzDGXp9AILh8sI.4Gw9_Ue96mHDqq3SLHF14m3qk03m8zQzNsiGxUWues4&dib_tag=se&qid=1761854898&refinements=p_28%3AChinese&s=books&sr=1-5