But Why Did Disney Make Mulan in the First Place?

A quick look into the history of Disney’s best female lead

Ilhaan M.
Fanfare
Published in
4 min readAug 27, 2021

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Image of Mulan smiling and carrying her pet cricket in a small gold cage
Edited By Author/ Photos Via Disney Studios

If you haven’t seen the original Mulan, go watch it! Please, just do yourself a favor.

Mulan was a 1998 Disney animated feature, inspired by the Chinese poem and legend of Hua Mulan. It follows the titular character as she cross-dresses as a soldier named…

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