Meandering to a Bright Future is a one-minute animated short film based on the Chinese Year of the Snake. It was released on Weibo, Douyin, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, and Kuaishou in mainland China on January 23, 2025, on YouTube in Japanese and Traditional Chinese and on YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok in English on January 29, 2025, and on the South Asian YouTube channels on April 14, 2025.
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The Western social media uploads of this short do not include the short's title, instead only being posted with the text "Every day is an opportunity to grow—let’s make the most of it, Trainers! 🐍✨".
The descriptions of the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese uploads of this short mention that the short is based on the Year of the Snake. The description of the English uploads do not mention this.
