There’s a lot of Mandarin in this series, and honestly, more than necessary. And considering the context of…
There's actually quite a number of Hakka people in SEA, but based on character, Niran and Grandpa lived in Betong, Yala, Southern Thai, where there's quite a number of Hakka Chinese population, and its near to the Malaysian borders as well.
As to why Mandarin - its the Standard dialect spoken and taught across Asia. In SEA, even though the more common dialect are Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese, etc, these are also secondary dialects to Mandarin.
Thought to give some input here cos there’s loads of talk about this title and a few other gmm titles getting geolocked in many countries.
Usually a series is Geo-locked from YouTube because its streaming rights in the territory has been exclusively acquired by another broadcast company. In Wu’s case it’ll be Viu and iQiYi. As it concerns IP assets and rights, naturally legal terms come into play to protect the show and business. All tv distribution works the same way.
One title might be available on Netflix in most parts of Asia but only available on Disney Plus or Prime or HBO in another territory, etc.
It is important to watch legally through these platforms that acquired them because industry researchers do look at data to see what works and would help build their subscriber base. It is not that a company want to sabotage a title by not putting it on YT. It’s legal and business concerning IP assets. YT being an advertisement funded streaming service, is not the best way to distribute tv shows.
As to why Mandarin - its the Standard dialect spoken and taught across Asia. In SEA, even though the more common dialect are Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese, etc, these are also secondary dialects to Mandarin.
Hakka is mostly only used in chants in the show.
Usually a series is Geo-locked from YouTube because its streaming rights in the territory has been exclusively acquired by another broadcast company. In Wu’s case it’ll be Viu and iQiYi. As it concerns IP assets and rights, naturally legal terms come into play to protect the show and business. All tv distribution works the same way.
One title might be available on Netflix in most parts of Asia but only available on Disney Plus or Prime or HBO in another territory, etc.
It is important to watch legally through these platforms that acquired them because industry researchers do look at data to see what works and would help build their subscriber base. It is not that a company want to sabotage a title by not putting it on YT. It’s legal and business concerning IP assets. YT being an advertisement funded streaming service, is not the best way to distribute tv shows.