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My Mowgli Boy (我的莫格利男孩)

My Mowgli Boy (我的莫格利男孩, Wo De Mo Ge Li Nan Hai) is a 2019 Chinese urban romance television series starring Ma Tianyu and Yang Zi, broadcast on iQiyi in 50 episodes beginning 29 August 2019.1 It is an original script inspired by the character Mowgli from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book series.1

Key factDetail
Chinese title我的莫格利男孩 (Wo De Mo Ge Li Nan Hai)1
GenreRomance; also described as modern romance and romantic comedy1 • 2
Episodes / runtime50 episodes of about 45 to 48 minutes1 • 2
BroadcastiQiyi, from 29 August 2019; two episodes Thursday to Sunday at 8 pm, with VIP early access to 8 episodes1 • 3
Director / writersPeng Xuejun; screenwriters Liu Fei, Liu Chenguang, and Shi She1 • 2
ProductionShanghai Syndicate Television Limited; filmed August to December 20181
InspirationOriginal script inspired by Mowgli of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book1

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Plot

Mo Ge Li (also called Xia Ye) was raised in the forest by his grandfather, a forest ranger, and grew up playing with the forest animals, so he lacks the ability to communicate with other humans.1 Ling Xi, an independent entrepreneur who runs the Xi Xiling fashion studio, is filming in the forest when she unknowingly drives back to the city with the injured boy in her car.1 • 4 She wants to send him back to the forest as soon as possible, but the marketing needs of her studio force her to keep him, and the two end up living under the same roof.2

Living together, the two develop feelings for each other while learning from opposite directions. With Ling Xi's help, Mo Ge Li learns the ways of humans and integrates into modern society; in turn he shares the philosophy of nature and inspires her to take part in protecting the environment.1 The series frames him as a bridge between humans and nature.2

Cast and characters

The main cast assigns each character a representative animal:1

  • Ma Tianyu as Mo Ge Li (Xia Ye), the wolf. Raised by a forest ranger, he has lived among animals since childhood and struggles to communicate with people.1
  • Yang Zi as Ling Xi, the rhinoceros. A fashion designer and boss of Xi Xiling Studio, brave and determined but insecure at times; she initially has a crush on Zheng Li before falling for Mo Ge Li.1
  • Fu Mengbo as Lu Ziyue, the rabbit, a lawyer and Chinese-language teacher who falls in love at first sight with Tang Cheng.1
  • Ren Yankai as Zheng Li, the giraffe, CEO of Wharf Company and Ling Xi's childhood friend, who pursues the divorced Bai Yiling.1
  • Huang Cancan as Tang Cheng, the peacock, a confident lawyer who does not believe in marriage until she meets Lu Ziyue.1
  • Wang Zhen'er as Bai Yiling, the leopard, a divorced woman returning to the workforce.1
  • Wu Haoze as Ling Yu, the fox, Ling Xi's stepbrother and a CEO of Wharf Company.1
  • Zheng Qiuhong as Zhu Shi, the cat, an American-born girl drawn back to China by her interest in Chinese culture and environmental protection.1

Supporting roles include Ling Xi's assistants Tu Tu, Ren He, and Li Kai, and family members of both leads.1

Production and release

The series began filming in August 2018 and wrapped in December 2018, produced by the team behind Rush to the Dead Summer.1 It premiered on iQiyi on 29 August 2019, days after both leads had headlined other summer dramas, Ma Tianyu in River Flows To You and Yang Zi in Go Go Squid.3 On its premiere day Yang Zi's new look trended on Chinese social media, and the drama quickly reached first place in web-drama viewership.5

Reception and availability

Audience ratings differ sharply by platform. IMDb users gave the series 4.3 out of 10 from 96 votes, while Rakuten Viki users rated it 8.9 out of 10 from 8,468 ratings; DramaWiki's much smaller sample of 9 votes averaged 4.44 out of 5, and iQiyi listed a score of 7.8.6 • 7 • 1 • 4 Reviewers noted the story's resemblance to Tarzan as much as to The Jungle Book, with one calling it a fresh change from typical Cinderella-type plots.3 • 8 A Chinese newspaper commentary criticized the pacing as too fast and found the hero's characterization inconsistent, noting that a boy raised by a ranger who could speak should not plausibly lose speech upon reaching the city.9

The series is available on iQiyi and Rakuten Viki, and on Apple TV with subtitles in more than a dozen languages including English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.10 • 11

References

  1. My Mowgli Boy, DramaWiki
  2. My Mowgli Boy, CPOP HOME
  3. My Mowgli Boy (2019), DramaPanda
  4. 我的莫格利男孩, iQiyi
  5. 《我的莫格利男孩》楊紫「女霸總」氣場全開, Lujustar
  6. My Mowgli Boy (2019), IMDb
  7. My Mowgli Boy, Rakuten Viki
  8. First Impressions: My Mowgli Boy, DramaPanda
  9. 《我的莫格利男孩》：一场杨紫"养成"马天宇的幻梦, 新京报 via Sina
  10. My Mowgli Boy, JustWatch
  11. My Mowgli Boy, Apple TV

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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