Gensu-Chi Jewel Chronicles

"This is a tale that goes back to the time of our ancestors... Long, long ago, our land wasn't as flourished and prosperous as it is today... The land was ruled over by a great and powerful dragon... And under his rule, the dragon showed the people who worshipped him a god nothing but cruelty and would surely meet their end... it was only due to the courage of 7 individuals who stand up in defiance of this cruel deity's reign to usher in a better future..."

"But this is of course, the legend,... this story begins years later from then..."

Van, a young mischievous red panda, who's lived a happy peaceful life in the monastery of the great Shinpoha Tree all his life. With his grandpa and his pranks, a pet cricket, his former caretaker and her delicious Bamboo Shoot Dumplings he loves, and the protection of the Shinpoha Tree; Van feels like he's got everything he could ever have with no sense of going on an adventure to see what lies beyond the forest. But when the theft of an ancient artifact that holds the survival of the only place he's called home on a path of peril, he must leave the life he's ever known on a quest to retrieve the stolen artifact to save his home. Despite the possible danger, he'll realize the wonders of the journey he's about to undergo beyond the Shinpoha Tree.