▁Philip ▁La Z eb nik , ▁Chris ▁Sand ers , ▁Eugen ia ▁B ost wick - S inger , ▁and ▁Raymond ▁S inger . ▁M ing - Na ▁W en , ▁Edd ie ▁Mur phy , ▁Miguel ▁Fer rer ▁and ▁B D ▁W ong ▁star ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁version , ▁while ▁Jack ie ▁Chan ▁provided ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁Captain ▁Li ▁Shang ▁for ▁the ▁Chinese ▁dub s ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁The ▁film ' s ▁plot ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁China ▁during ▁the ▁Han ▁dynast y , ▁where ▁Fa ▁Mul an , ▁daughter ▁of ▁aged ▁war rior ▁Fa ▁Z hou , ▁imp erson ates ▁a ▁man ▁to ▁take ▁her ▁father ' s ▁place ▁during ▁a ▁general ▁cons cription ▁to ▁counter ▁a ▁Hun ▁invasion . ▁ ▁Produ ced ▁and ▁released ▁during ▁the ▁Disney ▁Renaissance , ▁Mul an ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁three ▁features ▁produced ▁primarily ▁at ▁the ▁Disney ▁animation ▁studio ▁at ▁Disney - M GM ▁Studios ▁in ▁Or lando , ▁Florida . ▁Development ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁when ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁art istic ▁super vis ors ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁China ▁to ▁receive ▁art istic ▁and ▁cultural ▁insp iration . ▁Mul an ▁was ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁critics ▁and ▁the ▁public ▁who ▁pra ised ▁the ▁animation , ▁plot , ▁characters ▁( part icular ly ▁the ▁e pon ym ous ▁character ), ▁and ▁musical ▁score , ▁and ▁gross ed ▁over ▁$ 3 0 4 ▁million . ▁It ▁earned ▁a ▁Golden ▁Glo be ▁and ▁Academy ▁Award ▁nom ination ▁and ▁won ▁several ▁An nie