The story focuses on a standard youngster, Tom, who gets brought into this world against his cravings when his eccentric grandmother who he lives with in San Francisco's Chinatown turns out to be the watchman of the phoenix egg.
Right when his grandmother perishes in battle and is lively away in a ghost truck, Tom should train with an unthinkable aide - a tiger, Mr. Hu - to learn old charm and become the egg's new safeguard.
They bunch with a fantastical band of remarkable creatures, each tending to a substitute sign of the Chinese zodiac, who can change into human construction while holding their normal animal characteristics.