Chinese Internet entrepreneur Gary Wang is gearing up to start an animated-film studio to make movies for Chinese audiences. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the 39-year-old Mr. Wang, who founded online video site Tudou.com in 2005, talked about his experience at Tudou and its merger last year with rival video site Youku. The following is an edited version of the interview.

Q: How did you create Tudou?

Mr. Wang: Photo-sharing site Flickr was the main inspiration for Tudou. I used my own savings from my previous jobs to pay for Tudou