Chinese Anime in a Nutshell

[@Yezserjp25]

I LOVE THE LINK CLICK!! SPECIALLY WHEN IT ENDS, IT WILL PLAY THE ED BANGER SONG AND WILL LEAVE YOU A BIG CLIFFHANGER IN EACH EPISODE!!

[@Sandhy12341]

When I was binge watching S1 before the release of S2 (I think), the suspense always kills me in every cliffhanger/end of each episode 😂😂 Still, the ED song is always a banger 🗣️🤍✨

[@Novaaaaaaaaaa.]

NO LINK CLICK IS SOOO GOOD❤

[@rawmen2127]

If you are a fan of underrated donghua, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Scissor Seven on Netflix, it seems goofy and cartoonish in some episodes but it gets incredibly awesome and serious in seasons 3-4 and the season 1 finale, it also gets upgraded animation styles as the seasons progress, it’s also a fairly short watch (just don’t watch in dub) love your content btw

[@NerfTheLamp9]

Nah bro the dub is so good trust 😭😭🙏🙏

[@rawmen2127]

@@NerfTheLamp9 the dubs not terrible, but it just doesn’t capture the emotions as much in English

[@kyoonline00]

i loveee scissors seven the contrast between the goofy comedy and the history is so cool

[@Cam-w5b]

The dub is lowkey peak

[@shaunstark1365]

Seven's dub was done by an american chinese comedian i think he did a pretty good job

[@NerfTheLamp9]

Scissor seven is soo good, It's one of my favorite Donghua! would 100% Recommend.

[@MusicBlueberry]

i was about to say that its slept on

[@lemonutsack]

peak

[@Kaiju4Life_VA]

Rlly good goofy scenes with right amount of seriousness

[@Drstrange3000]

It is one of my favorite animated series! I painted a Scissor Seven portrait that is hung right above my bed. It gives me motivation to draw.

[@milansamasama9021]

I enjoyed it because I watch it in Japanese I didn't like it in Chinese it was weird

[@nowwhat6716]

Censorship is the huge downfall for animation industry in china. They can't push as good of story because of massive censorship

[@Cibanti]

To put it in perspective: the Chinese government is the huge downfall of China (and when I say China I mean its people). And for better or worse stuff like this only stops with a popular revolution. And even then you better pray an oportunistic asshole doesn't take the spot instead, cause otherwise it's just a restart of the same thing. Sad reality...

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

that is sad and yet somehow they manage to make Heaven Official's Blessing and The Founder of Diabolism. Both are just dripping with sexual tension but they manage to ride that grayline enough to escape being banned. And yet anyone that watched it clearly is like "yep this is totally a male-on-male anime", or I think in china they called is Danmei.

[@type0negative777]

the censorship is quite weird sometimes actually. a lot of donghua I've watched will even have vulgar sex jokes that aren't subtle at all, and yet some parts of the show will still be censored

[@MollyHJohns]

​​​​​​@@slimjimjimslim5923 WAIT HOB has a donghua?! I know now 😮 thanks I still can't get over the manhua art style now I'm off to look for it thanks again- (found it on Ani-Mi Asia channel for those interested!) Edit: yes they are called Danmei aka BL/Yaoi/Shonen Ai. I think the biggest reason, the two IPs you mentioned passed the strict censorship to be produced as platonic bromance stories exactly because the original art and stories are so good and they have no other big taboos, and they are both xianxia which is very lucrative and popular as a genre in East Asia. Even the original novels have already been written in euphemistic ways if not brushed over, except for the obvious tags and the manhuas are even more 'innocent' 😂

[@slimjimjimslim5923]

@@type0negative777 from what I seen, the Chinese gov is ok if they were straight and not too explicit but anything queer is a big no no. A scene one guy groping and making out with a girl is fine. Two doods kissing would have gotten you banned. Now if you write a same sex scene that will land you in prison. Happened to a few Danmei writers over the last 20 years in China. Overall I’m glad Chinese animation was able to grow toward creativity rather than being the arm of the communist party constantly drilling state ideology into our heads lol. Those old 1990s Chinese animation always about filial piety, respecting societal order, being a good citizen and so on. Lol what a bore that was

[@lonelygamer5360]

Yall sleepin on the real goats of chinese animation, Sisscor Seven Kings Avatar, Hitori no shita: The Outcast, Tales of Demons and Gods, Dou Po Cangqiong: Nian Fan 2 I am Immortal White Snake First Class Servant Douluo Dalu Reikenzan Huyao Xiao Hongniang Enmusubi no Youko-chan Just to name a few if yall tryna get into it (these are the biggest names in chinese Manhua to get adapted to animation)

[@xirogs]

Raksha street. Daily Life of Immortal.

[@Xaforn]

The legend of Hei

[@ilyab4792]

Biao Ren/Blade of the Guardians also is up there with King's Avatar and Hitori no Shita, but both also have some truly terrible animation and storylines. The king's avatar movie was dope af.

[@bluepenguin3081]

“Please take my brother away” is good too.

[@lestradewilson2962]

Maybe Mu Dao Zushi?

[@naomithornhill2079]

You cannot talk about doungha without talking about heaven official blessings and the untamed. They are the pinnacle of the medium

[@nerofil1457]

I'll add the other GOAT named Quanzhi Gaoshou(The King's avatar)

[@naomithornhill2079]

@nerofil1457 Oh yeah, that one's good, too

[@nerofil1457]

@@naomithornhill2079 yup and S3 drops today !

[@naomithornhill2079]

@@nerofil1457 Really cool. I thought they stopped at S2

[@nerofil1457]

@@naomithornhill2079 well tka is one of the most read Light novel in china so they have the funds. They did S1 OVA S2 FILM and now S3, they're putting up the work

[@skysailor881]

Some other incredible donghua are Mdzs/Grandmaster of Demonic cultivation, which is based on BL novel about a necromancer/warcriminal that gets resurrected to solve the mystery of a mutilated corpse with an old flame and Biao Ren (blades of the guardians) which is set in the sui dynasty and is an incredible example of historic fiction with crazy action scenes and some beautiful animation (although i will say that both of these can have some wonky 3d animation thrown but overall gorgeous work)

[@YoCelKreSunt]

Yeah how could he left that out

[@leni4179]

Im reading a book by the author of it (scum villain) i have watchet the animation but the 3D was mid lul

[@skysailor881]

@@leni4179 scum villain is so fun lol, honestly I don't mind the 3d look for sv and I would've loved if it was purposefully janky so sqq could break the 4th wall about it and as the story progessed the animation would get better to represent the story becoming more complex but alas sv is the neglected child of the mxtx works

[@HomuresuBijuarukei]

People are sleeping on blades of the guardians. They proved that it is not impossible to adapt an art style like Vagabond.

[@puffy6763]

MXTX MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🗣️ WTF IS THERAPY ⁉️

[@maliha4615]

Founder of Diabolism, A Will Eternal, Link Click and Heaven Official's Blessing are the best Chinese animations I've seen till now.

[@demon09]

The lord of mysteries will be the best chinese anime (prediction).

[@_mycherie]

I’m so excited for it, even though I haven’t read the novel yet but I heard it was really good

[@vangsu2621]

@@_mycherie novel is definitely a masterpiece, got me rereading it over 3 time already, each time discovering new scheme and conspiracy I didn't notice before.

[@youreshit4039]

OMGGG REAL IT'LL BE SO GOATED

[@youreshit4039]

​@@vangsu2621damn bro how much free time you got

[@_mycherie]

@@vangsu2621 THREE TIMES??? BRO DOSENT IT HAVE OVER 1000 CHAPTERS? 😭😭

[@kira-dk2mx]

Gems like Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Fog Hill of the Five Elements and even the Outcast can put Chinese animation on the map. They're a treat to watch after slogging through several hundred cg donghua animations that have less runtime than the average RWBY episode.

[@GewalfofWivia]

Not a single “banger episode” of Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, or MHA, whatever, was done without participation of Chinese animators. In fact there are disproportionately more Chinese names in the credits of those episodes than normal episodes.

[@EREN_YEAGER124]

Demon slayer doesn't have any chinese animators AT ALL, NOZUMU ABE IS THE REASON DEMON SLAYER IS PEAK he makes the best "BANGER EPS". YUTAKA NAKAMURA is why MHA has some of the best animation and "banger eps" like todoroki vs DEKU. JJK has Miso, Arifumi imai, Souta yamazaki and Keichiro watanabe doing the best animation and doing the "banger eps". stop spreading misnformation. and stop glazing china so hard.

[@GewalfofWivia]

@@EREN_YEAGER124 literally go watch the end credits you troglodyte.

[@GewalfofWivia]

@@EREN_YEAGER124 Talk about “glazing”. You really think single individuals can be credited for those episodes? I’d tell you to just watch the end credits, but your incoherent ass probably will miss everything anyway.

[@ハムパン]

嘘つくなよw中国人がいなくても作れるわ😂

[@Jacker99]

​@@EREN_YEAGER124 True, but there is some chinese people work in demon slayer, they just not key animator

[@Asmond_Thesis]

The King's Avatar And The Richest Man in Game HAS SUCH GOOD ANIMATIONS and story i love themmm chineses animations are so good

[@Reedyrok]

The kings avatar got me into donghua

[@Jiangyou666]

As a Chinese-English manhwa translator, you guys don't know how difficult it is to decide your words, and sometimes, you get stuck for 3 hours on a word while using Google Translate and ChatGPT XD

[@My-nl6sg]

I wonder do you find technical terms 专有名词 most challenging or expressions/slangs 俗语 in translation?

[@Jiangyou666]

@@My-nl6sg both lol... Need a lot of background check and a good proof reader XD

[@Mam_Otazku]

As a reader of both Chinese and Korean manhwa. I appreciate all your hard work!

[@zippedalo9136]

中文转英文特有的词不达意

[@zippedalo9136]

中文转英文特有的词不达意

[@Alice00001]

Something isn't exactly correct. The adaptation of 'Spare me, great lord!' is not from manhua but from a novel. Also, thanks for making this video. It's cool to see people talk about Chinese works.

[@abrealgaming5649]

China as a whole is just massively downplayed they're fucking incredible

[@MinglesLingles]

🤨

[@GaionSputro]

​@@MinglesLingles He want to said if communism bad and china should change their nationality flag with this ->🇧🇹

[@Noredia_Yuki]

The ccp has done the people of China dirty

[@marko1263]

China is still seen as the new kid on the block in the West, people know very little about it and what they do know is mostly Western media propaganda.

[@andrewfairweather4742]

@@GaionSputronot it's just eh country is literal hell to live in

[@thefourthrabbit9516]

Censorship in China is just very random, probably because it is put in place due to parents' complaints (rather than politics), like blood (there cannot be red blood), a hint of sexuality (let alone actual sexuality), or ghosts in modern times (but before 1949 will be fine). Chinese Donghua artists are really good at "dancing with shackles", though.

[@elainez]

It is fun to see them try to push the envelope. A donghua I was watching was adapted from a manhua that had a main gay couple, and they literally had the two guys doing each other's hair lovingly, painting pictures of each other, sleep in a bed together while one of them stares longingly at the other...they're totally not gay guys!

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

Can't red blood is just western propaganda, there are many red blood in Chinese animated series, from Fog Hill of five elements, A Will Eternal, Blades of the Guardians, even 3d like Renegade Immortal, Ling Cage Incarnation, Perfect World, Swallowed Star and more..

[@aldenpartridge4773]

@@TheExtraterrestrial99 Shhh, can't go against the narrative. Quick, claim they erase the presence of black people in their media!

[@adampenbrook5751]

The white censored blood on Rize’s face makes it look like Kaneki’s date went much better than it actually did lmao.

[@Floeflayfloe]

The Legend of Hei is pretty good I recommend it a lot. The backgrounds and scenery are beautiful while the characters are expressive and he dub is also decent. It's also based on a webtoon.

[@youreshit4039]

Yes Lord of the Hei! I love that movie, best fight scenes I've seen tbh they all feel very impactful

[@stultusdoesstuff8017]

I love the legend of hei and i agree with all ur points but also I’m pretty sure the webseries came before the comic lol

[@Floeflayfloe]

@@stultusdoesstuff8017 Wasn't the movie based off of the webtoons? Or did I remember wrong.

[@stultusdoesstuff8017]

@@Floeflayfloe I don’t remember any webtoon that the movie was based off of but there’s a few short comics that take place right after the movie end.

[@Floeflayfloe]

@@stultusdoesstuff8017 I think that the webtoon is on KZbin.

[@Clayinator]

Scissor Seven is my third favorite anime I have ever seen it is truly an animated comedy masterpiece and when it gets serious you never expect it and the show hits you hard.

[@yoyopanda8027]

season 5's coming out this August!

[@Clayinator]

@@yoyopanda8027 Let’s go I’m so excited for its grand return.

[@bluewillow_prime8187]

My first donghua was Heaven's Official Blessing, and I loved it so much. I also see that Korean anime is starting to become more popular too do you think you can make a video about that?

[@TheGodCult6666]

Mine was mo dao zu shi

[@havensohn3821]

Wouldnt say korean anime is getting popular since most are produced by japan and are still considered anime.

[@milansamasama9021]

​@@havensohn3821true because it was animated and voice by a Japan ppl so if Korean did solo leveling it won't be popular as is it now because it was made by Japan that why is popular because People are already use to Japan anime

[@m8bleagend822]

Fog Hill of five elements is so far the best Chinese anime ever made 🔥

[@justaguywhocommentsforfun]

That anime is literally just "quit yapping, catch these hands" 😭😭😭

[@majikwaffle9436]

@@justaguywhocommentsforfunwatched that shit last night for the first time, best fight choreography ever i swear

[@justaguywhocommentsforfun]

@@majikwaffle9436 W. The fluidity and smoothness makes it so much better as well

[@vst1610]

Recommendations: Soul Land Soul Land 2 Swallowed Star Demon Hunter Fan Ren Xiu Xian Zhuan (A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality) Perfect World BTTH Tales of demons and gods Renegade Immortal Throne of Seal Snow Eagle Lord (Xue Ying Ling Zhu)

[@zhcultivator]

I recommend Martial World

[@hoots1]

I recommend scissor seven

[@-Shibbi]

A Record of A Mortal's Journey to Immortality is the best for me. Because it's like the title, focus on the journey, adventure and character progression. While other martial arts donghuas focus on overpower and harem. I would recommend Bai You Pu (Manual of Hundred Demons) that also have adventure genre.

[@-Shibbi]

Aiyou de Mishi (X and Y) for those who still craving for mystery genre after watching Link Click

[@NR.gamer241]

Wait a sec i already watched all of them🤨

[@maskh6212]

Imo Link Click is the best donghua.The plot twist (s1,s2) got me twice.I really wanna see s3 rn so bad but...gotta wait til 2025.

[@Melvinanimz2301]

Link click,the goat Edit: Lmfao "hot asian boys" 😂

[@yaqinmalul6467]

Both are fine boys☕️🗿

[@VoidOfNemo]

Daily life of the demon king and outcast were my fav 😻😻😻

[@kyoonline00]

yess i love that one, it rimiended me of my fav anime saiki k lol

[@Loppedofflemons]

Wasn't it Daily life of the immortal king? Or is it a translation error?

[@kyoonline00]

@@Loppedofflemons its both i think

[@Celestialfool]

Outcast is good but daily life of immortal king feels like a ripoff of saiki kusuo 😒

[@TheeSirRandom]

@@Loppedofflemons remember this is chinese, there are MANY different translations for the same set of words, or just alternate titles. Its canonically the demon king though.

[@timondalton8731]

I can see you put a crap ton of work into this video. It's legendary. Thanks man

[@dontusethesamenicknameonthenet]

i legit picked up chinese as my major because these mfs abondoned translating my favorite manhua 💀💀💀 i kinda translated it in the end, was suppa useful and i finally found out how that manhua ended

[@મનસી]

what manhwa was it

[@spiritualsunc]

@@મનસીmanhua is chinese, manhwa’s korean

[@mpgodjr]

@@spiritualsunc ya know what he meant.

[@stefssj1291]

Amazing video! I knew everything about the history of anime but nothing of the history of donghua! This was very informative. Subscribed

[@anonymouse3200]

Really excited for To be hero X. Haven't seen so much traction on an unreleased donghua, and pretty sure itll be worth it too.

[@kiddclarke4578]

i can’t wait for it either, but when does it come out?! it said it was supposed to release last year

[@electromax2782]

Just wait for lord of the mysteries it will be the best donghua

[@ilovewagner]

What is the release date

[@salvatoreindelicato9368]

Me too

[@_mycherie]

@@ilovewagnerI think it’s set for 2025 or 2026, I’m not too sure though

[@ilovewagner]

@@_mycherie thats long

[@youreshit4039]

​@@_mycherie225

[@DuckGoat-mr9tu]

Waiting for lord of mysteries to make a big splash.

[@ThatSpecificIndividual]

Finally at long last, actual Chinese cartoons.

[@ilyab4792]

This dude didn't mention the best recent donghua that I've seen, Blade of the Guardians/Biao Ren. The fight scenes were some of the best of the past animation year and half.

[@веснушки-в9л]

Ohhh Blade of thw Guardians is so good it is my first ever donghua as well

[@DJKidlat]

The problem with “donghua” also is that, it lacks originality. Anime will always be forever affiliated with Japan and since “donghua” copies everything about it, it just won’t get the recognition as a distinct art form. Most people will think it’s Japanese anime, not Chinese donghua

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

Wrong, it is because anime had decades to develop will donghua actually just start flourish in 2017-2018. Donghua copy nothing, even Fog hill of five elements, like here, it is ink wash painting of China, and they already used in animation 80s and 90s. Anime rarely has this kind of art, they even tried to learn for it from China. Most 2d coloring and art also different with anime such as the one use in Scissor Seven, A Will Eternal, The Legend of Hei, The King's Avatar, Link Click..... BTW, donghua also mainly on 3d and exploring it instead of 2d. Full 3d, that's anime series rarely use. Stuff like Battle Through The Heavens, Ling Cage, Record of a Mortal's Journey To Immortality, Soul Land, Soul Land 2, Perfect World, The Demon hunter, Renegade Immortal, The Island of Siliang, Swallowed Star, Jade Dynasty, Big Brother, The Ravages of Time, Degenerate Drawing Jianghu, Forty Millenniums of cultivation, My heroic husband, Back to the Great Ming, The First Order, Immortality, The Great Ruler, Dragon Prince Yuan, Martial Universe, Jun You Yun, Young Brewmaster's Adventure, Great Journey of teenagers and more... Even the one released yesterday, Slay the Gods. Coming soon in 15th August, Sword Coming..... Donghua is killling it in 3d.

[@LunaticStruggler]

It was because of reading murim/wuxia webtoons that got me into watching donghuas, can't believe i've been missing out on such amazing animation

[@ciabox284k]

the fact that people call it anime even though it was made in China proves that anime has a recognized style and being made in Japan isn't the only thing that can make something "anime"

[@hydro63]

i would love to call it donghua, but then most people wouldn't understand what i'm talking about

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

It's Eastern Animation.

[@St3lIa]

6:28 LINK CLICK MENTIONED

[@Melvinanimz2301]

You're telling me, what i do As a stick figure animator..... originated from china? Well damn Respect

[@Bolt451]

The original RHG

[@keimoji_]

Ik it isnt a series or movie, but reverse 1999 art style and animations and also the lore are the best bro its insane

[@keimoji_]

An anime adaption with it will go so hard cs its so good

[@marinhaalternativa3829]

I'm treating myself to the 3D ones, currently going through Swallowed Star, Jade Dynasty, Sealed Throne and Sould Land. Another 2D donghua suggestion is Blade of the Guardians, very cool historical fiction

[@heisenberg9595]

Scissor seven is really one of the underrated goats of dongua

[@salvatoreindelicato9368]

I'm waiting for lord of mysteries

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

nobody mentioned immortal king

[@HumanizingtheDehumanized]

Oh yeah, just so people know, many Chinese animators doesn't use their Chinese name cause they're hated anywhere, anytime, and people will respect them more if they use Japanese names, examples: Hiromatsu Shuu(real name Zhou Haosong)

[@frankpr1204]

5:02 why did bro recommend it to us and then spoil us 💀💀💀

[@MygodEmperor]

"Foghill of the Five Elements" is god tier leaving me speechless.. Especially when you slow it down, You know how much love they put into it,They hardly miss a frame animating that series..But it's too sad how there are only 7 episodes in total...

[@thatguymatt5816]

Link click has THE BEST song in any show ever. The ending song blows my mind

[@HumanizingtheDehumanized]

7:58 There's a Winnie the Pooh ride in Shanghai Disneyland btw. You can freely buy WtP merches in China. The Chainsaw Man blood turned into white is literally just for dehumanizing the Chinese cmon, people that's just a "meme", yeah, a meme that they purposefully make knowing that 99% of people will believe because it fits their view of China and Chinese people. You mentioned Link Click in this video but don't see the bloods there are non censored? Season 2 got a lot of it, also Fog Hill of Five Elements show blood but you believe in that meme??? If you thought the censorship in China is literally like those "my xiaomi phone will explode if i say something bad about Xi Jinping" type, The censorship isn't even 5% what people make it out to be. I will be engaging in good faith to comments so feel free if you would like to give some.

[@5EGA-Scott]

"As an 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡, I see this as an absolute win"

[@RankScoutTheSecond]

All Saints Streets is really wholesome and nice, you got to watch it.

[@ninaluo3884]

I was just going to comment this! I watched the whole series in a day it was so addicting

[@AlarkiusJay]

Daily Life of the Immortal King has some sick animations, it ended up being my favorite donghua shows ever

[@MarkMiller304]

You won’t get Chinese hentai that’s for sure. I think some restrictions are necessary, I really hate that lolicon stuff in anime, I wish they would ban that crap.

[@claytoncallaway6412]

ya porn is illegal in china

[@Xaforn]

Even friendships between two girls or two guys is watched like a hawk. One author who had a girl girl relationship going even tho it was still in the friendship stage had been threatened twice so she hasn’t added anymore.

[@belldrop7365]

Don't worry dood, that white stuff that comes out of the hotdog ain't blood.

[@MarkMiller304]

@@Xaforn good riddance, we get bombarded with gay stuff in the US. It’s creating a real identity crisis here.

[@hydro63]

be glad, because in chinese anime is a lot less fun-service / sexualizing children

[@furiouswriterguy8538]

Im more then shocked that DaLiShiRiZhi (Also known as White Cat Legend in the West) isnt on here, has two seasons, super popular in china. Though its so intense on chinese detail and a need on cultural understanding. But like, its solid and high production.

[@abrealgaming5649]

I'm a little bit confused so why do we give Chinese anime its own name but so many people fight from The boondocks and Avatar from being just called cartoons?

[@AtlasVoid_]

Because anime is japenese for cartoon. Donghua is chinese for cartoon. So on so forth. They are all in fact cartoons. So doesnt matter what you call it

[@xavierharris7123]

@@AtlasVoid_ Finally, someone I can agree with

[@Ticking-time-bomb]

@@AtlasVoid_ BUT the reason we don't like associating avatar or boondocks as cartoon simply lies in the fact that most western folks associate cartoon with kids...so adult shouldn't be watching it which gives a bad taste while anime sounds more appropriate and directly lets ppl know that It is not for kids and it most likely has a deeper story for all ages.

[@AtlasVoid_]

@Ticking-time-bomb once again anime just means cartoon. You have many anime that are for children. I can easily find them. The ones we see though are made more for teens and adults. Just a matter of area. So at the end of the day it does not matter what you call it. And if we are basing around art style. Boondocks and atla would still be considered anime.

[@Ticking-time-bomb]

@@AtlasVoid_ IK man I said in the west side anime sounds more appropriate for teen/adult cartoon bcz most ppl in the west don't know that anime means cartoon and even if they did it still doesn't sound like a cartoon which is associated to children only by most ppl there. Anime in western terms doesn't mean cartoon its more associated with animated show which is why ppl prefer having boondocks & ATLA be called anime.

[@John-Doe-Lorem-Ipsum]

Guys you should definitely watch Scissor Seven it is one of best Chinese anime and also available in english dub

[@ansmy.sbo12]

i wanted to watch some Chinese to practice my mandarin but on some sites where there's both english and Chinese subtitles like at 5:08

[@elainez]

As a Chinese -American who watches everything with subtitles because I literally can't hear without them, it is really frustrating because Chinese has a lot of hidden meaning with how something is said, the exact words used, and the spirit of that is almost all taken away with the subtitles. Also, we looove using idioms, which add character to the speech in Chinese, but get taken away in English.

[@ansmy.sbo12]

@@elainez Yeah i realize that even the old Chinese couple when they're watching a series on TV it's always with Chinese subtitles.

[@tomasaguiar8482]

The video is very well done! Keep it going!

[@okynawahx3130]

3:28 That's Hong Kong, not China

[@_mycherie]

I am so glad donghuas are finally getting more attention 🔥

[@ImTheJohns]

Kinda surprised "Daily Life of the Immortal King" "Raksasha Street" and "Scissor Seven" weren't mentioned here. Really good donghua (some of the best I've personally seen) and I highly recommend them.

[@HikoRoone]

i saw the link click opening, knew i needed to watch it, and now i cant wait for the 3rd season

[@rocket007]

2:58 ooooh my

[@iiiivvvv9986]

As a kid I loved a Chinese donghua called Nezha, which was a kids show about a boy who was born from an egg who skinned the brother of his love interest and is forced to commit suicide as atonement, and is later reborn from a flower

[@FiveFurys5]

Otakus from China are called Zainus

[@St3lIa]

Saw link click and clicked the video immediately 🙏🙏

[@yaqinmalul6467]

Thx for informative video man❤ Btw link click is first donghua i ever watch im lucky

[@ghostjacker]

Recommend Blades of the Guardians. The story is violent AF, and beautifully animated.

[@missplainjane3905]

Where you watch it

[@Xaforn]

Shou FengPo Zhen Zhi will be amazing….if it’s ever actually released! The trailer is epically gorgeous.

[@danmeiweeb97]

Ikrrrr like I have been waiting for 2-3 years🥹 at this point it has become an unattainable need

[@My-nl6sg]

in domestic discussions, people tend to believe that the biggest thing holding back Donghua is commercialization models, studios having a hard time securing funding, and producers want to realize profits, keeping series going sometimes require sacrificing pacing or business. Sometimes projects with artistic but not commercial potential get canceled (most recently 汐塔 and 幽明志 announced last year but both suspended due to ByteDance cutting funding). China by no means lack people of vision and talent, and there are many great indie animated shots posted to Bilibili, but financially making them into big projects is the challenge.

[@vkau983]

Honestly. What i think is a good example of good chinese short animation is the Honkai Impact 3rd animated shorts

[@LS-tk7hp]

the main problem for them for one i think is accesibility and language, since theyre mostly made by billibilli and therefor not for western markets, some of them dont even have subtitles let alone dubs... and as great as the animation can be, watching something without the ability to understand anything just doesnt make sense... im to this day trying to find somewhere to watch shuo feng po shen zhi

[@danmeiweeb97]

Yep sem ...shou feng po zhen zi ...tried so hard for 2-3 years and still nothing

[@lo0fer13]

5:25 ahhhhhh what is the music that starts here, cant find the name

[@cloudcatcher263]

Clavar La Espada, From Bleach

[@lo0fer13]

@@cloudcatcher263 Ty very much bro

[@adampenbrook5751]

The white censored blood on Rize’s face makes it look like Kaneki’s date went much better than it actually did lmao.

[@TzeYongBong]

Hope you can check another China's animation called The Legend of Hei. It started of as shorts with 28 episodes. Then it got a full length movie, now second season of shorts ended, and I heard they are work on sequel for the movie. Plus they have a spin-off manga too.

[@Funcakes20]

You may not be aware of this, but the US Department of Defense has to approve every Hollywood movie before it comes out, and they change anything that portrays the US govt/military in a bad light. The Transformer movies by Michael Bay are a very good example. Don't make this a Chinese thing lol.

[@claytoncallaway6412]

they only do that for movies that use military equipment

[@lanzer22]

This is completely false. There is no such system except for when you wish to collaborate with the DoD for footage and equipment, etc. Many movies depict America and / or its military in a negative light. Movies such as Charlie Wilson's War to classics like Full Metal Jacket would never have been made otherwise. The former being a movie that highlights the corruption of the military industrial complex on the highest level. There is an entire branch in DoD for influencing Hollywood but it's mainly for propoganda and not a censorship board of any sort. Wiki has an article on Military Entertainment complex.

[@liewjiaba]

中国动漫不同于日本，从包括古代小说起已经建立了从仙，武侠，江湖，比较完善的自己的体系概念，加以本土文化习惯，倒不如说中国的动漫很大程度上依赖于小说，再加以改编，但如果是不了解的人，大概率很难看懂

[@gary10038]

That intro WAS TUFFFFFFFFF

[@Tusbabies1]

5:17 what is the name of the cartoon

[@tirterra1222]

at least there is no fan service in donghua and that is huge.

[@FiveFurys5]

Did you knew Otakus from China are called Zainus?

[@miroceliumart7397]

@@FiveFurys5zainu and zainan

[@FiveFurys5]

@@miroceliumart7397 yep

[@forsenE]

id just like to say that this is the first time ive heard of donghua 😅 thank you for sharing it

[@kikithepupper6774]

China already has amazing folklores already, hence why many anime is based on them

[@Woolint]

I saw Spare Me! Great Lord! and clicked so fast because I never see anyone talking or referencing it.

[@luisroman2144]

The issue for me is I see a cool Chinese anime want to check it out and then find out it has no English dub I personally believe that is what is holding it back from becoming more main stream to the mass public

[@dyslexicLLM]

Great video. Have been sceptical about all anime outside of japan for decades, but I'm glad I give it a try sometimes. I hope that over time they'll develop more of their own tropes and style, like how avatar is clearly a western anime. And less censorship of course.

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

Cultivation is the tropes. And censorship is a myth, even the "white blood" here, it is edited meme by people on twitter. Censorship is there, but not as crazy as people think. Many anime or western show that's popular able to air in China because it get through the censorship... Censorship has nothing to do with creativity, it is just there to filter explicit content, and you don't need depend on explicit content to be creative or success, that's just fan service because your content didn't good enough to attract audiences....LOL Btw, Chinese animation is flourish on 3d, not 2d...

[@R4ndomRobloxYoutuber]

so far the only donghua I’ve watched is “God Troubles Me” and “Scissor Seven” both are peak🗣🔥

[@xeqqail3546]

Lord of the Mysteries will be the next goat that comes from chinese donghua

[@divinest]

They need to animate Manhua "release that Witch"

[@Neoicecreaman]

You never once mentioned how the story is usually about the Supreme unparalleled being who rose to become the greatest lord of the people and became a living divine due to how humble he is.

[@ryana5435]

4:23 I wonder why westerner KZbinrs always use some stereotypical memes to refer/enhance an Asian country’s Asianness (in this example it’s chineseness)

[@Natureboy224]

I wonder the same thing, although in this case it was really funny to me as I find that man quite humorous.

[@Abo-almzn]

Its just a form of humorous editing i see youtubers doing that for any country

[@Juneyylu]

My personal favourite is To be Hero. Ranchy humour, hilarious character design, short, simple episodes.

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

I doubt Te Wei is Chinese Walt Disney.. The Wan Brothers is bigger... Btw, cultural revolution ban animation production because the cost is high and Chinese government wanted to focus on other industry. After cultural revolution end, the animation industry actually not flourish yet, because only a few animation studio available and working on project from government TV channel. Only until 2010, Chinese government officially allow private companies to invest, produce and air their animation on the own platform, hence the starting of the rise of Chinese animation.

[@EREN_YEAGER124]

Chinese anime will have some of the most jaw dropping fights but their "normal ep" animation quality is fcking terrible, spare me great lord has great opening because of "Hiromatsu Shu" but the actual donghua is trash and the story doesn't help either along with the terrible VC. the voice acting is garbage in most donghua. finding a good donghua is almost as rare as finding a "real" diamond, most of it is 3d cgi garbage dump, no, almost all of it it is cgi slop probably 99%. But mfs ignore that and talk about the 1%.

[@lujixcjml]

Everyone is NOT ready for Lord Of the Mysteries to be released, the plot of the 1000+ chapter novel IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE and i actually can’t wait for it to come out!!!

[@tanghoannam7387]

With the painful first 150 chapters filled with worldbuilding to swallow But once you've got after that...

[@osku388]

​@@tanghoannam7387the best 150 chapters of the novel

[@redanime1422]

Nahhh that Chinese animation edit in the intro was hard ASF ... But true story me and a group of people became great friends because of the Chinese animation Link Click

[@vibinbrb]

anyone else grew up with new grounds as their fave internet spot

[@YoungLeosword]

This may be just because donghua has only been on the anime fan radar for like three or four years with Nezha, Immortal King, Fabulous Beasts, et cetera, but it seems as if a majority of those spotlighted are about Chinese mythology, with every other donghua referencing Heaven. Of course, that may change in the span of a decade or two, yeah. X3

[@spooky_lxix9042]

i swear yall really sleeping on immortal king, those sh is super fire

[@alexthotse5487]

The drop.... Subscribed

[@Absbor]

meanwhile the donghuas i wanna watch: paper theatre

[@stepasidebiaach]

Link click goes hard with story it's peak writing man... too good to be slept on, foreshadowing, mystery+ action and music in it 🗿 even has good even female ch. I know, shocking -_- S2 gave some more exposure to Qiao ling, s3 will more it's not just abt the two guys lol it has much tellin.

[@ke612]

Please give love to False Memory. It's an independent project made by a small team but the concepts and animation are sooooooooooo good for a small production. Please give strengh to their PV episode cause it really deserves it

[@youngcosmic1]

sad that you didnt mention all the dope animes from china but you sure did a good job on the video, gj