Since Japanese anime has captured global audiences, China has made waves with its own take on animation – donghua or Chinese animated classics have thrilled audiences worldwide with thrilling action and stunning visuals.
Here are 10 of the best Chinese anime to watch:
1. Aishen Qiaokeli -Ing
Aishen Qiaokeli-Ing is another delightful romance-comedy donghua that appeals to female anime fans, offering both action and romance while being hilariously amusing to watch.
Aishen is an independent woman who finds herself transported into an exciting yet turbulent new world, full of obstacles and risks that test her will and strength to survive. Additionally, she must find ways to keep both body and soul intact.
2. Monster List
If you appreciate humor and comedy, this anime series may be the perfect fit. It follows a tomboyish girl as she discovers a magical hair clip which allows her to switch back and forth between her two selves!
Lan Mo De Hua was featured along with two self-centered personalities who lived within her. Additionally, demon messengers appeared who collected spirits from living world.
3. Zhen Hun Jie
With its mix of humor, action, and art, this donghua will hook viewers from its first episode. Based on the same-titled manhua, it tells the tale of an exorcist and his demon spirit protege.
Ling Xia is reincarnated into a world in which spirits and humans coexist, yet her arrival at Rakshasa Street (also known as Requiem Street) breaks down barriers between the realms. Her story will keep you guessing to its very end!
4. Huyao Shao Hongniang
Fox Spirit Matchmaker( Huyao Shao Hongniang ) is a Chinese romance manga illustrated and colored by Tuo Xiaoxin() and Pansi Daxian(), first published on Manhua Show() in 2012 before later serialized on Bilibili and Tencent online video platforms.
Bai Yuechu(), an influential human Taoist อนิเมะจีน seeking freedom from the Yi Qi Dao League, meets Tushan Susu() a small and innocent fox youkai who falls through her roof when Bai falls for her.
5. Wo Shi Jiang Xiaobai
The story centers on a man who finds himself trapped in a world full of deadly man-eating monsters; however, with his sister by his side it won’t all be grim!
Mo Dao Zu Shi, despite its dull world-building and nondescript character arcs, remains one of the highest-ranked donghuas. The plot involves a cultivator who stumbles onto demonic forces accidentally, eventually dying and being reincarnated into lunacy with their best friend following in his wake!
6. Cupid’s Chocolate
Cupid’s Chocolate follows Jiang Haoyi, an ordinary university college student who finds himself plagued with women claiming to be his girlfriend after eating some Cupid’s Chocolate cake that implants fake memories of love into anyone who consumes it.
Haoyi finds himself helping Haoyi each week find comfort with girls from his harem who have endured major trauma or desire repression, so he serves as their Living Emotional Crutch by uncovering their desires and helping them fulfill them.
7. Tong Ling Fei: Psychic Princess
Qian Yinxi from the show serves as an inspirational role model for women everywhere. Born with supernatural abilities since she was young, she is kept hidden away in Ling Yun mountain as an ominous girl until 16 when Prince Ye takes a liking to her and forces a marriage on her instead of her younger sister.
This anime production was one of the major shoujo series released this year, and we look forward to its second season’s arrival soon.
8. Big Fish & Begonia
This mystical fantasy adventure stands out as one of China’s finest productions ever, boasting stunning animation and drawing comparisons to classics such as Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away; but ultimately is its own unique tale.
Chun, a young girl from an otherworld inhabited by magical spirit-like beings known as Others, must travel into human society on her sixteenth birthday as part of an initiatory ceremony to join human society as she undergoes her passage from one realm to the next.
9. Ye Jiayao
This slice-of-life series stars two girls who enjoy taking trips around lakes and enjoying simple camping meals as the protagonists of this anime series. Their stories seek to demonstrate that food can both bring us pleasure and be used as a means of exerting influence over one’s environment.
This isekai features action, sword fighting, and old romance all rolled into one! Not to mention stunning period fashions as well as some charming English phrases added in for good measure – there’s also plenty of laughter along the way!
