Top Best Best Chinese Animation Anime 2021

Type: fall 2016 Anime

Date aired: Jun 24, 2016

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Supernatural

Released: 2016

Plot Summary:

A messenger of the Heavens has arrived in Zhao Ge, which has been ruled by the Shang dynasty for generations. The current emperor, Zi Zhou, refuses to bow his head before the gods and declares to the messenger that he will no longer accept the tyranny of the Heavens. 

The gods do not take this kindly; and soon, the emperor of neighbouring land, Wu Jifa, leads a crusade against the rebelling Shang. During the battle, the Shang forces are vastly overwhelmed, and just when the capital is inches away from being taken, Zhou joins the fight. 

Although he breaks through the enemy ranks and makes his way toward Jifa, out of nowhere a god falls from the sky, landing right before him, prepared to personally deal with the troublemaker.

Type: fall 2017 Anime

Date aired: Apr 07, 2017

Genre: Action, Game

Released: 2017

Producers: bilibili, Tencent Penguin Pictures, China Literature Limited found

Studios: B.CMAY PICTURES

Source: Novel

The Plot Summary:

Widely regarded as a trailblazer and top-tier professional player in the online multiplayer game Glory, Ye Xiu is dubbed the "Battle God" for his skills and contributions to the game over the years. 

However, when forced to retire from the team and to leave his gaming career behind, he finds work at a nearby internet café. There, when Glory launches its tenth server, he throws himself in to the game once more using a new character named "Lord Grim." 

Ye Xiu's early achievements on the new server immediately catch the attention of many players, as well as the big guilds, leaving them to wonder about the identity of this exceptional player. However, while he possesses ten years of experience and in-depth knowledge, starting afresh with neither sponsors nor a team in a game that has changed over the years presents numerous challenges. Along with talented new comrades, Ye Xiu once again dedicates himself to traversing the path to Glory's summit!

In a galaxy far away, there is a kid without the innate ability to practice internal techniques. So, in order to gain the respect of his father, he resolutely chooses to follow the more difficult and painful path of practising external techniques. As the years go by, he grows up, but what really changes his life is a mysterious meteoric crystal stone – the Meteoric Tear. 

This stone fuses with the young man’s body unnoticed, and he seems to undergo drastic transformations as a result. After that, everything is changed. 

Eventually, his father knows that the son for whom he hasn’t really shown a lot of consideration possesses astonishing abilities. And there’s a lot more to come. 

Type: fall 2016 Anime

Date aired: Sep 02, 2016

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Magic, School

Released: 2016

Plot Summary: 

The aloof high schooler Mo Fan has found himself in a universe similar yet distinctly different from his own mundane one; it's a place where magic has replaced the essence of science. 

Here, the most capable students are taught to master the wonders of spell working to fend off large devastating beasts that lurk in the forests surrounding the city. Like his previous life, Mo Fan remains the son of a poor labourer and the older step-brother to a crippled sister. 

Despite these disadvantages, he dreams of attending a magic school to become a magician—a highly respected and lucrative trade—in order to repay his father for his hard work. Mo Fan is accepted into a renowned magic institution. 

However, rumours spread about his poverty and lack of magical ability, labelling him as the laughing stock of the school. Nonetheless, Mo Fan manages to harness not only the powerful fire element but also the rare lightning element! Now armed with dual abilities, what dangerous encounters will the versatile mage face?

Aired: Jan 27, 2019 to Apr 7, 2019

Producers: Tencent Penguin Pictures, China Literature Limited

Studios: Motion Magic

Source: Novel

Genres: Action, Adventure, Historical, Martial Arts, Fantasy

Wu Dong Qian Kun plot summary:

The Great Yan Empire exists in a world where respect can only be earned through strength. Within this Great Yan Empire, the four great clans have always stood above the rest. 

Among them, a particular incident in the Lin Clan resulted in the banishment of a certain individual who went on to start his own family, in hopes of one day being recognized again by the Lin Clan, and rejoining them… Hailing from a banished family of the Great Lin Clan, when Lin Dong was very young, he watched, powerless, as his talented father was easily crushed and crippled by the overwhelming genius of the great Lin Clan, Lin Langtian. 

With a despairing father, a heartbroken grandfather, and a suffering family, ever since that fateful day, Lin Dong has been driven by a deep purpose; to take revenge on the man who had taken everything and more from his family. 

Armed with nothing but willpower and determination, join Lin Dong as he unknowingly discovers a destiny greater than he could ever hope to imagine when he stumbles upon a mysterious stone talisman…

Type: winter 2018 Anime

Date aired: Jan 20, 2018

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts, Romance

Released: 2018

Studios: Sparkly Key Animation Studio

Source: Novel

The Plot Summary:

Tang San is one of the Tang Sect martial art clan's most prestigious disciples and is peerless in the use of hidden weapons. With high expectations, the sect's elders believe his future will be bright; yet Tang chooses to forsake this life at the cost of obtaining the sect's forbidden lore—an action punishable by death. Tang, now content with his ascension of knowledge, sees no reason to keep on living and jumps from Hell's Peak, but little did he know that that would not be the end of his existence. 

In Douluo Continent, the strong prevail and the weak perish. Each person possesses an innate spirit, some of which can be cultivated and strengthened, bestowing its user with various benefits. Those who were born with such spirits can become Spirit Masters, a profession regarded as one of the continent's most noble. Tang, reincarnated into this strange world, knows only the life of a blacksmith's son. 

At the age of six, he takes part in the Spirit Master ceremony and discovers his spirit is Blue Silver Grass—supposedly the world's most useless spirit. In contrast, however, he possesses strong spirit power. Now, aided by the memories of his previous life as well, Tang's future as a Spirit Master is in no way bleak.

Type: winter 2017 Anime

Date aired: Jan 07, 2017

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Romance

Released: 2017

Doupo Cangqiong Plot Summary:

In a land where no magic is present. A land where the strong make the rules and the weak have to obey. A land filled with alluring treasures and beauty, yet also filled with unforeseen danger. 

Three years ago, Xiao Yan, who had shown talents none had seen in decades, suddenly lost everything. His powers, his reputation, and his promise to his mother. What sorcery has caused him to lose all of his powers? And why has his fiancee suddenly shown up?

Type: winter 2019 Anime

Date aired: Jan 15, 2019

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Romance

Released: 2019

Plot summary:

A big dream and a young man determined to change the status quo and work hard to create a new world. The rare and precious treasures, the martial arts, and the lost strong caves, in this era of genius, full of challenges and opportunities. 

See the adventure of how the Lord lost the mainland and became the supreme Emperor of the storm. The former enemy, now, will never let go! The regret in the dream, now, must make up! When the spirit sword shouts, the heavens and the earth, I am the supreme! 

Type: summer 2018 Anime

Date aired: Jul 09, 2018

Genre: Action, Adventure, Historical, Supernatural, Mystery

Released: 2018

Plot:

Xian: the state of immortality that all cultivators strive to achieve. However, there is a dark energy that lies underneath—the forbidden Mo Dao, or demonic path. 

Through an unfortunate series of tragedies, this is the path that cultivator Wei Wuxian experiments with during his teachings. His rise in power is accompanied by chaos and destruction, but his reign of terror comes to an abrupt end when the cultivation clans overpower him and he is killed by his closest ally. 

Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reincarnated in the body of a lunatic and reunited with Lan Wangji, a former classmate of his. This marks the beginning of a supernatural mystery that plagues the clans and threatens to disrupt their everyday life. 

Mo Dao Zu Shi follows these two men on their mission to unravel the mysteries of the spiritual world. Fighting demons, ghosts, and even other cultivators, the two end up forming a bond that neither of them had ever expected.