Biao Ren: Blades of the Guardians

These donghua have well-written stories, intriguing worldbuilding, well-developed characters, smooth 2D animation, and beautiful art.
Donghua with 3D/CG character animation do not apply. Donghua very light on plot, like episodic comedies or primarily visual spectacles, do not apply.

Here you can find some of the Donghua (Chinese animation) that are here on MyAnimeList. A Tag or Genre has not yet been created to differentiate Donghuas from Animes, but this list is created mainly for that reason to help the community. . .

There is a way to differentiate Donghua from anime
1) the names
2) the animation is more peculiar and is generally CGI
3) the language, the most obvious hehehehe
As I find Donghua interesting I will add it to the list.

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Aquí puedes encontrar algunos de los Donghua (animación china) que están aquí en MyAnimeList. Aún no se ha creado una Etiqueta o Género para diferenciar a los Donghuas de los Animes, pero esta lista se crea principalmente por ese motivo para ayudar a la comunidad.

hay manera de diferencia el Donghua del animes:
1) los nombres
2) la animación es mas peculiar y generalmente es CGI
3) el idioma, el mas obvio jejejeje
a medida que vaya encontrando Donghua interesante lo podré en la lista.

Donghua, literally meaning "moving pictures," refers to animation produced in China

This is a stack comprised of Chinese animation mainly in the Xinxia / Wuxia genres

Chinese anime, as the name suggests, refers to animations that have been created in China or are Chinese adaptations of Manhua (Chinese manga), and are often called Donghua.

Not Listed on MAL:
Chao Neng Lifang (On AniList)

Collection of all Wuxia and Martial Arts Donghua (only the first season entry)

Wuxia is all about Martial heroes/warriors in the Jianghu using martial arts and inner strength
There may be some fantasy elements, but those are fairly minimal compared to Xianxia/Xuanhuan

I watched all of these anime during Summer 2023

Top anime (in my opinion)

New in Summer 2023

Top 1. LV1 MAOU TO ONE ROOM YUUSHA after winning against the demon king, the hero party consisting of 4 people retires, while the others are successful, the MC is unemployed, but behind the comedy story there is a dark story, the MC is not even considered by the public and there is exploitation. done by the state, because of that, one member of the hero's party rebelled and became an enemy of the state. The demon king rises again but looks buffoonish and is better than humans and lives in the MC's house
Top 2. DARK GATHERING, after the supernatural incident that happened, ML locked himself up in his house, when ML decided to leave the house and live a normal life he taught ML's childhood friend's cousin, aka death kid, instead he was taken to horror places, targeted by demons only ML, The horror atmosphere in this anime is great
Top 3. DEKIRU NEKO WA KYOU MO YUUUTSU, about a cat who takes care of its owner, anime SOL which is relaxing but doesn't make it boring to see the characters' behavior

Sequel: it's hard to choose top 1 among these 4 anime because I think they're all good
Top 1. LINK CLICK S2, still one of the best donghua I've ever watched, to solve the case, Cheng Xiaoshi (mc with black hair) can enter the photo by getting into the person taking the photo while Lu Guang (mc with white hair) watches and directs xiao shi (it should be like that but because of the ending of s2 I'm doubting your strength)
The S2 case is related to the villain. There are lots of plot twists, the plot is unpredictable and it's really interesting to discuss, the cases are always sad and they're similar to real life, every episode's ending always has a cliffhanger, plus there are still several mysteries that haven't been revealed and maybe they will be discussed in S3 ( It's probably the season finale, but because this is an original anime, there are no spoilers for the sequel in any way)
Top 1. JUJUTSU KAISEN S2, adaptation of the manga, Gojo's past arc and Shibuya arc
Top 1. BUNGOU STRAY DOGS S5, adaptation of the manga n continuation of s4, Armed Detective Agency vs Decay of the Angel
Top 1. BLEACH TYBW part 2, adaptation of the manga and continuation of part 1, Shinigami vs Quincy

Movie: DETECTIVE CONAN MOVIE 26, this movie is related to the Black Organization

Completed Series:-

Notes: I have definitely watched/read the anime/manga that I give a rating
I will not give a rating below 5, Rating 5 for me = 1, >8 = recommended
if it's not good for me, the status "Dropped" and no rating

Top Anime Opening songs of Summer 2023 (in my opinion)
1. Spiral by Longman (Mushoku Tensei II)
2. Song of the Dead by KANA-BOON (Zom 100)
3. Ao no Sumika by Tatsuya Kitani (Jujutsu Kaisen S2 Gojo Past Arc)

Top Anime Ending songs of Summer 2023 (in my opinion)
1. Wasurenagus by GReeeeN (Ai No Idenshi)
2. Akari by Soushi Sakiyama (Jujutsu Kaisen S2 Gojo Past Arc)
3. Static by Saji (Helck)

Mainly historical with some fantasy with royalty or a historical feeling fantasy.

More:
Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
The Elusive Samurai
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2
Blue Miburo
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

Donghua is the term used to refer to animation produced in China, encompassing all animated works but specifically referring to Chinese animation. Donghua adapts manhua comics and is often associated with 3D CG animation, although it can also use more standard anime-style animation - IMDb.

All entries are based on popularity, views (audience), rating, quality, and my opinion.

All donghua in this interest stack are considered above-average or top-tier, animation and/or story-wise.

Some 2D donghua here have not been watched by me but are generally well received.

This list is in no particular order.

This list will be continuously updated.


Check out my other list ([SSS] 3D donghua) for more recommendations. Visit my profile for more.

Update:
-- added Gigguk


This stack compiles anime rankings for 2023. To keep things simple, I only used YouTube commentators who provide a numerical rank. They are stacked in order from lower ranks (10 = better) to higher (1 = best). Entries with the same score are in alphabetical order.

The original concept was to compute some kind of composite score to create a "consensus" Top X list. But there are some problems with that. First, some lists include sequels and some do not. Second, some include shows that are continuing past calendar 2023 and some do not. Third, at least one of the lists includes a show that is not listed on MAL (Will I get banned if I say Scott Pilgrim here? I hope not.). Given there is no common baseline, I can't come up with any way to fairly combine the number scores. So I'm going to compute a simple average. This will have the tendency to drive scores to the middle: 5-6. It will also have the tendency of overemphasize shows that only have a single score. In the end, this is one of those seemingly helpful exercises that is, in reality, potentially misleading. In other words, don't put too much stock in the relative order and certainly do not get worked up if you have a different opinion.

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Here are the videos I compiled:

Billyhan_ (918K subs): "Ranking the Top 10 Best Anime of 2023"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt6bZlLZhMI

EliteAlice (1.03K subs): "The 10 Best Anime of 2023". Includes sequels but not continuing shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT1uzNEiyKA

Gigguk (3.56M subs): "Best of Anime 2023". Top 13. I noted 11-13 but didn't use the numeric score as that would throw off the averages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhVPJ2J0sz8

Glass Reflection (583K subs): "The Best 10 Anime of 2023 | Glass Reflection"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U9FatG9dII

Glass Reflection (583K subs): "The #1 Anime of 2023 | Glass Reflection"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKU2A5y98E

Miggs (141 subs): "My Top 10 Favourite Anime of 2023". Not including sequels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qVmDp1pM3I

Otaku Den (173K subs): "Top 10 BEST Anime of 2023 You MUST Watch!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_hgMPNm59c

Otaku Spirit (21.7K subs): "Anime of the Year 2023! The Top 10 Anime!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqos4a_kqY0

ViniiTube (1.07M subs): "Top 20 Best Anime of 2023". I only included the top 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZgpRknYZwI

Anime where the main character is a swordsman or uses a variation of the sword: Longsword, short sword, stiletto etc.

All sorts of Chinese animes/3D series that is above overall 8 points, and should watch in my experience. Only the first seasons are included.

I am not a Chinese speaker, so all the series included has more or less decent English subtitles.

Shortcut to "cultivation" series: must watch; Fanren Xiu, Xian Ni and Dadao Chaotian

𝙍𝙀𝙂𝙐𝙇𝘼𝙍 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙀𝙎 | 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 | 𝙑𝙄𝙎𝙄𝙏 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀
2D Chinese anime/donghua that I recommend personally with passable animation and art styles.