Best Chinese anime (donghua)

Animation from China, called donghua: cultivation and wuxia epics, fantasy and comedy. Ranked by community score among titles with a real audience, so a perfect score from ten votes does not make the list. Each series counts once, by its first season.

Number one right now: Link Click.

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Link Click
Shiguang Dailiren
ONA · 2021 · 11 ep
4.3 / 5
In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil…
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To Be Hero X
Tu Bian Yingxiong X
ONA · 2025 · 24 ep
4.3 / 5
This is a world where heroes are created by people's trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. In this world, people's trust can be quantified through data, and these values are reflected on everyone's wrist. As long as…
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Lord of Mysteries
Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian
ONA · 2025 · 13 ep
4.3 / 5
In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and…
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Heaven Official's Blessing
Tian Guan Cifu
ONA · 2020 · 11 ep
4.2 / 5
Xie Lian, the crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, successfully ascends to Heaven during his third trial in spite of successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie…
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The Founder of Diabolism
Mo Dao Zu Shi
ONA · 2018 · 15 ep
4.1 / 5
The Wen Clan's rampage caused untold sufferings, and the other cultivation clans launched the "Sunshot Campaign" to join forces against the Wen Clan. Although Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch, had made great contributions to overthrowing…
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The Legend of Hei
Luo Xiaohei Zhanji (Movie)
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
4.1 / 5
When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under their wing with dreams of reconquering the land they say is rightfully theirs. However…
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Renegade Immortal
Xian Ni
ONA · 2023 · 180 ep
4.1 / 5
It tells the story of Wang Lin, an ordinary young man in the countryside, who is moved by his heart and cultivates against immortality. His pursuit is not only for longevity, but also for getting rid of the ants behind it. He firmly…
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Honkai: Star Rail - Rondo Across Countless Kalpas
Benghuai: Xing Qiong Tiedao - Yongjie Lun Wu
ONA · 2024 · 1 ep
4.0 / 5
The dual planets were intertwined in each other's tragic destiny, dancing an eternal rondo around a pitch-black great sun. In the beginning, one of the planets gave rise to humans. These people looked down, and named the land below…
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Release that Witch
Fangkai Nage Nuwu
ONA · 2026 · 8 ep
4.0 / 5
Roland, a modern man reborn as a prince in the dangerous Border Town, rescues the witches Anna and Nana Pine from the Church. Harnessing their extraordinary powers, he fuses magic and technology to craft weapons, armies, and steam engines…
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Scissor Seven
Cike Wu Liuqi
ONA · 2018 · 10 ep
3.9 / 5
Seeking to recover his memory, a scissor-wielding, hairdressing, bungling quasi-assassin stumbles into a struggle for power among feuding factions. (Source: Netflix)