Its 26-episode run was near-perfect, and episodes that might have been filler in another series are tight, taut, and serve the show’s thesis even as they do not distract from its overarching plot, which is compelling but not overbearing. Its English dub, boasting some of America’s greatest full-time voiceover talents, somehow equals the subtitled Japanese-language original. The future it presents is ethnically diverse and eerily prescient. Its ragtag group of bounty hunting characters are complex and flawed, yet still ooze cool. Its existential and traumatic themes are universally relatable. Its particular blend of space-based cyberpunk intrigue, Western atmosphere, martial arts action, and noir cool in seinen form is unmatched and widely appealing. Hopefully, the remastered anime gets a seventh season soon.- Jarrod Johnson IIĮvery debate over whether or not Cowboy Bebop-Shinichir? Watanabe’s science-fiction masterpiece-is the pinnacle of anime is a semantic one. Togashi has struggled with a medical condition for some years, but he claims the manga is far from over. The feats of pure determination you’ll witness in this anime will change you. He’s meticulous about tailoring his characters’ abilities to their personality, but everyone draws their strength from resolve. Togashi emphasizes their youth and inexperience by pitting them against much older, more experienced villains, and introduces powerful mentors that help them evolve. The compelling relationship between these two boys demands emotional investment from you. He makes friends with a young boy from a family of assassins, and their polarized dynamic creates a connection that makes the series inspiring. His determination to see the best in people becomes a marvel of the series, and his dedication to others drives the plot.
He’s your typical savior-figure protagonist unique to shonen, but fortunately he keeps the annoying, repetitive mantras to himself. Hunter x Hunter begins with Gon Freecss, as he sets out on a journey to become a Hunter.
This anime is filled with whimsical subplots that don’t always end with a major event, but let you know characters in this world were alive before you started watching them. Hunter x Hunter is a rare find among this homogeneous archetype because of its attention to detail and emotional investment.
Furthermore, Scumbag System is a 3D Chinese anime while Mo Dao Zu Shi and Heaven Official’s Blessing are 2D donghua.There are countless shonens (and American TV shows, even) that focus on a group of young characters using supernatural abilities and deductive reasoning to problem solve. What sets it apart from the average cultivation donghua? It’s a boys-love story in the making. Just like the other two that I had mentioned above, Scumbag System also has a cultivation-themed story but it shares a lot of similarities with cultivation donghua such as A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality, A Will Eternal, and Martial Universe. So, he possessed the villain in the game, and knowing how that character’s demise will be, he dared to challenge the system and destiny itself to avoid the imminent unfortunate event that will befall him. Just like our typical isekai anime, Scumbag System transported its main character from the real world inside a game that he blatantly insulted. Yeah, we have transmigration or isekai element in this Chinese anime. The third donghua that is based on the work of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu is the Scumbag System and has the element that many of you might be quite familiar with – isekai.
Scumbag System main characters: Bing He and Shen Qingqiu However, if you don’t want to watch donghua and prefer to watch anime, then you can check my previous post on LGBT-themed Anime Recommendations where I have listed both yaoi and yuri anime. So far, I only see love and support for boys-love donghua on the internet from donghua fans both local and international.Īs I have mentioned, I would love to share a list of boys-love Chinese anime for the yaoi fans to add to their plan-to-watch anime list or even to those who are simply fond of it or can tolerate it. What’s even more amazing is that I hadn’t seen so many haters of Chinese bl anime or danmei among its local audiences compared to the Japanese animation where yaoi anime are often subject to the scrutiny of the highly masculine shounen-genre fans that is dominating the anime community in terms of numbers. To a culture where LGBT issues are still not openly accepted in the public, it is amazing that the boys-love story still thrives. So, such is the case too even in Chinese animation where censorship is rampant. This is a sensitive topic for some, even fans of Japanese animation still have that boundary set between yaoi anime and the other genres. Hua Cheng and Xie Lian (Heaven Official’s Blessing)