Anime is success bring the Japanese culture more known to the world. It's now one of the favorite mediums to learn a little about Japan. Japanese anime itself welcomed to world audiences due to its unique animation-style and voice acting.
When Japanese anime already gained the popularity among the international audiences, what about neighboring country? Let's say South Korea and China. Both South Korean and Chinese animation actually exist. If you never know about it, you might to search about God Of Highschool or Tower of God. These two are the South Korean animations adapted from manhwa in collaboration with Crunchyroll.
Now, what about Chinese animation? Chinese animation is known for donghua for international audiences. With its fascinating characteristics, Chinese animation is slowly becoming more popular than before and getting more attention from anime fans.
You might ever watch a 3D Chinese animation videos on youtube, yet you can't find any information about it. It mostly because the videos just teaser and no confirmation the adaptation. Here, I listed some of Chinese animations / donghua to be released in 2023 and 2024, so you might able find what you are looking for.
A Korean girl reading the novel of The Lovely Princess, a story where the forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, Athanasia living in agony. Her mother died during childbirth and her father doesn't even love her. Her life ended as she was framed for a crime and sentenced to death by the orders of her father.
The korean girl who read the book falls asleep after take sleeping pills, later... she finds herself woken up as baby Athanasia. As she knows her story and knowing what is awaiting her, she determined to survive from her doomed fate. Her plan is avoiding attention and savings fund for her escape. However, as her plan goes wrong, she now aims to charm her way into her father, so he doesn't kill her.
English: Who Made Me a Princess
Release: 2024
Studios: Colored Pencil Animation
Source: Web Novel
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Reincarnation
First announced at Kuaikan Manhua conference in 2021, Chao Neng Lifang anime released its first promotional video and key visual in May 2023 and unveils that Big Firebird Cultural Media studio will works for the series. The series follow a boy who pissed off a gang leader after won the affection from the goddess. A mysterious cube appeared and gave him a superpower. Thus, start his adventure to punishing the evil and helping the people.
English: Super Cube
Release: 2024
Studios: Big Firebird Cultural Media
Source: Manga
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The third season of Yi Nian Yong Heng chinese anime. The third season announced at Tencent Video Animation 2023 Conference. When there is no exact information for release date, it's hinted for 2024. The story itself follow about Bai Xiaochun, a charming yet annoying young man who is encouraged by his fear of death and obsessed with eternal life.
English: A Will Eternal Season 3
Release: 2024
Studios: B.CMAY PICTURES
Source: Web Novel
Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Set in the future world where Xaio Yi Xian and Liu Qing Yao became the guardians of the Star Kingdom. Together, they will explore and discover the secret of the universe. The Xing Jie Shouhu chinese anime expected to release in 2024 as its listed on iQIYI's 2023-2024 lineup shows.
Release: 2024
Studios: Pure Arts
Source: Web Novel
Genres: Action, Sci-fi
The second season of Zuoshou Shanglan chinese anime series. The second season confirmed after the end of the first season. The series centers on Xu Xingze, a teenager who love basketball and hope to join the top Basketball Team school in the region after seeing his star player win the Final Four tournament. However, he is accidentally enrolls to other school with a similar name, and it will start of him and his new friends to prove their skill on the field against top school in the region.
English: Left-Hand Layup! 2
Release: 2024
Studios: Heart & Soul Animation
Source: Original
Genres: Sports
The second part of Jian Wang 3: Xia Gan Yi Dan Shen Jianxin Season 3. The continuation of an average boy, Shen Jianxin in his journey to become a legendary hero.
English: JX3: Chivalrous Hero Shen Jianxin 3rd Season - Part 2
Release: 2023
Studios: Shengying Animation
Source: Video Game
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Follow Meng Chuan who seeks for avenge after his mother getting killed in front of him and spend his days for training.
English: Azure Legacy
Release: 2023
Studios: Shenman Entertainment
Source: Web Novel
Genres: Action, Fantasy
The fifth season of Xi Xing Ji. A tale about the journey to the West in search of Sutra after missing for more than a decade.
English: The Westward 5
Release: 2023
Studios: BYMENT
Source: Manga
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Xi Xing Ji: Kuang Wang is a prequel of the Xi Xing Ji. The story revolves around the journey of the young Asura King who reigned over the Three Realms.
English: Asura
Release: 2023
Studios: BYMENT
Source: Manga
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A story in the tropical island of southern China where Wu and his friends are playing football passionately.
English: Wu Di's Football
Release: 2023
Studios: Heart & Soul Animation
Source: Original
Genres: Sports
English: Shrouding the Heavens
Release: 2023
Studios: Original Force
Source: Web Novel
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi
An animation adaptation from Zhang Xiong Bo manhua. Originally scheduled for 2017, but it rescheduled for 2023.
English: Westbound Apocalypse 1
Release: 9 June 2023
Studios: Big Firebird Cultural Media
Source: Original
Genres: Action, Fantasy
Follow a man who was reborn into the world after getting mocked, abandoned and murdered on the night of his wedding thanks to the Mirror of Samsara. He takes this chance to achieve the pinnacle of power.
English: Against the Gods
Release: 6 January 2023
Studios: Foch
Source: Web Novel
Genres: Action, Fantasy
An animation project by Watanabe Shinichiro, Morita Shuhei, Richard Taylor, Li Wei and Weng Ming about the journey across time where love and hope twisted.
Release: 2023
Studios: Chirying Culture
Source: Original
Genres: Adventure