Tales of Demon and God

This is the first anime that made me look for the manga, then the light novel. The plot is captivating for my preference and easily made me look pass the flaws of the animation. Unfortunately, the author did not complete his story and has decided to drop it... which is severely depressing it'd take years for me to move on. Animation wise, 7mins episode, this shit is undeserving to the story. 3D animation does look good but not very smooth. Doesn't have unnecessary flashy scenes and keep to the plot, which is something i cannot find in many anime. First few episodes move at avery slow pace, since 5min playtime each. However, after completing all 40 episodes. I wouldn't want them to replace the animation since i find it rather appropriate. However, i urge them to standardize an episode to 20mins+ All in all, the animation is weak but the plot and world of this show is boundless. And it was an extremely sad moment to find out the author stopped writing this series from lack of motivation; and started a few other series. I cannot think of any other anime that are similar to this other than Reikenzan, imo 8:10 compared to yaoshenji. There are not many plots that as deep and detailed compared to this in their universe other than Harry Potter. IMHO. Some animes that i loved before finding this are Overlord, Mahouka Koukou no rettousei, youjo senki and NGNL.

I stumbled across Tales Of Demons And Gods primarily by mistake due to a recommendation on a website. The visual premise was similar to Naruto, so I thought why not try this chinese ;anime; out? The show uses a lot from spiritual concepts originated from China. The plot is very vague and not well expressed. It's hard to understand why Nie Li lacks soul power as its not even described properly. That's mostly due to poor world building and my lack of knowledge about Taoism. Also, notice how Nie Li is a genius and has only begun to be noticed now. The Art is pretty mediocreas they have used 3D animation. I tried reading the Manhua and the character sketches were way better. However, its not too bad after around 5 episodes. By the end of the series, I could hardly notice the flaw in animation. The OSTs were actually pretty nice. They have used Guzheng a lot, which I think has a beautiful vibe to it. Well, I am not so used to Chinese language in general so subtitles were my only way to understand stuff. The characters were actually good. They are pleasant, except for that unnecessary pain in the butt Shen Yue. Funny thing is how there's too much 'laughing' in the show and you won't understand what the joke is about. Despite all the flaws, I was hooked to the series. Eventually that is what matters. Also, I'm expecting a lot of development in second season. Grateful to this anime, because now I'll probably start watching chinese adaptations too.

Would like to point out there is a manhwa or light novel for this anime. If anyone doesn't like the cgi animation you could read this. Both of these adaptations are very similar. I enjoyed the animation, even though the stories are short. I guess i am a sucker for cultivation centered anime/donghua. I think this series is better to binge all at once, this is what i am doing with season 4 right now. The story is great, so are the characters. The cgi is kind of bad but that is just the way these donghua often are animated. Although this isn't as good asdoupo changqiong, ze tian ji, quanzhi fashi or douluo dalu, I would still say it is a solid 8, if only for the story it follows and the fact it is one of the more accurate light novel adaptations. Once again if the cgi bothers you just read the manga or the light novel for this.

This is a hidden gem. It's laying under layers of "unusual" approaches, but hides amazing deep world and unique story told in a light-hearted comedy with romance style. Layers hiding the gem are: -Art - 3D art is not great, but you can get used to it after a while -Language - don't get scared of Chinese language, you will stop noticing it after a few hours/series -7min episodes- I found a source that combined whole seasons in one video (40episodes), it would be pain otherwise If you can get over this and the bit childish dialogues/approach, then you get a deep world with solid mechanics. The combination of magic,alchemy and family branches works very well together. Story is about MC that died after his city got destroyed, but his memories transport few year back to past (younger) himself. MC tries to use this knowledge to strengthen the city before it gets destroyed. I love how all of it fits nicely together. Having memories from "future got bad" gives the chance to change it - He exploits his knowledge in magic/business/alchemy/relationships and basically becomes OP. But this brings new challenges like not having enough magic power, or not having a trust of future friend and not knowing how to build it, or meeting new people that he never met in the future,.. This is all presented in light tone with comedy and romance feels, what makes it enjoyable experience. I was very sceptic after I started watching this, but now I am on 4th season and it became one of my most favourite running animes.