Chinese anime?

[Kurama]

Chinese Comic Promo - Combat Armor Steel Wings - YouTube

Whenever I go to the Chinese anime channel, I always see episodes of this series. Combat Armor Steel Wings, set in 2045, is about a war between China and the US.

Anyway Chinese anime is, on the whole, terrible. However CASW seems pretty good in my opinion...it's a huge improvement from all other Chinese anime. Not as great as most Japanese anime though...

With its rising market share and popularity, I believe that Chinese anime industry has a huge potential to grow. I wonder if in a few decades from now, we'll all be watching Chinese anime!

Nah, I don't think we'll want to be watching Chinese military propaganda (that's all China's media ever seems to produce...it's as if I'm living in a fascist country).

 

[RaisinOatmeal]

Intriguing. I have never watched any Chinese anime but the artwork in the video looks very similar to Japanese anime.

When I think Chinese and anime my first association was with the Hong Kong mangas with their distinct art style. Been following Huo Feng Liao Yuan by Chen Mou for a while and I love the series, but the Chinese names make me so confused.

 

[Kurama]

Intriguing. I have never watched any Chinese anime but the artwork in the video looks very similar to Japanese anime.

When I think Chinese and anime my first association was with the Hong Kong mangas with their distinct art style. Been following Huo Feng Liao Yuan by Chen Mou for a while and I love the series, but the Chinese names make me so confused.

The Chinese *tend* to copy from different sources, be it media or technology. Quite ironic that the country famous for inventing so much lacks so much, as well as having the world's largest population, lacks innovation. Well I suppose the Cultural Revolution did take its toll...

I think that the actual term for Chinese anime is manhua (anime is almost exclusively Japanese, we rarely hear of popular western or Korean anime). I've looked at some Hong Kong manga and artwork, it does look quite distinct from Japanese styles. Hong Kong is the unofficial otaku hub for the Chinese (Taiwan is also very into manga and anime). Mainland China still hasn't caught up...