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List of Chinese animated shows in Each decade

1980s

Calabash Brothers ''Calabash Brothers'' or ''Hulu Brothers'' () is a Chinese animation TV series produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and directed by Hu Jinqing, Ge Guiyun, and Zhou Keqin. It was extremely popular when it aired on TV in 1986–1987. Names T ...

/ 葫芦兄弟 (1987) * Slovenly Boy's Adventure / 邋遢大王历险记 (1987) *

Black Cat Detective ''Black Cat Detective'' (, "Black Cat Sheriff") is a Chinese animated television series based on a 1982 manhua written by Zhu Zhixiang produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It is sometimes shortened as Mr. Black. The main charac ...

/ 黑猫警长 (1987)

1990s

**''Abenmao'' *''

The Blood Sword ''The Blood Sword'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from the ''wuxia'' manhua series '' Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword'' by Ma Wing-shing. The series was produced by ATV and first aired in June 1990. It was followed by a 1991 pr ...

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Cyber Weapon Z Cyber Weapon Z () is a manhua series adapted into a 3D- CG Chinese animation TV series in Hong Kong. Background In 1990 Andy Seto joined the Freeman publication label, where he took on drawing manhua and other comics. In 1993 he started the 10 ...

'' * Big-Headed Kid and Small-Headed Father / 大头儿子和小头爸爸 (1995) * '

Journey to the West – Legends of the Monkey King ''Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King'' is a 2000 animated series (1998 in the Chinese edition) produced by China Central Television and the CINAR Corporation. It is based on the 16th-century novel ''Journey to the West''. There are 2 ...

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3000 Whys of Blue Cat ''3000 Whys of Blue Cat'' () is the first large-scale Chinese animated series in mainland China with an emphasis on science. The series is produced by "Hunan Sunchime Happy Culture Company". The show remains one of the longest-running children ...

/ 蓝猫淘气三千 (1999)

2000s

* Devil Microchip /魔鬼芯片 (2001) *

Music Up Music Up (Chinese: 我为歌狂), also known as ''Crazy for the Song'', is the first Chinese animation (alternatively known as a Donghua) idol TV series in China. It was distributed by Shanghai Animation Film Studio and produced by Welkin-Animat ...

/ 我为歌狂 (2001) *''

As the Bell Rings ''As the Bell Rings'' is a Disney Channel short franchise, based on the original Disney Channel Italian series ''Quelli dell'intervallo ''Quelli dell'intervallo'' (lit. "Those of Recess") is an Italian situation comedy produced by Disney Chan ...

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Blazing Teens ''Blazing Teens'' is a Chinese television series created by Alpha Group Co., Ltd. and Auldey Toys in 2006. It is the television adaptation of Auldey's yo-yo line of the same name. Premise The show focuses on high schools that hold yo-yo cont ...

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Century Sonny Century Sonny: The Adventure of the Extra-Galactic Prince () is the first large scale 3D- CGI Chinese animation TV series in China. Background Lonma company invested 1.5 billion RMB (about US$188 million) on the 52-episode series. Each episode ...

'' *'' Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes'' *''Five Lucky Mouse'' *

Wanderings of Sanmao ''Wanderings of San Mao'' () is a Chinese animated series in China based on the famous manhua character Sanmao. The series was invested, produced and broadcast by CCTV. It is also known as ''Story of San Mao's Vagrant Life'' or ''New Adventure ...

(2005) * Young Go Players / 围棋少年 (2005) * The Dreaming Girl (2005) The Adventures of Little Carp / 小鲤鱼历险记l (2006) *

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/ 渴望蓝天 (2006) *

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (2009 animation) ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' ( zh, 三国演义 ''Sānguóyănyì''; ja, 最強武将伝三国演義 ''Saikyō bushō-den sangokuengi'') is a 2009 animated television series based on the classic 14th century novel of the same name by L ...

* Fruity Robo / 果宝特攻 *''

GG Bond ''GG Bond'' (simplified Chinese: 猪猪侠; traditional Chinese: 豬豬俠) is a Chinese computer-animated fantasy television show created by Zhibin "Ben" Gu and produced by WinSing Animation. The series began in 2005 and has aired for 17 seasons ...

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Homer and Landau ''Howie & Landau'' (), also known as Hongmao and Lantu, is a Chinese animated series in mainland China. The series is produced by "Hunan Greatdreams Cartoon Communications Limited". They are most commonly referred to as "Hongmao" and "Lantu", o ...

'' *''Keke's Story'' *''

The Legend of Condor Hero is a Japanese/Hong Kongese anime adaptation of ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'', a ''wuxia'' novel by Jin Yong, Louis Cha. Plot ''The Legend of Condor Hero'' is set in the 13th century at the time of the Mongol invasion of China. Nearly a ...

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Little Cherry ''Little Cherry'' () is a Chinese media franchise created by Yang Shangjun. Owned by the Zhengzhou-based Zhengzhou Little Cherry Cartoon Art Co., it is primarily comedy manhua featuring a girl whose name is Little Cherry. It is titled Xoyto in Engl ...

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Little Soldier Zhang Ga ''Little Soldier Zhang Ga'' () is a Chinese animated feature film from mainland China. It is also referred to as ''"Zhang Ga, The Soldier Boy"''. It is adapted from the Chinese children's novel of the same name, by Xu Guangyao 徐光耀, which ...

'' *'' The Adventures of Little Carp'' *''

The Olympic Adventures of Fuwa ''The Olympic Adventures of Fuwa'' (; ja, 福娃オリンピック漫遊記, Fuwa Orinpikku Manyūki) is a Chinese animation portraying the 2008 Summer Olympics mascots, known as the Fuwa. The series began running on 8 August 2007. Prior to the ...

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Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf ''Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf'' is a Chinese animated anime-influenced television series created by animation director Huang Weiming and produced by Creative Power Entertaining. The show is about a group of goats living on the Green Green ...

'' *'' Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf - Pleasant Goat Sports Game'' *''Shalan'' *''

Shaolin Wuzang ''Shaolin Wuzang'' (), known in China as ''Zhonghua Xiaozi'' (), is an animated television series produced by Les Cartooneurs Associés, Fantasia Animation, France 3 and Jetix Europe. It spans twenty-six episodes, over two thirteen episode seaso ...

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SkyEye SkyEye () is a combo 2D and 3D- CG Chinese animated TV series in China. Background The production budget is estimated to be 24 million RMB (about $US 3 million). Crew also include staff from the Central Academy of Drama, CCTV and Beijing Film ...

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Tortoise Hanba's Stories ''Tortoise Hanba's Stories'' () is a large scale 3D- CG Chinese animation TV series in China. It is also referred to as ''The Story of Hanbagui'' or ''Hanbagui''. Background The show was produced by "Shenzhen Toonring Animation" in Shenzhen ...

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Xingxing Fox ''Xingxing Fox''Archive
Zentrix ''Zentrix'' is a 3D computer graphics, 3D-Computer-generated imagery, CG Hong Kong Chinese animation, donghua TV series directed by Tony Tong and Felix Ip under the Hong Kong-based company Imagi Animation Studios. The original story was written b ...

'' *'' The Legend of Qin''

2010s

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A.U A.U (阿U or 阿优) is a Chinese media franchise comprising manhua, cartoons and games that was introduced in 2009. It is a brand owned by Hangzhou A.U Cultural Creativity Co., Ltd. It centers on a boy of the same name and his friends. Characters ...

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AI Football GGO ''Artificial Intelligent Football GGO'' (), also known as ''GGO Football'', is a Chinese animation television series produced by Puzzle Animation Studio Ltd. The story centers on high schooler Isaac and his friends as they compete in advanced robo ...

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Astro Plan ''Astro Plan'', known in China as ''Space Adventures'' () and informally in Japan as , is a science fiction mecha animated series created by Guangzhou-based toy firm Xing Yuan. Hailed as "China's first sci-fi animation", the series premiered on Chi ...

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Bicycle Boy ''Bicycle Boy'' () is a Chinese animated television series broadcast on China Central Television. An animated film adaptation of the same name was released in 2015. A second film, ''Bicycle Boy 2'', was released in 2017. Reception In 2013 the ...

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Boonie Bears ''Boonie Bears'' (, "Roaming Bears" ; Bear Hunting) is a Chinese animated cartoon series shown on multiple Chinese platforms and television stations, including Central China Television (CCTV) and Beijing Television Network (BTV). The series fe ...

'' *''Dragon Warrior'' *''

Vary Peri ''Vary Peri'' (), also called ''Sweets Fairy'' or ''Magical Wizard Cake Fairy'' is a 2012 Korean-Chinese Cel Shaded 3D Animated series based on character created by InfinityOne Comics Entertainment, animated by Alpha Group Company in China & C ...

'' *'' The Legend of Lucky Pie'' *''Cupid's Chocolates'' *''

School Shock ''School Shock'', also known as ''Chu Feng B.E.E'' (), , often stylized ''雛蜂-B.E.E-'', is a Chinese manhua and animated series. Originally a science fiction, sci-fi webcomic, ''School Shock'' was adapted into an animation when it gained popula ...

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'' *'' Spirit Blade Mountain'' *''

Bloodivores ''space-time prisoners'' (时空囚徒) is a vampire survival action (genre), action Chinese webcomic written and illustrated by Bai Xiao. On October 1, 2016, a Chinese-Japanese animation adaptation titled began airing. The series is directed ...

'' *''Nuwa Chengzhang Riji'' *''Happy Heroes'' *''

Cheating Craft is a Japanese/Chinese anime television series animated by BLADE and produced by Emon. It is based on Gemini Xin Luo's novel ''Zuobi Yishu'' (). The anime series premiered on October 5, 2016 as a short anime and ran alongside ''To Be Hero''. ...

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To Be Hero is a Japanese-Chinese animated comedy television series produced by Emon and animated by Studio LAN and supervised by Shinichi Watanabe. The production was produced in China, with modifications to the show for the Japanese broadcast. The sho ...

'' *''Abu the Little Dinosaur'' *''Shuangsheng Lingtan'' *''

Chōyū Sekai ''Chōyū Sekai'' is a web manhua published by Tencent. A Chinese-Japanese animated series An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the sa ...

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Spiritpact ''Spiritpact'' ( Standard Chinese: 灵契, Pinyin: ''Ling Qi'') is a Chinese web manhua by Pingzi and published by Tencent on ''Tencent Comic''. A donghua adaptation written by Reiko Torii and directed by Li Haoling was released in China online f ...

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The Silver Guardian ''The Silver Guardian'' () is a Chinese web manhua created by Zero League and illustrated by Moon Cake. It was published by Tencent through their ''Tencent AC'' Web Comic service, compiling the series into 237 chapters. A Chinese-Japanese ani ...

'' *''Rakshasa Street'' *''Yaoguai Mingdan'' *'' Cinderella Chef (萌妻食神 )'' *'' The King's Avatar (全职高手)'' *''Guomin Laogong Dai Huijia'' *''Mu Qi Ling'' *''Kodama'' *''Yeloli'' *''Infinity Nado'' *''Screechers Wild! (Opti-Morphs)'' *''Nana Moon'' *''

Valt the Wonder Deer ''Valt the Wonder Deer'' (''Valt's Journey'' in season 1, subtitled ''The Search for Terracotta Warriors'' in season 2, ''Journey to The Land Of Darkness'' in season 3, ''Tales of Two Deer'' in season 4) is an animated television series that was r ...

'' *'' Maiquan & Keke'' *''NanoCore'' *''Twin Moons'' *''Revelation'' *''

Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens ''Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens'' (), is a Chinese animated CG TV series that was released on March 10, 2016, and produced by Robin Shen and directed by Chen Qianyuan. It can also be translated as ''Nine Songs of the Sky''. This series is t ...

'' *''Bloody Code'' *''Gunslayer Legend'' *''

Stitch & Ai ''Stitch & Ai'' () is an English-language-produced Chinese animated television series and a spin-off of Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise. It is the franchise's third TV series, after the Western animated '' Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' and ...

'' *''Soul Land'' *''Hua Jianghu Zhi Bu Liang Ren (A Portrait of Jianghu: Rivers and Lakes)'' *''Hua Jianghu Zhi Ling Zhu (A Portrait of Jianghu: Spirit Master / Painted Jianghu 2)'' *''Hua Jianghu Zhi Bei Mo Ting (A Portrait of Jianghu: Mourning Toast)'' *''Hua Jianghu Zhi Huanshi Mensheng'' *''Spiritual Cage: Incarnation'' *''Mole's World'' *''

The Small Giant The Small Giant (French: La Petite Géante) is an animated television series that began in 2010. It was animated by Alphanim (now called Gaumont Animation) along with Jiang Toon Animation and distributed by Cookie Jar Entertainment (now called DH ...

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Year Hare Affair ''Year Hare Affair'' ( zh, c=那年那兔那些事(儿), l=Those stories of that rabbit that happened in those years) is a Chinese webcomic and media franchise by Lin Chao ( zh, labels=no, c=林超), initially under the pen name "" (Pinyin: , ...

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Luo Bao Bei ''Luo Bao Bei'' () is a British-Chinese animated television series, produced by "Magic Mall Entertainment" in Beijing and Cloth Cat Animation, and was distributed by 9 Story Media Group. The show follows Luo Bao Bei, a bright and spirited seven-ye ...

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Mo Dao Zu Shi ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'' () is a chinese animation, donghua series based on the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, novel of the same name written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (). It is produced by Tencent Pictures, Tencent Penguin Pictures and B.C May Pictures ...

'', also known as Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (The Founder of Diabolism) *''Douluo Dalu'' *'' P. King Duckling'' *''Battle Through the Heavens'' (Dou Puo Cang Qiong) *''There's a Pit in My Senior Martial Brother's Brain'' (Wo Jia Da Shi Xiong Nao Zi You Keng) *''Tales of Demons and Gods'' (Yao Shen Ji) *''The Young Imperial Guards'' *''Bringing the Nation's Husband Home'' (Guo Min Lao Gong Dai Hui Jia) *''Transcend the Gods: The Black Troop'' (Chao Shen Xue Yuan: Xiong Bing Lian) *''Zombie Brother'' (Shi Xiong) *''Bai Ye Ling Long'' *''

Filly Funtasia ''Filly Funtasia'' is a computer-animated fantasy television series created by Jacob and Henrik Andersen for Dracco. The series follows filly Rose and her friends as they attend a magical academy in the royal kingdom of Funtasia. It is based on ...

'' *''My Cultivator Girlfriend'' (Wo De Tian Jie Nu You) *''My Holy Weapon'' (Wo De Nitian Shenqi) *''I am Bai Xiaofei'' (Wo Jia Bai Xiao Fei) *''The Devil Ring'' (Jie Mo Ren) *'' The Legend of Luo Xiaohei'' (Luo Xiao Hei Zhan Ji) *''Lan Mo's Flower'' (Lan Mo De Hua) *''Immemorial Love For You'' *'' Killer Seven'' *''The Great Warrior Wall'' *''Jian Wang 3 - Xia Gan Yi Dan Shen Jian Xin'' *''Thousand Autumns'' *''Legend of Exorcism'' *''Psychic Princess'' *''Busted! Darklord'' *''Hey, Your Ears Are Showing!'' *''Memories of Changan'' *''Miracle Star''

2020s

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Buddi ''Buddi'' is a children's animated streaming television series created by Jason Jameson for Netflix that won an Annie Award nomination in 2021 (Best TV/Media—Preschool). It is also shown on Australian TV network ABC. The plot revolves around th ...

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Deer Squad ''Deer Squad'' () is a Chinese computer-animated children's television series produced by iQIYI in Beijing. The show started out as a series of shorts on China Central Television. The first episode of the full series premiered on iQIYI's vide ...

'' *''Kung Fu Wa'' *

Heibai Wuchang The Heibai Wuchang, or Hak Bak Mo Seong, literally "Black and White Impermanence", are two Deities in Chinese folk religion in charge of escorting the spirits of the dead to the Youdu, underworld. As their names suggest, they are dressed in b ...

The Daily Life of the Immortal King ''The Daily Life of the Immortal King'' (Chinese language, Chinese: 仙王的日常生活, pinyin: ''Xiān Wáng de Rìcháng Shēnghuó'') is a Chinese novel by Kuxuan. This novel is published by Qidian in Chinese and Webnovel in English. It be ...

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Link Click ''Link Click'' (, "Time Agents") is a Chinese animated streaming television series produced by Studio LAN and Haoliners Animation League. It was first released on Bilibili and Funimation on April 30, 2021, and episodes were released every Frida ...

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Heaven Official's Blessing ''Heaven Official's Blessing'' (Chinese: 天官赐福, pinyin: ''Tiān Guān Cì Fú'') is a Chinese novel series written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Chinese: 墨香铜臭). A donghua series adaptation was first released on Bilibili and Funimation ...

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List of Chinese animated shows in Each decade

1980s

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2010s

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