''The King's Avatar'' () is a Chinese donghua web series aired in 2017, based on the web novel of the same name written by Hu Die lan. The series depicted the fictional

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scene in China where the story revolves around a multiplayer online video game called ''Glory''. The series was produced by Chinese internet company Tencent. A 3-episode sequel premiered in 2018, and a long delayed second season aired in 2020. A prequel film, titled ''The King's Avatar: For the Glory'', had a 2019 release.

Plot

The King's Avatar follows the story of Ye Xiu, a professional esports player living in Hangzhou,

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. Widely considered the best player of the video game ''Glory'', Ye Xiu was captain of the esports team, "Excellent Era", holding the account of the 'Battle God', 'One Autumn Leaf' before being forced to resign from the team, giving up one of the strongest accounts in the game and leave the competitive scene due to his unwillingness to take part in any marketing to profit the team. Ye Xiu ends up finding work as a night-shift manager at Happy Internet Cafe, where he meets Chen Guo, the owner of the cafe whom happens to be a huge fan of his alias 'Ye Qiu', his former team and character 'One Autumn Leaf'. While awaiting his return to the competitive scene, Ye Xiu continues playing the game, building a character from scratch and pursuing the championship and glory.

Characters

Team Happy

*Ye Xiu (formerly in Team Excellent Era) :Voiced by: Zhang Jie *Chen Guo :Voiced by: Ji Guanlin *Su Mucheng (formerly in Team Excellent Era) :Voiced by: Tong Xinzhu (animation), Liu Xiaoyu (audio drama) *Tang Rou :Voiced by: Qiao Shiyu *Bao Rongxing :Voiced by: Teng Xin *Luo Ji :Voiced by: Zhang Boheng *Qiao Yifan (formerly in Team Tiny Herb) :Voiced by: Su Shangqing *Wei Chen :Voiced by: Feng Sheng (aka Tute Hameng) *An Wenyi :Voiced by: Chenzhang Taikang *Mo Fan :Voiced by: Zhang Fuzheng

Team Excellent Era

*Sun Xiang :Voiced by: Liu Sanmu

Team Blue Rain

*Yu Wenzhou :Voiced by: Xia Lei *Huang Shaotian :Voiced by: Ye Qing

Team Tiny Herb

*Wang Jiexi :Voiced by: Wei Chao *Gao Yingjie :Voiced by: Shao Tong

Team Tyranny

*Han Wenqing :Voiced by: Song Ming (aka Baomu Zhongyang) *Zhang Xinjie :Voiced by: Bian Jiang (animation), Zhang Fuzheng (web series)

Team Samsara

*Zhou Zekai :Voiced by: Jin Xian

Episode list

The first season aired from April to June 2017. A three-episode OVA sequel was released in May 2018. A prequel movie was released in August 2019 and a 2nd season aired from September to December 2020.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

Specials

Season 2 (2020)

Awards and nominations

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:King's Avatar 2017 Web Series 2017 Chinese television series debuts 2017 esports television series Chinese animated television series Mandarin-language television shows Television shows based on Chinese novels Television series by Tencent Pictures