In his past life, although too weak to protect his home when it counted, out of grave determination Nie Li became the strongest Demon Spiritist and stood at the pinnacle of the martial world. However, he lost his life during the battle with the Sage Emperor and six deity-ranked beasts.
His soul was then brought back to when he was still 13 years old. Although he's the weakest in his class with the lowest talent, having only a red soul realm and a weak one at that, with the aid of the vast knowledge which he accumulated from his previous life, he decided to train faster than anyone could expect. He also decided to help those who died nobly in his previous life to train faster as well.
He aims to protect the city from the coming future of being devastated by demon beasts and the previous fate of ending up destroyed. He aims to protect his lover, friends, family and fellow citizens who died in the beast assault or its aftermath. And he aims to destroy the so-called Sacred family who arrogantly abandoned their duty and betrayed the city in his past life.
(Source: Goodreads)
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GimmeDatDonut
Yaoshenji, or Tales of Demons and Gods, is one of those new Chinese anime that I really want to like, but really can't bring myself to. As an adaptation of a popular web-novel and manga, it already has really good plot behind it. However, the choices that the animation studio has chosen have severely undercut this massive advantage. One of the most glaring problems is the length of each episode. Episodes are around 7 minutes long on average, but if you consider that the opening and ending animations take up 2 minutes, then you're left with just 5 minutes of actual storyline per episode. While thiscomes out to about 200 minutes of total animation (around 10 episodes of a normal length anime), it severely limits the amount of information that can be added in a single episode. As such, each episode is only long enough to last exactly one scene or conversation, and it's impossible for them to fit in any extra narrative or background into the anime.
On the animation side, they've chosen to go with 3d models for everything. While there are good examples of 3d animation, this is just on the borderline. The quality of the models is at the bare minimum acceptable standard, about the same as a video-game. It's very apparent that where ever possible, they've tried to reduce the complexity of the models by using textures instead of actual 3d detail. In addition, the quality of the motion of the characters is also sub-par, as there are very few examples where a character walks properly - most characters have stiff expressions or weird kinks in their walking animation that instantly catch your eye. Overall, it feels like they offloaded all the animation into an in-game animation software,such as Source Film Maker. This might be acceptable if they compensated with an increase in the amount of content, but as pointed out earlier, there's actually less content than a single season of an anime.
On the other hand, it's pleasing to see that they've put in effort into working on special effects for the magic systems in the show. While the character animation may be sub-par, the effects associated with magic activation still look fairly good. In addition, it's also fun to see then using the obvious kinks in their animation quality to showcase unique character personalities on some of the nameless side characters. This is an amazing addition, as the side characters are no longer bland and identical, but actual people with their own unique (sometimes hilarious) walking styles and expressions.
In terms of actual plot, the original story as well as this adaptation both focus on an OP character who was reborn and has a new chance at life. It is honestly fun to see this character, who represents the epitome of the saying "Knowledge is power", destroying people's expectations of him and coming out on top in clever and hilarious scenarios. However, as is the problem with most adaptations, it's very apparent that a lot of that content has to be skipped in order to translate the story onto the screen. This is sadly even more apparent here, where the 5-minute episode length severely restricts the amount of information that can be conveyed to the viewer. Overall, unless the viewer has already read the source materials, they can easily get lost in the terminology, magic and ranking systems introduced in the anime.
At the end of the day, I think it's a cute adaptation of a very fun web-novel, but leaves me sad about the missed potential that it could have had.
Moonchips
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.
yato_kami0
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.
ST63LTH
Tales of Demons & Gods, a Chinese 'anime' adaptation of the popular Martial arts Manhua and Light Novel by the same name is quite underwhelming. After reading the Manhua and checking if the adaptation was any good, I can confirm that the series follows the story line of the Manhua very closely but the camera angles and shots make watching it so and so. Overall, would have loved the adaptation to be in 2D but there may have been time restrictions that permitted the used of 3D rigged animation instead. Story: 7/10 Nie Li, the protagonist travels back to the past after dying by defending the GloryCity and being overwhelmed with demon beasts, he maintains his knowledge and uses it to elevate the influence of Glory City and its people to avoid catastrophic events from destroying Glory City. All the while, he travels around the plains looking for treasures, secret portals etc. There's a good reason why the popular Manhua was able to adapt into a full series and I stand by the story. Nobility looking down on commoners in Chinese texts are popular and this is no exception, but when commoners have the power to overwhelm Nobility, they become a target for themselves. The overall story that had been adapted followed satisfyingly close to the Manhua which was decent.
Art: 4/10
The CGI used in this series is much better than Japanese CGI anime because there is a lot of texture and details in the foreground and backgrounds. They did make the CGI very appealing but the camera angles and shots don't stay true to the Manhua which was unexpected. The Manhua had specified frames which showed more potential for detail yet most of the adapted scenes were a mix of random camera angles. Some of the character models in the fight scene where Nie Li fakes being killed are FLYING from suspended ropes and YOU CAN TELL. Demon beast models are much smaller than what they're represented to be in the Manhua - The gorilla boss in the Manhua was at least 20-50 metres tall yet the adaptation has it at a puny 10 metres tall, even in the chase scenes it wasn't as terrifying because of the lack of 'aura'.
Sound: 6/10
Sound wasn't as bad as art and animation but there was a noticeable difference. The SFX were pretty good quality and synced well.
Character: 7/10
Character development flows well with the story line. There are a lot of details however, that are omitted in the beginning while everyone is at the academy, there are also a lot of missing scenes of Nie Li being harassed by the Nobility in his class but I estimate it was to cut back on animation to being resourceful.
Enjoyment: 4/10
The art style and camera shots are enough for me to be discouraged with it if it wasn't for the story. Watching Nie Li being a badass in Glory City for a second time doesn't seem too bad.
AI_is_the_future
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.
