Anime like Modao Zushi

Tian Guan Ci Fu

Also known as Heaven Official's Blessing.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , bilibili , Red Dog Culture House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Xie Lian, the crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, successfully ascends to Heaven during his third trial in spite of successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie Lian has to descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts, which may help him sustain his divinity.



Tags: Gods , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Cultivation , Wuxia , Magic , Boys' Love , Rural , Travel , Demons , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Lost Civilization , Historical , Swordplay , Shapeshifting , War , Bullying , Mahjong , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes

Chuan Shu Zijiu Zhinan

Also known as Scumbag System.

Studio: Djinn Power , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

This is the story of a guy who transmigrates into the scum villain of one of those harem xuanhuan/xianxia novels. The scum villain, Shen Qingqiu, is one of those looks-noble-but-is-actually-a-hypocrite type. Shen Qingqiu’s disciple, Luo Binghe, is the main character of the novel who gradually turns darker as tragic events occur upon him.

With the help of a very troll system, the new Shen Qingqiu tries to stay alive by staying on Luo Binghe’s good side, as the original Shen Qingqiu treated Luo Binghe badly, thus receiving a horrifying ending. However, Shen Qingqiu's plan of staying alive is not as simple as it seems as he soon finds out that the system limits his actions.



Tags: Cultivation , Isekai , Martial Arts , Historical , Full CGI , Meta , Boys' Love , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Demons , Wuxia , Age Gap , Magic , Reincarnation , Swordplay , Bullying , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Alternate Universe

Tian Guan Ci Fu Special

Also known as Heaven Official's Blessing Special Episode.

Studio: bilibili , Haoliners Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Xie Lian, crown prince of Xian Le Kingdom, ascends to Heaven despite successive demotions. However, he accidentally breaks the Gold Palace of heavenly officials. With no human worshiping him, Xie Lian must descend to the secular world to exorcise ghosts.



Tags: Wuxia , Gods , Historical , Boys' Love , Cultivation , Ghost , Magic , Male Protagonist , Foreign , LGBTQ+ Themes

Tian Guan Ci Fu 2

Also known as Heaven Official's Blessing Season 2.

Studio: bilibili , Red Dog Culture House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

The second season of Tian Guan Ci Fu.

Tags: Wuxia , Boys' Love , Ghost , Gods , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Tragedy , Afterlife , Martial Arts , Historical , Magic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Demons , Travel , Gambling , Foreign , Swordplay

Quanzhi Gaoshou

Also known as The King's Avatar.

Studio: G.CMay Animation & Film , bilibili , China Literature , Tencent Penguin Pictures , K.PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Widely regarded as a trailblazer and top-tier professional player in the online multiplayer game "Glory," Xiu Ye is dubbed the "Battle God" for his skills and contributions to the game over the years. However, when forced to retire from the team and to leave his gaming career behind, he finds work at a nearby internet café. There, when Glory launches its 10th server, he throws himself into the game once more using a new character named "Lord Grim." Xiu Ye's early achievements on the new server immediately catch the attention of many players, as well as the big guilds, leaving them to wonder about the identity of this exceptional player. However, while he possesses 10 years of experience and in-depth knowledge, starting afresh with neither sponsors nor a team in a game that has changed over the years presents numerous challenges. Along with talented new comrades, Xiu Ye once again dedicates himself to traversing the path to Glory's summit.

Tags: E-Sports , Video Games , Virtual World , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Athletics , Ensemble Cast , Work , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Teacher , Magic , Goblin , Heterosexual

Shanhe Jian Xin

Also known as Thousand Autumns.

Studio: Tencent Penguin Pictures , Motion Magic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Yan Wushi had walked a path full of blood and corpses.He did not believe in the good nature of humanity. Even more so, he did not believe that there could be someone with great kindness and sense of justice, who would be so considerate of others without asking anything in return.

One day, Shen Qiao, who was the sect leader of Mount Xuandu, the number one Daoist sect under the heavens, was challenged to a duel but somehow fell off the cliff.

Yan Wushi happened to pass by down there.Seeing Shen Qiao who was seriously injured to the point of dying, he suddenly came up with a perfect idea…

After thousands of autumns, who could stay eternal?

Tags: Wuxia , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Cultivation , Amnesia , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Travel , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Crime , Martial Arts , Revenge , Boys' Love , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Yandere , Politics

Ling Qi

Also known as Spiritpact.

Studio: Haoliners Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

You Keika, the heir of an old famous family of Exorcists, is stricken with poverty after losing his parents and struggles as a street fortune teller and a part time computer tech. One night at a junkyard, he meets a mysterious and charismatic Exorcist, Tanmoku Ki, who is fighting an evil spirit. To compound his misfortunes, he gets hit by car and becomes a ghost. Tanmoku Ki appears and asks You Keika to make a “pact” with him to fight Evil Spirits together. Here starts the friendship of our heroes!



Note: This series was originally released in Chinese as an ONA between June 21, 2016 and November 1, 2016. There were 20 episodes at 14 minutes each. A Japanese dub was then produced by Haoliner's Japanese branch, Emon, which aired on TV in Winter 2017 under the title Spiritpact. Each TV episode was comprised of two ONA episodes with minor aesthetic touch-ups. Thus, the Japanese (and Crunchyroll-licensed) version has 10 episodes at 24 minutes each.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Youkai , Magic , Boys' Love , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Exorcism

Diwang Gonglue

Also known as The Emperor's Strategy.

Studio: Seven Stone Entertainment , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Mystery

As part of the imperial family, every move by Chu Yuan in this game of chess is made with apprehension, fearing that with a moment of inattentiveness, the whole match will be lost in a single move. Ascending to the throne at eighteen, not half a year passes before civil strife erupts in Yun Nan. Though the thoughts of the old guard at the imperial court are not exactly identical, they are all waiting to see how the new emperor will put an end to this.



Tags: Historical , Wuxia , Male Protagonist , Politics , Swordplay , Boys' Love , War

Douluo Dalu

Also known as Soul Land.

Studio: Sparkly Key Animation , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Tang San spent his life in the Tang Outer Sect, dedicated to the creation and mastery of hidden weapons. Once he stole the secret lore of the Inner Sect to reach the pinnacle of his art, his only way out was death. But after throwing himself off the deadly Hell's Peak he was reborn in a different world, the world of Douluo Dalu, a world where every person has a spirit of their own, and those with powerful spirits can practice their spirit power to rise and become Spirit Masters.

The spirit that awakens within Tang San is Blue Silver Grass, a useless spirit. Can he overcome the difficulties to reach the high ranks of Spirit Masters and bring the glory of the Tang Sect into this new world?



Tags: Cultivation , Full CGI , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Anachronism , Age Regression , Martial Arts , Fairy Tale , Wuxia , Time Skip , Isekai

Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Also known as Legend of Exorcism.

Studio: Sparkly Key Animation , bilibili
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Tianbao Period.

Kong Hongjun, a young man who was ignorant of worldly affairs, came to Chang’an with three important tasks and entered the Great Tang’s Exorcist Department. Inside the department, he led a ragtag group of yao-vanquishing experts together with Li Jinglong, commander of the Longwu Army.

And this, is the story of how they wrote out the Great Tang’s Yao-vanquishing Records.

Tags: Historical , Full CGI , Demons , Detective , Ensemble Cast , Magic , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Archery