Wu Geng Ji

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Synonyms: The Legend and the Hero, Feng Shen Ji, Chronicles of the God's Order

Japanese: 武庚纪

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Type: ONA

Episodes: 30

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jun 24, 2016 to Aug 24, 2017

Producers: Tencent Penguin Pictures

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Sparkly Key Animation Studio

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural

Themes: Historical, Martial Arts

Duration: 15 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.23¹ (scored by 1,973 users)

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Ranked: #3132²

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Popularity: #8053

Members: 5,668

Favorites: 30

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Synopsis

A messenger of the Heavens has arrived in Zhao Ge, which has been ruled by the Shang dynasty for generations. The current emperor, Zi Zhou, refuses to bow his head before the gods, and declares to the messenger that he will no longer accept the tyranny of the Heavens. The gods do not take this kindly; and soon, the emperor of a neighboring land, Wu Jifa, leads a crusade against the rebelling Shang.

During the battle, the Shang forces are vastly overwhelmed, and just when the capital is inches away from being taken, Zhou joins the fight. Although he breaks through the enemy ranks and makes his way toward Jifa, out of nowhere a god falls from the sky, landing right before him, prepared to personally deal with the troublemaker.

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Wu Geng Ji Season 1 adapts chapters 1-19 of the Feng Shen Ji manhua.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Wu, Geng

Main

Zi, Yu

Supporting

Tian

Supporting

Zi, Shou

Supporting

Bai Cai

Supporting

Li Jing

Supporting

Gui, Mu

Supporting

Ah, Gou

Supporting

Ba, Mian

Supporting

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Zheng, Jian He

Original Creator

Deng, Zhi Hui

Original Character Design

Cheng, Kin Wo

Original Character Design

Cai, Tiannan

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Opening Theme

"Rexue Wulai (Unshakeable Rascals)" by Yoga Lin

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Ending Theme

"Wangzhe Guilai (王者归来)" by Xiao Ai Yu Hua Er Yuedui

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Oct 15, 2018

ezlord

Recommended

I only write reviews for shit I wanna rant about cuz it's more fun and I can explore the crevices of sarcasm the lowest form of wit,
I recently happened to be really into Chinese anime. The latest seasons of Japanese anime have been nothing short of boring and unpalatable. Not to mention the 2D persona charecters we have today, intense pandering, intense fan service, annoying main and side charecters, plot armor too thick I can't even
Not that Chinese anime are perfect, they are far from perfect.
But this anime exceeded all of my expectations. The main charecter is someone who was once the son of ...

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Dec 8, 2017

NimZaster

Recommended

After watching several Chinese anime, I was about to give up on it. But then I stumbled upon Wu Geng Ji and after watching the first 2 episodes I was hooked. The story is much more nonlinear than Japanese anime (after episode 10) in a very refreshing way. The first 10 episode battle is the greatest of any anime that I have seen, and I have watched plenty. It is epic with a good sense of moral.
Although the first 30 episodes are just the beginning, I enjoyed all, and cannot wait to see the rest. I am looking forward to more anime like this.

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Oct 31, 2021

ST63LTH

Mixed Feelings

The Legend and the Hero S1 Review

The gods in Wu Geng Ji are overexerting beings that control humanity from behind the scenes by enslaving prisoners of war and citizens to collect blood crystal, a rare ore consumed by the gods. The shang Dynasty, one of the great powers in the world of Wu Geng Ji rejects the overbearing gods orders to open a new blood crystal mine which leads the gods to destroy the Shang Dynasty. Zi Zhou, the King of Shang Dynasty experienced the struggles in the mines and decided to fight against the gods for the people of his Kingdom. He and ... his younger brother Zi Yu fight to the death against many gods; However, even with the power of a Pheonix one of the most powerful Celestial beings Zi Zhou loses when Tian intervenes killing him. Wu Geng discovers his mother is a goddess, who shares her dying breath reincarnating him into another body to follow fate and end the gods ruling.

Story: 6/10
The story starts off with great promise. The first impressions are that Zi Zhou is a tyrannical ruler by rejecting the gods messenger in the beginning. However, as the story develops and more details are revealed to us it becomes apparent that the gods are exploitative and have been for many generations. Zi Zhu's rebellion is a spark that will start a war between the gods and the humans eventually leading the war is Zi Zhu's son Wu Geng. However, in the first season we only see the character training arc and world building through the enslaved miners.
The story shows a lot of promise and is actually very structured from the beginning despite being generally focused on combat aspects more than plot and character development.
This fights in this series feel dragged out, the beginning fight alone lasted almost an hour, you're crazy if you think I'm going to watch back and forth fighting for that long - it does this several times in the season which is ridiculous.

Art & Sound: 6/10
This series was released almost 4 years from now which is a surprise. The details and animation are pretty good for an older series. Series as old as this tend to have cheap rendered CGI and character rigging but I seem this is an exception.

The sound effects and music design are average.

Character: 4/10
Killing a lot of the main characters and even the MC in the first few episodes is very bold of Wu Geng Ji. It feels like this series doesn't really value character development unless its the main character otherwise everyone else serves as stepping stones for MC to get out of sticky situations. A few examples is when Wu Geng saves the ogre he fought and treated him like a friend yet he is on his deathbed at the entrance of the mines and Wu Geng does nothing to preserve him. Or the old guy that is worried for Wu Geng's health when he leaves the sleeping chambers - Seems like it could have been omitted or elaborated instead of just being an add on character scene. These gaps in character development are noticeable and distracting dead ends that I hope are fixed in the future of the series.

Overall: 6/10
I might stick around on this series because I hear there is a lot of praise in the later seasons. So far, this might be a series like Battle Through the Heavens where it gets much better in the latter seasons because of change of art and story approach.

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