Mo Dao Zu Shi


The Founder of Diabolism Season 1

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Modao Zushi, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, The Founder of Diabolism, Mo Dao Zu Shi: Qianchen Pian, 魔道祖师 前尘篇, Madou Soshi
Japanese: 魔道祖师
English: The Founder of Diabolism Season 1
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Information

Type: ONA
Episodes: 15
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 9, 2018 to Oct 6, 2018
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: B.CMAY PICTURES
Source: Web novel
Genres: ActionAction, AdventureAdventure, DramaDrama, FantasyFantasy, MysteryMystery
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, MythologyMythology, ReincarnationReincarnation
Duration: 25 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 8.401 (scored by 7926679,266 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #1822
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1053
Members: 230,684
Favorites: 6,763

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Synopsis

Xian: the state of immortality that all cultivators strive to achieve. However, there is a dark energy that lies underneath—the forbidden Mo Dao, or demonic path. Through an unfortunate series of tragedies, this is the path that cultivator Wei Wuxian experiments with during his teachings. His rise in power is accompanied by chaos and destruction, but his reign of terror comes to an abrupt end when the cultivation clans overpower him and he is killed by his closest ally.

Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reincarnated in the body of a lunatic and reunited with Lan Wangji, a former classmate of his. This marks the beginning of a supernatural mystery that plagues the clans and threatens to disrupt their everyday life.

Mo Dao Zu Shi follows these two men on their mission to unravel the mysteries of the spiritual world. Fighting demons, ghosts, and even other cultivators, the two end up forming a bond that neither of them had ever expected.

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Background

Mo Dao Zu Shi is an adaptation of the Chinese web novel of the same title, written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (墨香铜臭).

It won the Gold Award for "The Best Serial Animation Award" at the 15th China Animation Golden Dragon Awards (第十五届中国动漫金龙奖). It also won "Best New Animation" at Xinguang Award (新光奖); the 7th China Xi'an International Original Animation Competition.

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Xiong, Ke
Director, Storyboard, Art Director
Ma, Chendi
Episode Director
Liu, Xing
Script
Liang, Sha
Script


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Opening Theme

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"Senya Souka (千夜想歌)" by CIIVILIAN (Japanese broadcast ver.)
"Zui Meng Qian Chen (醉梦前尘)" by Terry Lin (林志炫)
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Ending Theme

1: "Kiro (季路)" by Aimer
1: "Wen Qin (问琴)" by Rachel Yin (银临) (eps 1-8, 14-15)
2: "Bu Xian (不羡)" by S.I.N.G (SING女团) (eps 9-13)




Reviews

Jan 13, 2024
This show was adapted from the work of someone whos the chinese equivalent of a Wattpad story author. They toned it down quite a bit but the BL undertones still felt uncomfortable since they're meant to be martial brothers , but thats just me.

The plot was seemingly simple but actually incredibly complex when coupled with subtle switches in timelines , the barely noticable changes in appearance don't help many to notice the switches either.

Pacing is very fucked. There was one comment I read about the pacing that was fucking hilarious how accurate it was.

"Yo want to hear about this badass demonic sorcerer ...
Jun 21, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Ok so this is my first time writing a review

So let's start with things I liked....

1. THE VISUALS :
those visuals are god damn amazing (especially the water).......like U can take a Screen shot of any scenes and it would look amazing. Also the character design was good too

2. MUSIC :
I'm just sucker for classical ...
Oct 16, 2021
I liked the manga and the novel ,but the anime was a big disappointment
the art and Chinese voice actors were good ,but what the use
As the story filled with ugly and boring fillers , twisted of events ,and skipping important details ,focusing on other unimportant details ,and they made a short past long story (longer than the present) while in the manga and novel it focus more on the present than the past ,and that how it should be
And I don't know why they skipped all the ai shounen light cute love between the 2 mc? it was pure ,funny ,enjoyable and cute ,not to ...

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