Xingchen Bian (Stellar Transformation)

Having problems with his meridians and thus rendered incapable of practicing the internal arts, Qin Yu lives in seclusion with Grandfather Lian. To cheer up a depressed Qin Yu, Lian gifts him a peculiar bird, which the former names Xiao Hei.

Wanting to be recognized by his father, Qin Yu embarks on the path of cultivation. With Zhao Yunxing's rigorous training method, he strives to overcome his physiological hindrance and become an expert in the external arts. While resting from one such training session, Qin Yu discovers a red crystal that, to his surprise, fuses with his body. Unbeknownst to him, this subtle transformation gives Qin Yu astounding abilities that will aid him as he sets out, with Xiao Hei in tow, to prove that he is worthy of his father's acknowledgement.

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Xingchen Bian is based on a Chinese serial web novel of the same name written by I Eat Tomatoes (我吃西红柿).

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Xingchen Bian: Yu Li Cang Hai

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Qin, Yu

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Hei, Yu

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Wo Chi Xihong Shi

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"Xing Chen Juexing (星辰觉醒)" by Huabing Tu (屠化冰)

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"Miwu Hua Kai (迷雾花开)" by Pengjie Chen (陈鹏杰)

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Mar 10, 2022

math20082

Recommended

This anime is an adaptation of the novel "Stellar Transformation" by I Eat Tomatoes. And contrary to Swallowed star which doesn't follow the story, this one actually does.
This novel is one of the traditional xianxia story, where the main objective of the MC in most of the novel will be to attain a higher cultivation and attain immortality. I'm mentionning it here because of another review but no, the story still has a purpose after the 1st season. That just shows how some people don't understand the point of the story, it has never been a story of Qin Yu and his father, but about ...

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Nov 25, 2020

ExaltedSenpai

Recommended

This is a really good anime with its backstory stemming from the Qin dynasty which was China's first dynasty. This is a story that follows both fiction and non-fiction. Most of what was in the first season are historical events. However, there are some changes to fit the story of a mythic legend named Yu Qin. As the story progresses, Yu Qin becomes stronger and in season 2 meets a well-known Chinese legend, Sun Wu Kong. Well in the anime he wasn't named that but his weapon and looks are inspired by Sun Wu Kong. This has roots in Chinese epics such as Xi You ...

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Mar 21, 2020

MrHaibo

Recommended

I was planning to write a review on this anime anyways, but after reading the only other review, I now have to write one.... (the other review was really bad... if you couldn't tell already)

This review is spoiler free so feel free to read it before you watch.

Xing Chen Bian is a Chinese anime I found while going though the romance genre on MAL. I decided to give it a go since it had a decent rating. With that being said, there are zero romance in this anime, ZERO. so if romance is the only thing you care about, move along cuz you ain't finding ... it here.

Let's start with the story, it's pretty basic. We all have seen an anime where the main character is told that he is hopeless and can't do great things, and somehow he becomes OP. Well, this is one of those. The main character Qin, Yu was born without the special gift to hold power within himself, so he was deemed useless. Although his father never gave up on him and loved him very much, he didn't have high hopes for him. The story begins with a flash back (or I guess flash foreword) of a bit of the last episode, and then cuts back to Yu's childhood.

The plot itself wasn't bad but it lacks creativity in the bigger picture (6/10)

The music used in this anime was great as with almost all Chinese anime, they add on to the mood and gives the scenes which have music more character. The background soundtrack as well as the sound affects are also very well done, nothing felt out of place. (9/10)

This anime uses CGI combined with real human motion capture, so while the animation is presented in 3D, everything is very smooth and sometimes felt real. It is not perfect however as some scenes still feels edited. Overall the art was nice to look at so (9/10)

Now on to some of my small nit-picks. The pacing felt off on the earlier half of the anime, some things I felt could have been cut shorter and vice versa, however I understand that could just be personal reference. The dialog sometime have unnecessary pauses and charters just kinda of stood there doing nothing. There was many times were it felt more like cut-scenes from a RPG rather than an anime. But hey, these are just some of the things I found odd.

Last but not least, the translation. I was born in China and lived there for 12 years before I moved to Canada, so my first language is Chinese. Chinese as a language in nature is more complicated than English, so any Chinese anime you watch will be better if you understood Chinese. As this anime takes place in a fantasy version of China a few hundred years ago, the language used is sometimes complicated and when translated, lose some of its meaning. So just keep that in mind if the translation doesn't make sense sometimes.

Overall, this was a fairly enjoyable anime to watch. It is definitely not a masterpiece or something close to it, but if you just want something to watch and pass the time, this anime is not a bad choice. Overall a 7.2 out of 10 in my books.

Give it a go and see what you think!

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