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Chinese Animation 'Huyao Xiao Hongniang' to Broadcast in Japan

by Vindstot
May 26, 2017 9:40 PM | 79 Comments
Haoliners Animation League has opened an official wesbite and announced that Chinese net anime Huyao Xiao Hongniang (Fox Spirit Matchmaker) is slated to broadcast in Japan under the title Enmusubi no Youko-chan. The series is scheduled to premiere on July 1 at 9:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX1. Unlike the ONA series, the TV version will have a total of 25 episodes, with a runtime of 24 minutes per episode.

Synopsis
In a world where spirits and humans coexist and can fall in love with each other, the spirits can only see their loved one dying before them, as their life expectancy is superior to that of human's. Even when that human is reborn, the previous memories of the past life are erased from their memory. However, it is said among the spirits that a certain "service" is spreading. This "service" is provided by the "Fox Spirit Matchmakers," who can revive the lost memories of their former lover. When the spirits lose their lover, they can purchase the "service" of the "Fox Spirit Matchmakers" so that they could attempt to regain their former lover memories and start over a new love story. This story follows a young Fox Spirit Matchmaker who tries her best to restore lost memories and spread love. (Source: Press Release, edited)

Cast
Tushan Susu: Kana Asumi (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san)
Bai Yuechu: Watari Hatano (Mikakunin de Shinkoukei)

Staff
Director: Wang Xin
Assistant Director: Dong Yi
Character Design: Jin Rongfan, Shen Qiche (Animal Yokochou animation director)
Sound Director: Wu Ting (Freezing Vibration in-between animator)
Japanese version Sound Director: Takumi Itou (Tantei Team KZ: Jiken Note)
Color Setting: Jin Zhongmin, Cui Shunyi
Art Director: Li Yunhao, Jin Yingcai
Director of Photography: Huang Zhihuan
Editing: Aya Hida (Gin no Guardian)
Sound Production: Woo Sound Studio
Japanese Sound Production: Half H.P Studio
Music: Fule Studio
Producer: Tang Yunkang
Animation Producer: Han Chengjie
Key Visual: fiodo
Title Logo Design: Nachi Kio (Imouto wa Ore ni Te wo Dasuna! light novel)
Studio: Haoliners, Emon

Fox Spirit Matchmaker is the anime adaptation of the webmanga Huyao Xiao Hongniang by Xiao Xin serialized by Tencent. The number of cumulative previews for the comic exceeded 7.36 billion in May 2017. The net anime has reached 120 million playbacks on Chinese streaming platform bilibili, and the total number of internet broadcast exceeded 1.2 billion.

Official site: http://enmusuyouko.com/
Official Twitter: @enmusuyouko

Source: Moca News

20 of 79 Comments Recent Comments

Stop whining. Japanese anime is here is stay. This anime is actually hilarious if you give it a chance. The dialogue is a classic, it's making fun of itself, Look at the humourous side that the spider youkai characters eyes extend into her hair for example. I binge watched 8 episodes and I was in fits of laughter. Especially the hostile takeover of the hospital.

Aug 29, 2017 11:06 PM by m0e_SeRaToNiN

CM is out.

Jun 6, 2017 6:53 AM by tsubasalover

China's animation are somewhat pretty decent. It reminds me of Japanese animation way back on the 90's. So far, I like Rakshasa street and Quanzhi Gaoshou. I am hopeful that this Huyao Xiao something would be good too... though I am still adjusting to the language as I've watched anime in Japanese for almost 2 decades now it's weird that I'm listening to other language especially in Chinese. haha

May 29, 2017 9:35 AM by fukachan

My main thing will be the quality of the voice acting for me. It seems like it'll be dubbed into japanese since their is a japanese sound director and sound studio involved. I don't really care where it is made as long as it is quality, though some elitism here but I prefer hearing japanese voices in anime over both english dubs and chinese dubs (Just more tuned to those sounds).
Besides Toei have branches in Thailand and what not and south korea is also used for filler-episodes and for a lot in-betweening.

May 29, 2017 5:35 AM by RindouVarness

I'm not sure why some people are triggered over a Chinese animation. Looks like we got some weabs/elitists here that can't tolerate any other animation except for Japanese animation.

As long as the story line is good, good production, and VA, idm. Also, people need to realize that anime isn't that popular when compared to manga and LN in Japan. A lot of people in Japan are often overworked and are short handed of workers.



May 28, 2017 10:32 PM by RioOba

Anybody who is angry over Chinese anime is an embarrassment to anime fans everywhere. All of you pirates whine, but a non consumer whining is just crazy.

Japan doesn't care. Support the industry or be aware the opinion of a non consumer has zero worth.

May 28, 2017 7:18 PM by Kagami

Didn't expect the main voice actor from (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) is in this Chinese Animation. I'll better keep an eye on this one...

May 28, 2017 2:49 PM by Lyix

Kittens-kun said:
jc9622 said:
Bruh, there's no point in arguing with ignorant dumbasses like @AIDSKrillex who feels proud to steal anime. They're literally going to come up with thousands of excuses to try and justify their "pirate life" like "Why would I pay money to Crunchy if 100% of their revenue doesn't go to the producers?".

I mean, they're right. Not all of the money goes to the producers but it's not a fraction either. Like you said, a lot of anime wouldn't be here in the West legally if the licensors only pay a pube hair amount. Japanese producers wouldn't give them the rights if that actually happens.

I also read an artical somewhere (I think it was ANN) stating how Netflix and Amazon payed 6 figures ($100,000 or more) per episode just to aquire a series. I also remember hearing about Funimation paying yet-again 6 figures to aquire the rights for My Hero Academia.

As for me, I feel very proud paying my hard earned money to both Crunchyroll and Funimation. I'm not some cheap/poor ass fucker. Like seriously, it would cost you more to buy a combo meal at McDonalds in a single day than paying $7 a month for Crunchyroll.



You people really are hilarious. If Crunchyroll really helps as much as you say it does, then why is the life of the average studio worker still hell? Why do they still make such pitiful wages? Your legal sites have done nothing to help them, and they never will. "support the industry" is more like "support these American licensers and publishers"
Blame the production committee for that shit. They're the ones who decides how much they'll pay their staff. In their mind set, paying the VA's higher wages is top priority than paying proper wagers for the animators. No matter how much money the licensors give to the producers, it's still up to the producers to decide how much they want to pay the animators. Unless the Animation Studio is in the production committee, they only get a set amount of money for the project and it's not a lot.

May 28, 2017 4:11 AM by jc9622

AIDSKrillex said:
Zapredon said:

Another method you can overcome this CR licensing issues is that you can pay CR
no that doesnt work that way. The japanese cartoon must be licensed in that fucking region before CR even release that shit. So basically, even you pay a fuck ton to CR, it still wont show all of what licensed in North America to, lets say, South East Asia because it wasnt licensed in that particular region in the first place.

Jesus Christ you fucking Americans always piss me off

but they dont license what I actually want to watch or read and only distributing mainstream dogshit which they think can sell in a particular region especially those niche titles that no one bothers to watch


I don't know if you misunderstood what I said,did you reply here without reading the rest of the paragraph? I'm saying you pay CR, but you don't watch the show in CR as they don't license all your shows but you download it in Horrible Subs. HS download is obviously illegal but at least, the money you give to CR can be directed to the anime industry. I'm suggesting you pay CR but at the same time download illegally. As I said, see CR as a form of crowdfunding. No excuse here then.

And if they don't license what you watch, then shouldn't the anime you want to watch be available in CR? Which country are you living?

These CR friends actually think they're saving anime lmao

As less than 10 percent of anime fans paid CR, we still can't save anime. Still better than pirate. China is the one saving anime.


Why would I pay on a company if they cant even give the service what I want? The company must think of its consumers not the other way around ffs

So you can support the anime industry. As I mentioned above,see it as form of crowd funding. Either that or don't complain when China take over anime industry. China is saving anime.

You might want to read this article about Chinese investment in Japan anime studio.

Focus: As Streaming Booms, China Sees Growing Demand for Japanese Animation

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1615907

Japan ink: How anime is building business ties with China
https://japantoday.com/category/features/japan-ink-how-anime-is-building-business-ties-with-china

Chinese involvement in Japan anime industry will growing.

May 28, 2017 12:45 AM by Zapredon

Zapredon said:

Another method you can overcome this CR licensing issues is that you can pay CR
no that doesnt work that way. The japanese cartoon must be licensed in that fucking region before CR even release that shit. So basically, even you pay a fuck ton to CR, it still wont show all of what licensed in North America to, lets say, South East Asia because it wasnt licensed in that particular region in the first place.

Jesus Christ you fucking Americans always piss me off

The region issues happen because licensing is given to other companies of your region. You just need to find local publisher/distributors that own right to them, then you can still support anime industry this way as mentioned by ninjitsuko in this CR thread.
but they dont license what I actually want to watch or read and only distributing mainstream dogshit which they think can sell in a particular region especially those niche titles that no one bothers to watch

These CR friends actually think they're saving anime lmao

,but instead of relying on them to get all your anime, you go get it from HS. This way, you can still watch all anime you want but still contribute to anime industry through your payment in CR. Use CR as a mean and form of crowdfunding to anime industry. No more excuse this time right?
Why would I pay on a company if they cant even give the service what I want? The company must think of its consumers not the other way around ffs

May 28, 2017 12:34 AM by Diginarcissa

Some of ya'll are some negative fuckin people, damn... and that says a lot coming from a curmudgeon such as myself.

All I see here is an opportunity for a new country to get into the medium. Who cares if most of it is shit? That happens in every medium everywhere. The point is given the chance eventually something awesome will probably come out of it. So quit whining and get on the fucking bus already. Japanese anime isn't going anywhere, and if it ever did its mostly there fault for having a shitty unsustainable business model (especially pertaining to the horde of Western fans and money the industry doesn't even seem to really fucking want)

May 27, 2017 11:58 PM by LayedBack



Kittens-kun said:
jc9622 said:
Bruh, there's no point in arguing with ignorant dumbasses like @AIDSKrillex who feels proud to steal anime. They're literally going to come up with thousands of excuses to try and justify their "pirate life" like "Why would I pay money to Crunchy if 100% of their revenue doesn't go to the producers?".

I mean, they're right. Not all of the money goes to the producers but it's not a fraction either. Like you said, a lot of anime wouldn't be here in the West legally if the licensors only pay a pube hair amount. Japanese producers wouldn't give them the rights if that actually happens.

I also read an artical somewhere (I think it was ANN) stating how Netflix and Amazon payed 6 figures ($100,000 or more) per episode just to aquire a series. I also remember hearing about Funimation paying yet-again 6 figures to aquire the rights for My Hero Academia.

As for me, I feel very proud paying my hard earned money to both Crunchyroll and Funimation. I'm not some cheap/poor ass fucker. Like seriously, it would cost you more to buy a combo meal at McDonalds in a single day than paying $7 a month for Crunchyroll.



You people really are hilarious. If Crunchyroll really helps as much as you say it does, then why is the life of the average studio worker still hell? Why do they still make such pitiful wages? Your legal sites have done nothing to help them, and they never will. "support the industry" is more like "support these American licensers and publishers"


It because large majority of anime fan still download/streamit illegally. CR has like 10 million visitors but only 200,000 are subscribers. Now imagine if those huge 10 million actually paid. It's a question of quantity here.

AIDSKrillex said:
Zapredon said:


LOL! And I'm suppose to trust a random internet user like you? If the anime industry are upset, then they wouldn't let Crunchy Roll stream so many anime and Horrible Subs wouldn't be able to rip off CR.

And fyi, anime industry record growth thanks to China.
tu quoque is not an argument. Japs wont even allow to market/ license their shit on my region. Cant you understand for god's sake. Crunchyroll friends are so cocky i swear.


The region issues happen because licensing is given to other companies of your region. You just need to find local publisher/distributors that own right to them, then you can still support anime industry this way as mentioned by ninjitsuko in this CR thread.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-976519/licensing-limitations

If you are not going to bother make effort finding your local publisher/distributor, then just shut up and stop whining Chinese taking over Japan anime because it certainly not 'your goddam anime'. To be honest,I'm not fan of Chinese anime, I drop Reikenzan but even someone like me who support anime industry legally, do not complain if China take over Japan anime industry because I can understand the responsibility and the need to put food on table for yourselves and family.

-EDIT-
Another method you can overcome this CR licensing issues is that you can pay CR,but instead of relying on them to get all your anime, you go get it from HS. This way, you can still watch all anime you want but still contribute to anime industry through your payment in CR. Use CR as a mean and form of crowdfunding to anime industry. No more excuse this time right?

@jc9622
True. If anything the cocky and arrogance one are those pirate because they didn't contribute anything to Japan anime industry and yet, they expect Japan anime industry to please them and still have the nerve to complain when China invest in Japan anime industry. Are you kidding me?

May 27, 2017 10:02 PM by Zapredon

SO what's next?

Chinese Waifu?

May 27, 2017 9:59 PM by ezaya

This might be the first chinese anime that I will follow. Art seems nice and synopsis sounds good for a light watch. Kana Asumi is there too, and foxgirls would not hurts at all.

Yeah I know there's that one ambitious Chinese show this season too, but I still not trust then with that kind of ambition.

May 27, 2017 9:31 PM by zeroyuki92

jc9622 said:
Zapredon said:


LOL! And I'm suppose to trust a random internet user like you? If the anime industry are upset, then they wouldn't let Crunchy Roll stream so many anime and Horrible Subs wouldn't be able to rip off CR.

And fyi, anime industry record growth thanks to China.


https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1421080

At least, the Chinese stream it legally which contribute to Japan anime industry. It's not that hard to figure out why economic interaction between China and Japan anime industry is becoming more common. Again, don't complain if China take over. At least, they contribute to Japan anime industry unlike you. Weebs has been taking free anime download for granted.
Bruh, there's no point in arguing with ignorant dumbasses like @AIDSKrillex who feels proud to steal anime. They're literally going to come up with thousands of excuses to try and justify their "pirate life" like "Why would I pay money to Crunchy if 100% of their revenue doesn't go to the producers?".

I mean, they're right. Not all of the money goes to the producers but it's not a fraction either. Like you said, a lot of anime wouldn't be here in the West legally if the licensors only pay a pube hair amount. Japanese producers wouldn't give them the rights if that actually happens.

I also read an artical somewhere (I think it was ANN) stating how Netflix and Amazon payed 6 figures ($100,000 or more) per episode just to aquire a series. I also remember hearing about Funimation paying yet-again 6 figures to aquire the rights for My Hero Academia.

As for me, I feel very proud paying my hard earned money to both Crunchyroll and Funimation. I'm not some cheap/poor ass fucker. Like seriously, it would cost you more to buy a combo meal at McDonalds in a single day than paying $7 a month for Crunchyroll.



You people really are hilarious. If Crunchyroll really helps as much as you say it does, then why is the life of the average studio worker still hell? Why do they still make such pitiful wages? Your legal sites have done nothing to help them, and they never will. "support the industry" is more like "support these American licensers and publishers"

May 27, 2017 8:39 PM by TsukuyomiREKT

Robiiii said:
I still dont get it if this is a direct sequel to the ONA, a remake or....? Theres no mention of it in the article

This is a broadcast of the net anime in TV format.

May 27, 2017 7:05 PM by Vindstot

Zapredon said:
AIDSKrillex said:
Jesus Christ how can you even trust this man or this article if they cant even give details other than "we gib majority of your shekels to the japanese but I cant tell you how many lol xdddd trust me goyim"? Seriously, Americans trust their companies too much


LOL! And I'm suppose to trust a random internet user like you? If the anime industry are upset, then they wouldn't let Crunchy Roll stream so many anime and Horrible Subs wouldn't be able to rip off CR.

And fyi, anime industry record growth thanks to China.
tu quoque is not an argument. Japs wont even allow to market/ license their shit on my region. Cant you understand for god's sake. Crunchyroll friends are so cocky i swear.

May 27, 2017 5:28 PM by Diginarcissa

Zapredon said:
AIDSKrillex said:
Jesus Christ how can you even trust this man or this article if they cant even give details other than "we gib majority of your shekels to the japanese but I cant tell you how many lol xdddd trust me goyim"? Seriously, Americans trust their companies too much


LOL! And I'm suppose to trust a random internet user like you? If the anime industry are upset, then they wouldn't let Crunchy Roll stream so many anime and Horrible Subs wouldn't be able to rip off CR.

And fyi, anime industry record growth thanks to China.

The AJA attributes the increase to growth in rights sales and commercialization of video distribution in China.

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1421080

At least, the Chinese stream it legally which contribute to Japan anime industry. It's not that hard to figure out why economic interaction between China and Japan anime industry is becoming more common. Again, don't complain if China take over. At least, they contribute to Japan anime industry unlike you. Weebs has been taking free anime download for granted.
Bruh, there's no point in arguing with ignorant dumbasses like @AIDSKrillex who feels proud to steal anime. They're literally going to come up with thousands of excuses to try and justify their "pirate life" like "Why would I pay money to Crunchy if 100% of their revenue doesn't go to the producers?".

I mean, they're right. Not all of the money goes to the producers but it's not a fraction either. Like you said, a lot of anime wouldn't be here in the West legally if the licensors only pay a pube hair amount. Japanese producers wouldn't give them the rights if that actually happens.

I also read an artical somewhere (I think it was ANN) stating how Netflix and Amazon payed 6 figures ($100,000 or more) per episode just to aquire a series. I also remember hearing about Funimation paying yet-again 6 figures to aquire the rights for My Hero Academia.

As for me, I feel very proud paying my hard earned money to both Crunchyroll and Funimation. I'm not some cheap/poor ass fucker. Like seriously, it would cost you more to buy a combo meal at McDonalds in a single day than paying $7 a month for Crunchyroll.

May 27, 2017 4:59 PM by jc9622

JP Anime industry must be in a recession to resort to chinese outhouses drawing. Can I say World Domination?

May 27, 2017 4:59 PM by OppaiSugoi

@Symphyon
i did a quick search but i couldn't find any
the ones with more than 12 ep are just Ona or short

May 27, 2017 2:54 PM by tragedydesu

It’s time to ditch the text file.
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