The new anime releases in January in China, including the standard topics such as romantic comedies, and the movement to reduce the number of Japanese anime distribution sites?　The January new anime releases in China, where there is also a movement to reduce the number of Japanese anime distribution sites [Anime Situation of a Chinese Otaku].

My name is Hundred Yuan Kagoyo, and I am here to introduce you to all things related to the otaku situation in China.
This time, I would like to introduce the trend of hot new Japanese anime titles in January distributed on Chinese video sites and the changes in distribution status in China.

Standard romantic comedies, Japanese online novels that are becoming a standard, and "otherworldly transfer reincarnation" works.

January's new anime season has been relatively quiet, probably due to the fact that there were no works with brand names or visuals that would be recognized as "great" or "valuable" by the Chinese otaku community as a whole, and also because it coincides with the busy period before Chinese New Year and at the end of the school term.

Also, perhaps because of this, new anime releases in January were relatively popular among Chinese otaku, including works with romantic comedy elements that are considered "easy to talk about" in Chinese otaku circles, such as"Kaguya-sama ga Sesshirasai ~Tenshi-tachi no Koenkou Brain Battle~,""The Bride of Fifth Class" and "Date A Live III", and the topics of conversation in Chinese otaku circles were also relatively popular. The most popular topics of conversation among Chinese otaku are their preferences for heroines and their "favorite" heroines.

In the current Chinese otaku community, there is a stronger awareness of the heroine's "victory or defeat" in the works than in Japan, and Chinese otaku have formed a group called the "00 Party" with the name of their favorite heroine. One of the standard ways to enjoy watching a work is to be happy or sad about the treatment of the heroine in the work, or to engage in a "party war," in which different factions argue about which heroine is better and which they like.

And since such a style of enjoyment has been established
"Is there any work with a good party line?
It is not uncommon for them to look for works to watch while doing so.

In addition to romantic comedies, works that have recently become a staple in the Chinese otaku community are those that originate from Internet novels, especially those that involve otherworldly transitions and reincarnations.
In China, the otherworldly trip genre is known as "kangetsu," and in recent years it has become a popular genre centered on Chinese online novels and dramas. Against this backdrop, it is said that as the number of Japanese anime and manga works with otherworldly stories originating from Japanese net novels increases in the Chinese otaku community, Japanese works with otherworldly transfer and reincarnation stories, their template elements, and promised developments are also becoming a hot topic.

In this genre of Japanese net novels, "Overlord" has earned a cumulative total of over 300 million views and is currently one of the signature works of Japanese anime in China. The new work in January is "Shield".
The new work in January, " The Rise of the Shield Hero, " has become a hot topic.

The Rise of the Shield of the Brave" is relatively well known in China, and even before the anime began, many people were familiar with the original novel and the comic book version, and it was considered one of the most anticipated new anime titles for January.
Once the anime started, the high quality of the anime and the fact that the development was somewhat different from previous Japanese anime adaptations of otherworldly transfer and reincarnation works, made it a topic of conversation in the direction of enjoying following the work and discussing the work that originated from Japanese Internet novels.

Incidentally, it is said that in China today, more and more people are coming into contact with works that originated from Japanese online novels, which have become popular beyond a certain level and have been commercialized, through manga.
In addition to the original novels, some works may be expected to gain a better understanding of the content, build a fan base, and boost the popularity of the anime version through comic book adaptation.

In addition to the above works, other new animations in January include "Dororo", which is gaining recognition among the enthusiasts for its modern style animation of Osamu Tezuka's works, which were regarded as classics in China and few people were familiar with them, "Mob Psycho 100 IIand"Yakusoku no Neverland," which is expected to become a new shonen manga series.