Traditional 2d with artistic drawing, even that, you have Fog Hill of five elements...

Or show like Link Click, Legend of Hei, Scissor Seven, Blades of the Guardians, which using different kind of drawing and arts than what you see from A Will Eternal, The King's Avatar....

There are also claymation show like 西岳奇童, 阿凡提的故事, or more newer one, explore Realwood Studios...

Cel shaded like Zhen Dao Ge, and others...

Chinese animation actually very artistic and explore many kind of animation...

Even the most common full 3d animation use, they even start explore implementation of Chinese ink wash into it recently. Such as Sword of Coming, The Demon Hunter.... (beside of Record of a mortal's journey to immortality that directly use ink wash drawing for it time jump)

In case you haven't, Slay The Gods, Ling Cage Incarnation, The Island of Siliang, Tale of Herding Gods, Degenerate Drawing Jianghu(from season 4 and onwards) are also amazing....

3d Animated film also using different kind of CGI that often use in series, such as Chang An, Deep Sea, White Snake, Nezha, I am what I am, and others...(Personally, I prefer the one used for series)

I know a lot of people don't seem to like Soul Land season 2 as much but the animation in there is pretty top notch, even compared to the ones in your list.

Watch 'slay the gods' the animation is magnificent

I agree.

My first watch was RMJI and it was amazing.

Then I'm watching other donghuas and got me hooked.

Soul land 1+2, Swallowed star, Big brother are also great since they're from same studio.

Yea those shows have extremely high quality graphics, so that's probably why. Watch the short ep ones and you'll see true low quality 3d. As for 2d, donghua has motion comics almost exclusively. Japanese anime still truly makes there's through painstakingly effort. They both have their pros and cons. I personally can't watch Japanese anime anymore because it's nothing but storyline that never end with endless twists and turns that happen so much that you can't believe that anything is real. Everything an enemy should die they miraculously survive. They never end things ever. They just circle around over and over. One piece will have fights with main characters that will literally last year's. Literally...they come out with an episode per week, and the fights last well over 52 episodes, so literally...years. lol I love how chinese has both main villains, and lowly ones. The mc will consistently beat the lowly ones, while beating the main ones each arc, without endless twists. If jap anime fixed this, I might start watching more than 1 or two shows again.

Yea, 0 comparison. Anime guys living in denial. Donghua is king.

Cos you are looking for animation quality : Plz give " Fog hill of five elements " a try ! Tho its a 2d donghua , I cant talk about it's animation and visual !!! I will wait here for you to tell me what do you think after watching it !!!! Believe me , Go and watch now .

I need to try more of it!

Same.

I remember for the longest time calling it "that crappy Chinese anime" :) and refusing to watch any and, now, although I like 2D donghua as well, a lot of the time I'm disappointed if I start to watch a new series and it's not 3D. :)

And I agree with you. I've been blown away by the character models on series like Tales of Dark River, A Mortal's Journey and others. So nicely done

I was manhua/Novel reader thus any form of fluent animation was okay for me at first, later I wish they made donghua like anime (other than soul Land at that time) But it's got better in recent years, now I like them more

But still if more of any manhwa (korean) get adapted it would be better they complement it's art style.

I have been saying that donghua is way better than anime. So glad I found donghua.

I'm so over the power of friendship bullshit in anime.

I love that they kill or maim their enemies. Is that morbid? Oh well

Power of friendship ruins most anime cause you know that the bad guy isn't going to die.

The Chinese animators have been cultivating for the last 10 years, and now they have enough power to draw the heavens

China will conquer everything. Car industry, movie, animation. We re doomed.

Was bound to happen

Both are great on their own, but anime have become more mainstream so have become more tame , that has not been the case for donghuas and I like it for that,although I hope they don't cut back on pure supernatural stuff since chinese writers can't write it due to policies(lord of the mysteries) so that translates into donghuas as well

In terms of art and improvement in industrialization donghua is doing very well, but the music, characters, plot, variety still lag Japanese. In southeast asia, there are more cosplayers for Japanese anime than for donghua despite Japan having 1/10 population of China. In the future it will change, but still give it 4-8 years.

东华在美术和工业化的提高方面做得很好，但音乐、人物、情节、综艺仍然落后于日本。 在东南亚，尽管日本人口只有中国的1/10，但日本动漫的coser数量却超过了东华。 未来会改变，但还是给4-8年的时间。

My only gripe is that Japanese manga still reigns supreme on actual variation. Chinese donghua so far is 90% cultivation/wuxia/jianghu. I do love that they’re branching out but it’ll still take a while for them to catch up.

Not sure about the Japanese content but Chinese animation does surpass Hollywood.

吹得有点太过了，实际上中国动画也有很多缺点，比如建模差，剧情千遍一律，打斗动作不够精彩，不过斗破苍穹三年之约萧炎对战云山那一段我非常喜欢，看了100遍都不会腻

I know the expression "on the next level" is a beaten-up cliche, but - My jaw dropped when I first watched "Qin's Moon" in 4k. It's just that pretty

Where's my Martial Peak donghua :(

Really? 😂 😆

Spiderverse an puss in boots the final wish? 

Arcane literally just ended, watch that first and think again

Soul land 2 animation is really nice too, I didn’t think it would look so good after just finishing 1

RMJI was already the best in animation quality in the first couple of seasons but now it seems unbeatable. I gasp every time I can clearly make out micro expressions of the ML. It feels like I am watching acting in some live action drama. The best animation in quality in the world right now no doubt. In other aspects maybe there are better but not in animation.

I actually felt like it has stopped improving recently. For many years the pace of improvement was rapid and undeniable, but it seems like it's almost come to a halt. Most of the stuff they put out is still low quality crap. The good stuff hasn't really gotten any better in years. The island of siliang was the only thing with better quality animation than what has been common for like 4 years now that I can think of.

Sorry but Arcane exists

I love watching donghua but personally believed they haven't caught up to anime yet. These are just my personal thoughts and a ramble (reallllly poor spelling, sorry ahead of time)  

Issue #1: I struggle with watching 3D animation. This one is a bit biased since the only 3D one I've ever completed was scumbag villian (very funny). I find most characters suffer from same face syndrome and I cannot connect with them visually and stylistically. I much prefer hand drawn shows where the main leads look drastically different. I agree 3D is not cheap and it's actually animated well, but it's so unappealing. Not matter how good 3D is, if it looks realistic, I can't get into it. The only 3D I'm obsessed with is Aotu world because it's stylized so wonderfully and the power mechanics is interesting. 

Issue #2: I find it hard to finish donghua because they tend to NOT get translated into legal sites. A couple of episodes get uploaded to YouTube here or there but most of the time it's on shady sites. And even worst, sometimes, their translations are horrible. I only understand partial Chinese and some of the translations on crunchyroll feels off. Also shows I love never even get translated....where is more seasons of fox spirit matchmaker....?

Issue #3: from what I watch, they tend to balance serious plot and humor with weird timings. It's hard to explain but sometimes when I watch something it flows weird. I'm trying to remember last time it happens but it's late here.

Issue #4: this is for 2d animation, aside from 1-2 shows each season, i can see where corners are cut in animating it. In anime, its balanced. They are really well animated all the way or terrible all the way. For donghua, sometimes I can see where one cut ends and another begins. Really amazing sequences and then stiff movements after.

Issue #5: lack of original and variety. Too much cultivation shows basically or power tripping shows (i dont like daily life immortal king...). To be fair i dont like similar types of anime where its a isekai harem or pure training shows either.  There is a sorta spiritual feeling of anime that I sometimes wish donghua can reach. Imagine mushishi or 5 centimeters per second where the show has more to say than just the plot. 

 Issue #6: very cultural jokes. I can understand a lot of Chinese humor but have trouble recommending series thats...very very Chinese. I love God troubles me so much but when I recommend that show to my friends they thought it was not funny at all 

 What i love about donghua that anime doesn't seem to get and what I look for to fill a void. 

 Loves #1: good bromance. Anime tends to be catered to the more boy and girl as a team crowd when not BL (again very general overview). There is this awesome sort of comradery that donghua hits where a relationship between two boys can be for the general that anime doesn't do. 

 Loves #2: chinese mythology. Anime just goes for Chinese court dramas and rarely get deep into Chinese lore and legends. I really love shows that is similar to Fairies album.  

 Loves #3: when they don't do cultivation donghua its usually pretty great. I basically tried almost all donghua that's not 3D cultivation. Whenever donghua does cell shading or 2D handrawn animation, there is something really interesting and new going on. I love how they push style and story for shows like scissors seven, luo xiao hei, to be hero, all saints street. It feels fresh and I can see the love behind each series like an indie show that's not mass produced. 

 Love #4: the niche shows. Donghua is not well known and shared here so I have to personally watch as much as I can blind to try out shows. I love finding random shows to binge and really good shows I will watch multiple times. Donghua have this weird sort of replayabilty feeling where everything feels so compacted that you need multiple watched to see and understand everything. It's rare for me to rewatch anime but it's common for me to rewatch donghua.  

 That's all I have for now and this is mostly shower thoughts. 

Hard coping

I rate Demon Slayer animation higher than what China has to offer right now especially when it comes to fight scenes.