魔道祖师 / Mo Dao Zu Shi

February 11, 2020

魔道祖师 / Mo Dao Zu Shi

I watched a 动画 (Donghua, not anime) called 魔道祖师 / Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation)

Very beautiful. I saw, withinn the first eposide, 3D background art, with 2D animation (characters and power/magic). I really like this. It was really well done

I can watch this over YouTube (which is how I found it by accident)

I don't normally watch things with this type of theme (demonic), but I am more drawn to the history, art, clothing, and drama with this work

I have seen season 1 (you say "I'll watch a few" then finish the first season). It really gives depth to the characters background, and help us understand his relationships with his family, friends and friendemies

The opening is FANTASTIC. It is such a cute and beautiful style. Clean and amazing. It pays homage to the traditional way to paint in Chinese. Even in the title, there is a 3D aspect with the building and how things more in the space. It is just so cool

Just look at it. It really get me wanting to better my work to come up with many create and beautiful way to animate, even just a title can be done beautifully. This is just the introduction. There are many points with the animation that has me just staring, both because it is really key/amazing part of the story, but also for just how well it is done. It just inspires me so much

With these shots I have found. I am showing how they use lighting, magic/power aspects, fighting, the style of animation, background art, and character movements (graving the sword) to really show what this show has to offer. It is done really well in my opinion. I just can't get enough of it

I can only dream of being able to work on anything near this work. It is So Amazing. The light effects, swipe effects with the sword, the 'sound' that rings out when played, how wind and movement effects the clothing, how colour is used, animation of background and items, water effects and just everything! The list goes on. I can see the hard work that went into this alone. It clearly shows who is 'evil' and where this is set in both location and history. Just... Amazing

I also like the story plot so far (I have no idea what is going to happen next). I have seen war, peace, fighting, death, grief, happiness, fun times, study times, epic times, and who the main character is. The main character is Wei WuXian

Him young (15 years oldish)

His prime (about 20 years old)

Just before his death (23 year old at death)

I like how we can see how me grows up as the series goes on. Very cool. I will not reveal much about him at all, as it will take far to much time. But just know, that he is a good man, who was killed/betrayed. He did do some bad things, but with good intent

This series is very popular, there is a Novel, Manhua (webcomic), Live-action web series called 'Untamed', and Audio drama on this series. Very much loved