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'Love Between Fairy and Devil' received an award at Weibo Night Awards 2022

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  Love Between Fairy and Devil (2022) Official Poster (Source: iQIYI) Successfully winning the 'Annual Drama of the Year' award at the Weibo Night Awards  2022 , Love Between Fairy and Devil became the only xianxia fantasy drama that won in those categories. The prestigious Weibo Night Awards 2022 was recently held at the Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Cultural Center on March 25, 2023. The event was attended by famous actors, singers, and the movie figures industry. The arrangement for this award is that it is held after the year has ended and involves dramas and movies from that year. Therefore, Weibo Night 2022 was held in 2023. (Image: Weibo) One of the main award categories in this event is 'Annual Drama of the Year,' which has nine dramas as the winners. Among all the dramas that won, Love Between Fairy and Devil was the only xianxia drama that prevailed in this category. The other eight dramas consisted of 6 modern dramas ( Draw the Line, Wild Bloom, The Knockout, T

'Ne Zha': Animation Fantasy Movie Adapted from Classic Chinese Mythology

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  Ne Zha (2019) Official iQIYI Poster (Image by iQIYI) Adapted from the famous Chinese classic Mythology, Ne Zha presents the concept against society’s stereotypes of gods and demons while becoming one of the best-selling animation movie of all time in China. ‘Ne Zha’ (Nézhā zhī Mótóng Jiàngshì) is a fantasy animated movie released on July 13, 2019. The animated movie, directed by Yu Yang and Jiaozi, has a plot based on the famous Chinese mythology and 16th-century classic novel ‘Investiture of the Gods,’ attributed to Xu Zhonglin. At the time of its release, the movie was shown in China and 9 Southeast Asian countries. Adapted from the famous Chinese classic mythology, the movie tells the story of Ne Zha , a little boy who gains powers from the Demon Orb at birth. He is destined to have demonic powers and traits, which make him rude, arrogant, conceited, and cause harm to others. That’s why he was locked up at home, and no one dared to befriend him. This also caused him to grow up

THE LIVING DEAD: DON'T TURN ON THE LIGHT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE

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  The Living Dead (2019) Official Poster (image: WeTV) Combining thrilling fantasy and horror, The Living Dead achieved a high rating on the iQIYI streaming platform while simultaneously treating fans’ yearning for the drama The Untamed . After success with The Untamed , in August 2019, the official Weibo account for The Untamed announced a spin-off film entitled ‘The Living Dead.’ This film was directed by Qiu Zhong Wei, unlike The Untamed , which Steve Cheng and Chan Ka Lam directed. The Living Dead ( Chen Qing Ling Zhi Shen Hun ) was aired on November 7, 2019. The Living Dead focuses on the adventures of Wen Ning (Yu Bin), the ghost general, and Lan Sizhui (Zheng Fan Xing) in solving the mystery of ghost terror in FuFeng, previously known as the ‘ City That Never Turns Dark.’  But because of the mystery of death and the terror of ghosts that are usually called ‘Lit Lamp Murderer,’  the townspeople don’t dare to turn on the lights at night. This is because the person who turns on

'DOULU CONTINENT': HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL NOVEL ADAPTATION'S DRAMA

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  Doulu Continent Official Poster (image by WeTV) Doulu Continent successfully carved names into a row of dramas with an extensive successful broadcast volume.  The drama, starring Xiao Zhan and Wu Xuan Yi, results from an adaptation of the famous novel by Tang San Shao entitled 'Soul Land / Doulu Dalu.' Before being made in the form of Live Action Drama, the novel was first adapted into Donghua (Chinese Animation) of the same title, 'Soul Land / Doulu Dalu.' Why is this drama said to be a high success? Because Doulu Continent became the only TV series with a score of 3 in 2021. The cumulative number of broadcasts of this drama has exceeded 2.57 billion times, with the highest broadcast record of 211 million in a day. This drama gets a high rating on three drama rating websites: 8.4/10 on MyDramalist, 8.2/10 at IMDB, and 9.4/10 on Viki. Besides success in terms of broadcast, this drama also won various awards. So far, recorded this drama has won 13 awards in multip