原标题：7 Reasons Why The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation is the Best Chinese Anime of 2018

魔道祖师是2018年最棒的中国动画的7点原因

Jervis Zeuldeick 8:44 PM  Blog, Chinese Anime, Featured

*段落首行是原文，第二行是中文翻译，第三行是译者的【吐槽】，偶尔出现的括号*为注解。

Popularity-wise, Chinese animation is on fire recently as international anime viewers is getting enthralled by the allure presented by the cliche yet refreshing take of Chinese anime industry to very common anime plot.

流行性来说，中国动画最近在国际动漫迷中都很火热，因为我们看了太多（日系）粗制滥造之后被引人入胜的中国动画完全迷住了，刚刚进入（国际）动画领域的中国动画对我们来说非常有新鲜感。

【这就是我选择翻译这篇文章的原因，第一段非常的客观，直指要害，日漫缺乏创新，陈词滥调很多年了，回想我国的网文圈也是，龙傲天叶良辰刚出来的时候多火，后来却成了一个贬义标签。】

Story-wise, they provided us with generic plot which were dated back from the ancient times of Chinese literature. However, they also presented a stimulating take on those story and even show us some innovations which are only unique on its own. In a lighter side, they give us anime show with cliche story but highlighted in a different perspective. 

故事性来说，中国人能给我们带来可以追溯至上古中华文化的故事。同时，他们能把故事讲的更刺激，更具有他们独特的创新点。换言之，他们能把陈词滥调的（日系）动画里的故事讲出不一样的感觉。

【划重点，他们喜欢这种古风故事，虽然不太明白，但他们觉得中国人讲故事的方式很特别，非常有新意。】

Quality-wise, majority of today's Chinese anime were no different from those average, generic, and mediocre anime which is rampant in Japan. However, there are some independent variables that goes beyond everyone's expectation. In fact, Chinese anime had been on the rise due to the legacy and popularity by some of these excellent Chinese anime series such as The King's Avatar, Qin's Moon, Rakshasa Street, and this 2018; it's the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation also known as Mo Dao Zu Shi or The Founder of Diabolism.

质量方面，现在大部分的中国动画都和那些海量的：平均水平、一般质量或者中等偏下的日本动画完全不一样。当然，每个人的观点都是自由可变的。事实上，中国动画的呼声上涨，得益于几部宝藏级别的系列动画：《全职高手》《秦时明月》《镇魂街》，当然，还有我们2018年的《魔道祖师》！（有三个译名呢，可怜的老外，找资源的时候得搜索三次XD）

【那是因为他们没有看过雷锋的故事啦233，被民间字幕组自发制作字幕上传至油管的动画怎么可能包括《汽车人总动员》这种，兄die，并不是国漫都是大制作，而是刚好你们只看看了大制作。】

Back to our post's title; what makes the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation the best Chinese anime of 2018 is very easy to answer. In fact, it could even compete with the title of anime of the year of 2018 and give those anime giants from Japan a run of their money.

回到我们的标题，魔道祖师是2018年最好中国动画的原因很简单。事实上，魔道可以和2018年全年的日漫媲美，让那些“动画大咖们”知道他们该怎么花钱做动画。

The anime gained immense attention to to the hype of the novel readers. Though people might think that this is just another BL story, I am sorry to cut off the speculation but there are more than what meets the eye in here. Furthermore, the BL plot is quite unnoticeable in the current pacing of the story. Thus, it gives more room for the viewers to get enchanted by the anime's breathtaking semi-realistic graphics and jaw-dropping astounding animation. In the end, as the first season of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation concluded on its 15th episode, we can simply stated that the anime isn't easy as it appear in the surface.

魔道这个动画的轰动是从大量的小说读者间开始的。虽然有些人认为这只是个BL*动画，还被剪掉（脆皮鸭）情节，只能从主角两人的眼神中脑补。更确切的说，BL情节照这个动画目前的节奏根本是看不见的。因而，对这部动画着魔的人能够自如的观看这部惊心动魄的写实风动画。最后，虽然魔道的第一季完结在15集，但是我们已经知道这个故事并不像目前看起来的那么简单（就是说他们知道第二三季更精彩）。

【*BL，boys love，欧美耽美圈和国内的标签不太一样，他们分了少年爱（纯爱清水）、纯脆皮鸭两种，魔道到现在还挂着少年爱的标签，虽然有人提过，但是没用，MAL的工作人员认为，只要主角不是男女，就都是那啥╮(￣▽￣)╭】

Mo Dao Zu Shi Synopsis魔道祖师的动画简介（这个就不翻译了，因为翻译人员也是照着小说作者写的文案翻译成英文的）

 As the grandmaster who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was backstabbed by his dearest shidi and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans—Lan Wangji, his archenemy. This marks the start of a thrilling yet hilarious journey of attacking monsters, solving mysteries, and raising children. From the mutual flirtation along the way, Wei Wuxian slowly realizes that Lan Wangji, a seemingly haughty and indifferent poker-face, holds more feelings for Wei Wuxian than he is letting on.

Thus, we have listed here some of the reasons why Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation is the best Chinese anime of 2018 and could be the dark-horse to take the anime of the year title for 2018.

因此，我们需要罗列出魔道祖师是2018年最优的原因，我想说这部是这一整年最大的黑马。【作者你终于想起来你要写什么了！】

HIGH-END ANIMATION (A POINT OF REVOLUTION IN CHINESE ANIMATION)

1.高端（一种中国动画的改革）

Anyone who had seen the animation of Mo Dao Zu Shi could easily tell the difference in quality against majority of Chinese anime out there. In fact, its animation quality is something that some of the animation studio from Japan should try to learn a lesson or two. At this point, it is safe to say that Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation sets a new standard of quality in Chinese anime industry and hoping it will lead into a wide-scale revolution in the quality of of Chinese animation.

看过魔道的人都都能说出这部和别的中国动画有什么不同。事实上，这部动画的质量是日本动画工作室都值得学习的。因此，毫不夸张的说，魔道祖师是中国动画制作的新标杆，希望它能成为中国动画改革的导向标。

【妈呀，这吹的，我都要翻不下去了，笑出声XD】

TOP-NOTCH STORY-WRITING

2.大气的故事

Although the plot can be seen from other anime or literary pieces, the story of Mo Dao Zu Shi is currently one of the best XianXia stories from China. Viewers who enjoyed watching historical, and supernatural-exorcism anime will definitely fall in love with it. Plus, it goes beyond its normal genre. Drama, romance, comedy, action, fantasy, adventure, supernatural, historical? Most of those stuffs were beautifully combined altogether in this anime, thus such a masterpiece had been produced.

虽然故事的主要情节你在别的动画或者小说中出现过了，但魔道是目前的中国仙侠小说中最好看的一本。喜欢历史、超自然驱魔动画的不要错过这部！这部的内容要远远超过常规类型动画：戏剧性、浪漫性、喜剧性、迷人性、冒险性、历史性？所有这些元素都包含在这部动画里面，多么杰出的作品啊！

A lot of depth in the story, it's not just pure action but also filled with drama and more! Please don't cry anymore young master Jiang Cheng.

这些故事中最深沉的部分不只是纯粹的演戏，而是有更悲剧性的内涵！江宗主求你别哭了T-T

【我已经懒得吐槽了，这里原本有配图，追书上发图不方便，我就不贴图了，这个位置是火烧莲花坞之后江澄哭泣的图，大家自己脑补一下，或者点开我贴在最后的原贴链接】

BREATHTAKING GRAPHICS AND ARTS

3.美爆的艺术风格

When talking about quality of an anime, among the most important factors were the graphics and the arts. In Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, everybody who's not blind or doesn't have eye-problems could testify just how jaw-dropping and great the graphics and the arts are. In some points, the background actually looks too realistic and mesmerizing.

在说一部动画的质量的时候，都离不开最重要的美术风格。魔道祖师的动画嘛，只要不是个瞎子都能被它美到掉下巴。就连它的每一个场景都异常的真实让人沉醉。

【掉下巴这个短语已经出现第二次了，每次吹魔道，作者都吹到词穷XD】

FLAWLESS ANIMATION

4.完美的后期制作

Aside from the high quality animation, the anime also have a very graceful sequence of hand-drawn graphics and CG. The animation sequence were executed flawlessly. It could only be described as perfect, admirable, aesthetically breathtaking.

除了高质量的动画之外，魔道还的手绘和CG技术也很优美。这个动画的作画太完美了！我只能用完美无瑕、宝藏级、美到令人窒息来形容。

【这位作者终于词穷了(Ｔ▽Ｔ)，我也很词穷。另外他好像不太明白分镜、原画、动画的原理，所以我大致帮他解释了一下想表达的，虽然我也不专业，各位将就着看】

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation - Flawless Animation

【这里放了打斗的动图】

INTERESTING CHARACTERS

5.有趣的角色

Having interesting characters that could entice the attention of the viewers is a necessity for an anime. And such is the case with Mo Dao Zu Shi, every characters is an interesting piece of art on its own. The way they behave, it seems to follow an insurmountable pattern that were drawn by the gods making each of them unique and embodies a philosophy of their own. In layman's term, they are likable and mind-boggling that you as a viewer won't let any second passed without knowing the development on the story of these characters.

有趣的角色是动画吸引观众最重要的一点。魔道祖师做到了，每个角色都有自己有趣的片段。每个人的命运，都像是在神设定的牢笼中挣扎，他们信奉着自己的哲学活下去。用门外汉的话来说，就是这些角色可爱到令人惊讶，（如果你看了这个故事）你会不想错过任何一个角色的后续情况。

【英语尬吹的角度真的是很刁钻】

The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation Four Main Characters

【这里放了四张官方角色人物卡，果冻字幕组发布的英文版的，B站上有，感兴趣的可以去看看】

ASTOUNDING ACTION AND FIGHT SCENES

6.令人振奋的动作和打斗场面

Yes, at the bottom line, this is a XianXia story where exorcism exists and battling against demons, and supernatural phenomena is like a child's play and a common game. The action were solid giving a domineering fight scenes that would leave someone speechless. Why speechless? It is because it feels like you're not only watching an epic fight scenes but witnessing a form of art that it unique only to this anime although it exists in the plot of other stories.

是的，最不济（魔道）也是一个仙侠故事，仙侠故事都有驱魔情节、战斗场面和超自然现象，在这里，这些情节发生都是很平常的。动画的打斗场景非常硬核，能让有些人哑口无言。为什么哑口无言呢？当然是因为你不仅是在看一部史诗级大片，而且是在见证一种独特的艺术形式的诞生，哪怕这些情节你已经在别的故事里看过了。

【吹的我都快受不了了(*/ω＼*)这个老外想必也是对仙侠故事有什么误解，仙侠怎么可能只有简单的打怪升级？不过肯定会遇到怪这个吐槽倒是挺精辟的W】

ENCHANTING MUSIC

7.迷人的配乐

The sound may be its weakest point especially as an anime viewers who get used to Japanese language, listening to another language which is Chinese is quite difficult. In my personal experience, it is really hard to follow the English subtitles due to the fast-paced of Chinese language. Nonetheless, it's just a matter of time. Once you've get accustomed to it, it'll be seriously easy. Yet, the music of this anime is on a different league of its own. I really love just how epic it sounds and the fact that it is staying so true to the Chinese music style. I felt like I am watching some scenes from those legendary literary works of some renown classic Chinese author. In the end, I am personally attracted to the anime's opening theme song "Drunken Dream of a Past Life" by famous Mandopop singer Terry Lin. A majestic and nostalgic song that invoke one's heroism and seriously befitting the main character Wei Wuxian. 

对于习惯日语的观众来说，魔道的中文发音可能是它最让人不满的地方，突然开始听中文对很多人来说太难了。在我看来，要跟上速度超快的中配英文字幕也是很困难。虽然如此，习惯它也只是时间问题。一旦你适应了（中配），跟上字幕的节奏就很容易了。回到主题，魔道的音乐完全自成体系。我超级喜欢这种中国风的史诗级音效，感觉就像是在看一些中国传奇名著的大场面。最后，我想说我超爱这个动画的op，由著名华语流行歌手林志炫演唱的《醉梦前尘》，这是一首恢弘大气、怀旧向，并且会勾起人的英雄情怀的歌，这首歌和主角魏无羡真的很搭。

【中文的意思表达，特别是古文，真的是非常的精简，所以难为字幕组和这些老外了，我也不知道古风动画究竟要怎么翻译才能让老外get到精髓，你们觉得呢？林大仙这首歌我也超喜欢，把整个动画提升了档次。】

It was revealed that Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation is returning for its second season on 2019. However, it won't be out until October next year. Thus, it might be quite a long period of time for us to wait. Then, I guess the best that we could do is to check the novel first and obviously follow Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji's story which is no less better than the anime.

新消息说2019年魔道祖师就会出第二季，然而，明年的10月份也算是2019年。因此，我们又要等好长一段时间。所以，我觉得我们最好先去把小说看了，看看小说中的忘羡，总好过干巴巴等待动画第二季的播出。

【啊哈哈哈终于看到了这句话，补小说使人快乐，光看同人图怎么能明白400米大刀的感觉呢？回想以前小学的时候期待哈利波特，以及暮光之城的后续，果然这种艺术是不分国界的。】

For this year, what else could be more astounding and fascinating than the Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation to represent the Chinese anime industry in the international arena? The fact had been stated and although I am a big fan of The King's Avatar, I believe that it's just a matter of time until this epic Chinese anime will take the vanguard of the Chinese animation's future.

今年，国际宅圈还有哪部比《魔道祖师》更优秀的中国动画嘛？这个局势已经很稳了好吧。虽然我还是《全职高手》的脑残粉。我相信这两部史诗级的中国动画都是未来中国动画的先驱者。

【皮！真皮，作者其实尬吹中略带皮，分析的也比较全面，算是一篇入门级的国产动画尬吹文，让我们感谢这位作者为国产动画敲下的1400字安利，虽然他看不到233。】

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