Donghua reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 299 Reddit reviews across 3 subreddits and 20 posts to rank the best Donghua brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Donghua, r/anime, r/AnimeReccomendations. Top-rated brands include Renegade Immortal (4.4/5), Swallowed Star (4.7/5), Battle Through the Heavens (4.1/5).
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#1
Renegade Immortal
4.4
(21)
"Renegade Immortal."
"Renegade Immortal ( desde que empieza hasta que termina es una de las mejores series )."
"Renegade immortal, swallowed star."
"And RMJI the goat currently too hehe...."
"Renegade immortal, This is Peak."
"Renegade Immortal."
"Renegade immortal."
"Renegade Immortal is amazing."
"Renegade immortal"
"Demon Hunter, Apotheosis, Renegade Immortal and Big Brother all look gorgeous."
#2
Swallowed Star
4.7
(15)
"Swallowed star ( la construcción de mundo es una locura, mezcla de cultivo, espacio, mecha en fin otra obra de arte)."
"Swallowed star."
"Swallowed Star is probably the most action. I just did a rewatch. Such a good show."
"Swallowed Star"
"Swallowed Star."
"Swallowed Star."
"Swallowed Star is the PERFECT second donghua - I can’t explain why it just is."
"Try swallow star first, watch it until episode 10, and u’ll never want to watch anime again"
"Swallowed star, demon hunter. 2 of the best I've watched"
"The studio that produced Swallowed Star also has show like Soul Land, Soul Land 2, Big Brother, Wu Geng Ji..."
#3
Battle Through the Heavens
4.1
(16)
"BTTH ( la primera temporada empieza flojo pero luego de la 2da es una joya )."
"Battle Through the Heavens"
"Btth, soul land, perfect world, swallowed star, martial master."
"Battle Through The Heavens, Against The Gods."
"Fight Breaks Sphere - the animation here gets better after 2 seasons. It’s already on Season 5."
"Battle through the heavens."
"For 3d (which is where the real meat of Donghua is) Battle through the heavens"
"1. Battle Through the Heavens"
"3. BTTH because somehow it's the OG and goat and harem which every men need"
"Go with Battle through the heavens, get through season 1 and things get so much better."
#4
Soul Land
4.2
(13)
"Soul land 1 and 2."
"1. Soul Land because it's completed."
"Soul Land 1 has everything you listed: Fighting, Romance, plot and it's finished."
"Start with Soul Land."
"Soul Land 1."
"Soul land (this one's actually completed with a sequel series currently airing)"
"Try soul land again main ep starts after 50ep then its fire."
"I’d recommend soul land 1 and 2 before any of these if you’re looking for romance as well Throne of Seal."
"Season 1 soul land."
"Start with Soul Land...."
#5
A Will Eternal
4.4
(11)
"For 2d: A will eternal"
"Since OP asked for recommendations I recommend A will eternal(great 2d animation)"
"A Will Eternal. Not just 2d but the GOAT in all of donghuas."
"A Will Eternal."
"A Will eternal."
"A Will Eternal"
"A will eternal"
"For 2d, you probably only has A Will Eternal which is story with big journey and exploration."
"A will eternal"
"Sticking to 2D, i think you can watch Yi Nian Yong Heng (A will Eternal)"
#6
Fog Hill of the Five Elements
4.7
(10)
"Fog hill of the five elements."
"Fog hill of five elements has top tier fighting animation."
"The 2d donghua(including 2d anime) with the best fights is Fog Hill of Five Elements."
"Fog Hill of five elements, k"
"Fog hill of the five elements"
"Fog hill of the five elements (Best Action)"
"Fog hill if five elements is extremely goated, but only 7 eps exist."
"Fog Hill of the Five Elements"
"Fog Hill of five elements"
"Fog hill of five elements"
#7
Slay the Gods
4.6
(10)
"Slay the Gods is a perfect example of a high quality 3D donghua with lots of action."
"Slay the gods."
"2. Slay the Gods because the quality is top notch."
"The coolest 3d donghua is the Slay the Gods."
"Check world of immortal and apotheosis and slay the gods"
"斩神, slay the gods or god slayer. is modern, top notch animation."
"Slay the gods"
"You'd definitely like Slay the Gods."
"For getting a feel of 3D, you could watch Zhan Shen Zhi FanChen ShenYu (Slay the Gods)"
"The studio that produced Slay the Gods also has show like The Demon Hunter, Throne of Seal"
#8
Mo Dao Zu Shi
4.9
(9)
"Mo dao zh shi is the best donghua imo , tragedy ,well written characters ,characters develop ,plot ...this donghua has everything ."
"Master of demonic cultivation.. Hands down.."
"Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation), A Will Eternal, and Spare Me, Great Lord! are all really good 2D animations"
"Mo Dao Zu Shi is quite possibly the best 2D donghua out there for multiple reasons"
"Mo Dao Zu Shi (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation) - One of my first donghua and the storytelling and emotional depth of the characters were so good."
"Grandmaster of demonic cultivation"
"Mo Dao Zu Shi (Historical)"
"Mo Dao Zu Shi"
"Cike Wu Liuqi."
#9
The Demon Hunter
4.0
(10)
"Demon Hunter!"
"Cang Yuan Tu / The Demon Hunter"
"The Demon Hunter"
"The demon hunter and Soul land 1"
"3. Demon Hunter"
"Demon Hunter"
"The Demon Hunter being very reminiscent of Demon Slayer, artistically speaking."
"The Demon Hunter [Chang Yuan Tu], The artistic style is very similar to Demon Slayer, and it looks better."
"The Demon Hunter [Chang Yuan Tu] The artistic style is very similar to Demon Slayer"
"Demon Hunter, the visuals are amazing!"
#10
The King's Avatar
4.0
(8)
"Kings Avatar was cool"
"My favorite is kings avatar, it’s about a pro gamer who is forced to retire then makes a come back from scratch, amazing choreography and the mc is pretty badass at times too"
"The King's avatar."
"Kings Avatar does what it’s supposed to if it’s your first time."
"I personally started with The King's Avatar and Mo Dao Zu Shi"
"The King's Avatar season 1 and it first movie is good"
"King's avatar"
"The kings avatar (Action Esports)"
#11
Demon Hunter
4.4
(7)
"Demon Hunter
Swallowed Star
Nirvana of Storm Rider
Fatal Rule
Forty Millenium of Cultivation
The Golden Wug"
"I'd say demon hunter, both peak too"
"Demon Hunter, Apotheosis, Renegade Immortal and Big Brother all look gorgeous."
"The demon hunter."
"Demon Hunter."
"Demon Hunter."
"Battle through the heavens and demon hunter"
#12
Perfect World
3.8
(8)
"Perfect world, renegade immortal, i will eternal, combat continent, throne of seal, please spare my life, shrounding the heavens… These are like very peak donghuas very good for start, the CGI and animation are good too."
"+ Perfect World , Demon Hunter and A will eternal"
"Next would be Perfect World and Soul Land."
"Perfect World"
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
"Perfect world."
"Perfect world gets old especially when u are catching up to the current episodes."
"Perfect World."
#13
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
4.8
(6)
"A record mortal Journey to immortality( igual que Renegade Immortal está súper buena )."
"Records of mortal's journey to immortality."
"Mortal's journey to immortality."
"The best one would be A Record of a Mortals Journey to Immortality."
"A Record of a Mortals Journey to Immortality"
"RMJI."
#14
Jade Dynasty
4.0
(7)
"Jade Dynasty (both seasons), Sword of Coming, Soul Land (way better story than Soul Land 2)."
"Jade Dynasty"
"Jade dynasty."
"Zhu Xian / Jade Dynasty"
"Jade Dynasty"
"Jade Dynasty."
"Try Jade dinasty"
#15
Sword of Coming
4.7
(6)
"Sword of Coming is a awesome and mind blowing donghua."
"Sword of coming."
"Sword Of Coming."
"Sword of Coming."
"Sword of Coming, Tale of Herding God, Slay The Gods, One Way or Another, Tiger Crane..."
"The studio that produce Sword of Coming also has show like Jade Dynasty."
#16
Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality
4.3
(6)
"A Record of Mortal's Journey to Immortality Nuff said."
"My absolute favorite is a record of mortal's journey to immortality."
"Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality (can be kind of slow to some but awesome solid story)"
"Record of a mortal's journey to immortality."
"Record of Mortal Journey"
"A record of a mortal journey to inmortality"
#17
Tales of Herding Gods
4.3
(6)
"2. Tale of Herding God (#1 2025 IMO)"
"Tales of Herding Gods (Bilibili) is stunning 😲🤩 CGI animation."
"Tale of Herding God - try this. I really like it."
"Tales of Herding Gods"
"Tales of herding gods."
"Tales of Herding Gods."
#18
Blades of the Guardians
4.0
(6)
"Blade of the Guardians"
"Biao Ren: Blades of the Guardians"
"Blades of guardian"
"Biao Ren (Blades of the Guardians) - It got me reading the "
"Blades of the guardian"
"Biao Ren (Action)"
#19
Throne of Seal
4.0
(6)
"Throne of seal."
"Throne of Seal bro, you won't regret it."
"Throne of Seal."
"Throne of Seal"
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
"Throne of Seal"
#20
Scissor Seven
4.8
(5)
"The funniest 2d donghua is Scissors Seven."
"Scissor seven is peak imo."
"Scissor seven"
"Scissor seven (Comedy Action)"
"Scissor seven."
#21
Apotheosis
4.0
(5)
"Bai Lian Cheng Shen / Apotheosis"
"Apotheosis."
"Check world of immortal and apotheosis and slay the gods"
"Demon Hunter, Apotheosis, Renegade Immortal and Big Brother all look gorgeous."
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
#22
Link Click
4.3
(4)
"The 2d donghua with the best plot is Link Click and To be Heroine."
"Link click and mo dao zu shi/founder of Diabolism/Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (mdzs has 3 names)."
"Link click"
"Seconding Link Click"
#23
Martial Universe
4.0
(4)
"Martial Universe. The MC is genuine a real person and weakling discarded by his main family until his luck helped him."
"Martial universe."
"Martial Universe."
"Martial Universe"
#24
The Outcast
4.0
(4)
"The outcast, Blades of the guardian, Scissor seven."
"For 2d: The outcast"
"The outcast."
"For 2d I like The outcast"
#25
World of Immortals
3.8
(4)
"World of immortals."
"World of Immortals."
"Check world of immortal and apotheosis and slay the gods"
"World of Immortals"
#26
Ling Long Incarnation
4.3
(3)
"The 3d donghua with the best plot is Ling Cage and Black Gate：Swarm."
"Ling Long Incarnation, awesome"
"If you like scifi, Ling Cage"
#27
Zhen Dao Ge
4.0
(3)
"Zhen Dao Ge (the action is amazing, but the art is a bit minimalistic)"
"If you like wuxia (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhen Dao Ge would be perfect"
"Gonna add Zhen Dao Ge to the rec list - it's 2.5D cel shaded but not 3D game engine style so you might like it"
#28
The Great Ruler
4.0
(3)
"The great ruler."
"The Great Ruler."
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
#29
Tiger Crane
4.0
(3)
"Hu He Yao Shi Lu / Tiger Crane"
"Tiger Crane"
"The studio that produce Tiger crane also has show like Battle Through the heavens, Martial Universe, The Great Ruler, Drago"
#30
Immortality
4.0
(3)
"Immortality"
"Shixiong A Shixiong, Immortality are my two recommendations that I haven't seen others list in the comments!"
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
#31
Rakshasa Street
3.7
(3)
"Rakshasa street"
"Rakshasa street (Action)"
"Raksha street"
#32
Spare Me Great Lord
4.0
(2)
"For 2d: Forgive me great lord"
"Spare me great lord"
#33
Heaven's Official Blessing
4.0
(2)
"I've also watched Heaven's Official Blessing, which is from same author, but I like MDZS a lot more."
"Heavens official blessing"
#34
Full-time Magister
4.0
(2)
"For 2d: full time magister"
"You should watch quanzhi fashi (full-time magister), scissor's seven."
#35
Biao Ren: Blades of the Guardians
4.0
(2)
"Blades of the guardian."
"Biao Ren: Blades of the Guardians"
#36
Ling Long: Incarnation
4.0
(2)
"Ling Long: Incarnation."
"Ling Long: Incarnation"
#37
Big Brother
4.0
(2)
"Big brother."
"Demon Hunter, Apotheosis, Renegade Immortal and Big Brother all look gorgeous."
#38
Stellar Transformation
4.0
(2)
"Stellar transformation."
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
#39
Versatile Mage
4.0
(2)
"Versatile mage"
"“Versatile Mage” & “The King’s Avatar”"
#40
Martial Master
3.5
(2)
"Martial Master - Against The Gods - Against The Sky Supreme - Alchemy Supreme - Glorious Revenge of Ye Feng"
"If you're willing to get into 3d, my recommendation is actually to start with Martial Master."
#41
Xing Hai Qishi
3.5
(2)
"Xing Hai Qishi."
"Xing Hai Qishi"
#42
Against The Gods
3.5
(2)
"Against the god.. I like it."
"Stellar transformation, Apothesis, perfect world, immortality, throne of seal, the great ruler, against the god"
#43
To Be Hero X
5.0
(1)
"Check out To Be Hero X. It's also airing right now and the animation is insane."
#44
The Richest Man in the Game
4.0
(1)
"The riches man in game"
#45
No Doubt in Us
4.0
(1)
"No doubt in us"
#46
How Dare You
4.0
(1)
"How dare you"
#47
Fei Ren Zai
4.0
(1)
"Fei Ren Zai (Slice of Life)"
#48
Dahufa
4.0
(1)
"Dahufa (Mystery)"
#49
White Cat Legend
4.0
(1)
"White Cat Legend (Historical)"
#50
Zhen Hun Jie
4.0
(1)
"Zhen Hun Jie as well"
#51
The Daily Life of the Immortal King
4.0
(1)
"The daily life of the immortal king, Quanzi fashi"
#52
Silent House
4.0
(1)
"I had completed it recently. It's episodic type of series where each episode has a different story with 2 same main characters. All in all, it's very good."
#53
Reincarnation
4.0
(1)
"That's the peak of donghua called reincarnation u must be abrahamic to dislike it.....martial master is one of the best for this only."
#54
Mistreated Brides
4.0
(1)
"Mistreated brides is an underrated one."
#55
Yuan Zun
4.0
(1)
"Yuan zun."
#56
All Hail Sect Leader
4.0
(1)
"All hail sect leader."
#57
Daomu Biji Zhi Qinling Shen Shu
4.0
(1)
"Daomu Biji Zhi Qinling Shen Shu."
#58
Blader Soul
4.0
(1)
"Add Blader Soul"
#59
Aiyou de Mishi
4.0
(1)
"Aiyou de Mishi"
#60
Da Dao Chao Tian
4.0
(1)
"BTW, there is a new one, Da Dao Chao Tian."
#61
Shixiong A Shixiong
4.0
(1)
"Shixiong A Shixiong, Immortality are my two recommendations that I haven't seen others list in the comments!"
#62
Spare Me, Great Lord!
4.0
(1)
"If you would like a 2D cultivation themed suggestion "Spare Me, Great Lord!""
#63
Purgatory Walkers
4.0
(1)
"Cong Gu Huo Niao Kaishi: Long Cheng Fengyun / Purgatory Walkers"
#64
Tomb of Fallen Gods
4.0
(1)
"Shen Mu / Tomb of Fallen Gods"
#65
The Infinitors
4.0
(1)
"Wuxian Shijie / The Infinitors"
#66
Yashe
4.0
(1)
"Yashe"
#67
Dragon Raja
4.0
(1)
"Dragon raja"
#68
To Be Hero
4.0
(1)
"To be hero"
#69
Cube Something
3.0
(1)
"Cube something it's new too (something meaning I don't know the word but it has Cube in it)"
#70
Cike Wu Liqui
3.0
(1)
"Try cike wu liqui"
#71
Losing Money to be a Tycoon
3.0
(1)
"Losing money to be a tycoon."
#72
Versatile Magician
3.0
(1)
"Versatile mag."
#73
Dixia Cheng Yu Yongshi: Nizhuan Zhi Lun
3.0
(1)
"Dixia Cheng Yu Yongshi: Nizhuan Zhi Lun."
#74
Min Diao Ju Yi Wen Lu
3.0
(1)
"Min Diao Ju Yi Wen Lu."
#75
Liehuo Jiao Chou
3.0
(1)
"Liehuo Jiao Chou."
#76
Qian Cong Shou
3.0
(1)
"Qian Cong Shou."
#77
Shi Yi Chang An: Mingyue Jishi You
3.0
(1)
"Shi Yi Chang An: Mingyue Jishi You."
#78
Shanhe Jian Xin
3.0
(1)
"Shanhe Jian Xin."
#79
You Yao
3.0
(1)
"You Yao."
#80
Shen Ming Zhi Zhou
3.0
(1)
"Shen Ming Zhi Zhou."
#81
Jun You Yun
3.0
(1)
"Jun You Yun."
#82
Zanting! Rang Wo Cha Gonglue
3.0
(1)
"Zanting! Rang Wo Cha Gonglue."
#83
Zanting! Zhi Xu Chongzu
3.0
(1)
"Zanting! Zhi Xu Chongzu."
#84
Bai Yao Pu
3.0
(1)
"Bai Yao Pu."
#85
Shi Cao Lao Long Bei Guan Yi E Long Zhi Ming
3.0
(1)
"Shi Cao Lao Long Bei Guan Yi E Long Zhi Ming"
#86
Chi Yan Jinyiwei
3.0
(1)
"Chi Yan Jinyiwei"
#87
Bai Lian Cheng Shen
3.0
(1)
"Bai Lian Cheng Shen"
#88
Cang Yuan Tu
3.0
(1)
"Cang Yuan Tu"
#89
My Senior Brother is Too Steady
3.0
(1)
"My Senior Brother is Too Steady"
#90
Land of Miracles
3.0
(1)
"Land of Miracles"
#91
Legend of Exorcism
3.0
(1)
"Legend of Exorcism"
#92
Thousand Autumns
3.0
(1)
"Thousand Autumns"
#93
Snow Eagle Lord
3.0
(1)
"Snow Eagle Lord"
#94
The Young Brewmaster’s Adventure
3.0
(1)
"The Young Brewmaster’s Adventure"
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