Leading Chinese online video streaming platform Tencent Video has built up a strong slate of animation productions for teens and YA, which have proved highly successful with the audience in China, and is now looking to build on this production slate and expand its existing titles internationally.
The significant portfolio includes both original titles and properties which have been developed from well-known and successful web novels and video games. Stand out titles currently in production include: Honor of Kings (13x20’), a 3D adventure/fantasy series based on the world’s most played MOBA game; Lord of Mysteries: The Clown (13×35’), a 2D adventure/fantasy series adapted from the hugely-popular webnovel series set in Victorian London; Ling Long Mountain (12x15’), a 2D adventure/fantasy series; Apocalypse of all Races (26×15’), a science fiction series adapted from the urban webnovel; The Loud Inn (16×5’) a stop motion comedy series about two sisters who take over a mysterious inn; and Taisu Project (4×20’), a 2D animated anthology film series featuring four interlinked science-fiction stories about war and life by acclaimed directors Shinichiro Watanabe, Shuuhei Morita, Li Wei and Weng Ming.
Tencent Video is making a long-term commitment to animation, which it sees as a genre with huge opportunity for potential and growth. It has a large slate of existing content and is actively seeking global partners to help realise its ambitions to bring its animation to a wider international audience. The content is currently available on Tencent’s Cartoon Channel, which has made Tencent Video the number one platform for teen and YA animation in China with 200m+ viewers.
Qing Fan, Producer and Content Partnerships of Animation at Tencent Video says, “Our existing content has resonated strongly with the Chinese audience and we feel the time is right to introduce them to international audience. The animation industry, both in China and internationally, offers a wealth of talent and creative potential. We’re excited to bring captivating stories with breathtaking visuals that will captivate audiences at home and abroad.”
Tencent Video is the leading online video streaming platform in China. With an extensive content library of drama series, films, variety, shows, animation, sports, documentaries, news and many more, Tencent Video provides the best entertainment experience to audiences across different platforms and devices. Tencent Video produces high-quality animation originals with enduring and engaging appeal. It partners with leading studios in China and has recently expanded its global presence by signing a number of high-profile co-production deals with prominent animation studios around the world to create stand-out shows with universal appeal.
