Funimation to Stream Chinese Anime Heaven Official’s Blessing on October 30

<p>Today&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;funimation-details-some-frightening-anime-to-watch-this-halloween&sol;">Funimation<&sol;a> announced that it will partner with China’s top entertainment platform Bilibili to bring the first-ever Chinese anime &lpar;donghua&rpar; series&comma; Heaven Official’s Blessing&lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;天官赐福”&rpar; to its streaming service across the world&period; The anime is based on the wildly popular series of Chinese fantasy novels first published online by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu &lpar;墨香铜臭&rpar; in 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;img1&period;ak&period;crunchyroll&period;com&sol;i&sol;spire2&sol;c62eb59a4f303e98a76da8b9c54ca3331603999992&lowbar;main&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Heaven Official’s Blessing" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"aRhaKwvM360" title&equals;"《天官赐福》动画预告公开：我永远不会离开你 我会回来的 殿下 Let&&num;039&semi;s Stay Together&comma; Forever"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;aRhaKwvM360"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;aRhaKwvM360&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"《天官赐福》动画预告公开：我永远不会离开你 我会回来的 殿下 Let&&num;039&semi;s Stay Together&comma; Forever"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Additional Information<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>A synopsis of the anime via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;funimation&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Funimation<&sol;a> can be seen below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>HEAVENS OFFICIAL’S BLESSING tells the story of former Crown Prince Xie Lian&comma; who&comma; after 800 years of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cultivation&comma;” a practice to attain eternal life&comma; supernatural powers&comma; and incredible levels of strength&comma; finally ascends to heaven&period; However&comma; he is soon banished back to the mortal realm due to an unfortunate string of incidents&period; He then runs into San Lang&comma; the Ghost King&comma; who later becomes Xie’s loyal follower&period; An extraordinary adventure stars as they learn the truth about the gods in heaven&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As the breadth of stories and creators continues to expand&comma; we’re excited to bring this unique anime to more fans around the world&comma;” said Colin Decker&comma; CEO of Funimation Global Group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a tremendous opportunity to expose Funimation fans to Chinese animation rarely seen in the West&comma;” noted Asa Suehira&comma; Funimation’s Chief Content Officer&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re confident that newcomers and fans of the material will enjoy the series and make it as much of a success in the West as it is in the East&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is Bilibili’s aspiration to produce and share high-quality Chinese anime with the world&comma;” said Carly Lee&comma; Bilibili’s Vice Chairwoman and Chief Operating Officer&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To that end&comma; we have invested over CNY 1 billion and participated in the production and co-production of over 100 Chinese anime since Bilibili’s IPO in 2018&comma; including The Three-Body Problem anime series&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Heaven Official&&num;8217&semi;s Blessing will be simultaneously released on Bilibili in China&period; The 11-episode anime series is co-produced by Bilibili and Haoliners Animation League&period; Starting October 30&comma; the Chinese anime series with English subtitles will be available on Funimation platforms in the U&period;S&period;&comma; Canada&comma; United Kingdom&comma; Ireland&comma; Australia and New Zealand&period; It will also become available this winter in Mexico and Brazil&period; An English dub will become available in 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; Press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Are you a fan of donghua series&quest; What do you think of Heaven Official&&num;8217&semi;s Blessing&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;