Michelle Topham 
Beijing-based B.C May Pictures (aka Beijing Shimei Classic Film Co., Ltd.). is one of the most popular Chinese animation studios with animation fans themselves, who obsess over some of the donghua they create.
Donghua like the martial arts/boys’ love-themed smash hit The Founder of Diabolism (Mo Dao Zu Shi), and the equally successful The King’s Avatar (Quanzhi Gaoshou).
In fact, since its founding, B.C. May Pictures has released donghua hit after hit after hit.
Who is B.C. May Pictures?
For those who would like to learn more about this very successful Chinese animation studio, the company itself describes their business plan and their goals like this:
The company primarily focuses on the production of original animations and the operation and development of the creative cultural industry.
The company’s representative works include the first season of the The King’s Avatar animation, the Mo Dao Zu Shi series, the A Will Eternal series, and the Ministry of Rites series
Mo Dao Zu Shi has consecutively won the Best Series Animation Gold Award at the 15th China Animation Golden Dragon Award, the Best Newcomer Animation Award at the 7th New Light Awards, the 2018 Most Popular Chinese Animation at the 3rd Golden Bone Awards, and the Animation of the Year at the 2019 New Weekly China Video List.
The original IP project Ministry of Rites received a nomination for the Best Series Animation at the 17th China Animation Golden Dragon Awards and a One Perspective” Special Award at the 9th Xi’an International Original Animation Competition of 2021 New Light Awards.
B. C. May Pictures has over 300 professional animation talents and more than ten years of experience in the animation industry.
It possesses one of the top 2D animation production and development capabilities in China, with a strong pre-planning team and extensive experience in operating animation IPs.
Currently, it has established an all-encompassing strategic cooperation platform with Tencent, including both capital and ACG projects; and has formed strategic partnerships for ACG projects with companies like iQIYI.
With its core in Beijing and Chongqing, B. C. May Pictures has subsidiaries in Hangzhou, Xi’an, Chengdu, and Changsha, and plans to expand further, with the ultimate goal of building an animation cultural industry operation platform that links the East and West.
Donghua animated by B.C. May Pictures
- Nana Moon — (2012 to present)
- Balala Xiao Mo Xian (Balala The Fairies) — (2013-2024)
- Zinba — (2013)
- Aishen Qiaokeli-ing… (Cupid’s Chocolates) — (2015-2018)
- Nuwa Chengzhang Riji — (2016)
- Shuangsheng Lingtan (Twin Spirit Detectives) — (2016-2017)
- Guomin Laogong Dai Huijia (Seasons 1 and 2) — (2016-2017)
- Quanzhi Gaoshou (The King’s Avatar) — (2017)
- Ku Pao Ying Xiong — (2017-2018)
- Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Founder of Diabolism) — (2018-2021)
- Li Shi (Almanac Master) — (2020)
- Min Diao Ju Yi Wen Lu (Bureau of Paranormal Investigation) — (2020-2024)
- Yi Nian Yong Heng (A Will Eternal) — (2020-present)
- Shikong Zhi Xi (Rift) — (2022)
- Guimi Zhi Zhu (Lord of Mysteries) — (2025)
- AWM Jixian Juji — (currently animating – no release date announced)
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