It’s a sigh of relief for Youku and male lead Yang Yang and their big budget high profile xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension ended up a hit. The drama finished its 30-episode run this week with high ratings and solid reviews for the most part, and even better opened with a high for the xianxia genre ratings of 7.5 on … Continue reading →
We’re now 5-days into the airing of The Immortal Ascension on Youku as we start off the month of August with this being the biggest budget C-drama to air this summer. So far so good, with a quick start and strong pacing to reach 10100 heat index already, and the early reviews of male lead Yang Yang not being oily … Continue reading →
With surprise summer 2025 hit Coroner’s Diary ending, there is basically no competition for just premiered big budget and big male lead xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension on Youku. But judging from the strong first reviews and impressions from viewers, the drama is likely to vault over any competition anyway. The Immortal Ascension is adapted from a popular novel and … Continue reading →
The wait may finally be over to see the live action adaptation of popular novel A Mortal’s Guide to Immortality. You just released the first trailer for The Immortal Ascension starring Yang Yang with female lead Jin Chen. The preview looks fine to me, someone with no attachment to the source IP and not a fan of xianxia unless it … Continue reading →
Well Youku must’ve heard that the gossip about it repeatedly delaying the release of xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension because it wasn’t happy with the product (yet) because now it’s going to drop it. The tentative date is July 27th so in two weeks and still with plenty of time left in the summer to ride the wave of generally … Continue reading →
So xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension (A Mortal’s Guide to Immortality) was intended to be one of the biggest C-drama releases this year in 2025. But we are more than halfway done and still no sight of its release, having now missed three tentatively scheduled premieres with March, May, and now July. It could come next month in August if … Continue reading →
So the two big male lead period C-dramas that were rumored to air in December 2024, only one arrived. It’s Guardians of the Dafeng on December 28th and the other The Immortal Ascension with Yang Yang will now air three months later in March 2025. After what happened to Youku when it aired The Story of Pearl Girl head to … Continue reading →
I’m not a true data nerd but it’s always useful to have hard numbers to look at rather than a general sense of buzz. Datawin released it’s most anticipated C-dramas list this week so as of mid-November these are the dramas that are getting the most searches and chatter online. Number one goes to The Immortal Ascension (A Mortal’s Guide … Continue reading →
So the big female lead drama battle this month in November 2024 between Zhao Lu Si in The Story of Pearl Girl and Yu Shu Xin for Love Game in Eastern Fantasy is looking more and more like there will be a clear winner. But this is just a prelude for an even bigger battle coming next month in December … Continue reading →
Within C-ent the S-level drama production means the highest level of money investment so the biggest budget basically. Investment comes from the production company going out to get investors, it’s rare for a production company to cover the entire cost of the budget. Afterwards the drama is sold to platforms and also sells commercials and if it’s a success the … Continue reading →
Twas not the summer of Yang Yang and boy does he have a hole to climb back out of. But luckily for him, the flop that was Fireworks of My Heart doesn’t appear to be career breaking and also equal blame was placed on his female lead Wang Chu Ran. After the bad reviews he went off to film xianxia … Continue reading →
