The King’s Avatar Live-Action Series Release Date is July 24, 2019
The announcement for the live-action series for one of China’s most popular donghua of this decade had been made since 2017 and ever since we had been treated to occasional surprises with news and teasers about it. In fact, just 2 days ago, the production team had dropped a new teaser visual for The King’s Avatar live-action drama featuring Yang Yan as Ye Xiu and some selected cast members of the show. In almost 2 years, Tencent had been silent about the release date of The King’s Avatar live-action series and everybody had been going haywire lately when it will air despite of releasing promotional images in the past and its officialtrailer last December 2018.
Now, everybody should mark their calendar tonight as the highly anticipated Chinese drama will premiere featuring one of China’s most promising actor — Yang Yang as the Glory’s Textbook Ye Xiu. Other cast members of the live-action drama are consists of both veterans and new faces in the Chinese television which offers a refreshing sight to look at. Though, as far as I’m concern, some people had been criticizing how the production team will portray the gaming world and we had been lucky enough to see some shots of it in few promotional images shown below.
What is your opinion about the gaming world of The King’s Avatar live-drama? In my own opinion, I think it’s not that bad but nothing spectacular as of now, though I can’t say anything yet until I have watched the series itself. Furthermore, here are some screenshots of the show with Yang Yang as Ye Xiu’s in-game character Lord Grim.
A set of promotional images too had been unveiled featuring the different teams of Glory Professional Alliance as follows:
So, what could you say about this The King’s Avatar live-action so far guys? Although, it’s too early to share our critical thoughts but it’s always good to know the first impression of the viewers. On my end, I am not particularly expecting too much but as a fan of The King’s Avatar novel and donghua, I am having this show in my watchlist no matter what happened though I think it’ll focus more on the part where Ye Xiu had returned in the alliance which means it will be ahead a thousand of miles compared to the anime adaptation which season 2 is coming this 2019 too.
The King’s Avatar Live-Action New Teaser Preview
Ye Xiu, a top player in the online game named Glory, was expelled by the game club for various reasons. After leaving the club, he was taken in by Chen Guo, the owner of Xingxin Internet Cafe, and became a network manager on night shift. Ye Xiu, who had ten years of experience in games, did not intend to give up his beloved “Glory”. So Ye Xiu restarted his ID account “Jun Mo Xiao”, held an unfinished self-made weapon named a thousand machine umbrella, and re-entered the game in the newly opened 10th district of Glory to achieve his plan to return to the top. Jun Mo Xiao showed extraordinary talents in the 10th District and Ye Xiu met many new friends during the process of open up the 10th District with whom he formed a strong team and embarked on a glorious journey for their dream.
Furthermore, here are some more additional image stills from the upcoming series:
Alright, whether you’re a fan of Chinese anime shows or not, one thing is sure The King’s Avatar had been one of the most influential series that introduced Chinese anime industry to the global market. And having a live-action series with popular stars in its lineup could only push its popularity even further. So, please us know of your thoughts about this and don’t forget to watch The King’s Avatar live-actiondrama tonight — July 24, 2019.
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