Japan's top cultural export remains anime and manga, and for good reason. On their best days, they exemplify the quality of animation and artistry's potential, although even with its massive breadth of content, demand continues to mount up for more. As a result, while Japan remains dominant, other countries begin to claim their share, like Korean aeni or Chinese donghua .

China's anime, or donghua (meaning animation, much like anime) has been making headlines recently with even rumblings of shows like To Be Hero X contending for Crunchyroll's next Anime of the Year honor. But even these gorgeous projects pale in comparison to one criminally underrated Chinese gem, Fog Hill of Five Elements , poised to leave Japanese anime in the dust.

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