The year 2021 has brought plenty of choices. According to news website TMT, 188 Chinese animated series have come out this year on Tencent Video, iQiyi, Youku and Bilibili. Among them are new seasons of older shows,     1    (include) the fourth season of Douluo Dalu and the second season of Shaonian Gexing.

Nearly half of the new works are in guofeng style, or “traditional Chinese style”. The stories are mostly based on or adapted     2     Chinese legends or literature. For example, The Westward     3     (original) comes from Journey to the West.

Modao Zushi is another example,     4    is based on fiction, but the animation involves many    5    (element) of traditional Chinese culture. For example, it     6     (combine)the visual style of traditional Chinese water-ink paintings and gufeng music from the flute and guqin. As our society gets     7    (wealthy), it’s natural that Chinese people have reclaimed greater pride and confidence in their own cultural roots. This is     8    these guofeng animations are rising in China.

“Chinese anime is no longer     9     unfamiliar term,” noted Animation Magazine.“Chinese companies are devoted to     10    (support) the development of more excellent Chinese original anime works.”