Beijing-based animation studio Rocen (aka (Beijing Rocen Digital Technology Corp., Ltd.) was established in 2003 and, since then, has been responsible for creating several very popular donghua (Chinese anime) series.
The company itself describes its business and its company goals like this:
We are an Internet entertainment company that focuses on original high-quality IP, leveraging IT technology as our core competitive advantage. Through brand ecosystem operation and management, we integrate the full entertainment industry chain across film, animation, gaming, and literature.
The company’s main businesses include R&D of 3D film technology, 3D film production, brand distribution, brand operation, and game operations.
Rocen Digital holds qualifications for film production, is recognized as a national high-tech enterprise, and has certifications for national animation and software enterprises.
The company centers our work on original high-quality animation IPs, integrating and expanding into games, live-action series, stage plays, feature films, and novels, while also promoting the sales of related derivative products.
Since 2012, Rocen Digital has utilized our self-developed, world-first multimedia intelligent development, production, and real-time rendering cloud computing engine named “Mandala Multimedia Intelligent Development System” to launch the large-scale 3D Wuxia animation series Xia Lan and Hua Jiang Hu, along with the animated film Wind Chaser.
In 2005, Rocen became a strategic partner of the China Cartoon Arts Commission.
The company has won many honors including the “ China Computer Animation Best Course Award ” in 2006, 2007, and 2008, and was also selected by the China E-Commerce Association as “ One of the top ten companies that affect Chinese computer animation”.
The company is also a member of the expert jury of the National Anime Industry Alliance.
You can learn more about the many many awards Rocen Digital has been given via the Chinese company’s website.
Donghua animated by Rocen Digital
- Xia Lan — (2012)
- Feng Yu Zhou (The Wind Guardians) — (2018 – 1 episode)
- Hua Jianghu — (A Portrait of Jianghu) — (2014-2023 – 12 seasons)
- Mao Yao de Huo Han (Love Story of Cat Spirit) — (2018-2019)
- Shen Mu (Tomb of Fallen Gods) — (2022 – Season 2 animated by Wonder Cat Animation)
- Xiuluo Wu Shen (Martial God Asura) — (2023)
More information: Rocen’s official website
Entertainment journalist covering Japanese and Chinese anime industry for a decade.
Favorite donghua — World of Immortals, A Will Eternal, The Demon Hunter, Perfect World, Battle Through the Heavens, Fabulous Beasts, Spy x Sect, Soul Land, Tales of Herding Gods, Heaven Officials’ Blessing, Qi Refining for 3000 Years.