The Founder of Diabolism/Mo Dao Zu Shi Season 2

The 15-serial anime series “The Founder of Diabolism” was filmed on the same Chinese short story (manhua), written by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. The season 1 was produced from July to October 2018 in the genres of history, romance, syonen-ai, supernatural, comedy, thriller, adventure, detective with an age limit of +17.

Anime tells the story of the founder of the Demonic Cultivation, reborn in a new body after his murder. Now the goal of the Great Teacher is the same – to discover the secret of his own death 13 years ago…

When will the sequel of the anime series The Founder of Diabolism Season 2 be released?

Initially, it was known that producers want to analyze the output of the season 1 and, if the ratings are good, it means to be the season 2!

According to official sources, the release of the anime “The Founder of Diabolism Season 2” is scheduled for August 3, 2019 in ONA format (a mini-series with short episodes to be shown on the web).

Plot

Wei Wuxian is calm and devoted to his work, with a humble heart, the head of the Devil Cultivation, who is called the Great Teacher. For many years he traveled the world, filling the consciousness of people with his faith, but at the same time filling their souls with fear and sowing horror around him. He was all feared and hated. As a result, the earthly life of the Master ended with the fact that one of his close comrades betrayed him and gave him to the mercy of the clan, who had long wanted to get rid of him …

It takes 13 long years. One day, one of the spellcasters, expelled by his own clan, calls upon Wei Wuxian from from another world, offering his own body to his soul. Instead, he asks to fulfill the request – to avenge his family for the fact that they turned away from the unfortunate. The sacrificial ritual to reincarnate souls was successful, but then something went wrong …

Now Wei Wuxian travels around the world again, but with a more serious mission. On the evil fate of fate, his once-worst enemy, who betrayed him many years ago, became his ally.

Wei Wuxian now have to go through a lot of scrapes in the company with an enemy … So why should such a close partnership of two people lead? Will the Great Teacher be able to find answers to his most important question? ..

Main characters

• Wei Wuxian – the main character. Once upon a time he was a spellcaster who showed great promise. But in the end, fate pushed him on a crooked path, because of which he became a follower of darkness and got the nickname “Elder Lee”, which scared the fear and horror at all. He rose from the dead 13 years after several clans joined together for a brutal massacre of him.
• Lan Wangji – the second protagonist of Manhua. A very secretive person, comes from an ancient, famous kind of spellcasters. He is the beloved of Wei Wuxian, although in the past they have had very difficult, complicated relationships that turn into enmity.

Interesting Facts

1. The series “The Founder of Diabolism” was filmed on Manhua – Chinese comics, derived from the Japanese manga. However, Manhua became a separate genre of pictorial and literary creativity with its own rules. Anime in Chinese Manhua is rarely filmed, unlike Japanese anime, where comics are the basis of the plot in 99% of cases.
2. Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, the author of the original manhua, is a popular author of works in the BL (male same-sex love) genre. In the list of her works are not only the “The Founder of Diabolism”, but also “Tianguan Cifu”, “Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System”. These manhua are widely loved by the public on the Chinese portal weibo, where web comics are published.
3. In 2020, it is planned to release the drama of the same name, consisting of 45 episodes. Filming officially began on April 17, 2018.

The Founder of Diabolism/Mo Dao Zu Shi season 2: release date

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