Fox Spirit Matchmaker
| Fox Spirit Matchmaker | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 狐妖小红娘 縁結びの妖狐ちゃん |
| Genre | Romantic, Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural, Historical, Drama |
| Created by | Tuo Xiaoxin (Painted) Pansi Daxian (colored) |
| Directed by | Wang Xin (王昕), Dong Yi (董易, Vice) |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 157 (September 2, 2023) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Li Haoling (李豪凌), She Yuanyuan (佘媛媛), Li Xiaoting (李筱婷), Tang Yunkang (唐云康), Niu Xiuyu (牛秀宇), 熊猫盖饭 (Xiongmao Gaifan), askask |
| Animators | Haoliners Animation League (Arc 1-8), Garden-Culture (洛水花原) |
| Running time | 10-24 minutes per episode |
| Production company | Tencent Penguin Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | Tencent Video, bilibili (Arc 1-5) |
| Release | June 26, 2015 |
Fox Spirit Matchmaker (Chinese: 狐妖小红娘; pinyin: Húyāo Xiǎo Hóngniáng; Japanese: 縁結びの妖狐ちゃん, romaji: Emmusubi No Yōko Chan) is a Chinese romance manhua work painted by Tuo Xiaoxin (庹小新) and colored by Pansi Daxian (盘丝大仙). It was originally published on the magazine Manhua Show (漫画SHOW) since 2012 until the magazine's cancellation but continued on Tencent Animation & Comics. On June 26, 2015, it was animated in Tencent Video. Today it has been broadcast more than 120 episodes. In Tencent Animation 2nd PV competition it passed the group stage and in the final with 35,838 votes to win the first. In July 2018, it was temporarily removed after Bilibili was named and criticised by CCTV. In 2017, it was praised by People's Daily as the first donghua which got high recognition in Chinese state official newspapers.