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'''''Xian Yue Meng Ying''''', also known by its English title '''''Reflection of Crescent''''' was a Chinese animated project focusing on a romantic love triangle between male characters, living on a futuristic society where demons and humans coexist. Planned to be launched in OVA (''Original Video Animation'') format, the first official announcement was made on August 2010, with plans to be released sometime around 2011. However, it wasn't until 2015 when the full written script was announced. The project was cancelled or suspended after that, for unknown reasons. The animation studio, Great Demon Nation Production, didn't make an official statement aside than the project was moved on to another studio, and then faded to obscurity again.


Xian Yue Meng Ying, well known as the international name of '''Reflection of Crescent''' was a chinese animation proyect centered on a romantic homosexual story between three characters, who lived on a evolved society where demons coexists with humans. Planned to be launched in DVD format, the first official announcement of the OVAs was on august, 2010, planned to be released on 2011. However, was until 2015 when the full written script was announced. The proyect was cancelled or suspended after that, for unknown reasons. The producer studio, Great Demon Nation Production, did not make an official statement except that the proyect was moved to another studio, and then moved to obscurity again.
Because of monetary problems from the original animation studio, the project was sold to ''Seven Stone Studio'', but they also never made an official statement aside from the fact the full script was already written.<ref>[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7ef08bc30100yvjp.html A Sina blog post detailing most of the project information.] Retrieved 19 Feb '19</ref> 


Without knowing the principal reasons of the change of studios (probably monetary problems), the new studio, ''Seven Stone Studio'', did never made official statements apart the fact of have the script full written.  
==Plot==
The story was planned as a fantasy/sci-fi setting, where the humans start to experiment with their genome to become the superior race, while the demons try to reach the same goal through education and the rising of their cult. After a war between both clans, they make a deal to achieve peace, creating an institute where the youngest representants of both races can coexist.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ainofansub/reflection-of-crescent-t8544.html Spanish Tapatalk with the plot description (in Spanish).] Retrieved 18 Feb '19</ref>


== Plot ==
The three main characters are Kai YaLun, a representative of demons and the successor of the Demon King; Sal WeaGal, a distinguished member of the human elite; and WeiYi, a half-demon, half-human student.
The story was planned as a fantasy/Sci-Fi, where the humans start to experiment with the genoma to become a superior race, while the Demons try to reach the same goal by taking a place on education and make their cult rise. After a war between both clans, they make a deal for reach peace, creating an institute where the youngest representants of both of the races can coexist.<ref>[https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/ainofansub/reflection-of-crescent-t8544.html Spanish Tapatalk with the plot description], Spanish. Retrieved 18 Feb '19</ref>


The three main characters are Kai YaLun, a representative of demons and the succesor of the Demon King; Sal WeaGal, a distinguished member of Elite; and WeiYi, a student who's half demon and half human.
==Information Available==
There is a lack of information about the project, remaining only the synopsis (found on Latin/Spanish forums at the date of its announcement), the names of the three main characters, and a trailer featuring the original studio (Great Demon Nation Production, which intended for this to be their first work). A website about the animation is known to exist, but it's currently down, with a free domain name and showing ads for lottery numbers. The website could be also considered lost, as the Wayback Machine can't find anything relating to the dates of production and release.


== Information available ==
All the information about its release date was uploaded on Chinese websites who seem to have been deleted by now, with only a MyAnimeList page and some data on Spanish forums remaining.<ref>[https://myanimelist.net/anime/33295/Xian_Yue_Meng_Ying MyAnimeList page about the OVAs.] Retrieved 18 Feb '19</ref>
There is a lack of information about the proyect, remaining only the sinopsis (found on latin/spanish forums at the date of its announcement), the name of the three main characters and a trailer, featuring the original studio (Great Demon Nation Production, intended to be this their first proyect). There is known to exist a website about the animation, but is currently down, with the domain name free and showing ads for lottery numbers. The website could be also considered lost, since Wayback Machine site can't find anything related to the dates of production and launching.<ref>[http://xianyue-anime.com Official Page of the OVAs, actually free domain], Retrieved 18 Feb '19</ref>


All the information of its date was uploaded on chinese sites who seems to be deleted by now, remaining only a MyAnimeList page<ref>[https://myanimelist.net/anime/33295/Xian_Yue_Meng_Ying MyAnimeList page about the OVAs], Retrieved 18 Feb '19</ref> and some Spanish forums.
On 2012, ''Vocaloid China Project Senden Animation'' released a short series of chapters about three minutes, where YaLun and WeaGal appear as short cameos. It is unknown the reason why they appear on the series, excepting that both projects belong to ''Seven Stone Studio''.


On 2012, ''Vocaloid China Project Senden Animation'' released a short series of chapters about three minutes, where YaLun and WeaGal appear as short cameos. It is unknown the reason why they appear on the series, excepting that both proyects belong to ''Seven Stone Studio''.
===Distribution Rumors===
 
There were rumors about a very limited proof distribution of the DVD, since some Chinese blogs about the animation posted information about the DVD, explaining it was a pack with one DVD containing the first OVA, a full-colored comic (manhua) and some image cards. It is not confirmed that this distribution occurred, even though photos of the manhua and the cards do exist.<ref>[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_63d5c9c10100oehu.html A Sina blog post about the package content.] Retrieved 19 Feb '19</ref>
=== Rumors about distribution ===
There were rumors of a very limited proof distribution of the DVD, since some China based blogs about the animation posted information about the DVD, explaining that was a pack with one DVD with the first OVA, a full colored comic (manwa) and some image cards. It is not confirmed that this distribution occurred, even when there exists photos of the manwa and the cards. <ref>[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_63d5c9c10100oehu.html Informative blog about the package content], Retrieved 19 Feb'19.</ref>
 
== Video ==


==Videos==
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   |description3 =Episode 4 of Vocaloid China, showing YaLun and WeaGal on combat, minute 1:25.
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==Gallery==
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
<gallery>
Xian-yue-meng-ying-manwa.jpg|thumb|Proof (with date) of the physical extras of the DVD.
Xian-yue-meng-ying-manwa.jpg|thumb|Proof (with date) of the physical extras of the DVD
Yalun-and-weagal.png|YaLun, and WeaGal, on their transformed appearances. Cameo on ep. 3 of Vocaloid China Animation.
Yalun-and-weagal.png|YaLun and WeaGal, on their transformed appeareances. Cameo on ep. 3 of Vocaloid China Animation
Yalun-and-weagal2.png |Another cameo, now at ep. 4.
Yalun-and-weagal2.png |Another cameo, now at ep. 4
</gallery>
</gallery>
==External Link==
*[http://xianyue-anime.com Official page of the OVAs.] Retrieved 18 Feb '19


== External Link ==
==References==
* [http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_7ef08bc30100yvjp.html Blog at Sina.cn, explaining the motifs of the postposal of the proyect] Retrieved 19 Feb'19
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== References ==


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Latest revision as of 08:43, 15 July 2023

Reflection-of-crescent.jpg

Promotional poster for the series.

Status: Lost

Xian Yue Meng Ying, also known by its English title Reflection of Crescent was a Chinese animated project focusing on a romantic love triangle between male characters, living on a futuristic society where demons and humans coexist. Planned to be launched in OVA (Original Video Animation) format, the first official announcement was made on August 2010, with plans to be released sometime around 2011. However, it wasn't until 2015 when the full written script was announced. The project was cancelled or suspended after that, for unknown reasons. The animation studio, Great Demon Nation Production, didn't make an official statement aside than the project was moved on to another studio, and then faded to obscurity again.

Because of monetary problems from the original animation studio, the project was sold to Seven Stone Studio, but they also never made an official statement aside from the fact the full script was already written.[1]

Plot

The story was planned as a fantasy/sci-fi setting, where the humans start to experiment with their genome to become the superior race, while the demons try to reach the same goal through education and the rising of their cult. After a war between both clans, they make a deal to achieve peace, creating an institute where the youngest representants of both races can coexist.[2]

The three main characters are Kai YaLun, a representative of demons and the successor of the Demon King; Sal WeaGal, a distinguished member of the human elite; and WeiYi, a half-demon, half-human student.

Information Available

There is a lack of information about the project, remaining only the synopsis (found on Latin/Spanish forums at the date of its announcement), the names of the three main characters, and a trailer featuring the original studio (Great Demon Nation Production, which intended for this to be their first work). A website about the animation is known to exist, but it's currently down, with a free domain name and showing ads for lottery numbers. The website could be also considered lost, as the Wayback Machine can't find anything relating to the dates of production and release.

All the information about its release date was uploaded on Chinese websites who seem to have been deleted by now, with only a MyAnimeList page and some data on Spanish forums remaining.[3]

On 2012, Vocaloid China Project Senden Animation released a short series of chapters about three minutes, where YaLun and WeaGal appear as short cameos. It is unknown the reason why they appear on the series, excepting that both projects belong to Seven Stone Studio.

Distribution Rumors

There were rumors about a very limited proof distribution of the DVD, since some Chinese blogs about the animation posted information about the DVD, explaining it was a pack with one DVD containing the first OVA, a full-colored comic (manhua) and some image cards. It is not confirmed that this distribution occurred, even though photos of the manhua and the cards do exist.[4]

Videos

Promotional trailer of the first OVA.

Episode 3 of Vocaloid China, showing YaLun and WeaGal at minute 0:37.

Episode 4 of Vocaloid China, showing YaLun and WeaGal on combat, minute 1:25.

Gallery

External Link

References