Summary
- The latest Chinese animated series competes with Japanese anime in terms of animation quality, captivating fans worldwide.
- The show's plot mirrors Solo Leveling, with its protagonist gaining superhuman abilities and leveling up to become the strongest.
- Each episode features stunning animation, with a focus on intense fight scenes and intricate choreography.
The Japanese anime industry holds the crown when it comes to delivering ground-breaking animation in their TV shows. Anime shows like Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen have set a high standard for the animation industry worldwide. And more recently, the anime community feasted upon the incredible animation in Solo Leveling Season 2.
A-1 Pictures carved its name on the stone by doing an incredible job in the second season of Solo Leveling. Jeju Island, specifically, has been one of the best things the anime community has witnessed in 2025 so far. However, like all good things, Solo Leveling Season 2 also came to an end after giving us thirteen banger episodes. Surprisingly, though, a new Chinese animated series is slowly but surely filling the space that Solo Leveling left wide open after the second season's conclusion. Not only that, but the stunning animation in this latest series also makes it clear that China is all set to give tough competition to the Japanese animation industry.
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Super Cube Animated Series Is Becoming Popular Among Anime Fans
The Latest Animated Series Is Based On A Manhua
Super Cube is based on a Chinese Comic (Manhua) by Shuiluo Sheng Sheng and is being produced by Big Firebird Cultural Media, iQIYI Animation, and Kuaikan Manhua. The plot of the animated series is extremely similar to that of Solo Leveling. We see a normal young boy, Wang Xiaoxiu, who wanted to lead a normal life and create a good romantic relationship with his childhood crush. However, Wang's life takes rather super-heroic turn when the boy goes through a near-death experience and stumbles upon a "Superhuman Cube," a technology possibly created by an advanced civilization.
This Cube communicates with Wang and calls him Master, which means it serves the boy and wants him to get stronger. Wang instantly gets exposed to a new range of superhuman abilities, including teleportation, increased strength, speed, and intelligence. However, the Cube doesn't make Wang the strongest being in the universe in one-go. Instead, this system suggests Wang to collect different forms of gems or stones to level up in power. Eventually, Wang comes across other powerful humans who pose a threat to his girlfriend, Shen Yao. As expected, this leads to a series of stylized battles in Super Cube, which, honestly, are so well animated that they helped the series break out among anime fans.
The artistic style of animation made everyone fall in love with Super Cube in the very first episode. However, it was the seventh episode of the series that made it impossible for anime fans to ignore the brilliance of Chinese animation. The fight choreography in Wang's fight with Chu Mushan was beyond our imaginations. The camera work, voice acting, hand-to-hand combat, and, of course, the animation — everything about the episode was simply A-Tier. It wasn't a short fight either. In fact, the entire seventh episode of Super Cube was an uninterrupted fight sequence. The episode made it impossible for fans to take their eyes off the screen throughout its runtime. It's without a doubt one of the best animations we've seen in 2025 so far, and fans can't wait to see what Super Cube has in store for them next.
Solo Leveling surprised the anime fandom with its amazingly hyped action sequences in Season 2. And fans who loved seeing Jinwoo leveling up to eventually defeat a powerful entity like the Ant King would definitely love Super Cube. The Chinese anime series features an equally impressive, if not better, animation style. Like Jinwoo, Wang is also someone who needs to level up to eventually become the strongest being, or as the Cube calls it — The King of the World.
Season 1 of Super Cube Will Run For Twelve Episodes
Anime Fans Can Stream All The Episodes On iQIYI
Like with most Shonen anime series, the first season of the Super Cube animated series will run for twelve episodes, making it a single-cour season. You can watch all the episodes on the iQIYI streaming platform. IQIYI offers the subbed version of Super Cube with AI translation s in Korean, Japanese, French, and several other languages. IQIYI is a rather unconventional destination for anime fans, but its exclusive rights to Super Cube prompted anime fans to rush to the platform.
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As expected, anime fans will need to buy iQIYI's VIP subscription, which starts at $1.99/month, to watch all episodes of Super Cube. However, you can watch the first episode of the animated series without becoming a membe r. Fans can have a taste of Super Cube completely free, and can go with the paid option to stream the rest of the episodes. So far, the animated series has released seven episodes, and the next episode will be released on Friday, April 25. So, make sure to catch up on all the episodes before the eighth episode shows us the aftermath of Wang's fight with Chu Mushan.
- Release Date
- 2025 - 2025-00-00
- Network
- iQiyi
Cast
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Xinran YangWang Xiaoxiu -
Ye ZhiqiuShen Yao (voice)
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Seasons
- 1
