# The King's Avatar (2017 web series)

The King's Avatar (Chinese: 全职高手; pinyin: Quánzhí Gāoshǒu) is a Chinese donghua web series aired in 2017, based on the web novel of the same name written by Hu Dielan. The series depicted the fictional esports scene in China where the story revolves around a multiplayer online video game called Glory. The series was produced by Chinese internet company Tencent. A three-episode sequel premiered in 2018, and a prequel film, The King's Avatar: For the Glory, had a 2019 release. The long delayed second season aired in 2020, and the third season aired in 2024. The complete first and second seasons wer released on Crunchyroll in Chinese with English subtitles on February 19, 2025.

## Plot

The King's Avatar follows the story of Ye Xiu, a professional esports player living in Hangzhou, China. Widely considered the best player of the video game Glory, Ye Xiu was captain of the esports team, "Excellent Era", holding the account of the 'Battle God', 'One Autumn Leaf' before being forced to resign from the team, giving up one of the strongest accounts in the game and leaving the competitive scene due to his unwillingness to take part in any marketing to profit the team. Ye Xiu ends up finding work as a night-shift manager at Happy Internet Cafe, where he meets Chen Guo, the owner of the cafe who happens to be a huge fan of his alias 'Ye Qiu', his former team and character 'One Autumn Leaf'. While awaiting his return to the competitive scene, Ye Xiu continues playing the game, building a character from scratch and pursuing the championship and glory.

## Characters
### Team Happy

* Ye Xiu (formerly in Team Excellent Era)
    Voiced by: Zhang Jie (Chinese); Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese)
* Chen Guo
    Voiced by: Ji Guanlin
* Su Mucheng (formerly in Team Excellent Era)
    Voiced by: Tong Xinzhu (animation), Liu Xiaoyu (audio drama) (Chinese); Mamiko Noto (Japanese)
* Tang Rou
    Voiced by: Qiao Shiyu
* Bao Rongxing
    Voiced by: Teng Xin
* Luo Ji
    Voiced by: Zhang Boheng
* Qiao Yifan (formerly in Team Tiny Herb)
    Voiced by: Su Shangqing
* Wei Chen
    Voiced by: Feng Sheng (aka Tute Hameng)
* An Wenyi
    Voiced by: Chenzhang Taikang
* Mo Fan
    Voiced by: Zhang Fuzheng

### Team Excellent Era

* Sun Xiang
    Voiced by: Liu Sanmu

### Team Blue Rain

* Yu Wenzhou
    Voiced by: Xia Lei
* Huang Shaotian
    Voiced by: Ye Qing

### Team Tiny Herb

* Wang Jiexi
    Voiced by: Wei Chao
* Gao Yingjie
    Voiced by: Shao Tong

### Team Tyranny

* Han Wenqing
    Voiced by: Song Ming (aka Baomu Zhongyang) (Chinese); Shinichiro Kamio (Japanese)
* Zhang Xinjie
    Voiced by: Bian Jiang (animation), Zhang Fuzheng (web series)

### Team Samsara

* Zhou Zekai
    Voiced by: Jin Xian

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | US release |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | US release |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) | June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) | February 19, 2025 (2025-02-19) |
| OVA | 3 | 3 | April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) | May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11) | TBA |
| Movie | Movie | Movie | August 16, 2019 (2019-08-16) | August 16, 2019 (2019-08-16) | TBA |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) | December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04) | February 19, 2025 (2025-02-19) |
| 3 | 17 | 17 | May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31) | September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13) | TBA |
The first season aired from April to June 2017. A three-episode OVA sequel was released in May 2018. A prequel movie was released in August 2019 and the second season aired from September to December 2020. The third season aired from May to September 2024. The complete first and second seasons were released on Crunchyroll in Chinese with English subtitles on February 19, 2025.

### Season 1 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | "Ye Qiu? Ye Xiu?" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha | April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) |
| Ye Qiu is kicked out of his team that he has captained for 8 years due to his unwillingness to take part in marketing and promotion deals making him unvaluable, despite his skills and his 3 straight championship with the team in the first 3 years. He eventually remembers the opening of the new server and walks into an internet cafe near the team headquarters and finds himself starting at the bottom and working at the internet cafe as a night-shift manager. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Skilled Supervisor" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha | April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07) |
| 3 | 3 | "Adventurers Are Always Free-Willed" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14) |
| 4 | 4 | "Wild Bosses Are Meant to Be Stolen!" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | April 21, 2017 (2017-04-21) |
| 5 | 5 | "A Single-Player Game?" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28) |
| 6 | 6 | "Blade Master" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05) |
| 7 | 7 | "The Greatest Boss in History" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) |
| 8 | 8 | "Youngsters, Let's Meet Up!" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19) |
| 9 | 9 | "Public Enemy" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26) |
| 10 | 10 | "Master Tactician's Strategy" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | June 2, 2017 (2017-06-02) |
| 11 | 11 | "Using the Right Method to Tell You What Is Considered Brutal" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09) |
| 12 | 12 | "10 Years of Glory, and It Continues" | Xiong Ke | Liang Sha, Liu Xing, Zhu Ke | June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16) |

### OVA (2018)

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Episode One" | Shi Juansheng | Unknown | April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) |
| 2 | "Episode Two" | Shi Juansheng | Unknown | May 4, 2018 (2018-05-04) |
| 3 | "Episode Three" | Shi Juansheng | Unknown | May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11) |

### Season 2 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 13 | 1 | "The First Step to Return to the Professional World" | Unknown | Unknown | September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) |
| 14 | 2 | "Happy New Year" | Unknown | Unknown | September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) |
| 15 | 3 | "God`s Realm" | Unknown | Unknown | October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02) |
| 16 | 4 | "Unspecialized Strikes" | Unknown | Unknown | October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) |
| 17 | 5 | "Professional Scrap-Picker" | Unknown | Unknown | October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) |
| 18 | 6 | "Negative Example" | Unknown | Unknown | October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23) |
| 19 | 7 | "Boss of Excellent Era" | Unknown | Unknown | October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) |
| 20 | 8 | "Ancient Gods" | Unknown | Unknown | November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06) |
| 21 | 9 | "Material Problem" | Unknown | Unknown | November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) |
| 22 | 10 | "Champion Heart" | Unknown | Unknown | November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20) |
| 23 | 11 | "Little Cold Hands" | Unknown | Unknown | November 27, 2020 (2020-11-27) |
| 24 | 12 | "Team Happy" | Unknown | Unknown | December 4, 2020 (2020-12-04) |

### Season 3 (2024)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 25 | 1 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31) |
| 26 | 2 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | May 31, 2024 (2024-05-31) |
| 27 | 3 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | June 7, 2024 (2024-06-07) |
| 28 | 4 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | June 14, 2024 (2024-06-14) |
| 29 | 5 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21) |
| 30 | 6 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | June 28, 2024 (2024-06-28) |
| 31 | 7 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) |
| 32 | 8 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12) |
| 33 | 9 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | July 19, 2024 (2024-07-19) |
| 34 | 10 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) |
| 35 | 11 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) |
| 36 | 12 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) |
| 37 | 13 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | August 16, 2024 (2024-08-16) |
| 38 | 14 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23) |
| 39 | 15 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | August 30, 2024 (2024-08-30) |
| 40 | 16 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | September 6, 2024 (2024-09-06) |
| 41 | 17 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | September 13, 2024 (2024-09-13) |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 14th China Animation Golden Dragon Award | Best Serial Animation Award (Gold Award) | The King's Avatar | Won |
| 16th China Animation Golden Dragon Award | Best Serial Animation Award (Bronze Award) | The King's Avatar: For The Glory | Won |
| Canada China International Film Festival | Best Animation | The King's Avatar: For The Glory | Won |
| China Literature Award Ceremony | Animation of the Year | The King's Avatar: For The Glory | Won |