The animated series for 暗河传 (An He Zhuan) or Tales of the Dark River has begun airing. The series is produced by Youku Animation and CG animation studio is Passion Paint Animation, who also did the animation for Jun You Yun or Word of Honor.
Youku is marketing the series as a 外传 (which means something like, "other stories") of SNGX and episode one began airing on 2 Aug 2023. The series airs weekly on Wed at 10:00am.
Translated summary from Youku:
Hidden River, the most secretive assassin organisation in the martial world. Comprising the three Houses, Su, Xie and Mu, the highest-ranking person in charge was called the Patriarch. The Patriarch was poisoned and his life was on the brink. When the various powers in the three Houses heard of the news, they took the opportunity to organise a rebellion. Su Muyu, leader of the Patriarch's personal guards, the Spider Shadows, brought in Bai Hehuai, the genius doctor from Medicine King Valley to cure the Patriarch. At the same time, he had to repel the killers sent to assassinate the Patriarch and protect him. Meanwhile, his closest friend in Hidden River, Su Changhe, represented the Su House and joined the operation to assassinate the Patriarch.
暗河 (An He) or Dark River by 郑云龙 Zheng Yunlong
斑驳江湖 (Ban Bo Jiang Hu) by 曾可妮 Zeng Keni
Main Cast
苏暮雨 Su Muyu - 刘明月 Liu Mingyue
苏昌河 Su Changhe - 魏超 Wei Chao
白鹤淮 Bai Hehuai - 唐小喜 Tang Xiaoxi
唐怜月 Tang Lianyue - 锦鲤 Jin Li
慕雨墨 Mu Yumo - 乔诗语 Qiao Sihyu
Watch now on Youku Animation on YouTube:
P.S. Do I want to change the translation of Hidden River to "Dark River"? Not really. What about Patriarch to "Top Leader"? Ugh. No.