| Guardian | |
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| Also known as | Zhèn Hún |
| Genre | Science fiction, Mystery |
| Based on | Guardian by Priest |
| Written by | Qi Xiaoyu Ye Fangzhou Hua Liang |
| Starring | Bai Yu Zhu Yilong |
| Opening theme | "We Won't be Falling" by Chen Xueran |
| Ending theme | "Just Cared Too Much" by Ning Huanyu |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Zhou Yuanzhou |
| Production location | Shanghai |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production companies | Shi Yue Film and Television, Zhe Jiang Sheng Xi Hua Shi, Tai Yang Chuan He Culture and Media, Huan Mi Culture and Communication |
| Original release | |
| Network | Youku |
| Release | 13 June – 25 July 2018 |
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Guardian (Chinese: 镇魂; pinyin: Zhèn Hún) is a 2018 Chinese web series starring Bai Yu and Zhu Yilong. An adaptation of the 2012 fantasy-danmei web novel of the same name by Priest, the series was released on the video platform Youku between June 13 and July 25, 2018.[1][2] The series follows Zhao Yunlan (Bai) and Shen Wei (Zhu), a detective and a professor who investigate supernatural phenomena. Though the novel depicts their relationship as romantic in nature, the web series depicts the relationship as a platonic friendship with homoerotic subtext in response to Chinese laws prohibiting depictions of same-sex relationships on television.[3]
The series was widely popular on the web, and received a total of 1.8 billion views by August 2018.[3] That same month, Guardian was pulled from Youku amid a crackdown on "harmful and vulgar" internet content,[4] but was later re-uploaded.[5]
- ^ "《镇魂》6月13日上线 白宇朱一龙热血集结捍卫初心" (in Simplified Chinese). People's Daily. June 13, 2018. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
- ^ "《镇魂》收官白宇发文感谢粉丝:这个夏天属于你们". Sina (in Chinese). July 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Zhang, Phoebe (4 August 2018). "Gay-themed drama is latest victim of China's drive to purge 'harmful and obscene' content from web". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "<镇魂下架>报道". Qdaily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
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