To watch donghua on Bilibili with English subtitles, start with the international site’s official series pages, open the episode you want, and check the subtitle menu before subscribing. Choose the season and subtitle track in the player, not just the language of the website.
The quickest starting point is Link Click on Bilibili. Its animated first season has an English subtitle track. The picks below also include character-led fantasy and shorter spirit stories, with links to the correct opening seasons.
Which Bilibili site should you use?
Bilibili.tv is the international service to check first for an English-language viewing interface. The mainland site, bilibili.com, is a separate destination with a different catalogue and interface. Do not assume that a tutorial, membership offer or episode link for one site applies to the other.
You can also check Made By Bilibili on YouTube for its donghua uploads. Check who uploaded the video and whether it is a full episode, trailer or compilation. A familiar title in a thumbnail is not enough to identify an official release.
Use the dedicated series pages linked here. Their numbered playlists make it easier to stay with one season. General search results also contain user uploads, clips and reactions; the words “full” or “English sub” do not establish that an upload is official.
How to check English subtitles before watching
- Open the official series page. Match the title and season, not just the cover. Link Click’s animated seasons and live-action adaptation can appear near one another.
- Choose episode one from the playlist. Avoid starting with a trailer, special or a video marked as highlights.
- Open the subtitle control in the player. Look for “English.” On some layouts the controls appear when you tap or move the pointer over the video.
- Play a scene with dialogue. Confirm that the selected track is displaying. Changing the website’s interface language does not by itself select the video’s subtitles.
- Check the next episodes and their access labels. Do this before paying if you are joining for one specific show.
Donghua to start with on Bilibili
Use the table to choose a starting series, then open its playlist below. New to Chinese animation? Our guide to what donghua means explains the term.
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| Start with | Choose it for | Check before playing |
|---|---|---|
| Link Click | A modern supernatural mystery with emotional consequences | The 2021 animated first season, not the live-action version |
| Heaven Official’s Blessing | A fantasy journey centred on Xie Lian and Hua Cheng | The first-season playlist and any Premium requirement |
| Fairies Albums | Individual spirit stories connected by a travelling healer | Season one before its separately listed sequels |
Link Click: start here for a contemporary setting
Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang run a photo studio whose work involves entering photographs and handling clients’ requests. It is a useful alternative if unfamiliar sects and cultivation ranks have put you off other donghua. The hook is easy to grasp, while the consequences of interfering with a moment supply the tension.
Open Link Click season one. Its playlist contains episodes one to eleven and a separately marked special between episodes five and six. That special is not an ordinary twelfth episode. Keep the platform’s playlist order and continue to the later animated seasons only after finishing this one.
Heaven Official’s Blessing: choose character-led fantasy
Xie Lian, a repeatedly fallen heavenly official, encounters the mysterious Hua Cheng while dealing with supernatural troubles. Choose this when the connection between the leads matters more to you than a sequence of power upgrades. The animation adapts a danmei novel, but the animated relationship is presented less explicitly than the source romance.
The official Heaven Official’s Blessing first-season page lists eleven episodes and a special. Completing this playlist means finishing that animated season, not the entire novel’s story.
Fairies Albums: choose a journey through separate encounters
Tao Yao treats spirits as she travels, giving the series a different shape from a long tournament or training narrative. The starting appeal is meeting a new creature and discovering the human problem around it. Choose it if you want supernatural stories with room for sadness and reflection.
Start with Fairies Albums season one, which has twelve episodes. The platform also lists later seasons separately, so check the season label if a search drops you straight into a sequel.
Is donghua free on Bilibili?
Not every series or episode is free. On October 24, 2026, the three series pages above carried a Premium label. A preview or opening episode may still be accessible without the same access as later episodes. Check the episode you intend to watch before paying.
Membership is worth considering only after you have confirmed the season, English subtitle track and access from your location. Read the price and renewal terms shown to your account; an offer for the mainland service is not evidence of access on Bilibili.tv.
Can you watch these shows in the US?
These official listings may still be unavailable to viewers in the US. If the player displays a regional restriction, signing in or buying Premium is not a reliable fix. Check the official YouTube channel linked above for a playable release, or find the title on another licensed service in your country. Confirm the season there too.
What to do when a title or subtitle is missing
- You find clips but no episodes: search the English title and its original title, then look for the dedicated series page. Link Click may also appear as Shiguang Daili Ren or 时光代理人.
- The player shows an access message: follow the account or Premium prompt only after checking that it applies to your chosen episode. For a regional restriction, use the alternatives above.
- English is absent from the subtitle menu: check that you opened the intended season and episode. If it is still absent, use another licensed service carrying that version rather than assuming the interface-language setting will add it.
- Text scrolls across the picture: these may be viewer comments, also called danmaku, rather than subtitles. Turn off the comment overlay and leave the English subtitle track selected.
Once you find a working official playlist, bookmark its series page. It is a more reliable way to return to the next episode than repeating a broad search that mixes seasons, clips and adaptations.
