BILIBILI(US:BILI) Zheng Quan Ri Bao·2025-05-27 11:16Group 1 - The second season of the domestic sci-fi animation "Ling Cage" was launched on Bilibili, achieving over 80 million views within just four days of releasing two episodes, with over 1 million series followers and an average of 130,000 viewers per episode, surpassing the first season's performance, making it one of the most popular domestic creations on Bilibili [2] - The first season of "Ling Cage" accumulated a total of 670 million views on Bilibili, with a rating of 9.6 on the platform and 8.3 on Douban, gaining a strong reputation due to its original story, wasteland art style, and hardcore battle scenes, winning over ten industry awards including the "Golden Dragon Award" and "Golden Monkey Award" [2] - The animation series is produced by Bilibili and Wuhan Yihua Kaitian Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. (Yihua Kaitian), which has attracted significant attention in the domestic animation market following the success of "Nezha: Birth of the Demon Child" [3] Group 2 - Major video platforms such as iQIYI, Youku, Tencent Video, and Bilibili have been actively investing in the animation sector, leading to a competitive landscape for top animation production companies, which are now considered valuable resources in the industry [3] - Yihua Kaitian is notably one of the few animation companies that have received investments from two major long-video platforms, with Tencent investing 3 million yuan in the A round of financing in 2017, followed by several hundred million yuan from Bilibili and Tencent in 2018, and billions in the B round in 2022 [3] - Industry insiders believe that the 15.4 billion yuan box office of "Nezha 2" reflects the progress in China's animation industrialization, indicating that future competition among animation companies will focus on technological advancements [3]