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“2013 zombie apocalypse tests humanity's shattered faith, but hope emerges from the ashes of destruction.”
Dawn of the World
末日曙光
5.95
10,929 rank · 5,939 viewers · 13 favorites
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Synopsis
2013 zombie apocalypse tests humanity's shattered faith, but hope emerges from the ashes of destruction.
In the year of 2013, the tide of zombies outbreak exploded in everyone's homeland, humanity launches a large-scale battle in the endless nights awaiting for the arrival of the dawn. The end is approaching, is there going to be a way out for them? Their faiths were shattered into pieces and buried in ashes in the raging fire. But within the blazing fire, a newborn hope arise once again. (Source: polarbearadise)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 4
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.5 pts
Recommenders 7.5 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.67
Running avg · Dec 2019 → Apr 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “While this donghua can at times seem a bit all over the place I have grown to love the chaotic nature of the story as it is set in the zombie apocalypse. So the story being a bit chaotic is a...”
- 8 “That’s too bad this anime hasn’t got any review yet, so I will try to do my best to review it ;) [SPOILER FREE] Dawn Of The World (末日曙光) is a Chinese anime taking place in a post-apocalyptic world,...”
- 4 “Mo Ri Shu Guang, or Dawn of the World, was a crippling disappointment. A disappointment of entirely my own doing - because I expected too much. I was excited to see a dystopian zombie donghua,...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 0%
Long · 67%
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- Format 20 × 17′ eps × min
- Total runtime 5h 40m all episodes
- Aired May 2018 – Sep 2018
- Source Ona media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-13757 catalog
Produced by
- Tencent Video Producer