The Best TV Shows on Youku

Every Youku Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Check out the most acclaimed shows on Youku, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for July 2025. Highlighting Youku’s quality programming, GG Bond and iPartment stand out, premiering in 2006 and 2009. Across the timeline from 2006 to 2023, Youku has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows.

  • AI Football GGO
    AI Football GGO (2010)10.0

    Artificial Intelligent Football GGO is made by Puzzle Animation studio Ltd. It's an animation series about football and future technology.

  • 饼干警长
    饼干警长 (2011)10.0

  • Happy Mitan
    Happy Mitan (2016)10.0

    During the early Qing Dynasty an unimportant man accidentally becomes an undercover agent for a rebel group fighting the new regime. Hijinks ensue as he tries to accomplish his assigned missions.

  • The Demon Hunter
    The Demon Hunter (2023)9.6

    Meng Chuan witnessed his mother killed before his eyes, so he trained very hard hoping to one day avenge her death. But his peaceful days were broken as his wedding engagement being called off, an invasion by foreign forces, the sanctuary fallen into enemy hands… In order to protect the people of Ning City, he picked up his sword and vowed to be the strongest. This is a heavy responsibility and a long journey…

  • GG Bond
    GG Bond (2006)9.1

  • LEGO Monkie Kid
    LEGO Monkie Kid (2020)8.9

    Centuries ago, the beloved Chinese Monkey King used his magical staff to capture and trap the evil Demon Bull King deep inside a mountain. Flash-forward to modern-day China, when fate leads MK (aka Monkie Kid), a young noodle shop delivery boy, to find the long-lost staff. Soon, MK and his best friends find themselves entangled in adventures packed full of action, mystery, imagination and magic.

  • The Longest Day in Chang'an
    The Longest Day in Chang'an (2019)8.5

    Chang'an. The city of Eternal Peace. China's ancient imperial capital and the world's most magnificent metropolis. Its treasures and wealth are now under siege from a mysterious army. In 24 hours the enemies will launch a devastating attack. While the nobles panic and flee, the city's most notorious criminal will be its savior!

  • Legend of Xianwu
    Legend of Xianwu (2023)8.4

    As a loyal disciple, Ye Chen dedicated himself to guard the spiritual medicine field for his sect. But, during a fight with enemies, the spiritual field was destroyed. His loyalty and dedication to the sect could not save him. The loyalty he thought he had obtained from his peers and lover, could not save him from betrayal. Thus, he was shamelessly banished from the sect. With the help of a flame falling from heaven, Ye Chen began to develop himself into a stronger cultivator. Battled against his opponents, unfolded his legendary life and rewrote his own story…

  • Till The End of The Moon
    Till The End of The Moon (2023)8.3

    In an era when the demons are in power, they are the masters of the despicable cultivators and mortals. The cultivator elders deem it necessary to send someone back in time, to determine the origin of the demon lord and to prevent his awakening. Li Su Su accepts the mission, becoming the mortal Ye Xi Wu, General Ye's third daughter who is married to Tantai Jin, the hostage prince and future demon lord. She is determined to destroy Tantai Jin, who in the future will massacre many. But as a witness to Tantai Jin's past life and rise to power, an unexpected tale emerges, one complicating her quest.

  • Falling Into Your Smile
    Falling Into Your Smile (2021)8.1

    After joining an all-male e-sports team, an amateur gamer tests her skills and leads her team to the world championships.

  • The Great Craftsman
    The Great Craftsman (2019)8.0

    Set in the 1920s, it revolves around aspiring architects and their contributions to the country.

  • The Story of Ming Lan
    The Story of Ming Lan (2018)7.3

    Sheng Minglan, the intelligent but overlooked sixth daughter of the Sheng family, hides her talents to survive a difficult childhood and avenge her mother’s death. As she navigates family struggles and political intrigue, she forms a complex bond with Gu Tingye. Together, they rise as a powerful couple, balancing love, loyalty, and duty in a changing empire.

  • Faith Makes Great
    Faith Makes Great (2021)7.3

  • The Rebel Princess
    The Rebel Princess (2021)6.9

    Wang Xuan and Xiao Qi strike a deal for the sake of power. They marry first before falling in love and join hands to protect their homeland. She is a woman who is no less than any man while he rose from humble beginnings. The imperial family has become rotten to the core. The nobles are lavish with no regard for the people. Princess Wang Xuan and her childhood sweetheart, the third prince, become pawns of a prophecy that states, "to acquire thee is to obtain the world." Being pulled into the matters of the court, Wang Xuan is married off by her father to Xiao Qi who comes from a poor family. On the night of their wedding, Xiao Qi is forced to leave the capital. Wang Xuan is shamed and discouraged. The Helan Prince kidnaps Wang Xuan in order to seek revenge on Xiao Qi. The crisis they face becomes a blessing in disguise for the couple. Wang Xuan is moved and inspired by Xiao Qi's wish to bring peace and prosperity to the nation and they fall in love.

  • iPartment
    iPartment (2009)6.8

  • The Magical Chef of Ice and Fire
    The Magical Chef of Ice and Fire (2021)6.3

    Nian Bing is the son of a fire mage and an ice mage. After both of his parents were killed by the Ice Lord, Nian Bing received both of his parents' magic gems. When Nian Bing was trying to escape from the Ice Lord's followers, he managed to cast both fire and ice magic at the same time. An impossible feat for a mage. He fell from the cliff, unconscious, and was saved by an oldman. After he woke up, the oldman gave him a food so delicious he never tasted before. It turned out that the oldman was a genius chef, once called a spirit chef. And he wants Nian Bing to be his disciple no matter what! Is Nian Bing able to seek vengeance while aiming to become the greatest chef?

  • Princess Silver
    Princess Silver (2019)6.0

    Rong Le, a princess who loses her memory, is forced to marry Wu You, the prince of Beilin. After being rejected, she adopts a new identity and embarks on a journey to find a legendary book, unknowingly falling in love with Wu You, only to have their relationship tested by family obligations.

  • The Deer and the Cauldron
    The Deer and the Cauldron (2020)5.2

    The story of Wei Xiaobao, a little man born at the bottom of society. He entered the imperial palace by chance without knowing any martial arts, and used his extraordinary wisdom to deal with gangs and court issues. He pretended to be a eunuch to help Kangxi capture and kill Obai. Then he met Chen Jinnan, and became his closed disciple. He assisted Kangxi in attacking his enemies. Wei Xiaobao grew up from a gangster who only wanted to make friends with the emperor in exchange for a rich and noble life, and grew up into a "deer prince" who discerns loyalty and evil. He meets many different women and lived a flowery family life full of fireworks

  • Palace of Devotion
    Palace of Devotion (2021)5.2

    Orphaned as a child, Liu E travels to the capital Kaifeng, and later catches the eye of Zhao Heng. Though she was a concubine, Liu E was perceptive to state affairs, and often discussed politics with Zhao Heng. This tradition continued when he became emperor in 997. Liu E is crowned empress after adopting the son of a concubine (later Emperor Renzong), and serves as regent of the Song Dynasty during the last two years of her husband’s reign. Liu E would continue to rule until her death twelve years later in 1033.

  • Happy Hunter
    Happy Hunter (2020)N/A

    A mutant and a female monster hunter embark on a wacky adventure to protect humanity from a horned alien that seeks to conquer the earth. Kuang Tian Bao is a mutant that cannot die, cannot age and cannot get sick. Wanting to become normal, he seeks the help of monster hunter Jia Xiao Ling. The two travel back in time to prevent the incident that changed Kuang Tian Bao's life and they come face to face with unimaginable dangers along the way.