The sidebar says
This community is the place to discuss and ask questions about anime, anime news, and related topics
Emphasis mine. Episode discussions are created here constantly, so what’s the problem with linking a full legal episode of an anime?
The idea that if it was a trailer it would be fine is ridiculous
I was going to say “it’s not anime (i.e. from Japan)” but the sidebar rules specifically mention allowing “donghua” which would be Chinese animation, which is what this is.
The 3 reviews on MAL were overall positive, with comments along the lines of “started strong, but weak finish” “wrong emphases in the writing” “good visuals, animation and music” with a pretty good score of 8.02 from 712 users, which is a tiny sample by MAL standards, which are usually in the 10,000s - 100,000s of users for seasonal shows.
Apparently it’s over with the last episode 15 having aired on October 2nd, so there is the timeliness thing.
I’d say let it be posted, but the OP should put in some effort and try to sell us on why they think this is worth watching…
The first 5 episodes might be worth watching since MAL users took the effort to post a couple of comments on them, but dropped off after that.
Without any knowledge about this whatsoever, I’m guessing it’ll be like Ninja Kamui (strong start, great visuals, but lack of depth in concept, and ugh that writing…)
Getting into what is or isn’t anime can be thorny sometimes. The rule of thumb I follow, which I have mentioned in the past, is that if a show/movie has either a MAL or AniList page, then it is relevant enough for this community. AniList includes donghua in their database, including this show, so it is fine to post about.
What this discussion has made me realize though, is that the bot wasn’t tracking donghua like it does anime. The AniList api includes it, but I was filtering to just the JP shows. So, I will be removing that filter going forward. I apologize retroactively to all the donghua fans out there that didn’t have a place to talk about it.