There's the TV show ロケみつザ・ワールド, half of which follows the reality TV adventures of a Chinese woman who uses her limited Japanese to convince absolute strangers to hold her hand and ride the train with her to a nearby city. Each episode usually features a few excerpts from the star's (Chinese) diary entry.

Okay, out of the stuff that I have read/watched:

日本人の知らない日本語 (drama) - there are two Chinese students of Japanese, and they occasionally provide interesting tidbits, like the differences between Chinese and Japanese kanji meanings.

コードギアス　反逆のルルーシュ (anime) - a few important Chinese characters, and the second season partially takes place in China. Although in this universe China is still a feudal monarchy secretly ruled by a clique of eunuchs.

さよなら絶望先生 (manga & anime) - quite a few jokes and scenarios about Sino-Japanese relations. The manga seems to share the Japanese nationalists' view of China as a country both condescending and envious towards Japan, constantly scheming to undermine it and steal its technologies.

Axis powers ヘタリア (manga & anime) - a series about antropomorphic representations of various nations. There are some jokes about China's relations with Japan and other countries, but overall he is a secondary character. Plus he has that stupid ある-thing going..

ムダヅモ無き改革 (manga & a very short anime) - a gag series where international political arguments are settled over EPIC games of Mahjong. Ex-PM Koizumi is the protagonist and, IIRC, Mao Zedong is the main antagonist of the anime adaptation.

おたくのビデオ (anime) - the protagonist, an otaku-turned-businessman, travels to China to build a factory at one point.

Petshop of Horrors (manga and anime) - the central character is Chinese and most of it takes place in the L.A. Chinatown.

アドルフに告ぐ (manga) - a historical drama set during WWII. Refers to historical events surrounding the Sino-Japanese wars, like the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, and, IIRC, part of the story takes place in Japanese-occupied Manchuria.

Last edited by vonPeterhof (2012 September 30, 7:08 pm)

ストレンヂア 無皇刃譚 (anime) - A good 40% of the dialogue in this movie is Chinese.

i know it's a stretch, because it's a novel written by a French woman, but the Girl Who Played Go is a pretty good book, and it's a quick read.

And there are some Japanese soldiers in Ip Man. it's very stylized and the Japanese characters are hyperbolic, but it's a good movie, nonetheless.

Ranma 1/2 is a great manga/anime. Ranma did his/her martial arts training in China, and there are some Chinese characters/panda. I guess none of my suggestions are living up to your criteria, but i figured i'd mention them anyway.

中国の鳥人 is great, as you already know.

Last edited by tashippy (2012 October 01, 9:56 am)

OMG, I didn't expect so many replies! :'D やっった！

On the Japan-China-South Korea friendship's topic, have you seen this clip? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwg2Hpf4ta8 Cool mecha moves ;P

I'm learning Chinese and flirting with Japanese, so this movie was perfect. About a Japanese girl who goes to learn Chinese in Taiwan.

Love You Ten Thousand Years (我爱你一万年). Light, romantic comedy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmiBaOF5pak