Valt the Wonder Deer (Deer Elf in Mandarin Chinese, The Quest for the Clay Guardians in season 2, The Legend of Porcelain Mountain in season 3) is an animated television series that was released to Tencent Video in China on December 31, 2016. The series is produced by DreamEast Pictures and is distributed worldwide by Jetpack Distribution.
The second season premiered October 22, 2018, and ended November 26. A third season featuring new anthropomorphic and angular designs for the characters premiered August 8, 2025, and ended November 12.
Valt the Wonder Deer follows the adventures of Valt, a wonder deer and his five friends as they journey to obtain special powers granted by the Five Magical Elements, as well as rescue his trapped parents, the Deer King and Queen, from the evil overlords of the Land of Metal.
After peace and harmony has been restored to the Five Lands, Valt starts to miss his friends even though they're a portal away from him. His vacation however is cut short by more monsters suddenly arriving called the Nanomites; dark, flying swarm of bugs that can turn anything into an enemy. Valt reassembles the guardians to protect the Five Lands, but unbeknownst to him, Da-Ming and his bride are controlling the bugs, and they want to regain their throne.
Valt receives his father's powers and becomes the Protector of the Five Lands. He is then tricked by Da-Ming into opening the gate to Porcelain Mountain and unleashses a great evil. While trying to battle a Shadow Monster, he realizes his powers are gone, and he has no memory of unleashing that evil.
Valt (迪å°Â, DÃÂ'ÃÂr) is the main protagonist. A Wonder Deer from the Land of Wood.
Cobalt (èÂÂå®Â, LánbÃÂo) is a blue monkey and Valt's best friend.
Kem (èÂ¥æ«, Jièmò) is a benevolent taotie from the Land of Metal.
Trika (åµ妹, MiÃÂomèi) is a yellow cat from the Land of Earth.
Alia (丽娠, Lìyà) is an orange fire bird from the Land of Fire.
Yark (å£ÂÃ¥ÂÂ¥, HáogÃÂ) is an ice-snorting yak from the Land of Water.
Valanteen (å¦ÂæÂÂ, Rúyì) is a girl Wonder Deer from the Land of Water.
Tao (é¶, Táo) is a boy made out of clay who is a member of a group of ancient clay guardians.
Da-Ming (达大çÂÂ, Dádàwáng) is an evil short green taotie, and the main villain of the series.
Mungo (çÂÂ大æÂÂ, WángdàmÃÂng) is an evil large tall purple taotie. He is Da-Ming's nephew and assistant.
Drusilla (达女çÂÂ, DánÃÂwáng) is an evil female taotie and Da-Ming's wife.
Urgon (ä¹Âå°ÂÃ¥ÂÂ, Wà «'ÃÂrgÃÂng) is Valt's father.
Reyna (è¾å¨Â, LÃÂinà) is Valt's mother.
The first 26 episodes of Valt the Wonder Deer were released on the streaming service Tencent Video in China on December 31, 2016, which garnered over 9 million views in its first two weeks. The second half of the first season was released on February 19, 2017.
In the United Kingdom, the English dub of the series was broadcast on Propeller TV for one season around June 2017. The English dub was released onto Jetpack Distribution's YouTube channel on August 24, 2019, but it was later taken down.
The series is now streaming on Tubi and is divided into 9 one hour episodes.
On July 4, 2025, a set of official Rednote, Weibo and Douyin profiles collectively named Deer Elf Nostalgia (鹿精çµåÂÂå¿ÂæÂÂ, Lù JënglÃÂng HuÃÂyìshÃÂ) were opened. The first posts were made on August 4, 2025, uploading videos teasing the release of episodes from the Valt the Wonder Deer season 3 reboot through the profile. The Mandarin Chinese dub of the first two episodes of that season were then posted on August 8, 2025, with further episodes being posted to those three profiles on a semiweekly basis every Monday and Wednesday at a rate of two episodes per day, up until the final two episodes were posted on November 12, 2025. On December 3, 2025, the Deer Elf Nostalgia social media profiles started posting the original English version of season 3 under the same biweekly schedule, up until the final two episodes of that version were uploaded on March 23, 2026.. Some of the English episode uploads are missing background music and sound effects, but with voice lines and some music numbers intact, an issue strangely not present in the Chinese dub. It is currently unknown if, when, or where the English version will be officially released outside of China or outside of these three Chinese social media websites.
On May 1, 2019, a Chinese musical for the series, Deer Elf: In Search of the Rainbow Bridge (鹿精çµä¹Â寻æ¾彩è¹桥, Lù JënglÃÂng zhë xúnzhÃÂo cÃÂihóng qiáo) premiered in the Beijing China Puppet Theater.