China will soon release a multi-episode animation about the life story of Karl Marx to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the “millennium’s greatest thinker,” a leading Chinese anime video site announced recently.

Bilibili, a video site that focuses on anime and games, posted on Sina Weibo that “The Leader” will talk about how Marx met his wife Jenny and their “thwarted love story,” as well as his friendship with Friedrich Engels, his close companion and co-author of the Communist Manifesto.

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