For those who don't know, Superstar Academy is the first ever Xiao Zhan drama filmed together with other members of XNine. Xiao Zhan himself jokingly calls this drama his dark period and many fans struggle to watch it. And they are all wrong. They are losing a chance to watch and enjoy the masterpiece which Superstar Academy is. But first, you should know, it's not a regular youth drama, it's more a parody or Quentin Tarantino version of a Chinese youth drama. It's so bad that it makes it so good. But in fact, it's not bad at all, it's just in many cases surreal or sometimes looking cheap or naive. But if you won't look at this from the point of view of a regular youth drama, you'll appreciate the idea, the wit, the story, the setting, the costumes, and most of all the characters. Xiao Zhan plays the male lead role, Fang Tianze. I don't know if it's true what I've read somewhere, that he was not casted for that role, yet the director noticed him and find him a perfect man to take that job, though knowing Xiao Zhan's charisma that's highly probable. Fang Tianze seems to be a rich, handsome, and very spoiled hair of a powerful and wealthy family but he also has a secret. He lives in the World in which some people are born with special powers connected to the Zodiac signs and he attends a school for people with special abilities. I won't tell you more. But Xiao Zhan and other members of the cast have many brilliant and funny scenes, the story is very engaging and it's really worth watching. But keep in mind, to watch at least three episodes, they are really short. The first episode is not the most representative of the whole drama and is probably the reason why so many people drop the drama so early.