This dataset supports the PhD thesis entitled Chinese Animated Documentary: Classification, Culture and Discourses of Soft Power. It contains research sample information, including the geographic distribution of directors, and sentiment-analysis data derived from film dialogue. The sentiment data include polarity results and Plutchik emotion classifications for four representational categories: Inward Self-Representation, Inward Other-Representation, Outward Self-Representation, and Diasporic Self-Representation. The dataset is provided in spreadsheet format and supports the classification, discourse analysis, and discussion presented in the thesis.