Global Animation Chronicles: A Review of Works in the Past 30 Years
Source: @Tencent Animation World Style Feature
Introduction
Thirty years ago, when China had its first animated TV series "Sheriff Black Cat", the United States across the ocean provided us with a dream garden combining science fiction and heroism with its shape-shifting "Autobots...... Now 30 years have passed, although the once naughty and youthful have transformed into stability and maturity, the imprint of the times has always been deep in my heart. If it was the era of innovation, we are now a nostalgic generation. From 1984 to 2014, looking at the 30 years of turmoil in the global animation industry, the leading United States and Japan are still the overlords of the animation industry.
Let's re-search the important events and classics in the global animation industry in the past 30 years, cherish the good times of the present, and cherish the good memories of the past......
1984 - "Transformers", "Valley of the Wind"
"Transformers" is a classic in the memory of the 80s of the last century, "Autobots transform and go!" At that time, the lines resounded in every corner of the streets and alleys. In 1983, the Japanese company TAKARA introduced the transformation machine qì human MSI Superman to the American market, which was the predecessor of "Transformers"; In 1984, Hasbro obtained R&D authorization and cooperated with Marvel Comics to produce related comics, and epoch-making ideas were born, and the machine qì people were given life, and they were called Transformers. Later, after the TV animation commercial for "Transformers" toys was broadcast on TV screens and was well received, it was completely changed to animation and introduced to China in 1988.
Hayao Miyazaki's "Valley of the Wind" was released, and the story was taken from the first and second half of the manga version. In the early days of film production, Hayao Miyazaki invited Kazunori Ito (masterpieces "Lucky Star Kid" and "Mobile Police") to help adapt the film script, but after reading the manga, "I felt that I couldn't explain it all in 110 minutes." The film ends with a religious ending, and although the makers are not very satisfied, the people who watch the film are unexpectedly moved. Phantom Studios released the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic; Japan's "Hokuto God Fist" TV animation broadcast; China has the first animation "Black Cat Sheriff" that takes the "foreign" road.
1985 – City Hunter, Constantine
Japanese manga artist Tsukasa Hojo's classic masterpiece "City Hunter" has been animated on TV, and this manga has a high adaptation rate, and has been adapted into 3 animated films, 3 animated specials, and an official live-action movie. There are many film and television adaptations in various countries and regions, such as the Hong Kong movies "Meng Bo", "The Condor Heroes of 91", and the TV series "Wonderful Detective Rental"; The TV series "Beijing Hunter", which is called the "costume version of "City Hunter" in Taiwan, even has little to do with the original comics, and the Taiwanese and Korean versions of the TV series "City Hunter" starring idol stars Lin Zhiying and Lee Min Ho respectively.
John Constantine, the fictional antihero character of DC Comics' Detective Hell, first appeared in the horror story "Swamp Alien" series, and Empire Magazine ranked Constantine 3rd among the 50 greatest comic book characters, and IGN ranked him 29th among the top 100 comic book heroes. The "Hell" series is DC's Vertigo comic's longest-running and most successful title.
The original comic of "Snowpiercer" won an award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, which is the first award-winning work since the beginning of the festival; "Dragon Ball" was published as a single book; China's first science and education animation "Preliminary Study of Genetic Engineering" won the Outstanding Film Award and Outstanding Animation Award at the 2nd Bama International Medical Science Film Festival in Italy.
1986 - "Saint Seiya", "Dragon Ball", "Castle in the Sky"
"Burn! My Little Universe ...... "The unbeatable bronze five Xiaoqiang have cockroach-like vitality, even if they are beaten to death, they can stand up tremblingly, shout at that throat and kill the enemy." Japanese manga artist Masami Mada is a masterpiece that has swept Asia and even many European and American countries, and the words "holy clothes" and "small universe" that appear in his works have once become popular words among teenagers, and TV animation has been broadcast in more than 80 countries around the world, and it is still famous until now.
Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball" manga has the theme of "Collect 7 dragon balls to summon a dragon and grant any wish". Although "summoning the dragon" has now become a kind of Internet complaining language, in those days, this kind of "collection card" plot still made many people find fun. "Dragon Ball" has a global circulation of more than 230 million copies, and has been adapted into an anime that has been broadcast in more than 40 countries (33 languages) around the world.
"Our loneliness is like a city floating in the sky, there is no way to tell it", "Castle in the Sky" is a solo performance supervised by Hayao Miyazaki, and its ideas are unbridled in this film, and the fantasy world style full of real touch and detail is fully realized. The film is Miyazaki's third work and the first animated film released by Studio Ghibli.
1987 - "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Orange Road"
4 turtles with genetic mutations in the sewers of New York + 1 mouse ninja master, and the team of justice friends who defend the safety of New York City are formed, don't think that the turtles are slow, these mutated little turtles are all agile, and even almost became "aliens" in this year's movie version. When the first 2D animated film of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released, it was translated into more than 20 languages in 75 countries, and I would like to thank the little tortoises again for introducing the delicious Italian pie to those of us who have never eaten Western food back then.
"A chance encounter, the delicate relationship of 3 people, full of warm and sweet taste, I'm Kyosuke Kasuga, 17 years old - I'm in love!" "Orange Road" can be said to be the first experience textbook of many "post-80s" in love. This is the author Matsumoto Quan's famous work, but also his pen work, the subject matter is entangled in the complex emotional world, but also added superpowers, crossing and other elements, in the current view of such a theme is vulgar, but in that era it was really shocking, it simply refreshed the world view of the friends.
1988 - "My Neighbor Totoro", "Grave of the Fireflies"
My Neighbor Totoro is a spirit of nature that only pure-hearted children can see – Hayao Miyazaki's creation of Zào in accordance with the legend of his hometown has become a household name all over the world, and "My Neighbor Totoro" has become the emblem and mascot of Studio Ghibli, and has appeared in the opening credits of every subsequent Ghibli film. As a representative work of Hayao Miyazaki's transition period, although it still has its usual magical realism style, the perspective has begun to change from "human" to "human".
Also a work by Ghibli, the protagonist of Isao Takahata's "Grave of the Fireflies" is also a child, but it uses "death" as the theme to reflect the pain and disaster brought by war to mankind. Takahata and Miyazaki share the same concept of animation creation, both oppose human problems such as war and environmental destruction, and both yearn for freedom, the difference is that Miyazaki's works are imaginative, and Takahata's style is closer to life, emphasizing the direct emotions between people.
1989 - "Batman", "The Witch Home Delivery Service"
The world-famous comic "Batman" was brought to the screen. The citizens of Gotham in the United States are fierce and criminals are becoming more and more rampant, and a night man in a bat coat is so haunted that he is known as "Batman". Since its inception in 1939 in the form of comics, film and television adaptations based on the original comics of "Batman" have become world-famous, and this debut series has a global box office record of $411 million that year, and the success of the global hit has laid the foundation for the birth of the "Batman" film series.
"The Witch Courier Service" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono and is Miyazaki's first literary adaptation. Kiki, a 13-year-old little witch, roams the bustling modern society alone, with no villains and no strife, and the audience just grows up with Kiki to savor a journey to find self-confidence. Hayao Miyazaki, the superintendent, said, "I was inspired by the current situation of young manga artists looking for jobs everywhere. It's not about making a living, it's about your own way of survival: how do you show your personality to the world? In the process of making the film, I think that's what people should be concerned about."
"The Little Mermaid", as Disney's last hand-drawn animation, took Disney out of the trough and reinvigorated its glory; Rumiko Takahashi's "One Pound Gospel" comic was released; CLAMP's first work "Holy Biography" was published in a business magazine; "Sky War", "Ranma 1/2", "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" TV animation broadcast; Zheng Yuanjie's "Shuke and Beta" has accompanied the growth of several generations.
1990 - "Youyou Hakusho", "Crayon Shin-chan", "Cherry Maruko"
Yoshihiro Tomiyasu, the most famous "procrastination king" in the animation industry, has published the most representative manga work "Yuyu Hakusho", which is known for his unbridled imagination and storyline, complex and plump character building, and his works are eclectic. "Yuyu Hakusho", "Dragon Ball" and "Slam Dunk" became the three representative manga of "Weekly Shonen Jump" at that time. In 1994, he was ranked 76th in Japan in terms of personal tax payments.
Also a work by Ghibli, the protagonist of Isao Takahata's "Grave of the Fireflies" is also a child, but it uses "death" as the theme to reflect the pain and disaster brought by war to mankind. Takahata and Miyazaki share the same concept of animation creation, both oppose human problems such as war and environmental destruction, and both yearn for freedom, the difference is that Miyazaki's works are imaginative, and Takahata's style is closer to life, emphasizing the direct emotions between people.
If Japanese animation is ranked according to the national Cheng dù, "Miss Conch" firmly occupies the first place, followed by "Cherry Maruko" and "Crayon Shin-chan". "Cherry Maruko" is one of the most well-known and influential anime works in the world, and its animation has been among the top three Japanese animation ratings for more than 20 consecutive years, and has exceeded 1,000 episodes by 2013.
1991 - "Beauty and the Beast", "Fairy Tale of the Years", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
After the success of Snow White, the first animated feature film in the history of world cinema, Disney decided to adapt more classic stories into animation, and "Beauty and the Beast" is Disney's 30th classic animation, winning two Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Beauty and the Beast was later adapted into a Broadway musical, which was Disney's first foray into the theater scene.
"The Fairy Tale of Years" is Studio Ghibli's most adult work, although it is a favorite of many people, it is also a masterpiece that is easy to be overlooked, Takahata's treatment when directing, dragging the background back for more than ten years, and the heroine, who is almost 30 years old, recalls the events of her previous elementary school days little by little, and also adds a small episode in which the protagonist finally finds his crush. The characters in the play are made by recording voices and then matching them with images, and their expressions are so rich that the wrinkles on their faces when they smile are very realistic.
Toei "Three Kingdoms" is a full-length animated film produced by Shinano of Japan, consisting of three parts: "Dawn of Heroes", "Burning Yangtze River" and "Vast Earth", drawn from 1987, lasting more than four years, costing 1.4 billion yen, field trips in Chinese mainland, known as the most faithful original Three Kingdoms cartoon, won the highest honor of Japanese animation "Animation Golden Throne Award".
1992 - Tokyo Babylon
The petals of the cherry blossoms in the sky fell like snow, "Do you like cherry trees?" ”
CLAMP, which is famous for its gorgeous art style, makes the scene of discussing buried nutrients under the cherry tree deep and freehand. "Tokyo Babylon" is considered to be "a masterpiece that breaks through the bottleneck of shoujo manga", and compared with CLAMP's other works, it does put a lot of thought into the selection of materials and ideas, but the heavy social topics do not bring much insight to the reader, and the reader's attention is more on the inexplicable "bet" between Huang Angliu and Hoshishiro.
1993 - "Slam Dunk"
Inouue's "Slam Dunk" set many records in the history of Japanese manga, such as the highest first edition circulation and the highest average volume circulation, which were not broken until later by "One Piece". At that time, I loved to watch "I'm a genius!" The red-haired monkey Sakuragi Hanamichi toyed with Coach Anzai's fat chin and was then smashed on the head by the gorilla Akagi; There is also the handsome guy Rukawa Kaede who likes to scold Sakuragi Hanamichi for being an "idiot" wherever he goes, and the sobbing Mitsui said the sentence "Coach, I want to play basketball!" It has inspired countless basketball lovers and set off a basketball storm throughout Asia, which can be described as the enlightenment of countless youth basketball (including many professional basketball players).
1994 - "The Lion King", "Magic Knight", "Heisei Tanuki Battle"
Inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, The Lion King is one of Disney's milestones. The animated music is a magnificent symphony that incorporates elements of original African music, and won two Oscars: Best Original Music and Best Film Theme Song. Disney also produced two sequels "The Lion King 2: The Glory of Simba" and "The Lion King 3: HAKUNAMATATA". In 1997, the musical based on the film was performed on Broadway to critical acclaim, followed by the release of The Lion King children's illustrated book.
"Become a 'pillar' in "The Magic Knight", and only pray day and night for the happiness of this world in a lonely life, can be said to be quite the second in the middle. Compared with CLAMP's delicate and gorgeous painting style, the facial lines of the characters are a bit strict, but this does not affect many people who have the dream of a magic knight and grow up in a desire to have a small partner who can fight side by side.
"Heisei Tanuki Battle" is a Ghibli work that tells the cruelty of "survival" from the perspective of a group of tanuki. Tanuki transform into human beings and try to live with humans, and those who can't transform are also fighting tenaciously, but they have never lost their happy nature, and we discard our dreams one by one, and then reconcile with society to create a self that we don't even know. "Stay strong and alive" applies not only to tanuki, but also to us.
1995 - "Toy Story", "EVA"
"You're just a toy!" When Woody says this to Buzz Lightyear, he is actually making his own leap into a hero. I don't know how many people have imagined themselves to be heroes for as long as they can remember, but when they grow up, when the real face of life is laid out in front of them, they realize that we can't be heroes at all. Toy Story is the first animated feature film to use computer animation technology, and is dedicated to all children in the world, but also for adults.
"The weakest male protagonist", "the most hated male character", ...... On the list is indispensable "EVA" actor Shinji Ikari, under the attack of the tsundere goddess Asuka and the iceberg goddess Ayanami Rei, he can only be turned into scum in an instant. Anno used his various mentalities of wasting four years of time with an evasive attitude to show the audience in front of the audience through the medium of guò animation, which not only set off a wave of social controversy, but also established his position in the animation industry. As a highly controversial work, "EVA" has made a lot of money from its endless high-priced merchandise sales and fried cold rice, and as for the end of next year's theatrical version...... Well, let's raise it first.
"Listen Closely" is written and produced by Hayao Miyazaki, and Yoshifumi Kondo, who has worked with him for nearly 20 years, as director; China's first series of popular science education animated feature film "Haier Brothers".
1996 - "Detective Conan", "Rogue Kenshin"
No matter how the years pass, Wannian primary school students are with us, and they are our most complete childhood memories. This year is the 20th anniversary of the comic series of "Detective Conan", and Conan, known as the "Grim Reaper Schoolboy", is always surrounded by murders, according to statistics as of October 2 this year: 492 people died in 752 episodes of TV version of animation, and 49 people died in 18 theater version animations; In the special "Lupin the Third VS Detective Conan", 3 people died, for a total of 544 deaths. The number of deaths in the original manga is only about 265 (as of chapter 884 of the manga), which is exactly about half of the death toll in the anime.
In "Rogue Kenshin", there is the collision beauty of ideals and love, the man with a cross scar on his cheek, who can do laundry and cook, will show a satisfied smile to the freshly washed white sheets, but he is also carrying a heavy past, and the blood on his hands can't be washed off. He dedicated the best years of his life to "seizing", and then spent his whole life to "protect", the cross wound on his cheek is engraved with the sorrow of that era and the tenderness of deep love but unable to stay together. The three live-action series adapted from the work have all received high praise, with a total box office of more than 12 billion yen.
"Super Warriors" is a rare computer 3D animation feature work in the international television industry; "Space Slam Dunk" animated characters are mixed with live-action, starring basketball superstar Jordan and many star cameos; China's first 3D cartoon series "Toy House"; "Boys Over Flowers" TV animation; Famous Japanese manga artist Fujiko · F. Fujio died at the age of 62.
1997 - "OnePiece" and "Kanedaichi Juvenile Incident Book"
Eiichiro Oda's manga "OnePiece" has long been the first place on the popularity list, and more than 30 translated versions of the manga have been released, and the cumulative circulation of the manga single book in Japan exceeded 300 million copies last year (after the publication of the 72nd volume). "I'm the man who wants to be the king of the pirates!" Luffy and a group of like-minded friends started a great adventure at sea, set sail to pursue their dreams, set sail for the journey of their dreams, set off the trend of pirates, and the world ushered in the era of pirates.
"Bet on my grandfather!" "All mysteries are solved!" "The Kanedaichi Incident Book", which has been absent from the screen for 14 years, was broadcast again this year, and "Kanedaichi Juvenile Incident Book" and "Detective Conan" once constituted a talked-about "reasoning time". And this anime had an average rating of 14.8% during the broadcast that year, and the highest rating was 19%, which can be called a classic of popularity.
Episode 38 of "Pokemon" caused more than 600 viewers to be sent to the hospital for "light allergy", and Nintendo's stock plummeted as a result; Japanese cartoonist Hiroshi Fujisawa "Spicy Teacher GTO" was launched; Disney's "Hercules" invited a well-known European satirical comic book master to design monster shapes.
1998 - "Mulan", "HUNTERXHUNTER"
"Mulan" is Disney's 36th classic animation, which humorously, exaggeratedly, and vividly reproduces Mulan's heroic deeds. This is the first time that Disney has tried to get in touch with Chinese culture in an all-round way, adopting the style of Chinese ink painting, and the Chinese martial arts are also very particular about every move. But in addition, in the shaping of the characters and the humanization of the plot, Disney's own style is also retained. And Mulan's strength is not in the hard-hitting, but in the outwitting and the weak.
Fu Jian Yoshihiro's comic "HUNTERXHUNTER" was launched, and the serialization has gone through several breaks and reloads so far, and Fu Jian's several times of taking materials and resting have been interpreted by netizens as "playing mahjong, participating in mahjong competitions, playing games, and participating in game competitions". In June this year, after a two-year hiatus, Fujian's gorgeous return ......was so "gorgeous" that the fans who held the line drawings without regrets were frightened a lot, and then ...... Well, it's resting again. Anyway, the fans who have been in the pit for many years have been squatting on the edge of the pit and never giving up, if you don't finish, our childhood will not say goodbye.
The OVA version of "Vampire Ji Meixi", whether it is the characters, pictures, music, and plot, is perfect, and has become an immortal work in the Japanese animation industry, and the classic status of the "Meixi" series has been determined since then; China has its first feature-length animation series "Journey to the West".
Introduction
In 1996, when "Detective Conan" was introduced to Chinese mainland, our domestic animation had "Big Head Son and Little Head Dad", "Haier Brothers", "Blue Cat Naughty 3000 Questions", ...... At that time, domestic animation was still in the learning stage, while the United States on the other side of the ocean showed the sublimation of cultural integration creativity with "Mulan", and Japan emerged with works such as "Rogue Kenshin", "Inuyasha", "Chess Soul" and "Prince of Tennis" that carried the memories of a generation.
The end of the "Naruto" manga makes us sigh that "we can finally see the end in our lifetime", and while waving goodbye, we also cherish the "OnePiece" and "HUNTERXHUNTER" that carried our childhood and are still with us today. In our childhood, we grew up with the images and songs of these classic animations, which allowed us to understand the world. The only thing we can do when we think about the past and miss the old is to look back on the important events and classic works in the global animation industry in those years, find our innocent selves and find our throbbing hearts in those years......
1999 – Naruto, Pet Shop of Horrors
"Naruto" is the masterpiece of Japanese manga artist Kishimoto Kishimoto, and this "never see again" manga came to an end last month, and the end of the manga after 15 years of serialization sparked a frenzy of online animation versions. In almost every major battle, both the enemy and the enemy will review the course of life and explore the meaning of life, and the end of the work has made many netizens frequently sigh "I can't imagine that I can see the finale of the Hokage in my lifetime, I really have no regrets", of course, there are always regrets, such as Kakashi's true face can only be left for next year's "Kakashi Outside" to be revealed. (But will there really be?!) )
Jasmine Akino's manga "Horror Pet Shop" is animated on TV, and the short stories with only 4 episodes are titled with words starting with D in English, running through the central theme of the story. Although the style of the work is not perfect, the storyline is very attractive, coupled with the amazing creativity of the mermaids in clay pots, the blindfolded snake girl, the Chinese mythical beast Qinglin, etc., each episode is thought-provoking.
2000 – Inuyasha
"Inuyasha" is based on the work of the same name by Japanese manga artist Rumiko Takahashi, this work is light-hearted at first glance, but it is filled with strong sadness when you look at it again, each character is burdened with a tragic fate and entangled with each other, at that time we felt that Kagome shouted "Sit down!" Inuyasha is cute, and the bellflower who finally smiled and turned into a little starlight in Inuyasha's tearful kiss cried a mess, and the choice of "red and white roses" in the emotion is really an enduring proposition.
2001 - "Chess Soul", "The Prince of Tennis", "Spirited Away"
"Although a thousand years have passed, black and white still fascinate me", "Although a thousand years have passed, the sound of gold and stone falling by the chess pieces still shocks my heart", "The vicissitudes of a thousand years, the world has changed, what remains unchanged is the thrilling fight on the chessboard, the perseverance in the heart of the chess player, and ...... An eternal passion for the game of Go". The soul that has been lonely for thousands of years in the old chessboard has been released, "Xiaoguang, I want to play chess", "Xiaoguang, I am very happy", Zuowei taught Xiaoguang to play chess, watching him grow little by little, until "I finally understand that God is to let Xiaoguang see this game, so that I can continue for a thousand years". "Chess Soul" made a generation of people fall madly in love with Go, and led many people who didn't know about Go to start paying attention to Go.
"The Prince of Tennis" is another successful work with a sports theme after the three peaks of Japanese sports such as "Slam Dunk", "Football Player" and "Baseball Hero". Tezuka, Fuji, Ryoma, Kikumaru, Oishi, Gan, Begonia, Momojo...... They are brought together because of their love for tennis, there are tsundere, warm men, stylish men, and small fresh meat...... A combination of super beautiful teenagers with different personalities + handsome nirvana, the successor wants to surpass the position of this work in the minds of fans, to paraphrase the words of Tsundere Ryoma, it is "MADAMADADANE".
"Spirited Away" is Ghibli's first Japanese-Korean studio co-production of Zuò, won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and is also the first and only animated work in history to win the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival, one of the three major European film festivals.
2002 - "Humanoid Computer Angel Heart", "Tale of the Twelve Kingdoms"
The future world, humanoid computer, my computer qì girlfriend is cultivated...... "the person exclusive to me" in "Humanoid Computer Angel Heart" is the best interpretation of "happiness". Xiushu, who is often issued a "good guy card", must have saved the galaxy in his last life in order to pick up a legendary humanoid computer with super performance on the road casually, a negative number of "love experience points" collided with a newbie who had just built a number, and he could only make a single tone to confess to Xiushu, this work that can trigger some of the thoughts of the otaku, the subject matter is not outdated until now.
"Tale of the Twelve Kingdoms" TV anime is adapted from an alternate fantasy novel written by Fuyumi Ono and illustrated by Akihiro Yamada, and the history of the rise and fall of 12 countries with huge content has attracted the attention of readers from all over the world. The anime is mainly adapted from Shadow of the Moon
Sea of Shadows", "Sea of Wind, Labyrinth Shore", "Ten Thousand Miles of Wind, Dawn Sky", "Sea God of the East, and the Sea of the West".
The first season of the Naruto anime began to air, and the second season aired in 2007; the joyful, hot-blooded and JI love "The Shining Duo" that takes back themselves and protects happiness; "Devil's Eye Blade" shows the brutal battle of swordsmen who use swords as the meaning of survival; "Azi Manga King" once surpassed "Cherry Maruko" in primetime ratings in Japan; Weaving "Star Dream" and singing "Looking for the Full Moon" of life.
2003 - "Fullmetal Alchemist", "True Moon Tan Yueji"
TV animation "Fullmetal Alchemist" is based on the manga of the same name by Aunt Arakawa Hiroshi, because the speed of the manga serialization is slower than the animation, the second half of the animation plot turned completely original and achieved amazing success, the rendering of the plot and the feelings of the characters are handled very carefully, the feelings of the brothers have been pushed to the top, and the Russian song "Brothers" has been integrated with this film. Director Seiji Mizushima believes that this work is a "second work of the anime version" of the original manga, and it is another "Fullmetal Alchemist" recognized by the original author. This animation also allows us to see the skills of Park Lumi and Rie Nailiya in reversing male voices.
"True Moon Tan Yueji" is a work criticized for "Moon Kitchen", mainly because the original plot is arbitrarily compressed, and the spirit of the work is completely lost. "Tsukihime" is TYPE-MOON's first entry into the animation industry, although due to financial problems, the quality of this animation is not satisfactory, compared to the gorgeous battle scenes and more complete plot of the later "Fate" series, it is even more difficult to have the shocking picture and profound world view of "Empty Realm", but it is a stepping stone for us to enter the moon world written by Nasumo.
2004 - "Pretty Girl of Light", "AIR", "BLEACH"
"Beautiful Girl of Light" TV animation broadcast,Since then, it has been popular for more than ten years.,Not only the little Lori can't take their eyes off it.,Middle-aged older otaku are also appreciative.,Peripheral goods have created a huge annual sales of 10 billion yen.。 Until this year, 11 animations have been launched in the "Guangmei" series, and more than 40 well-known female voice actors have joined the vocal performance. The route of love + friendship = business opportunity has proven to be especially effective among younger audiences.
One of the tear-jerking trilogy of the KEY club, "AIR", was adapted into an animation of the same name 5 years after the game's release, and the thoughts and love that spanned the millennium made everyone wipe their tears and lament the sad fate of the heroine Kamio Kansuzu, and by the way, they also fell at the feet of the script "Great Demon King" Ma Zhijun, and the poignant and tactful animation OP "Bird Poem" was called "the national anthem of the animation industry" by many ACG fans.
"BLEACH", one of the three pillar comics of "Weekly Shonen Jump", was animated, and a large number of fashionable + slightly middle-two words such as the thirteen teams of the court, the corpse soul world, the void and the broken face poured into the audience's attention.
2005 - "Shana the Burning Eye", "My Goddess", "Hell Girl"
"The Burning Eye Xana" red-haired girl Xana became popular, and the voice actress Rie Nailiya established the status of "Tsundere Queen". If the "steeled" Alphonse made the nail palace firmly established itself in the voice actor world, Shana was the hero of her creation of the "tsundere" dynasty, and then Louise and Osaka Taiga were its representative roles. (Kagura voiceover: I'm not Tsundere Yo Aru!) )
Just make a phone call to summon a beautiful goddess who will accompany you for a lifetime, and this kind of blessing can only be envied in "My Goddess". The royal road romance manga "My Goddess" has a group of "goddess guards", and the "goddess sound" of Kikuko Inoue, who is forever 17 years old, is unforgettable. The original manga came to an end this year, and the nearly 30-year love between Hotaru Mori and Beludindy finally came to a conclusion.
The entanglements and resentments in the world are vividly expressed in "Hell Girl", the always expressionless and delicate appearance of the doll-like Enma Love, the iconic line full of resentment "Do you want to die once?" ", let the audience remember the voice actress Noto Mamiko. ED "Reverse Butterfly" and the name of the singer SNoW began to be known.
2006 - "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Space", "The Rebellious Lelouch"
Japanese animation has exploded, and "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", adapted from Tanigawa Ryu's light novel of the same name, has sparked a big trend of light novel adaptation animation. Haruhi Suzumiya, the "head of the group" who can change the world when he thinks about it, and Ah Xu, who has the burden of "spitting" and has to worry about the "rampage" of spring all the time, and the "SOS group" composed of characters such as Yuki Nagato, who is regarded as the "big cute god" by the house, has left a mark of youth and fantasy in the animation industry.
Mamoru Hosoda's masterpiece "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" allows the audience to see a high-level animation that is different from Ghibli. Konno Makoto, who travels through time and space just to fulfill the wishes of various pranks, meets Chiaki Mamiya from the future, and the love that spans time has made countless girl viewers cry. The participation of the "EVA" royal servant Yoshiyuki Sadamoto provided a strong publicity for the film.
CLAMP's annual "handsome beauty value" breaks through the skyline masterpiece "Rebel Lelouch", which contains the "GEASS" strategy battle storm, the betrayal drama between "the world's first sister control" Lelouch and the old enemy Suzaku, which makes all CLAMP fans crazy! Jun Fukuyama, who has been in the voice actor industry for 8 years, has also officially assumed the leading role from the role of student A and passerby B.
"Pig Man" TV animation was broadcast on more than 400 TV stations such as CCTV, with the highest rating of 21.7%.
2007 - "EVA New Theatrical Version: Prologue", "Transformers", "Hatsune Miku"
"Hayao Miyazaki No. 2" and "Father of EVA" Hideaki Anno suddenly released the new theatrical version of "EVA" "Prologue" after a long hiatus, and started the "money-grabbing" frenzy of the next two new theatrical sequels with a box office of more than 2 billion yen. "Preface", which uses a large number of CG animations, makes the audience who is familiar with the plot have to shout "invincible" to the shocking picture.
"Transformers" ushered in the era of live-action cinema, and the explosive art of Transformers, which is completely detached from traditional styling, and director Michael Bay, staged a high-level American blockbuster for fans around the world, and launched 3 sequels all the way. The "Optimus Prime", which is so cool that it has no friends, and the "Bumblebee", which triggered the hot sale of the same model, once again awakened the good memories of the "post-70s" and "post-80s".
Yamaha's music synthesis software VOCALOID, whose virtual singer "Hatsune Miku" is popular all over the second dimension, and the characters such as the double ponytail and the onion singer and the subsequent derivations of Kagamine Ren & Suzu and Patrol Luka have created a miracle of super popularity and huge commercial value in the form of peripherals and doujin.
"Qin Shi Mingyue" TV animation broadcast, since then every year 1 meticulously crafted creative mode makes the "moon cakes" anxious, but the high-quality finished products also make people willing to wait. And this year's animated film "Qin Shi Mingyue: Dragon Teng Wanli" is the first domestic "barrage movie" new model.
2008 - "Iron Man", "Kung Fu Panda"
The concept of "American superhero = superman" was broken by a "tin man" wearing a dazzling armor - "short and rich handsome" Tony Stark turned into "Iron Man" after life and death to punish evil hoes, and high-tech equipment is better than the previous superpower fights. The superheroes of Marvel (then called "Marvel") began to attract public attention, and "Iron Man" is completely different from Gao Daquan's "Superman" series, and Tony, who has a lot of money but a real temperament, seems more down-to-earth.
"The Mobilization of Machines" not only shows the audience the love of machines and people in the style of fairy tale dreams, but also shows off the best work of Pixar Animation Studio's 3D production technology. The shape can be like a real garbage disposal machine, and the streamlined shape is comparable to Apple's high-tech machine Qì Eve, which has a cross-identity love, and the hero of WALL-E won a round of applause. The film grossed $530 million worldwide and won the 81st Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
"Kung Fu Panda" is a full-time national treasure panda that sells cuteness and a perfect combination of national treasure martial arts, which has to make people admire DreamWorks' whimsy.
The anime live-action drama "Balala Little Demon Fairy" was broadcast; Ma Rongcheng's comic adaptation animation of the same name "Wind and Cloud" was released, creating a box office of 33 million yuan.
2009 - "Avatar", "Light Girl", "Avatar"
"Genius director" James Cameron's talent has been verified in "Titanic", "Avatar" breaks the "hero saves mankind" routine, and instead makes the protagonist Jack abandon his human identity and lead a group of Na'vi aliens to fight against humans, and finally defeat humans and return the planet Pandora to peace. Such a "deviant" plot has made human audiences all over the world talk about it, and "Avatar" has become the highest-grossing movie at present.
"Light Girl" equates KyoAni with selling cuteness. KyoAni, who tasted the sweetness of the successful adaptation of the manga "Lucky Star", insisted on the unwavering development route of the light novel/manga adaptation, so Yui Hirasawa, Mio Akiyama and other 5 cute girls formed a band, and staged a cute animation that made the otaku willing to pay out of their pockets and "buy, buy, buy" all kinds of peripherals. KyoAni's identity as a "cute animation professional" was established.
When the "nonsense flow" Nishio Restoration meets the "line flow + money-saving flow" new house Zhaozhi, what kind of sparks can be sparked? The vampire protagonist, the tsundere poisonous tongue purple long straight, the charming and seductive cat squad leader and other very distinctive characters are brought together, and then through the strong color matching of the new house Zhao and the classic 45-degree angle neck back POSE, a first volume of BD sold 82,000 copies of the unconscious "The Tale of Things".
"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Bull is Angry" broke the record with a box office of over 90 million yuan nationwide; China has the first Q version of the jelly deformation machine qì people series of animation "Fruit Treasure Special Attack"; the first animated historical documentary "Five Thousand Years of China"; The first four-wheel drive cartoon "War Dragon 4WD".
2010 - "Despicable Me", "Arietti the Borrowed Villain", "AngelBeats! 》
"Despicable Me" turned into a professional dad and became a good person again? Gru, who is so fat that he has no neck but has a pair of slender legs, not to mention how much effort he spent for "stealing the moon", and how many funny and funny things he did with a group of minions who have no limits, but Gru originally used the 3 orphan girls for "stealing the moon", but they had real father-daughter feelings between day and night, and the bad thief resolutely gave up "stealing the moon" for Bo's daughter, and became a big hero to stop "stealing the moon", which is really gratifying. What the audience didn't expect was that the comic minions would have the opportunity to become the protagonists of derivative movies in the future.
Ghibli's best-selling works can not only be done by Miyazaki, but also by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, whose "Arietti, the Villain Who Borrows Things" won 9.25 billion at the box office, and he was once considered Miyazaki's successor. "The Encounter of Fate" is an old bridge, but the girl in "Borrowing" is only 10cm tall, forming the "cutest height difference" with ordinary teenagers, and the warm theater that crosses the height barrier is staged.
Another masterpiece of the "Great Demon King" Jun Aeda "AngelBeats! started broadcasting, but it wasn't until the end that the audience woke up: "The Great Demon King" is simply playing with the title spoiler! When you are truly connected to the girl you love, and you have to go through life and death, how can you not make people cry and hate? "Angel" Tachibana Minato and Otono Yuzuru's love in the next world, although the story is hasty, but also successful.
"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Tiger and Tiger" continued to write a blockbuster miracle and became China's first animated film to break 100 million; The live-action science fiction hero drama "Armored Warrior Xingtian" and the science fiction sports competition animation "Super Intelligent Football" were broadcast.
2011 - "Madoka Magica", "Fate/Zero", "Captain America"
When the "warrior of love" Xuan Yuanxuan waved his pen, "Madoka Magical Girl" staged the "Senior Sister U-turn Incident" and became a classic masterpiece (Foggy). The extremely popular animation of "Madoka" is all due to the invincible combination of Akiyuki and Xuyuan Xuan, the fate of the 5 magical girls is entangled in the hearts of every "Madoka fan", and the theme of "magical girl" has been hyped again, and the "U-turn senior sister" Ba Asami even won the throne of the cute king of the year.
The anime "Fate/Zero", adapted from the novel of the same name, written by Gen Xuyuan, completely washed away the failure of the "Fate/staynight" animation, making the world of "Moon" more widely known, and Gen Xu's "love" moment is full of it - given that it should be a prequel to "Fate/staynight", the ending of "Zero" must be a variety of life and death, but the process is too poignant.
"Iron Man" may have regretted a little bit in height, and Steve, who was originally born in "short and poor", transformed into the superhero "Captain America" after receiving the transformation of "Super Soldier", the national-level idol and the much-anticipated "Poor Handsome" was born, and his "red and blue CP match" with "Iron Man" was officially laid. Chris, the leading actor who integrates a type of man + muscular man, is also among the best in the film industry. After movies such as "Iron Man", "Thor" and "Captain America" came out one after another, Marvel's ambition to dominate the film industry has been seen.
China has the first court-style girl-themed animation "Sweetheart Gege"; the first hot-blooded teenager fantasy animation "Kuiba"; The first futuristic sci-fi mecha animation, Steel Dragon. "Steel Dragon" was released in the Japanese market this year, and the global screening program was immediately launched.
2012 - "The Avengers", "Sword Art Online", "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"
"The Avengers", which carries Marvel's ambitions and gathers superheroes from all walks of life, has collected $1.5 billion at the global box office with a thunderous momentum! ("Spider-Man" sadly didn't show up.) Decent heroes go from fighting separately to facing the enemy together; "Iron Man" and "Captain America", who don't like each other, became the best partners after a verbal battle; Loki, the villain "evil god" Loki, whose charm value exceeded 9,000, was beaten by the "Hulk" like an ant playing with the palm of his hand, and was complained that he was "weakly exploded"; The scene exploded all the way + exploded + continued to explode, what other film can DC have to compete with the "Avengers" all the way?
The biggest fantasy of otaku is to save the world while talking and laughing with soft girls(s) while lying in bed, and the anime "Sword Art Online" just fulfills these two wishes. Kirito, a super game master, is deeply immersed in the world of the game "Sword Art Online", in order to defeat the mastermind behind the scenes, leave the game, and also to "return home" (absolutely unmistakable) with Asuna, he launched a game world adventure.
Tired of the world of selling moe? The pure master's "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" is not cute, only the "fight" between the ultimate boss Dior and the boys of the Joestar family, and the imaginative-like setting of Araki Fei Lu makes all fans who are keen on hot-blooded fighting comics fascinated. Due to the success of the 1st and 2nd episodes played that year, BD sales earned several times the cost.
"Bear Infested" TV animation Chinese New Year's Eve was launched, ranking first in the "China Animation Index" that year, and the animated film "Bear Infested: Treasure Raiders Bear Soldiers" at the beginning of this year won 250 million yuan at the box office;
2013 - "The Wind Rises", "Free! "Attack on Titan", "LoveLive! "Frozen"
2013 was a year of great work, and it seems that the inspiration of geniuses has exploded together: Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece "The Wind Rises" (the old man can't be idle at all, and this year he turned to making new animated short films); There are women who sell KyoAni's cute work "Free! 》; "Attack on Titan" with invincible battle scenes + the strongest human commander; There is an idol anime "LoveLive!" that triggered the worship of FANS in Akihabara. 》; There is "Frozen", which is the No. 1 box office in the history of global animation; There is "The Tale of Kaguyahime", which is high and low in literature and art; There is "Pacific Rim", which is created by otaku director Gilmour; There is a high-definition remake of "Slam Dunk" to relive the memories...... Not to mention the abundance of TV animations in the second and third seasons, or theatrical animations, to sum up the anime industry in 2013, it is "not enough to see the eyes".
epilogue
The vigorous development of China's film market has made many Hollywood studios want to take advantage of the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, and one after another imported blockbusters have earned enough box office. In this situation, domestic animation that has gone through ups and downs has begun to rise, and good word-of-mouth works such as "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", "Bear Infested", "Cell", "Qin Shi Mingyue" and "Rock Kingdom" have emerged.
This year's domestic animated film market also has a trend of multiple films being released in turn, and the summer vacation files include "Sail No. 4", "Magic Pen Ma Liang", "Dragon Valley", "Qin Shi Mingyue 3D Movie Dragon Soaring Miles", "Mysterious World Adventure 2" Five films broke "5" (50 million), and the box office broke the historical record; The National Day file has a total of 8 domestic animations such as "Armored Warriors: Yatales", "McDull: Me and My Mother", "The Secret Plan of the New Big Head Son and Little Head Dad", "Kuiba 3: The Rise of the God of War", "Farm 81: The Crazy Wheat Card", etc., a total of 8 domestic animations, creating a total box office of 167 million yuan.
Although we still have a long way to go compared with the box office of Hayao Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises" in Japan, and the proud results of the sisters of "Frozen" in the United States winning the world's No. 1 animation box office, we still have a long way to go, but I sincerely hope that the development of domestic animation can steadily strive for further achievements.