To those who don't know, the tokusatsu is just a bunch of people in tights, jumping around the scene with helmets on, and finally editing with computer effects.

Well, in a way, there's nothing wrong with saying this in the general direction, in fact, there is no shortage of low-cost special effects films mentioned above on the modern earth.

Weirdos, righteous heroes, headquarters, plus a giant robot that can transform and merge, almost encompasses sixty percent of the elements in the entire film.

However, the special effects film is also hierarchical, like the above-mentioned variant of "King Kong Warrior", its low cost of special effects, and the script without thinking about the brain, not to mention that adults can see the dead fish eyes, I'm afraid even preschool children can't get enthusiastic when they watch it, right?

After all, while other cartoons use CG and 3D modeling to demonstrate battle scenes, these low-budget tokusatsu films just use toys to model small cities, and the ghosts want to see them.

After talking so much, it seems that there is still no detailed definition of special effects, so let's digress from the topic.

The term special name originated in Japan, the full name is special photography technology, in Japan refers to a kind of film made with a large number of film special effects, specifically refers to some surreal or science fiction works, of course, the background of the subject must be established in the real society.

In Japan, most of the tokusatsu films are stories about superheroes fighting monsters and weirdos set in real modern Japan, probably hoping to attract viewers who don't fully accept the completely fictional worldview of anime and want to see surreal things.

The use of realistic backgrounds also means that the demand for sets and costumes is lower, and the cost is lower than that of serious sci-fi with completely fictional backgrounds, and it is common in Japan to shoot fantasy and science fiction stories with large and purely fictional backgrounds in the form of animation.

Here are a few examples of special effects that you must have heard of.

One of them: the Ultraman series.

A magical alien from the M78 Nebula Universe, the greatest happiness in his life is to beat the little monster, build his happiness on the pain of others, and have a bubble noodle light on his chest, which will start flashing when it is almost three minutes, informing everyone that the instant noodles are about to be soaked and it is time for Ultraman to go home. At this time, Ultraman will also make a cross gesture and shoot a beam of light to knock the monster down in one fell swoop. (Note: Depending on the situation, skills other than the beam will be used, but all of them are special moves without exception.) ）

Ahem, the above is my casual nonsense, Ultraman is actually a story full of love, friendship and justice, at least when I was a child, I didn't miss almost every episode...... Well, in retrospect, those cosmic monsters should have built an Internet, or co-written the book "Ultraman Coping Complete Works".

The night before dawn is the darkest, in fact, if I am a cosmic monster, when I see the bubble noodle light on Ultraman's chest light up, the first thing to do is to flash as far as possible, anyway, the cargo is not strong enough to continue to fight, and it is a big deal to wait for him to go home and recharge before coming out to wreak havoc.

The second well-known special effects film: Kamen Rider series.

Most of the early works are stories about reformed people who undergo transformation surgery to fight against evil organizations. However, in later works, many different elements have been added to the axis of the story, and the enemy service is no longer only an evil organization, and even ordinary humans can transform into Kamen Riders, leaving aside the tradition of transforming people in the past. At the same time, the knights also began to fight each other, and there was even a scene where Kamen Rider and the strange man worked together to beat up another Kamen Rider.

Compared with the core of Ultraman's story, Kamen Rider is much more complicated, and at the same time, there is no longer only one key character in each series, and because Kamen Rider is mainly transformed with a belt in the story, there are quite a lot of related toys, plus the integration of cards inserted into the belt to exchange weapons, exchange for summoning beasts, and exchange for all kinds of things, going farther and longer on the road of business than Ultraman, and the storyline of the love-hate entanglement also makes this work have no shortage of older fans.

Kamen Rider is also a childhood memory of my childhood, although I don't understand why their transformation images are mainly insects, but this does not prevent young children from having a longing, and more importantly, the Kamen Rider writing team also knows how to keep pace with the times, and the global slogan of energy conservation and environmental protection has just come out, and Kamen Rider's transformation belt has been added as soon as it comes out, and it is designed to generate wind power.

Well, the next paragraph is quite devastating to childhood, but in a nutshell, someone later analyzed it from a scientific point of view, and raised the disappointing question of "how much energy can be produced if a wind turbine is made the size of a belt".

Unfortunately, since the world view of Kamen Rider originated in Japan, let's take the Gunma Prefecture Wind Power Plant in Japan as an example, a 10-meter-diameter windmill blows at a wind speed of 10 m/sec, and it can generate 10 kW of electricity, with a power generation efficiency of about 5%.

However, Kamen Rider's Typhoon Belt has a maximum fan diameter of 10 cm, and even if the technology of this worldview is super strong, the power generation efficiency is 20% (note: four times is already quite an exaggerated number), and the output is only 4W at a wind speed of 10m/sec.

Hawkers, I believe everyone must be confused when they hear this, so let's give a practical example...... If the power goes out in the toilet, all you need to do is gather 10 Kamen Riders to stand in the storm and have their belts connect to generate electricity to turn the bulb back on!

…… Alas, it can only be said that it is really a very boring act to think about the logic of the work from a realistic point of view, otherwise there would be no such thing as "there is no more stupid behavior than paying attention to rationality in the two-dimensional world".

Change the mood, and the next third major special effects is the super Sentai series that everyone is super familiar with.

A clan is a group of multiple main characters forming a team, no longer a solo show, in order to fight against the group's enemies, the clan must work together to overcome difficulties. Basically, it is the same superhero as Batman and Spider-Man in the United States, which is a science fiction nature.

As for this part, there is no explanation.,After all, the most common full-face helmet tightener image comes from this.,So I simply clarified a piece of information here.,That is, everyone is most familiar with.,King Kong fighters with the slogan of "dog testicles are cut~" are not counted in the Super Sentai team, in fact, King Kong Warriors are just re-filmed by Americans after adapting the setting of one of the Super Sentai series.

…… Well, I think everyone thinks this news is nothing special, so let's get down to business.

Considering the direction of the plot and the technology and values of the other world, the hero show held by the Demon King City Amusement Park is launched based on the hero team, and it is precisely because of this that there is no problem even if many new characters are suddenly crammed into the play.

After calling in the screenwriter and combining my knowledge of modern earth with his creative abilities, the new script was released in less than five minutes, and in addition to the representatives of the elven messengers, there were also five members of the envoy corps, including sword-wielding elves.

However, after handing out the script, the representative of the elf messenger who had roughly flipped through the lines suddenly had a question: "Your Excellency Xu Mo, aren't you going to participate in the performance?" Why didn't I see your lines?"

"Huh? If you're looking at the main character's lines, I won't be there." I squeezed over and quickly flipped the show to the extras, and said, "In this place, Weirdo Combatant A, the one in a black bodysuit with an M symbol hood on his head, is responsible for the Clan Heroes jumping around in the background behind them and making 'chirp' noises when they fight the weirdos." (To be continued.) )