Zhao Ji, director of "Nezha Reborn": I hope that Chinese children can grow up watching their own animation

The director of "Nezha Reborn" interacts with the audience in Guangzhou New Express reporter Gong Jilin / Photo

The Spring Festival word-of-mouth movie "New God List: Nezha Reborn" has won the love of many Chinese comic audiences with its world view setting and visual style that break through imagination. On February 22, director Zhao Ji and artistic director Gui Ye came to Guangzhou to share some stories of creation with the audience.

"New God List: Nezha Reborn" sets the time three thousand years after the Battle of the Gods, opening up a new imaginative dimension for Guoman, and there are many innovations in character shaping and visual presentation. The audience admired the film's rich details and stunning visual effects, and also praised the creators for their courage to create a new world view.

Director Zhao Ji said that "New God List: Nezha Rebirth" opens a new world with a big brain hole, the amount of production and pressure are very large, "The charm of animation is that it can maximize the imaginary world, we put too many elements and information, hoping to unlock it little by little in the sequel, and gradually bring a more systematic new Fengshen series of movies."

Due to the large amount of information, many viewers lament that watching one film feels like watching two films, and can still find many small details when brushing two and three brushes. Some viewers are very interested in the motorcycle of "New Nezha" Li Yunxiang, which is actually based on the classic design of Art Deco masters in the 1920s, and all the structures and parts are built according to real proportions.

The director said that when designing the plot, the entire series was considered, not a single film. Therefore, there are also many clues buried in the movie, "For example, Nezha's Yuanshen only has the upper body, while the Yuanshen of Sun Wukong and the Dragon King are complete, and we define it as not yet gaining full power." In addition, only the East Sea Dragon King appears in the movie, and there will be four major families in the next film, that is, other Dragon Kings will also appear. ”

In addition to the continuation of the story of the new Fengshen series of movies, another movie of the light-chasing animation, "White Snake", will also be linked with it. "New God List: Nezha Reborn" Endgame Easter egg exposed "White Snake 2: Green Snake Robbery" shot, Xiao Bai was under the Leifeng Tower in Fahaiyong Town, Xiao Qing came to the "realm of nirvana without me and colorlessness", the siren sounded in the distance, and the modern high-rise buildings took a glimpse. How Xiaoqing wants to survive the "robbery" has aroused people's reverie. In the easter egg at the end of the previous "White Snake: Origins", the "treasure" found by the owner of Baoqingfang was speculated by many netizens as a dragon ball, and the underwater huge black shadow was also suspected of the East Sea Dragon King.

Both are inspired by traditional Chinese mythology, but are no longer stuck in the original temporal and spatial context. The director frankly said, "The Chinese animation I grew up watching is "Nezha Noisy Sea", then "One Piece", followed by disney and Pixar productions, especially hoping that Chinese children can watch their own animation grow up. ”

Text/Reporter Nie Qing

Editor/Bow Lifang