Modern Express News (reporter Song Jingwei) "Monster, let go of my grandfather!" With this classic line, childhood memories are back. Recently, a number of 4K versions of classic animations have been launched, which has aroused heated discussion among netizens. Like "Hulu Brothers", there are many classic old cartoons such as "Black Cat Sheriff" and "The Adventures of Little Carp". How are these old cartoons "polished"? What else is worth seeing? Take a look.
△ "Black Cat Sheriff" poster (watermelon video)
Hundreds of domestic animations will be repaired in 4K, and netizens "noisy" turned over
"Wow, good HD!" "Black Cat Sheriff is still so cool"... For the post-80s and post-90s generations, animation films such as "The Great Haunting of the Heavenly Palace" and "Nezha Noisy Sea" created by the Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio almost contract childhood memories.
△ "The Legend of Nezha" poster (CCTV)
Recently, the official Weibo of CCTV TV series released the news that the 4K restoration version of classic animation works such as "Nezha Legend", "Hulu Brothers", "Little Tadpole Finds Mother" and so on has been launched, and in the next year, hundreds of animation films such as "Haha Mirror Flower Edge" and "Shuk and Beta" will also be repaired. Previously, the "Classic Video 4K Repair" conference held by Watermelon Video also launched a number of classic animations at the same time, which satisfies the audience's appetite.
After the animation was launched, it instantly triggered heated discussion among netizens. Many people cheered for their favorite cartoons: "Please "Divine Soldier", "Lolo Kid"" "I didn't expect to see the HD version of "Black Cat Sheriff", which is great! Of course, there are also people who are skeptical: "Fried cold rice is too sad."
In recent years, old animation has gradually returned to the public's vision through different "open ways". For example, a line in "Huluwa" "Goblin, quickly return my grandfather", has been popular all over the Internet because of variety shows and music. A netizen lamented that after many years, he can still see his favorite cartoons in his childhood, and he can also accompany his children to watch, which is also a kind of inheritance.
Demystification: AI technology blessing, "polishing" childhood memories
In fact, 4K repair is not an easy task, the repair of an old film, mainly includes physical cleaning, "glue revolution" collection, digital repair and other links, the process is complicated and trivial. The fixes for classic animations are more complicated.
Because the frame rate is relatively low due to pure hand-made, it is easy to appear screen stuttering; scratches and mottles appear after improper storage of the physical carrier, which affects the picture quality; fading and saturation decrease with time... Various difficulties make the restoration process complicated and trivial.
Nowadays, 4K restoration technology combined with AI has reduced a series of restoration costs, and the creation of science and technology and the old image have integrated a fantastic and simple artistic effect, providing new ideas for cultural inheritance. But despite the blessing of AI technology, in order to prevent "accidental injury" of artistic effects, the algorithm that eliminates flaws usually does not set a high intensity, so some flaws are missed. For example, in the process of eliminating flaws in "Hulu Brothers", the remaining 5% of the flaws allowed designers to see nearly 200,000 frames.
【Inventory of classic cartoons】
"Heavenly Book"
On November 5th, after 38 years, the classic cartoon "Tianshu Qitan" was restored in 4K and once again appeared on the big screen. The film is adapted from part of the Ming Dynasty novel "The Legend of Ping Demon" and produced by the Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, condensing the painstaking efforts of many artists of the older generation.
The animation tells the story of Yuan Gong stealing the Heavenly Book in the Heavenly Palace, carved in a stone cave, and then being stolen by three foxes, endangering the human world, and finally turning into a humanoid egg by a swan egg, and after learning spells, he and Yuan Gong eliminated the fox demon together.
Many of the character images in "Tianshu Qitan" come from the opera style, and the life and death are all ugly, such as the fox girl's squinting eyes and two pieces of blush, which absorb the modeling characteristics of the Peking Opera Danjiao face, and are still full of China's unique aesthetic charm.
The Gourd Brothers
"Hulu Brothers" is a 13-episode series of paper-cut animation films originally produced by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio from 1985 to 1987, which is one of the representative works of the second boom period of Chinese animation and has become a classic of Chinese animation. On October 20, the 4k restored version of "Hulu Brothers" was launched.
△ "Hulu Brothers" poster (CCTV)
The film tells the story of 7 magical gourd brothers who go forward to save their loved ones and unfold a story of fighting wits and courage with goblins. Since its broadcast in 1986, the anime has been loved by a wide audience, especially children and teenagers. Big baby, two baby, three baby, four baby, five baby, six baby, seven baby and grandpa, eight characters are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Shuk and Beta
"Shuk and Beta" is a domestic animation produced by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio in 1989, based on the novel of the fairy tale king Zheng Yuanjie, mainly telling the story of Shuk and Beta, who bear the name of "thief", driving planes and tanks to help others, defeating pirates, and finally defending human peace.
How many boys have watched this cartoon and have dreams of flying airplanes and tanks.
"Nine Colored Deer"
Based on the story of the Dunhuang mural "Deer King Bunsheng", "Nine Colored Deer" was produced by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio in 1981.
The film adopts the form of Dunhuang murals, using the style of ancient Chinese painting to tell the story of the nine-colored deer often helping people who encounter difficulties, and after helping the snake people, the snake people told the king to sell the nine-colored deer, and the nine-colored deer used divine power to turn the danger, and the snake people received due retribution.
What impresses many people is the good and evil cause and effect in "Nine Colored Deer", the beauty and ugliness of human nature, and the story is simple and profound.
The Legend of Nezha
Nezha lived in the Shang Dynasty era, was a prodigy born from a meat ball, was kind by nature, and had both wisdom and courage. He once made a big fuss in the East China Sea Dragon Palace, and then helped the King of Wu to destroy the Shang Dynasty, and as a pioneer official, he became a little hero loved by the world because he punished evil and promoted good, destroyed the big demon head Shi Ji.
(Image source: official poster)