Author: Yuzi Sauce
Thieves, samurai, betrayal, chivalry, faith, and Edo, many key words, make up this very fascinating "Onihira". Without the ornate gimmicks and publicity, it is more like a slowly unfolding Edo scroll, low-key and simple, and it seems unique in the cute January new fan. The anime is adapted from Shotaro Ikeba's era mystery novel "Onihira Criminal Koban", which revolves around the protagonist Fire Pay Thief changed to chief hasegawa Hirazō, and unfolds the story in the form of a unit drama, creating a variety of supporting characters, such as righteous thieves, samurai, and wind and dust girls, each with its own excitement.
Main STAFF
Original story: Shotaro Ikenami,"Kihei Criminal Book"
Producer: Masao Maruyama
Supervision & Personnel: Miyamoto
Otshiro: Akira Tanaka, Ryu Kawamura
Animation: studio M2
Major CV
Takeo Horiuchi, Daisuke Namikawa, Ryoko Iwao, Ayaka Senbongi, Park Geun-mi, Nobuhiko Kasumoto, Yoshimasa Shibuya
The protagonist of this game, the fire thief who has the name of "Oni No Hirazo" among the thieves, hasegawa Hirazo. The fire-paying thieves, the special police, are also responsible for maintaining law and order in Edo and banning various criminal activities. Pingzang is not only an iron-blooded headhunter who treats prisoners with no mercy, but also a boy with water-like tenderness.
In the first episode of the opening chapter, Pingzang tortures the thief Xiaofang Mi, and the cruelty of perforated wax is even shocked by his subordinates, but the next time they meet, Pingzang and Mimi drink across the fence of the cell, quietly drinking wine, listening to Mimi slowly tell his past. In the subsequent arrest operation of the great thief Bloodhead Dan Bingwei, Pingzang forced the public opinion and appointed the arrested Mimi as a secret agent, which was very angry, just in response to an evaluation of the jailer in the play: "Our leader is a character who can hold a boat in his belly." ”
Outside of work, Pingzang has faded the appearance of cold killing, treats subordinates with full affinity, and is no different from an ordinary father when he lives with his wife and children.
Pingzang when with family
In addition to Hirazo, there are also various vivid supporting roles, such as the gentle and tolerant Lady Kuei, the stoic Tsuruhachi, and the pet-bearable Tadago, which is portrayed with only a few scenes, but can leave an indelible impression.
Kimura Tadao, who resembles a rabbit steamed bun and is given the nickname Rabbit Tadashi
Gentle lady with mischievous and innocent adopted daughter
Considering that Hasegawa Hirazo was fancy when he was young and crazy, he wandered all day in the flower streets and willow lanes, wearing gorgeous clothes to show off the market, so his personnel was very popular, and even some viewers complained that there was Li Xunhuan's sense of sight (laughs).
As I grew older, I became more restrained, with a steady hairstyle and very decent clothing. The female characters in the film are either gentle as water or have cold and hard lines that match their gritty personality.
Before the animation began, the persona picture released had a heated discussion on Twitter. Originally, the film and television work Zhu Yu starring Nakamura Yoshiemon, known as the "National Treasure of the World", was in front, and many viewers' impressions of Onihei were biased towards the middle-aged uncle who was not proud in the play, while the animated version of Hirazo was handsome, Yushu Linfeng, and even Otaku sent a tweet that this was not my favorite Onihei.
Poster for the TV series version of Ghost Ping
Hikaru Utada said that for a kihei fan who loves the original, TV series, or manga very much, this is not the kihei she loves
However, the animation has been broadcast so far, the complaints about the human setting are almost invisible, the reason is that the animation has made changes or beautifications to Hirazo at the artistic level, making it difficult for some preconceived audiences to accept for a while, but the animation's interpretation of Hirazo, the charm is not discounted at all, it is still the flesh-and-blood ghost, coupled with the wonderful dubbing of veteran voice actor Keno Horiuchi, which has a different style from the film and television drama, and it is expected that the audience will recognize it.
Back to animation. Different from ordinary animation, this work is adapted from literary works, on the solid basis of the original work, the characters read and dialogue are concise and powerful, full of literary heritage, giving the characters infinite charm and connotation.
The villain who originally did nothing evil, but was full of kindness to the young girl who looked like a deceased person, and could not worry about it when he was dying, such a villain full of contradiction and charm could not help the audience to think, what is the boundary between good and evil? At the end of the day, is there a boundary between good and evil?
One of the most familiar Japanese lyrics for Chinese audiences. This sentence that Pingzang blurted out must have touched the heartstrings of countless audiences.
Equally wonderful is the performance, this blocking element transition is very beautiful, from winter snow to spring cherry blossoms, carrying more than ten years of time changes and things are not human lamentation, quite a bit of "in the past I used to be, willow Yiyi, now I come to think, rain and snow". The years are changing, but Pingzang is still the same Pingzang, many years ago dashing and wanton, now calm and calm, are included in this one shot.
"Onihei" takes the form of a unit drama, the story seems to be unrelated, in fact, it is through the perspective of Hasegawa Hirazo, connecting a story of laughter or tears.
【Theft and Righteousness, Dilemma】
Taken care of by the thief Bloodhead Danbing Guards since childhood, Xiaofang Mi has great respect for the Bloodhead, violated the iron law and was expelled in one operation, and then has been alone to adhere to the three principles of thieves, surviving in this way, until he meets the Bloodhead Danbing Guards again. The boss who was full of spirit has now become oily and slippery, abandoning the beliefs of that year. The distant back of the Dan Bingwei who was taken away, the shoulders slightly collapsed in the rain, and whether the rain or tears flowed on his face were no longer known.
[Women are such things, there is neither a past nor a future, only the present moment itself.] 】
Afang, a young woman who is admired by Hirazo and his partner Kishii Sashimasuke, should have had a beautiful marriage, but she suffered a miscarriage and a widow's tragedy, and was driven out of the house by the uncle who planned all this, and Afang, who had no way to help, met Hattori at this time, and fate began to deviate from the track at this moment. The women of that era were the tragedy of history, and the reason why they could live was only because of the value of the present, they were needed, so they were able to live, how sad women were, and this evaluation of Pingzang faithfully reflected this era.
【The world is impermanent, the creation of people]
Ronin Kaneko Hanshiro searched for twenty years to kill his father's enemy, owed a heavy blood debt, in the task of assassinating Pingzang, fell in love with the maid Axian, the original outlaw began to have the idea of living and the vision of ordinary life, but caused his final defeat against Pingzang, and then was attacked from behind, before Jinzi died, he learned that the sneak attacker was the enemy he had been looking for for for many years to kill his father. Jin Zi's revenge failed, and he died with hatred, leaving only the woman on the bridge waiting for a person who would never come, and in the light of the morning, walking past Ah Xian's side was the enemy who killed his lover.
【Unreachable Love】
When she was a child, Akane, a woman who had become acquainted with Hirazo, came to see Hirazo to report on the next step of the thief organization, and Hirazo asked her to give her a hand. In the process of tracking the leader of the organization, the single Ah Yan was taken away, and the pingzang who rushed to kill the enemy bravely killed the enemy to be ten, plus reinforcements arrived in time to protect the safety of the two. The two return safely to the mansion, and Ah Yan smiles and shows his loyalty to Hirazo, but what is not spoken is the love that cannot be answered.
Daddy you pit me! 】
"Rabbit Tadashi" Kimura Tadao entered the flower street when he was out on duty, and since then he has been out of control, losing all his money and being asked not to go out again. Zhongwu gradually lost weight, and finally made up his mind to quietly meet his beloved woman, but unexpectedly bumped into the thief, but instead made a contribution. An episode of a sudden change in style! Sweeping away the previous somber atmosphere, the whole is very cheerful, and bgm creates an atmosphere of trouble all the time, which is very pleasant. Samurai prostitutes derelict their duties, as the chief hirsang is guided by snobbery, not only taking care of the subordinates to give him the opportunity to make up for his deeds, but also completing his own work, which is called the best of both worlds, such a chief who understands people's hearts and will be flexible, his personality charm is almost overflowing the screen. The end of the film comes with a big reversal, very witty!
As a regular drama, the strong characteristics of the era that "Ghost Ping" has are also very interesting, from the background of the story to the motivation of the characters, there are places worth excavating.
【Catcher Account】
The term catch novel refers to speculative fiction set in the Edo period, mostly to solve various events in Edo, the protagonist is generally set as the Edo-cho Shrine (Edo period catcher) or concentric (with the force of the subordinate), and the catcher account, which is used to record the case similar to the small book of the flow account. Before the war, Okamoto Keido's "Half Seven Catchers Account" is the pioneering work of this genre, there is no modern technology and skills in the book, even no forensics, most of the cases are solved by manpower, reasoning and wisdom, after the war, it is represented by Ikeba Shotaro's "Onihei Criminal Account", which has gained great popularity and good praise since the release of the single book by the Spring and Autumn of Literature and Art in 1968.
Cover of the novel Ghost Ping
【Establishment of the Fire Pay Thief Reformer】
After the "Great Fire of Ming Dynasty" (1657), based on the purpose of cracking down on arsonists and thieves, the shogunate established the Thief Reform (1665) and the Fire Pay Reform (1683), directly under the shogunate, to crack down on related criminal activities, and achieved certain results, but due to the more arbitrary and brutal style of the department, it retained the reputation of "begging for food" in the folk, and briefly closed for several years at the end of the seventeenth century, and then resurrected, the shogunate compiled two departments and established the "Fire Pay Thief Reform Party". The protagonist of this game, Hasegawa Hirazō, is based on the "Fire Pay Thief Reformer", who was the governor from 1787 to 1795, and Hasegawa Announced.
Paintings by the painter Yukiharu Tashiro on the Ming Calendar fire
【Revenge】
In the third episode of this work, the dark sword Shiramei Xiangli, Kaneko once said, "Before taking revenge, no one will agree that I am a samurai on my own", which involves the culture of samurai revenge. If Samurai A kills Samurai B, then Samurai B's heirs must take revenge on A, otherwise the samurai's reputation will be damaged, the family will be disgraced, and in severe cases, they will not even be able to inherit the family business. If the avenger is killed in the process of revenge, then the actions of the retaliated person are counted as legitimate defense and will not be held responsible. The tragedy of Gold is both a victim of Bushido and a bitter fruit of the times.
Avenge-avening drawings
In short, "Onihei" is an animation that is very careful in all aspects, and the quality of production is obvious to all. Now that the broadcast is nearing the end, I hope that this recommendation can attract more audiences to feel the charm of the "Ghost Ping" animation. The above is the main content of this tweet, welcome to write comments and express your views