Author: "Waste" Ogisan
As a consensus of many Conan fans, the early theatrical versions have maintained a high production standard, it can be said that the boutique is endless, and "Detonating the Skyscraper", as the pioneering work, has set a high starting point for the entire series. Such a theatrical version without Gray Plains Lament, Hattori Heiji, Strange Thief Kidd, and no red and black duel plot, has created a fine product with excellent plot arrangement and excellent character portrayal. Then let this author and you nag, where is the "explosion" of this "detonation skyscraper".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="70" > thrilling plot</h1>
In Conan's story, the events involved are more exciting and thrilling than any serial event. For example, "The Miracle of Koshien Challenges the Invisible Demon" and "Shocking the Police Department's 12 Million Hostages" are brilliant chapters in Many of Conan's stories. "Detonating the Skyscraper" also chose to use this as the background of the entire theatrical version.
The story rhythm of "Detonating the Skyscraper" is very good, except that it takes some time at the beginning of the film to let several protagonists appear, and the ticking sound of the detonator is constantly haunting the audience's ears from the 25th minute of the film. As a new war book for Kudo, the prisoners were initially installed in a remote-controlled plane for the Junior Detective Corps, and the detonators hidden in the cat cage under the seats of the station were just small "appetizers". But such a "warm-up session" is also enough to make the audience feel the palms of the hand sweating, and incidentally let Conan get injured while solving.
Then, without any pause, the prisoner immediately made a big move - he planted five bombs on the Tokyo Tram Ring Line, and after 4 p.m., if the train traveling on the Ring Line was below 60 km / h, it would explode. And if the police do not find the bomb in time, the detonator will be detonated after the sun goes down. A train that must travel at a certain speed, cannot be stopped, and the passengers on the train have all become hostages of prisoners, does this kind of plot remind everyone of a Hollywood blockbuster?
That's right, "The Speed of Life and Death" starring Keanu Reeves. The scene in "Detonating the Skyscraper" is even bigger, with more than a dozen trains full of passengers speeding around in bustling Tokyo, without any signs of slowing down, and not stopping at any station. The film also deliberately portrays the tense tram dispatch center, the TV reporter reporting the abnormal situation at the station, and the reaction of the anxious passengers in the carriage, which are combined with Kazuo Ohno's soundtrack, and the tense atmosphere suddenly becomes stronger.
The atmosphere of this "tram incident" in "Detonating the Skyscraper" is a very wonderful bridge in the entire Conan universe. In contrast, the bridge section that finally detonated the rice blossom town hall is less tense and exciting. However, as a bridge section dedicated to portraying Xinlan, the relatively soothing rhythm is also easier for the audience to experience the emotions between Xinyi and Xiaolan. In the end, when Xiaolan wanted to choose whether to cut the blue line or the red line, the film deliberately adjusted the picture to black and white, and also concealed the BGM, and the colorless and silent picture pushed the tension to the climax.
The black and white treatment of the picture here is simply a stroke of genius.
Compared with the prisoners in "Fist of Cyan" who want to tear down the whole of Singapore at every turn, the scale of "Detonating the Skyscraper" is not large, and the plot and carefully created atmosphere can be used to make this animation film also have the tension and excitement that is not lost to Hollywood blockbusters.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="82" > logically rigorous reasoning</h1>
It has been said before that "Detective Conan" is essentially more of a spy drama than a reasoning drama, but this cannot be said that reasoning is not important, after all, the protagonist of the series is "Detective" Conan rather than "Famous Agent" Conan. However, many of the reasoning in the later theatrical versions really became chicken ribs, and many times fans who watched Conan's reasoning couldn't help but want to type two words on the bullet screen - "Just this?" ”
The reasoning in "Detonating the Skyscraper" is not very complicated, but the logic is very strict and the design is also very clever.
Conan's reasoning about where the bombs on the ring line are is more exciting than the final reasoning about who the prisoners are. When the prisoner said that "the train will explode if it is below 60 km/h", it gives people the preconceived idea that the bomb was installed on the car and that there was some speed measuring device. Conan, reminded by Dr. Kasa, discovers that the bomb is actually not installed on the car but placed on the rail, designed to be detonated for more than 13 seconds without being illuminated by the sun, and a tram must drive at a speed of more than 60 km / h to ensure that the bomb will not be blocked for more than 13 seconds. This kind of reasoning that breaks down preconceived notions and starts with reverse thinking is irresponsible but "comfortable".
The reasoning here is simple but wonderful.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="88" > plump and vivid characters</h1>
In "Detonating the Skyscraper", Conan is not as omnipotent as he was later. When it came time to deduce whether it should be a red line or a blue line, Conan also fell into anxiety. Later, Conan simply gave up reasoning and asked Xiaolan to cut her favorite red, thus falling into the trap set by Professor Tegu Moriji. You see, conan in the early days is still not an omnipotent "superman", he will also make mistakes.
However, I am not satisfied with the portrayal of Xiaolan in "Detonating the Skyscraper", the whole story of Xiaolan is free from the case, although the confession of the last and Conan (Shinichi) life and death moment is very touching, but it feels that Lan Sauce appeared for the final explosion. In "The Magician at the End of the Century", "The Assassin in the Pupil" and "The Undead of Baker Street", Xiaolan's image has a great breakthrough, and when it comes to these theatrical versions later, I will analyze it in detail for everyone.
One thing to say, the confession here is still very touching.
Before watching "Detonating the Skyscraper", I didn't have much impression of the villain Professor Teigu Moriji, but after watching "Fist of Cyan" (after spitting out "Fist of Cyan" so many times), I don't know what to say after talking about M23... I suddenly found out that this villain was really "nice". The Japanese pronunciation of Tigusen II is very similar to Moriarty, which is obviously a tribute to Sherlock Holmes, and Professor Tigu SenJI's behavior is also very compelling.
First of all, because it does not conform to their own ideas, they have to blow up the buildings they have previously designed, and such an "artistic villain" with "pursuit" is indeed rare. And the villain who dares to take the initiative to challenge Kudo Shinichi and successfully set a trap is rare, if it were not for Xiaolan's final desire to cut the red line between her and Shinichi, Professor TetsuyaMori's trap can be said to have been successful. Evil and elegant, intellectually upbeat, such a villain who does not like?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="102" > Summary: </h1>
Whether "Detonating the Skyscraper" is an experimental test of water or not, its excellent production makes it an original big movie of animation that is not at all inferior to the original work of Tsuyoshi Aoyama. We find that in Conan's stories there is always a tribute to the world's classic mystery novels, and The name of Professor Tiguson II pays tribute to Sherlock Holmes.
(The picture in the text is from a related animation work)