"Giant" Final Chapter 2 airs! God's heat is not as hot as before? Behind the scenes, the original painting & setting is revealed

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As the first super heavyweight new fan launched in 2022

The final season of Giants is part 2

Standing in front of the stage with absolutely proud results

On the day of the broadcast

The hot search on the daily push is almost all giant-related topics

North America pushed it on the hot search a week in advance

It started only 4 days later

Straight to the second place in the total number of Japanese TV anime broadcasts that week

OP&ED also came just 3 days after you released your tubing

The number of views exceeded 12.8 million!

However, some netizens have questioned: I feel that the popularity of the final season part 2 in China is not as high as that of part 1, why?

In addition to the poor sales caused by the business model, there may also be a backstab from the comic ending...

On April 9, 2021, all the Giant Fans finally recalled the fear of being dominated by that man.

The original giant is a manga created by Japanese manga artist Isayama, which tells the story of humanity against man-eating giants. The game began serialization in October 2009 with Kodansha's "Began Shonen Magazine" and officially ended on April 9, 2021, when the May issue with the grand finale was sold out as soon as it was released, and Kodansha even announced the news of its re-edition on a rare occasion.

In June of the same year, the national-level work finally came to sale in the final volume (volume 34), when Kodansha said that the global circulation of single books, including e-books, had exceeded 100 million copies. The comic has gained a large number of fans abroad with its grand world view and delicate portrayal, and Hollywood has even announced that it will soon remake a live-action version.

The original author is a memorial painting of the completion of is yama

End the commemorative giant edition of the comic book single line, breaking the Guinness Book of World Records

In celebration of the end of the manga, the original author's hometown launched the Giant Edition Trash Can ᶘ ͡°ᴥ͡°ᶅ

The end of the advertisement for "Giant" at Shinjuku Subway Station in Japan

However, it is such a god work that was extremely successful in the early stages of word-of-mouth and business, and after the end, the situation was directly reversed, and some even called it the most serious vicious event in the history of today's comics.

What made 12 years of God's reputation collapse overnight?

Ultimately

It all starts with the man...

An original manga that people love and hate

Isayama, you have no heart!

Few people may know that the popular cartoonist's dream path has almost died several times, and "Giant" has almost failed to come out.

Isayama was born on August 29, 1986 in a small village called Oyama-cho. Surrounded by mountains, it is unusually hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter. At that time, Isayama sat on the edge of the bed every day watching the sun rise in the east and set in the west, and he had never seen the horizon before, and he couldn't help but have a question: What is on the other side of the mountain?

The unveiling ceremony of the bronze statue of is the hometown where Isayama appeared

As he grew up, his thin body, the snub of his friends, the cramped village... This kind of bland and boring daily life made Isayama more and more determined to leave here and see the outside world. Of course, in addition to these reasons, the most important factor that motivated Isayama was his dream of becoming a manga artist.

Isayama's father worked as a designer in a furniture factory, and his mother also had a certain degree of painting skills, but in order to make a living, both of them later gave up painting and went into the Ume business that Oyamacho was fully developing. However, his son Isayama inherited their talents well and loved to draw from an early age, and Weekly Shonen JUMP was one of his favorite magazines. "Hell Teacher", "ARMS"... Those wonderful stories and drawings made Isayama difficult to extricate himself, and he joined the art club in high school and aspired to become a professional manga artist.

But once, by chance, the comic manuscript he secretly practiced was discovered by his parents, and his father, who hoped that the child would be able to do a stable job, was furious and reprimanded him: "You are absolutely impossible to become a cartoonist with such a terrible painter!"

Later, in an interview, Isayama talked about his state of mind at the time, saying that at that time I knew that I was unlikely to become a manga artist, but I had to take risks, because I was good at nothing but drawing. I desperately secretly practiced drawing comics in private because I didn't want to give up anymore.

Isayama's early manga manuscripts already had the prototype of Giants

After graduating from high school, Isayama left the small village, and he told his parents that he would go to a vocational school to study furniture design, but in fact he applied for manga without anyone's knowledge.

In fact, in the 10 years from the end of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, as a period of rapid development of the Japanese animation industry, many excellent creators and more young people who love the animation industry have been born. Standing on the same stage with his competitors for the first time, Isayama felt a very heavy pressure, but under the pressure, the seeds of his dreams were extremely eager to break through.

Encouraged by his school, Isayama decided to send his work to a publishing house to try his luck, including Shueisha, which of course belonged to his favorite manga magazine, Weekly Shonen JUMP. However, fate did not favor him again, and Tetsu Hattori, who had been the editor of Kuroko's Basketball and One Piece at the time, rejected Isayama on the grounds that the work did not conform to the JUMP style, saying: "Don't bring works that try to change Jump, but create works that meet Jump's requirements." "Now I don't know how Weekly Shonen JUMP will feel when it sees "Giants" make such impressive achievements.

Isayama created the style of short stories at the time

Fortunately, is still not discouraged after was rejected by Weekly Shonen JUMP at that time, and fortunately, Shintaro Kawawa, a newcomer editor of Kodansha, discovered this "gold that has not yet shined", which allows us not to miss this excellent work. Shintaro Kawawa, who had only been employed for a month at the time, believed that Isayama's style of painting was immature, but there was a huge explosive force in it, and after he communicated with various parties, this short manga won the "Biji Shonen Magazine" award, and also gave Isayama the opportunity to serialize it three years later.

Wait, why three years later?

HEART BREAK ONE, Weekly Shonen Magazine Newcomer Manga Awards 80th (2008 Pre-2008 Special Award)

orz, Weekly Shonen Magazine Newcomer Comic Awards 81st (late 2008 inductee)

In an interview, Isayama said: "Unless I have already thought of the ending, my editors are not going to let this series start publishing. ”

For this comic, which is very sloppy and only scored 2 out of 10 in the magazine's internal artist rating, time has finally made it worth the name. Readers were not dissuaded by his drawing style, but spontaneously turned to the people around them because of the novel setting and the interlocking and fascinating plot of the comic, which quickly made the comic on the popularity list.

To this day, even if the manga is over, "Giant" fans may still remember those famous scenes.

When you witness the Wall of Mary being breached by a mega-giant, the immersive feeling of fear arises.

After Allen's mother watched her son escape, the phrase "Don't leave me, don't go" seemed contradictory to her behavior, but it really showed the struggle of human nature and the greatness of maternal love.

Knowing that all that awaited was death, none of the soldiers of the Wings of Liberty flinched, and The speech of The Regiment leader Elvin did not know how many fans' hearts had exploded: "We will die here!" Pass on meaning to the next living! This is the only way to fight this cruel world! ”

When Ellen finally came to the seashore, with a calm and eerie expression on his face, he raised his hand and said, "If we destroy all the people on the other side of the sea, will we be free?" "Not only is the question that Allen gives himself, but it's an eternal proposition for all readers.

On April 9, 2021, the "Giant" comic book officially ended, and the final ending caused a hot discussion among fans around the world. The ending was mixed, but Isayama also admitted that the last part of the manga was beyond his reach, and he regretted that he did not express the theme perfectly.

The 12-year series has come to an end, and the adventure that accompanied the youth of many people has now come to an end. Even with mixed feelings, it must be admitted that this is a landmark work that can be written into the history of comics.

Animated adaptations: From Hegemony to MAPPA

God's returns are continuous

In January 2013, Kodansha officially confirmed that WIT STUDIO would be responsible for the animation of Giant. In April of the same year, the first season of the anime was officially broadcast. With the blessing of the production standards of the gods of the Hegemony Society, the exquisite picture, the stunning storyboard, and the quality of the original painting directly hit the fame of "Giant", and the world view and character shaping of the original comic pushed the story to a climax.

At the same time, "Giant" also completed the Hegemonic Society. "Giant" disc sales won the world's first, commercial and word-of-mouth double hits, so that WITT STUDIO has the reputation of "Hegemony Society". But of course, behind the scenes, it has also paid a lot of painstaking efforts.

In the world of Giants, humans use three-dimensional maneuvering devices to fight tall giants, which can be said to fully carry the hopes of the humans on Paradi Island and are an indispensable weapon in battle. In order to use animation to perfectly interpret the various super high-speed movements in the battle, several top original artists of the Hegemonic Society have made many attempts.

One of the "pillars" of the Hegemonic Society, Imai Yufumi, once analyzed the painting: the background animation was completed in 3D, imported into Flash or CSP, and then superimposed on it, and the character was painted without misalignment. This is followed by the ordinary animation coloring process, and finally the photographic settlement and 3D synthesis, plus the photographic processing becomes the finished product.

Imai also mentioned that 3D background animation plays a key role here, allowing the original artist to have more freedom to play. In 2013, he used to make his own Blender3D backs, but Mr. Nita and Mr. Hirobasa, who were MADBO × 3DCG at the time, were too good to lead the team to complete the back movements with much higher quality than his at a fairly fast speed, which became a very impressive thing for Imai in the giant production process.

Part of the original painting that Imai Arifumi is responsible for

It is precisely because everyone is too impressed with the Hegemony Society, so when the final season is announced that the producer has become MAPPA, there will be a lot of doubts, and even some fans will frantically brush low scores because the Hegemony Society will no longer produce the final season.

Although MAPPA is also quite famous in the industry, and there are many wonderful original paintings in the popular anime "Spell Return" and "Yuri on ice", can they really be more familiar with the animation of three-dimensional maneuvering devices than the Hegemonic Society that accepted the first two episodes?

With the sound of doubts, the final season began broadcasting.

Some of the pictures collapse, the human design is far from the original, more three-dimensional and three-dimensional applications than the previous works in the series... MAPPA doesn't seem to give a positive answer with its work, but the reason seems to be related to the short production period given by Kodansha and the limited manpower of MAPPA.

In order to catch up with the popularity of the end of the manga, Kodansha only gave a half-year construction period in the final season production, which not only made the quality of the animation not optimistic, but also led to serious overtime work by the production team.

One of the producers of the production team once said that he initially felt that it was great to be involved in the animation production of his favorite! However, after only ten days, a lot of heavy work poured out, so that she completely lost her initial enthusiasm, and she had not slept for two days...

But in fact, MAPPA still attaches great importance to "Giant", they have retained the original team such as Hiroyuki Sawano as much as possible, and also used its heavyweight supervisor (director) Yuichiro Hayashi, as well as screenwriter Hiroshi Seto, and also poached Shuhei Shuhei, who was responsible for 3DCG in the previous episodes, from madbox. However, due to the lack of veteran top original artists such as Imai Arifumi and Yasuyuki Eogen, as well as such production experience, it is natural that there is a gap in comparison.

Wuhu once interviewed Cao Yi, the director of the sixth episode of the final season of "Giant", and you can click on the link to review director Cao Yi's experience behind the production of "Giant".

Extended reading: Dialogue with Chinese animators behind the scenes of the final season of "Giants", which may be the peak of animation fans' "star chasing"!

Now that a year has passed since the release of part 1, the final season of "Giant" part 2, which is also the real finale, has finally started under the expectations of the world.

Holding a review of the previous game and the expectation of the ending

Let's enjoy some of the wonderful original paintings and settings!

What are some of the classic moments that you remember?

Attack on Titan

Final season part 2

Wonderful settings

The first game in the series

Wonderful original painting

What are you looking forward to for the final season of the anime?

A few months later, what is the new way of thinking about the ending of the comic?

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