The top three of the list of unpopular masterpieces, Douban score 8.9! The product of the cooperation between Master Imatoshi and Katsuyo Otomo- "Memories Trilogy", a divine work from 1995, is not outdated today, this is an anime suitable for adults, don't misunderstand that it is not that adult anime.
The Memories Trilogy is a collection of three separate animated stories, Her Memories, The Stinkiest Weapon, and Cannon Street.
If I had to sort these three anime ratings, I think it would be "Smelliest Weapon" > "Cannon Street" > "Her Memories"
Friends who like stunning inverted pictures can watch "Her Memories".
The Italian song "Madame Butterfly" spread in ethereal space, and it was such a distress signal that attracted astronauts in space, and the dilapidated space garbage heap turned into a beautiful rose manor in the memory of the woman.
A group of space rescuers searched for a voice and found that terrible things happened.
The bright and sunny picture brings a profound visual impact to the audience, and the heroine Eva's stunning face contrasts with the skeleton on the bed.
Because it is too profound, the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this anime is Eva in rose manor.
The story comes first, the picture quality is stunning, and of course it's the beginning of the film, which tells us that memory is not a place to escape.
The story of "The Stinkiest Weapon" is relatively relaxed, the male protagonist has a cold and mistakenly eats the new drug studied by the institute, the whole person transforms into a biochemical weapon, and the people and animals around him are smoked to death, while the plants bloom under this gas.
The whole drama is witty and relaxed, the ending has a playful meaning, in order to prevent the male protagonist from running around, the Japanese government sent an army to bomb the male protagonist in an attempt to kill the male protagonist.
The United States believes that it is necessary to be caught alive, and the dialogue between the American soldiers and the japanese senior leaders is very ironic, and the American high-level completely ignores the opinions of the Japanese leadership and looks like I have the final say, which also indirectly reflects the relationship between the United States and Japan, and relying on others should be a little obedient.
The ending of this story was unexpected, and it was estimated that many friends laughed at the end, and Japan, which liked to graduate weapons, finally harmed its own people, and used extreme means to avoid the expansion of the situation, but it still caused devastating consequences.
The last story is obviously the finale of "Cannon Street", which I think is more appropriate for the Chinese translation of "City of Cannons".
This is the shortest of the three stories, but it is the most profound one, it is a work completely supervised by Katsuyo Otomo, the style of painting is very European, the color tone is very cold, and the steam wind is thick.
The style of character painting is far from the traditional Japanese aesthetic picture quality, and the characters are basically dark and sunken eyes, three-dimensional faces, beards, black and purple lips... The characters reveal a sense of horror.
The story is very simple, the buildings here are all forts, and every tall building is a cannon, the daily thing in this street is to open fire to the outside, the tone of the whole city is very eye-catching in red, and the daily people's TV programs are also broadcasting the number and index of cannons.
Children in school are learning about cannons, adults are either making shells in factories or firing cannons, their lives are constantly firing cannons, and these people don't know who the target of the cannons is.
The child's dream is to grow up to be a commander and continue to fire.
The last story is a strong satire of Japanese militarism and excessive totalitarianism, where the state brainwashes the people, where all people live because of the war without knowing the truth behind the war, who are fanatical and ignorant, who are brainless and ignorant of collectivism.
There was an impressive picture, so one of the people who applauded the success of the cannon was stunned, perhaps he was thinking, and the next moment someone tapped his hand on the shoulder, signaling that he also applauded, so he also began to applaud to celebrate the successful launch of the shell.
The people in the film have lost the ability to think independently under totalitarianism, or the existence of these people does not require thought, it is very Nazi fascist, the masses have become the tools or victims of war, and the rulers in the film regard war as a means of governing the people, and do not let them know the truth of the facts, as long as they are blindly fanatical.
I still want to say a lot about this story, but I can't say too much, and many truths need to be experienced by myself.
Of course the story with George. Orwell's "1984" coincided, many of the prophecies in it became a reality, the author's worldview is very powerful, and the book about "1984" is recommended for friends to read.
Finally, I would like to say that in 2021, I still miss Master Imatoshi, and the "Memories Trilogy" is still a masterpiece!