Chaopei and Busters are an animation production team consisting of director Ryuyuki Nagai, screenwriter Okada Kori, and character design and general drawing supervisor Shoga Tanaka, nicknamed "Stomach Pain Group". Whenever we say this name, we can't help but think of the tearful face code, the closed heart of Naruse Shun, and the sourness of the nose when we heard the song "secret base - the treasure you gave-". Especially for the controversial screenwriter Gang Ma, we always love and hate, because Gang Ma's story is both healing and depressed, and we never know whether the next bite is honey or glass ballast.
After 4 years, the original team brought the third youth tear-jerking animated film - "The Man Who Knows the Blue Sky", which was released in Japan on October 11, 2019. The book is a spin-off novel of the same name for the film, written by Japanese post-90s novelist Eiga, telling a story of crossing, dreams and crush.
and "Unheard Flower Name" and "The Mind Wants to Shout Out Loud." Like the story, the story takes place in Chichibu City, Japan, surrounded by mountains. Her younger sister Aoi lost both parents at an early age and was brought up by her older sister Akane. At a turning point in her life, Aoi decided not to continue her education and immersed herself in music every day, which Akane was worried about. Aoi hopes to escape the mountains and travel to Tokyo to pursue her musical dreams. One day, Akane's first love, Shinnosuke Kanemuro, returns to her hometown. After graduating from high school, Shinnosuke went to Tokyo to pursue his dreams, but he was suppressed by reality and became like a walking dead. At the same time, the 18-year-old Shinyuki actually appeared in front of Aoi through 13 years. As a result of this unexpected reunion, a wonderful life linking the past and the present unfolds between Aoi (18), Akane (31), Shinyuki (18), and Shinnosuke (31) ...
Whether it is a film and television drama or a two-dimensional element, the theme of crossing has become a cliché, but when we see the confrontation between the 18-year-old Shinnosuke and the 31-year-old Shinnosuke, we will still be moved, as if our past selves also stood in front of us and talked to us. And that makes us think about this —
If you were 18 and you were 31, would you admire your dashing gesture of achieving wealth and freedom at 18, or would you hate your greasy old-fashioned worldly appearance?
If you were 31 years old and you were 18 years old, would you envy the enthusiasm of your youth at the age of 31, or would you laugh at the arrogant appearance of rampage and sinister road ahead? "We... In fact, I was trapped in a huge prison. "The 18-year-old Is in a hurry to grow up, free and casual, never thinks too much, purely vents his emotions, expresses his thoughts, is incompatible with the boring life of small towns, regards his hometown as a cage, and wants to escape. Teenagers in adolescence are like shaky Cokes, restless, and on the verge of triggering.
The town surrounded by mountains is like a well, trapping teenagers trying to spread their wings and fly high. The teenager looks up at the blue sky, like yearning for the sea on the other side of the mountain, looking forward to the big city full of opportunities and challenges, looking forward to one day galloping on the sea, riding the wind and waves, not knowing that the sea wind and clouds suddenly change, and can set off terrifying waves in an instant. "However, the reality is really not so easy, everything is not going well." The 31-year-old Shinnosuke became a member of the accompaniment band and embarked on a musical path, but did not become the look of 18-year-old Shinnosuke's expectations. Through their dialogue, we know that in the adult world, it is not possible to succeed by hard work alone. Real life has smoothed out the edges and corners of Shinnosuke, and instead of becoming a "back wave", he has become cautious and suffers from gain and loss. Faced with the discrete and reorganization of the combination, the difference between reality and dreams, Shinnosuke can't help but have self-doubt, believing that he has achieved nothing but increase in age.
However, when he saw the 18-year-old Shinnobu break through the confines of the ancestral hall and hold Aoi's hand and rush to the blue sky, Shinnosuke would still be infected by the fearless and full of vitality of youth. It was this obsession buried in the depths of his soul that awakened the exhausted Shinnosuke and pointed out the direction for his future. Although the reality is cruel and the future is confused, he understands that he is still on the road and still has dreams. Everyone can see their own shadow in the protagonist, adults reminisce about their youth in the story, and teenagers see the future between the lines.
The blue of the sky is the hometown, the original heart, and the way we used to look, and the self who looks up at the sky was once a teenager.
【Source: Tenmon Kadokawa】
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