Welcome to the world of "humanity".
"It's a story about yourself. The story inside you. ”
Recently, the first season of the popular science animation "Working Cell" imported and dubbed by CCTV ushered in the last episode, and the "story in the body" came to an end. The "foreign red blood cells" that have been transported to the human world due to "hemorrhagic shock" have aroused heated discussion on social platforms with a northeastern cavity.
In the human body, there are about 37,200 billion cells of various kinds, working energetically at every moment to support the vitality of this body. When the body becomes a working world, when the cells become office workers, what kind of story will develop from the little knowledge in the biology book?
There's really a chat --
<h1>"My cells are in love, so am I still single?" </h1>
The story unfolds from the perspective of a "girl" full of red blood cells. Red blood cells, which are responsible for transporting oxygen, shuttle through the body like couriers.
And along the way to delivery, she also met more companions with the attribute of "road fool":
The white blood cells that destroy bacteria, or more precisely, neutrophils, are the "police" little brothers of external cold and internal heat, where there are bacteria, where there is his front-line figure;
Platelets, which are smaller than the size of ordinary cells, are a group of milky children, carrying coagulation factors with them, carrying large parts to stop the bleeding;
In addition, the auxiliary T cells with antigen receivers on the surface are the "commanders" who give orders, the killer T cells are the brothers who are athletic and grumpy, the macrophages that perform bacteriophage are gentle but ultra-powerful big sisters, the B lymphocytes carry the cannon barrel all day long to launch IgE antibodies, and the natural killer cells that can fight cancer patrol everywhere in the human body...
I didn't expect that there was such a group of cute "people" in my body. However, there are also many single viewers who are deeply resentful - "Please don't fall in love in my body!" ”
You might as well think differently – "My cells are in love, so am I still single?" ”
These daily diligent cells, while being endowed with rich personalities, are also facing sudden crises from time to time. From the invading Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, to the cancer cells produced by their own replication errors, they all pose a threat to the stability of the world with the image of "villain roles". In the specific manifestations of the crisis, a small wound on the surface of the body is no less than a "nuclear explosion" for the cells, the fir pollen that causes allergic reactions falls into the body like a fire meteor, the tears rush like a breach, and the parasites that are mistakenly eaten seem to be alien aliens... All the common accidents we experience pose a big challenge for these cells. In the process of working together to fight germs, the cells divide their work and cooperate with each other to grow together to create a "workplace inspirational picture book".
Body abrasions
Earlier, "Working Cell" won the Best Animation Screenplay Award at the 25th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award. As a fun popular science animation of Zheng'er Bajing, it transforms boring knowledge into easy-to-understand "character interaction", and stages a bloody story while maintaining a certain information density. The respective functions of the cells, the physical reactions caused by the disease and the healing process are conveyed through anthropomorphic behavior and the figurative performance of "world destruction and reconstruction", which is convenient for understanding memory and warning the audience to protect the body.
The principle of perspiration in the human body when cold
At the time of the introduction of the screening, the official appeal of the movie channel said, "I hope that both big friends and children can deepen their understanding of themselves after watching "Working Cell" and enhance their awareness and ability to protect themselves during the epidemic." ”
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is causing lifestyle changes, the importance of health literacy is even more prominent. And in an interesting way to carry out hard-core science popularization, from the audience feedback, there is indeed a merit -
"Now every time I sneeze, I think about how hard my cells have put into it."
"I don't dare to pick the mosquito block, let alone open the cover of the scab, dare to love the hard work of platelets I will destroy in a second!" 」
In addition, when the dubbed version of "Working Cell" Chinese landed on the screen, the derivative work "Working Cell Black" animation was also recently launched. Unlike the positives of this work, this "dark" and "restrictive" story takes place in alcohol, smoking, stress, lack of sleep... As a result of an unhealthy world, cells live with cruelty and exhaustion. When the audience who stays up late to chase after the fans is full of anger at the owner who does not care for the body because of the poor toil to death, they should also reflect on themselves - am I good enough for my own cells?
After all, "when you're frustrated, think of 37 trillion 200 billion cells left in your body for you." ”
<h1>An anthropomorphic world, cuteness is justice? </h1>
For many viewers, the idea of turning cells into people in Working Cell is full of novelty. However, a brief review of many of the animation works that have emerged in recent years shows that anthropomorphism is already a common form of expression.
Anthropomorphic use is not uncommon in adolescent or child-oriented works, mostly incorporating animals into human language, thinking, behavior patterns, and even having a human-like appearance. "Blue Cat Naughty Three Thousand Questions" creates a "youth encyclopedia" through the adventures of animal protagonists. Works such as "Pleasant Goat and Gray Wolf", which are loved by children today, and "Animal Rhapsody", which has become popular in Japan in recent years, are also typical of animal anthropomorphism.
In the "anthropomorphic" topic of anime, the deeper level is that, like "Working Cell", there will be living beings or even non-biological anthropomorphs who do not have the ability to think and act independently. Among them, "Blood Type King" gives four blood types to personality; "Jewel Country" is set in the post-human world, and gems become people; "Sword Dance" is the story of the famous sword anthropomorphism.
It is not difficult to see that when anthropomorphic creation is carried out, there are three main distinct components:
Humanoid, that is, the "original" gives human surface characteristics, such as walking upright, using fingers, spitting out human words, often integrating the characteristics of "original" into the appearance, such as turning the white fur of animals into human white hair, and the hardness of some gems in "The Land of Gems" has also become a character characteristic.
Personality, that is, the personality traits that give the characters human beings, are the key points of "becoming human". In the early animation "Black Cat Sheriff", when interpreting the biological world from the perspective of an animal police officer, it gave the black cat the image of a healthy, serious, and responsible sheriff, and the "one ear" of the mouse was a sinister and cunning criminal.
The story, that is, the interactive story is extended from the correlation between the "characters" and the characteristics of the world in which they live. For example, "Working Cell" explores the division of labor and cooperation between cells, and "Animal Rhapsody" integrates the discussion of the opposition between the nature of herbivores and carnivores in the plot.
In addition to these mature works, "anthropomorphism" has also become a way for the public to express their love for specific objects on social networks.
When the Wenbo exploration program "National Treasure" caused a hot discussion, some netizens created an anthropomorphic images based on popular cultural relics such as grapes, flowers and birds, silver sachets, and then well-known cultural relics from the Sanxingdui Museum also appeared various anthropomorphic maps.
Grape flower bird pattern silver sachet anthropomorphic work (Author: @Lin Chayi's mistake is changed)
Subject anthropomorphism usually gives mathematics a rigorous character, so that the language has an intellectual temperament; college anthropomorphism uses more real-world inter-university relationships, such as Tsinghua and Peking University often appear in a "tit-for-tat" mode of getting along.
So why is anthropomorphism so popular?
When human characteristics and emotions are endowed, animals, abstract concepts, etc. become amiable, and most of them have "cute" characteristics, which can arouse the audience's "love" for human characters.
When the story is extended by the characters, it is possible to put in a variety of "stems" that are either unpopular or well-known to the public, and make the boring information vivid and interesting, bringing knowledge or closeness.
In this way, in the anthropomorphic world of love born of "cuteness", is it "cuteness is justice"?
In fact, in the current increasingly anthropomorphic creation, the "sense of boundary" is a real problem that needs attention. In the process of anthropomorphism with a distinctly entertaining nature, seriousness is inevitably dissolved.
During the epidemic last year, some people affectionately called the virus "A Guan", which attracted criticism. A Japanese work that anthropomorphizes some countries and regions, using "character" interaction to explain history, but in the process, it simplifies the war to a small fight...
It can be seen that anthropomorphic creation, as a double-edged sword, is not only an effective way of popularizing science, but also an entertainment product that needs to pay attention to value orientation. When describing the world and things to the audience, a reasonable anthropomorphic approach can broaden the screen expression and create interesting and meaningful works.
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Editor-in-Chief: Yi Wu
Author: Red blood cells
Edit: White blood cells
(Some of the pictures come from the Internet)