When it comes to the 80s of the last century, many people's first impression is that there are many famous animations that were born in that period.
During that period when Japan's economy was booming, good animation was not only of outstanding quality, but also many good works of all genres. Sci-fi include Hideaki Anno's Leap to the Top and Yuki Tomino's Mobile Suit z Gundam.
Fantasy has Miyazaki's "Valley of the Wind", sports and "Baseball Heroes" and other famous works, basically any genre, there are impressive masterpieces.
The animation that I want to introduce today was also born in the 80s of the last century, and it is—
Riding Challenge
Our protagonist is named Bean, and like the male protagonist in "Desperate Express", he makes a living as a full-time driver for robbers.
In the middle of the night, as usual, he sent two robbers who were robbing in the mall to escape, but this time he was calculated by these two robbers.
During the escape, the two robbers arranged in advance for a van to block the intersection of the highway, forcing Bean to detour to a surveillanced road, and Bien, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was just caught by the camera.
Then one of the robbers, Sima, has his accomplice, Carrie, disguise himself as chelsea, the daughter of a local rich man, creating the illusion that Bean has kidnapped Chelsea.
What Bean doesn't know is that the rich man's daughter was actually tied up by these two robbers, and Bean unknowingly carried the pot for the two of them.
The next day, while Bean and his partner Larry were having dinner, they met Morris, who claimed to be the rich man's bodyguard, who said he had escaped from the kidnapping gang with Chelsea and wanted Bean to send him back to the rich man's house with Chelsea.
Bean said yes, but just as he was about to take over the commission, a burst of gunfire came from outside the window, and a group of gunmen beat Morris into a sieve.
For the sake of money, Bean still intends to send Chelsea back to the rich man's house.
But just as Bean was leaving, Morris, who had just been shot to the ground, suddenly stood up and removed his disguise.
It turned out that she was the robber who had hired Bean yesterday, and Bean, who was unaware of the incident, was surrounded by all the bodyguards of their family on his way to Grimwood's house.
The men saw Bean as the culprit in robbing the rich man's daughter because none of them had a bodyguard named Morris, and Chelsea was in Bean's car.
The rich man took 2 million to negotiate to exchange for his daughter today, and he did not come back, which made the rich man's bodyguard feel that the situation was not right, and wanted to detain Bean first.
Fortunately, Bean relied on the super performance and strong driving skills of his modified car to stand out from the rich man's house.
Unexpectedly, wave after wave of unevenness rose again, and they were targeted by the police again on the day they had just escaped.
There was no way, Bean could only get one of the officers stuck between the two cars, snatched evidence from him about his case, and walked away.
Fortunately, there was no end to the road, and while resting, he accidentally saw the truck that had blocked the road yesterday, and it turned out that the robber Sima was planning to escape by this truck.
In order to get rid of the black cauldron on his body, Bean quickly chased after it, and engaged in a fierce battle with the van, and also threw off a wave of unopened policemen in the middle of the way, which caught up with Sima.
After a fight, Sima is not Bean's opponent, so he holds her accomplice Carrie hostage, and Bean does not dare to shoot for Carrie's sake as a child, but he is hit by Sima several times in succession.
However, even if he was shot so many times, Bean did not react much, And Carrie saw that Bean's blood bar was too thick, and felt that the two scum of his side had no chance of winning, so she planned to account for the whereabouts of the 2 million ransom.
Unexpectedly, Sima saw that she was going to say the location of the money, and she planned to kill her directly. Fortunately, Sima's car was hit and torn during the chase, so the shot directly detonated the car, and his own small life was also accounted for.
Bean also began to run at this time, rushing out of the circle of police, and the story ended here.
It should be said that the plot of this animation is not very complicated, and the original comic of the story pays tribute to the racing movies of the last century such as "Crushed Bones" and "Skyrocketing".
The main selling point of this kind of movie is drag racing drama and cool beauty, paying attention to a talking and singing, ah no, is thrilling.
And in this animation, it can add some tricks to the villain character to deceive the protagonist, which is already more complicated in the same genre works.
This is also related to the taste of the original author Kenichi Sonoda.
This jun loves American culture, especially the guns in American culture, and his works show his aesthetic taste all the time.
Whether it is the guns in the story, the American modified car racing and other elements, or the story is set in Chicago, it reflects the original author's fascination with American culture
However, he also added the unique Japanese Lolita control plot to the animation, and even created the Lolita robbery, a brain circuit that only Japanese people can have.
Of course, the quality of a work is not only decided by the original author, the most commendable thing about "Riding Challenge", but also the original painting and the bull fork of the lens.
The production team of "Ride Challenge" is the elite of the Japanese animation industry that will become famous in the future. For example, the painting supervisor Shinya Ohira, later cooperated with Masaaki Yuasa on "Ping Pong" and "Psychological Games" in the future.
The editor of this anime is Shuichi Yosu, who also served as an editor in Oshii Mori's Ghost in the Shell in 1995. It is such a strong production team that makes the visual effects of "Riding Challenge" particularly excellent.
The drag racing scene in the animation is very difficult to draw the background, not only to draw a sense of dynamics, but also to let the audience see what the background is.
In addition, in order to make the visual effects in the animation stand out, it also depends on the original artist. In the animation, in order to make the picture appear more explosive, the original artist used the effect of increasing perspective to draw the vehicle.
In fine art, perspective represents the law of the human eye observing objects, and generally two parallel straight lines will disappear at a point, which is also known as the point of extinction.
In this animation, the original artist will draw the point of extinction more ahead, which will make the perspective effect greater and the visual impact will be more powerful.
In addition to the excellent original painting, the lens language of this animation is also excellent. For example, in the scene scheduling, the director will generally use the height of the character's height to reflect the strength or strength of the momentum.
In the anime, when Grimwood talks to the kidnapper, Grimwood is made to sit and the kidnapper Sima is made to stand up.
Then paint kidnapper Sima at the angle of the upward shot, and Grimwood at the angle of the overhead shot.
In the conversation between Bean and the police, one of them is in the car, and the other is stuck outside the car, which is also different, because the situation at this time is reversed, and Bien in the car has more advantages because he controls the police.
Therefore, the director will use the angle of head-up to compose the two people, instead of using the angle of the upward shooting and the overhead shooting, so that the form can be more in line with the strength of the characters.
The director is also good at portraying the situation of the character from the angle of the camera, for example, at the beginning, when Maurice, who is posing as Sima, asks for Bien's help, the director shoots him from a special angle of back shooting, reflecting his sense of panic.
These many factors add up to make this animation a feast for the audience in just 40 minutes.
These old animations also remind the current animators that animation is a comprehensive art, and it will satisfy the audience only if it is comprehensive.