Last summer, the animation film "Nezha's Devil Boy Descending" turned out to be a success, adding confidence to the national comic industry. This summer, the domestic animation "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" once again burst the animation circle after the launch of the B station (Bilibili website), and Peng Yuchang and others recommended the film on Weibo. As of the time of the reporter's deadline, the Douban score of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" was as high as 9.1 points, and it received more than 40 million plays on the B station, more than 3 million followers, and the rating was as high as 9.9 points. Some viewers said: "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" is a surprise work of this year's national comic works, whether it is the painting style or the fight scenes are very careful.
Based on the legend of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the painting style is exquisite and wonderful
The plot of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" is based on the legend of zhiwei in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", telling the story of the demon beasts in ancient times, a mysterious Daoist granted the special abilities of the Five Elements of Yin and Yang to the five families of gold, wood, water, fire and earth to resist the demon beasts, and they drove the demon beasts to the Hidden Misty Mountains and set up a boundary. In the Misty Mountains, there were also Kirin beasts with powerful spiritual powers sealed in the Giant Que Aegis, which often attracted those demon beasts who wanted to enhance their demon power and break through the boundary. The fire bearer Wen Renyi, in order to save his mother, opened the Giant Que Aegis privately, and the little Qilin took the opportunity to sneak out, and the demon beast world would set off a bloody storm...
On July 26, "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" aired, and the single episode was only about 29 minutes long. The Red Star News reporter saw that the painting style of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" is very exquisite, with a strong connotation of Chinese painting, and the characters in the play take medicine and pound medicine, flying pigeons pass on books... A busy scene. In fact, in addition to the exquisite painting style, the highlight of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" that the audience relishes is the fight scene, like the scene in the martial arts movie, the blades are connected, the fists are fisted to the flesh.
During this time, many stars and big V have become the "tap water" of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains", taking the initiative to help publicize, Peng Yuchang praised, and the big V called the beast Yi Xiaoxing also said: "The ink background details are exquisite, the color matching can be called advanced, the story world view is also very national, the fight design burns me breathlessly, and it should be considered a leader in domestic animation." I heard that a very poor team spent five or six years grinding, admiration, congratulations, good works should be paid more attention to."
The director sent a long Weibo to thank the family, revealing that there was a second chapter
On December 31, 2016, the first short film of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" was launched. The main creative team of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" has only 6 people in total, and each of them has several jobs. The audience found that the name of director Lin Soul appeared more than a dozen times in the table, and one person held several positions, which can be described as hard work.
From directing to singing, Lin Soul has held several positions
On July 27, Lin Soul posted a long article on Weibo, thanking his family for their support: "The road to the birth of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" is very bumpy, and I am still unwilling to think about too much of my mental journey... I have been inseparable from the support of my family for ten years, and my parents, despite some complaints, have never hindered my persistence. My wife Seventeen struggled with me and worked together to the end without much complaint. My baby has the greatest positive energy to make me feel the joy of being alive. ”
"Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" has a strong Chinese martial arts style, it is understood that Lin Soul himself is a "martial arts fan", has studied a lot of related action scenes, especially like Chen Jiashang's "Jingwu Hero" and Xu Ke's "Knife".
According to Lin Soul, the first episode of "Five Elements of the Misty Mountains" was produced 2 years ago, "I don't know how long my state can last, but I will continue to do pure animation as before." "The Five Elements of the Misty Mountains is currently updated with three episodes. On August 9, Lin Soul once again went through Weibo to thank the audience for their love and support. "Whether you can do better in the future, you will go all out without regrets." At the same time, it was revealed that he will begin to do the second chapter of "Rhinoceros Fantasy Purple Forest".
At the end of the film, the subtitles type this sentence: "Please cherish every animator who insists and perseveres." ”
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao Editor Qiao Xueyang Picture according to the film Fang Guanwei
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