Author: LIAR/Anitama Cover Source: City Hunter theatrical Edition
Originally written by HojoJi, the city hunter, which was adapted into a TV anime in 1987 and has been uninterrupted until 1999, it has been uninterrupted with special animation, and its latest work "Theatrical Version of City Hunter" was released on February 8 this year. Febri magazine previously interviewed Michihiko Suwa, the series's executive producer, about the production secret behind the adaptation of the work into an anime and the production of the new theatrical version.
In 1983, Hojo's "Three Sisters of Cat's Eye" was adapted to great acclaim on the television screen, and the animation project of "City Hunter" was immediately promoted. The Chief Supervisor of the Second Issue of the Three Sisters of Cat's Eye, Kodama Kaneji (Kodama Kaneji), continues to serve as the chief supervisor of City Hunter. City Hunter is Suwa's third anime since he became an animation producer, and it was at this time that Suwa began working with Kodama.
Suwa, who was in his 20s at the time, wanted to make a human drama, a work that adults could also be touched by. Suwa originally liked manga, there were more than 3,000 in his hometown, after engaging in the television industry, he wanted more TV viewers to understand the charm of these manga, so he invested a lot of energy in this regard. Traveling to the editorial board of Weekly Shonen JUMP every week, despite many detours, he finally won the case of City Hunter. 《YAWARA！ "Detective Conan", "InuYasha", "Black Jack" these works, Suwa also put into almost the same energy.
When it comes to the charm of "City Hunter", it is naturally the protagonist Yu Yu. At that time, Suwa called Ah Ji "A-in of Shinjuku" (from the protagonist of the movie Series "Injiro's Story", Cha Yinjiro). There is never a shortage of beautiful women around Ah Fang, and there are always beautiful women who bring commissions. The lustful Ah Fang will never refuse the commission of the beautiful woman, and go to the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire for the beauty. And these women will also embark on a new path after solving the incident.
Ah Fang is only frivolous in his mouth, and he will never easily do anything out of the ordinary. In the past, Tsunade was also involved in the incident and spent the night with Ah Feng, but Ah Zi did nothing, just silently stayed by her side, which was his gentleness. Suwa says that this is hojo sensei's gentlemanliness, the ideal of every man. Although there are frivolous times, the chain is never dropped at key moments.
In addition, the relationship between him and Makimura Kaoru is also one of the charms of this work. In this theatrical version, Ah Xiang wearing a wedding dress is also one of the highlights.
Speaking of "City Hunter", it is necessary to mention the classic song "Get Wild" sung by TM NETWORK. Suwa said that "City Hunter" can be said to be a starting point for today's anime songs, whether it is the lyrics of "Get Wild" or the prelude to the song are closely related to this part, and it is precisely because I hope that this song can be linked to the lines of this part and have a rich urban rhythm. Just like when the "Tuesday Suspense Theater" of Japanese television broadcasts the confession of a prisoner on a cliff, Iwasaki Hiromi's "Holy Mother", "Holy Mother", "Ikuma", "Ihoma". Suwa hopes that City Hunter will also have an iconic theme song and is closely related to the anime. At that time, TV animation had a playing formula: opening song - advertisement - A part - advertisement - B part - advertisement - ending song, in order to break it, Suwa made a lot of efforts, for example, when the end of this article is about to enter the end of the song, then the TV station has no choice, this formula is naturally broken.
Suwa said that this is also thanks to the success of the theme song "CAT'S EYE" sung by Apricot for "Cat's Eye Three Sisters", which made the music industry begin to look forward to the anime theme song, including Yuki Osawa, Yasuyuki Okamura, PSY · Suwa himself loved pop music and was lucky to join them.
The atmosphere today is very different from 30 years ago. In the theatrical version of the new work with the modern stage, Ah Xiang added the element of "spitting", but still retained the picture of Ah Fang's crotch bulging. Suwa said she did this to preserve a picture that would make female audiences laugh and not feel disgusted in the theater. In addition to Kumiko Takahashi, there are also many female production staff in the new work, so they actively exchange views with them when they paint. The words and deeds of the characters in the play also change with the background of the times, but in the process of change, attention will also be paid to retaining the personality of the original characters.
In addition to Michihiko Suwa, there are also two junior producers to help. Suwa says that now is the time for generations to change, which means the beginning of a new era. For this reason, at this juncture, it is even more necessary to open up by the first generation of people, which is why the main team this time is still the original group of people, and the Yu Yu is still Kamiya Akira.
Suwa says that the focus of the work is what Ah Xiang said, "The real strong are those who use their power on others." In response to Shinji's claim that "power changes everything", Ah Xiang gave a rebuttal that "there are also things that cannot be changed", which is the answer given by Ah Xiang, who has always been by Ah Xiang's side. Although Ah Fang was always rejected by the client, he always insisted on saving the United States as a hero, and even if these women did not take his show of love seriously, he would not be discouraged and take a new step. This is the feather in Ah Xiang's eyes.
Times are changing, Shinjuku is changing, but some things don't change after so many years. That was the last one in Showa and the last one in Peace, City Hunter.
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