Why did the big movie become the way it is?
Is Slam Dunk what you think?
After watching "Slam Dunk The First Setting Set", I finally have an official answer, and now I don't need to guess anymore.
Official set of settings
In this issue, half a cat will reveal the answer for you.
1. The process of the birth of movies
2. Why did you choose Miyagi as the protagonist
3. What does the title "The First" mean?
What does Yuhiko Inoue mean?
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First, how did the big movie come about?
In 1990, Inoue Yuhiko began serializing "Slam Dunk" on "Shonen Jump"
The serialization of "Slam Dunk" ended in June 1996, and since then, the audience's desire to see the follow-up to "Slam Dunk" has not stopped.
In 1998, "Shonen Jump" published a short manga called "Earrings", which was about a side story of the 6th grade Miyagi.
In December 2004, the number of single books exceeded 100 million, and Inoue drew the famous "Ten Days Later" on the blackboard of Misaki High School in Kanagawa Prefecture. This is equivalent to the official sequel to "Slam Dunk", which tells some of the characters' later stories.
In 2009, Inoue received a commission from Toei Animation for cinematization, and successively sent pilot films.
When he saw the earliest versions of the pilot, Inoue actually refused, thinking that it was too far from what he imagined, and at that time he even thought that the cinematization of "Slam Dunk" was impossible.
It wasn't until 2014 that Inoue saw the face of Sakuragi turning his head in the last part of the pilot film, and he suddenly realized that if he had participated, Sakuragi might have been a little more like Sakuragi.
Interview with Yuhiko Inoue
Can the movie be made if Inoue is not involved? Of course, you can, but it is not necessarily a continuation of the spirit of the real "Slam Dunk".
With this belief, Inoue eventually accepted the commission of Toei Animation. It's just that no one expected that Sakuragi would not become the protagonist of the movie version.
In 2015, he began drawing storyboards
At the end of the summer of 2018, the big movie officially entered the specific animation program, and 22 years had passed since the end of the comic book serialization.
And about the theme of the movie, Inoue actually struggled for a long time.
Inoue is clear that if you want the audience to like it, adapt the existing story, and directly bring out what the audience expects, you can do it.
But he also thought it was pointless, and he couldn't do it. He still wants the audience to see what he wants to paint in this work.
So Inoue began to look for new perspectives.
Once he saw a book in a bookstore, "For the Leader in My Heart," which inspired him to create a film.
After experiencing pain, even if it is uncomfortable, you must take another step forward and break through yourself. This perspective became the meaning of Inoue personally making the "Slam Dunk" movie.
Inoue said that looking back at the manga he had drawn, he was also young at the time, and he simply sprinted uphill, always focusing on the part that went forward. For example, there is the simple value of who loses and who wins. Therefore, other perspectives in the work are omitted.
What was painted in the past was presented before it experienced pain.
This is not the case, and cowardly or injured people will move forward even if they are uncomfortable. Overcoming the pain and taking a step forward, this is the theme of this film.
Takehiko Inoue
Why is the protagonist Ryota Miyagi?
Ryota Miyagi
Inoue said that it was his inner regret that the story of Miyagi Ryota was not fully described during the serialization, so he released "Earrings" in 1998 to try to make up for it.
Miyagi Prequel "Earrings"
It tells the story of how a 6th grade boy named Miyagi wears earrings, and the heroine's name is very interesting, which can be translated as Ayako or Ayako. So some people say that Miyagi and Saiko actually knew each other when they were children.
Saiko or Ayako?
But Inoue said that he drew it as a story of a parallel world. However, the movie follows some of the settings in it, such as the secret base in Okinawa, such as the death of Miyagi's brother.
Okinawa secret base
Regarding why Miyagi's hometown in the movie is in Okinawa, some netizens think that Inoue is carrying private goods.
The official setting set is as follows: The surname Miyagi is originally a local surname in Okinawa. So the concept of Okinawa was already in existence nine years after the early creation of manga.
And why I chose Okinawa is because a few years ago when Irisu High School, Okinawa Border Tona High School, which had an average height of only 169 cm, won third place in the national competition, and once set off a "Whirlwind of Hateina". This also directly led to Inoue creating the short team member - Miyagi Ryota.
About the setting of Okinawa
Of course, Inoue himself likes basketball, and his height is similar to Miyagi's, and I don't believe that Miyagi's body does not have Inoue's own projection at all.
In short, the depiction of Miyagi Yoshida, who overcame his pain and took a step forward, became a clear main line.
Speaking of this, you should be able to understand that the movie does not insert Miyagi's memories in the match between Shonobi and the mountain king, but inserts the game in the story of Miyagi.
If our expectation is the former, then there must be a gap.
3. What does the title of "The First" mean?
《the first》
It's funny to see that the movie is called first, which means that there will be a second, third, fourth, fifth part, and every character will be filmed. It's not.
Inoue himself said in an interview that the title does not have a specific meaning, too specific a name, nor his own style, and the previous "Slam Dunk", "Wanderer" and "Real" are also names that can contain multiple meanings.
Real tells the story of a disabled basketball player, and that's the real world
There is also a dramatic episode in the process of naming the name, Inoue once gave a hint for everyone to guess the name, but in the end everyone guessed wrong, which shows that for most producers, this name is also an accident.
An interview with Yuhiko Inoue
Later, Inoue himself added a few points about the title:
First, he doesn't want people to have preconceived notions. The movie is not a continuation of the old TV animation, although it is connected to the comic, it can also be said to be another tree born from the same root. It is not "Slam Dunk 2", he wants to give the new work an independent inherent meaning of life.
In addition, for readers of previous manga and viewers of the TV version of the anime, Inoue hopes that they will re-experience the excitement of watching it for the first time, including those who are watching the movie for the first time.
Some people here may complain that it is not the first time to see it, is it good?
Half Cat's understanding is that the key word of Inoue's sentence is not the first time, but the feeling of excitement, and what he wants to do is not to replicate the first "Slam Dunk", but to create the exciting feeling when he once watched "Slam Dunk".
He really did.
The national competition I saw this time really exceeded my expectations, because the previous comics and animations were good, and although the competition in it was wonderful, the picture could only be said to be PPT. And this time, Inoue tries to present a real game, so the pace is super fast, there is no psychological description, there is no third-party commentary seat, you seem to be watching a game. Coupled with the blood-pumping BGM, the mood value is full.
At the same time, the title also has the meaning of the "first step" taken after overcoming the pain, which is Miyagi Ryota's, Inoue Yuhiko's, and you and me along the way.
End
Some people say that the biggest regret of the "Slam Dunk" movie is that I didn't hear the original BGM. Even if only one capital appears.
Half a cat is also a deep lover of the songs of "Slam Dunk", especially "Until the End of the World", and has also wondered if a certain classic scene of the movie will sound a familiar melody. In the end, it didn't.
However, if you can figure out one thing, you won't get tangled.
"Slam Dunk" can do without these classic songs, but these songs cannot do without "Slam Dunk"
Inoue Yuhiko can do without "Slam Dunk", but "Slam Dunk" cannot do without Inoue Yuhiko.
If all we want is something we already have, to be honest, we don't have to go to the cinema to see something new, you can find it on the Internet, previous comics, animations. But if you really like "Slam Dunk", how can you resist not going to the cinema to watch "Slam Dunk" written by Yuhiko Inoue.
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