Hello everyone, I'm in Alaska with glasses and a microphone, tablet.
In April, with the spring breeze arriving on time, in addition to pollen allergies, there is also a new april.
War campus otherworld, hot blood funny psychosis... It seems that the tastes of the audience are becoming more and more diverse.
There is a sequel animation, the picture is old, the plot is older.
However, it suddenly emerged with a riding posture, and it was 9.5 points in one shot!
Three years ago today, it also broke through the siege in the same posture, punching "Tokyo Kaoru", kicking "Sword Art Online", and two million viewers scored a high score of 9.8 for it!
Wasteland, mechs, blood, sports, feelings... It's hard to sum it up in one word.
Its iconic BGM is still alive in the playlists of many people.
It's a wild dog in April, a bloody animation that burns to white ashes:
Mech Boxing Megalo Box
The story takes place in an alternate future world.
Megalo BOX is a future boxing that combines flesh and armor technology.
For the spectators, it is a bloody and superlative entertainment;
For the contestants, it is the ultimate fight of strength and technology;
In the eyes of the real behind-the-scenes capitalists, it is the best platform to promote mechs and a stage for power struggles.
One of the top events, known as MEGALONIA, is a match for all citizens, regardless of age, gender or occupation.
Except for our protagonist, JNK DOG.
Because he does not have a citizen ID, which is the so-called "black household". On weekdays, he follows coach Nanfang to make a living by playing fake punches in underground boxing rings.
The shy gambling dog in the pocket, the gambler with a little money, as long as there is a demand, there will be a market, the boxing ring, especially the cornucopia.
But JNK DOG is not willing to fall into this.
By chance, he saw the real mecha boxing, and the hot man standing at the top, the boxing king Yongli.
According to the international practice of juvenile blood, the next JNK DOG should go to fight monster upgrades and finally defeat the Great Demon King?
No.
Only in the second episode, he got the opportunity to compete on the same stage with the boxing champion Yongli.
Although JNK DOG, with his strength, forced Yong to use his hands to seriously fight with him, he was still punched K.O in one round.
Stomping the only dignity of the opponent under his feet, he bravely released a harsh word:
I'm not going to fight with wild dogs anymore.
If you really want to challenge me, then come to the top of my ring!
At this time, Yongli probably did not expect that this sentence had created an old enemy for himself.
In just three months, JNK DOG got its citizenship from the hands of Fujinaki, the master of the underground boxing arena;
Gave myself a name – Joe. Inspired by a sentence on a roadside billboard:
"Good city life is not something you average joe can enjoy."
Joe is just one of the many sentient beings, but he is not willing to be lost to the crowd.
Since it is a mech boxing, Joe's own mech has long been broken, and he has no money to buy a new one, how to fight?
Light on the shoulders! That's it!
Obviously a helpless move in the pocket, but was faked by the coach to market into a personal style, Joe accidentally earned the nickname of "gearless joe" (Joe without armor).
In the face of the chaebol fight behind the game, the coach made every effort to mediate between them;
In the face of the underground overlord's request to fight fake punches, The forgery even does not hesitate to exchange his eyes for his life;
This is the Scorpion Coach Southern Forgery, who is obviously greedy and cruel in nature, but can sacrifice for the only glimmer of hope left in his heart.
One by one, professional boxers who enjoyed great fame in the boxing world fell at Joe's feet, becoming a stepping stone for him to climb to the top.
Three months later, Joe, who had won all five games, finally reached the dream final.
I didn't expect to stand on the stage of the final of the heavy fist peak, but it was two boxers who did not wear mechs and were naked...
The two did not give in to each other and beat each other until the 13th round of the first time in the history of mech boxing.
Who won?
It doesn't matter anymore.
Joe is like a firework, rising from the crowd and blooming with the brightest brilliance.
Then, quickly extinguish.
The story of the second season takes place seven years after the end of the top of the heavy punch, and joe, who was originally cheerful, somehow withered away.
He began to rely on alcohol and painkillers to anesthetize his nerves, both physically and physically, and attenuated off a cliff.
Even in the warm-up match, he was easily defeated by the apprentice of the boxer Yongli, and has since bid farewell to the boxing world and become a wandering boxer.
Under the pseudonym Normad, Joe returns to his old business and fights black fists underground.
Grow a beard and apply motor oil to your face so that you don't get recognized.
Just as the so-called broken ship and three pounds of nails, the underground boxers in front of Joe are a group of small players: each duel is an absolute strength crush, there is no ornamentation and suspense to speak of, let alone the opening.
Because Joe eats everywhere behind closed doors, he can only keep looking for new rings.
Today's Joe, his body is still quite athletic, but he has long been without the sharpness of his peak.
Like a twilight wild dog with fangs shed and dull fur.
Joe is dead, and the rest is No mad.
But even if the name is changed, the old account will not be written off, and the memories are like maggots of the tarsal bone, and Joe's eyes often appear in front of the figure of the fake that seems to have died.
Why did a fighter who regarded mech boxing as his lifelong dream end up in such a field?
All questions point to five years ago.
If the first season of "Mecha Boxing" is about the rise of a new star, then the theme of the second season is the hero twilight, even if the light is dim, it will burn out at the end.
Joe's ending may also burn out in the ring like the man in the original comic.
Yes, "Mecha Boxing" is an original animation created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 manga "Tomorrow's Father", and it is also the debut of director Hiroshi Moriyama.
On the basis of the original work, the director has made a drastic adaptation.
In order to meet the tastes of modern audiences, the production team set the story in the near future, and the top of the heavy fist was changed from general boxing to mecha + boxing fighting.
But even so, objectively speaking, the plot of "Mecha Boxing" is not particularly brilliant.
Born in the slums, Joe accidentally got the opportunity to display his talents, with his own efforts and the help of friends, all the way through the barriers, after paying some price, finally realized his dream.
In the same period of April New Fan, it is a complete outlier, compared to the soft and cute Japanese manga, "Mecha Boxing" is more like a traditional Hollywood tough guy movie.
It can seal the gods, on the one hand, the picture:
"Mecha Boxing" combines the punch-to-flesh punching sensation and the mechanical beauty of gear and oil.
In order to restore the retro aesthetics of early Japanese animation as much as possible, director Hiroshi Moriyama boldly used the already discontinued celluloid material and created it using the popular method of "flat painting and coloring" in the 1990s.
Celluloid was originally a synthetic resin that was commonly used in the industrial market of the last century.
The United States painted the figure on film made of celluloid, stacked on top of the background foreground, so that the film layer was dragged to achieve the effect of the character in motion.
Then shoot one by one with a camera mounted on top, thus forming a continuous image, which is the basic principle of early animation.
Early Japanese animation used this technique, such as Akira, Star Cowboy, Ghost in the Shell, and Slam Dunk Master, all using celluloid.
However, due to the high cost and fuji company's discontinuation of celluloid, this style of painting has become rare.
Compared to today's digital painting, celluloid animation has clear line strokes, large color blocks, and sharp shadows at edges.
Coupled with the production team's deliberate compression of the picture quality, with full screen noise, even if you open 1080P, it is like watching the animation at the beginning of the century.
It not only highlights the commemoration of "Tomorrow's Father", but also restores the rough beauty of Japanese animation in the last century.
It can be said that "Mecha Boxing" is not a simple animation, but a delicate work of art!
On the other hand, BGM is such a plus!
Mabanua (マバヌア), the music producer of "Mecha Boxing", you must know him and count me as a loser.
Originally a drummer for the band Ovall, he started the SOLO project in 2008 and now belongs to origami PRODUCTIONS Records.
He has composed the theme song "The Moon" of the theatrical version of "Rebel Lulu Xiu II";
He also participated in the arrangement and production of Yonezu Genshi's album BOOTLEG;
Single-handedly handled the soundtrack of "Apollo on the Sakamichi";
Even in "Space Dandy", I had a collaboration with my goddess Yoko Kanno!
Perhaps the drummer character has penetrated deep into the marrow, and the most prominent feature of Mabanua's work is the extremely strong drum beat and rhythmic sense.
On this BGM, listen to:
MEGALOBOXmabanua - "Megalobox" Original Soundtrack
As the progress bar progressed, my mind automatically made up Joe's entire journey from warm-up to duel to winning the game:
Stabbing, hooking, swinging, diving flash, U-shaped roundabout flash, retreating, 77777777...
It's so burning that I'd rather be beaten up by the king of fighters by me (??? ）
I particularly like the main generic version of the animation area, which describes the BGM of "Mecha Boxing" like this:
Really, not at all – not an exaggeration!
When running, I hear that I can run another kilometer;
When writing homework, I heard that I could ask three more big questions;
When you hear it when you are cooking, you can do two more bowls of rice (?) ）
With the blessing of the god-level BGM, the sense of substitution of "Mecha Boxing" is absolute:
Joe debuted on stage, nervous to the point of trembling, and received a heavy punch from the other party, and the whole person was confused.
It is not his cowardice, but the "physical fear" that the flesh produces instinctively in front of the mech, which is the body's self-protection system.
Tinnitus, dizziness, the aftermath of an adrenaline rush...
With Joe's dull heartbeat and heavy panting, his footsteps were as sticky as if he had stepped into the water.
It was as if it was me who stood in the ring, it was me who swung my fist at the other side, and it was I who suffered a heavy blow...
Only when you really stand in the boxing ring can you personally feel the theme of "Mecha Boxing":
Struggle and will.
In the face of the coach's forgery of the big disciple, Joe gave up the flexible pace, using the most primitive melee combat, forced into a turn-based battle between you and me.
Because the other party lost his legs on the battlefield, simple and direct Hollywood-style tough guys beat each other, and a strong stabbing punch impact could untie his heart knot.
Faced with a boxer who stands at the opposite extreme opposite Joe and relies entirely on the AI of the mech to fight, Joe teaches him with his fists that it is not the mech that determines the victory or defeat, but the flesh, the indomitable will.
A true boxer will swing his fist at his own will.
Joe and Yongli, on one side are free wild dogs, and on the other side are domestic dogs that are wildly aroused by wild dogs.
Why wouldn't a domestic dog want to fight for himself?
The brave flesh and armor have long since merged into one.
So he had surgery before the final, digging up the connector that was buried deep inside.
Lock yourself up and endure hellish pain that ordinary people can't imagine.
Just to get rid of the control of the chaebol, with his own will, for his dreams, to fight Joe.
The so-called boxing is the confrontation between obsession and will.
Lin Dan and Li Zongwei, Federer and Nadal, Messi and Ronaldo, they are all rivals.
In the same era, it is a happy thing to have an opponent who wants to defeat in the heart.
No matter what the outcome, it is already a blessing in life to be able to duel with old enemies and burn yourself on the field.
Just like the ending of the male protagonist in the original manga "Tomorrow's Tomorrow":
Burn everything out, live in the most wonderful moment, even if it burns out, only the white ash remains.
Even if the flesh decays, it will leave bones, which is proof of survival
No matter what kind of "ring" you stand in, I hope you can maintain a heart of struggle.
We'll see you next time
Bye bye!