I believe that when we were children, we all watched Japanese anime, such as the classic "Doraemon", "Astro Boy", and "Cherry Pills", etc., and the Japanese animation industry has also undergone a long period of development.
Japanese animation has a history of 70 years and can be divided into six stages:
I. The pre-war period of grass-roots trauma
Pre-war period - Animation began in Japan in 1917 and ended in Japan's defeat in 1945. The early period of this period was mainly based on the theme of world famous works, and in the later period, due to the rampant Japanese militarism, the animation theme did not deviate from the line of propaganda and boasting of Japanese militarism. For example, 1942's "Sea God Soldier" is such a case. But this also led to advances in combat and explosion drawing techniques, which are the most proud techniques of Japanese animation today.
2. The post-war exploration period
Post-war exploration period - from the defeat of Japan to 1947. After Japan's defeat in the war, some people began to use anti-war themes in animation in view of the lessons of the war. The genre has had a profound impact and is still quite popular. In addition, some people try different animation themes. Therefore, the animation themes of this period range from very meaningful to very low-level themes. For example, 1968's "Adventure of the Sun Prince" was a successful example and became the basis for later high-level animation. Of course, there are examples of failure. For example, 1970's "Invincible Iron King Kong" is a typical bad cartoon, not only violent but also has a poor plot, which has brought a bad influence on Japanese animation.
3. The period for determining the subject matter
The theme is determined (the first animation boom) - from 1974 to 1982, when Space Battleship was staged. During this period, the Japanese animation industry went through a period of exploration to determine the distinction between animation and cartoons. Cartoons are not in our discussion, so we will not comment. Space Battleship is the first super feature film in the history of Japanese animation, scripted and character designed by Zero Matsumoto. After the film was broadcast on television, it caused a "whirlwind of Matsumoto Zero". Later, there were three movies, including "Skuabi Space Battleship", "Forever Yamato" and "Space Battleship Finale", which lasted up to ten years. After the film, Matsumoto Hashimoto also had popular works such as "Galaxy Railway 999" and "One Thousand Year Queen". After Matsumoto, the original novel by Tomino was adapted from Yuki's novel to "Mobile Suit" in 1979, and due to the complex and tight plot structure, it was enthusiastically supported by anime fans. The next three films were very high-grossing. However, since then, the animation fever has gradually faded, and the animation industry has entered an intermittent period.
4. The period of breakthrough in art skills
Creative Breakthrough Period (Second Animation Boom) - From the performance of MACROSS in 1982 to 1987, animation painting technology strives to break through due to the trend of people's pursuit of visual enjoyment. The painting techniques of this period broke through the innovative viewpoint of "Chrono Fortress", resulting in excellent dynamics; "Valley of the Wind" and "Castle in the Sky". Elaborate and realistic background: The emphasis on reflection and chiaroscuro contrast in "Mobile Suit Z" and "Mobile Suit ZZ" contributed greatly to the later animation. Because the subject matter has been determined, coupled with the breakthrough of painting skills, the masterpieces have emerged one after another. For example, "Chrono Fortress" from 1982 to 1984; "Valley of the Wind" in 1984; "Mobile Suit Z GUNDAM" and "GUNDAM ZZ" in 1985 and 1986; "Castle in the Sky" and "Aryan" in 1986 and many other good films. By the end of this period (1987), the plot, content, and art skills had reached a very high standard. So the animation entered a mature period.
China's first animation film "Big Trouble Studio" was born in 1926, in 1935 China's first sound animation "Camel Dance", are the works of the four brothers of the Wan family, however, these animations have not attracted everyone's attention, the real impact in Asia and even the world, is the first Chinese animated feature film released in 1941 "Iron Fan Princess", in 1953, we shot China's first color puppet film "Little Hero", in the 1954 puppet film "Xiaomei's Dream", For the first time, a real person and a puppet appeared in a film at the same time. The 1956 puppet film "Magic Pen" won the first prize for children's entertainment films internationally, which was the first time that Chinese art films won awards internationally. By 1955, the first color cartoon "Why the Crow is Black" came out, and in 1958, There was China's first paper-cut film "Pig Eight Commandments eat watermelon", which added a new variety to China's art films. Then, in 1960, the "ink animation" that amazed the world came out. Representative works are "Little Tadpole Finds Mother" and "Mudi", and then the pinnacle of Chinese animation - "The Great Haunting of the Heavenly Palace", in addition, the famous animation of this period is also "Little Carp Jumping Dragon Gate", "Proud General", "Fishing Boy", "Peacock Princess" and so on... However, the ten years of turmoil of the Cultural Revolution made Chinese animation in the golden age fall into a trough, although several works were produced in the later period, but the subject matter was relatively limited. Moreover, the biggest impact on Chinese animation during this period is the destruction of talents, and this disaster has made the future development of Chinese animation miss a whole generation... It can even be speculated that the current low tide state of animation, in addition to being affected by foreign animation, also has the reason for the lack of talent caused by that time.
After the Cultural Revolution, Chinese animation ushered in a period of revival, known as the Silver Age of Chinese animation. "Nezha Noisy Sea" appeared in this period in addition to it, like the wisdom of "Avanti", the concise and humorous "Three Monks", as well as the ink animation "Deer Bell", the quaint style of "Mr. Nanguo", the furry paper-cut film "Monkey Fishing moon", the ink style paper-cut film "Sandpiper Clam Competition", the humorous and philosophical "Laoshan Taoist", as well as "Peacock Fireworks", "Little Panda Learning Carpenter", "If I Am Wu Song", "Tianshu Qitan", "The Story of Chinese New Year's Eve", "Water Deer", "Nuwa Patching Heaven", and the beautiful and touching "Fireworks". "Snow Child" is all works from this period.
Speaking of the development of chinese animation in China, it is also a long time, 1985 - 1995 Chinese animation
The time machine has entered 85 years, in the decade from 85 to 95, it is also the time when the post-80s have the most contact with domestic animation, this decade, it should be said that it is a turning point in our Chinese animation, but unfortunately it is not a good turning point. During this time, our domestic animation has also appeared some good works, which, the most impressive is some animation series, such as "Hulu Brothers", this animation regardless of plot, color, and obvious Chinese style, has left a deep impression on the post-80s generation. In addition, there are "The Adventures of the Dirty King", "Shuk and Beta", which are still classics. It is worth mentioning in the single episode of animation during this period that "Landscape and Water" and "Shooting Without Shooting", these animations are not as widespread as the popularity of those series just now... Among these non-famous excellent animations, "Landscape and Water" has won many awards at home and abroad, but it is also known as the masterpiece of Chinese ink animation, because at this time, this kind of fine-crafted film animation has begun to decline, and slowly began to move towards the later academic school, and foreign animation films produced by the industrialization model have begun to impact the domestic animation market. Since 1985, many Sino-foreign joint venture animation companies have entered China, and a large number of animation talents have been poached by these companies. In contrast, there are many foreign animations that have been sold into the Chinese market at a low price at this time. "Transformers", "Flower Fairy", "Adventures of OZ Country", "Astro Boy", most of these animations have novel themes, strange imaginations, and vivid colors, which have been welcomed by Chinese audiences.
Speaking of animation after 95 years, alas, it is really difficult to make people proud, during this time, domestic animation began to have shoddy production, the content of naïve these problems, and in contrast, imported animation can be said to be unstoppable, what Saint Seiya, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, coupled with the development of the network later, foreign animation can almost synchronously enter the country.
However, in recent years, there have also been a series of anime and manga that are loved by the Chinese people, such as "Nezha's Demon Child Descending", "Magic Ancestor", "Heavenly Official Blessing", And Chinese animation is no longer limited to children before the age of 14, we also have the same anime that can meet all age groups like Japanese manga.
So which national comic do you like the most, write your answer in the comment area.