In the eyes of the overnight jun, the animation created in the 8090s of the last century has a charm that cannot be achieved by future generations.
One of the most critical places is the "irony of the real society", and often the strength is enough to make people jaw-dropping.
Then it lies in the "dark feeling" of the painting style, perhaps due to the backwardness of the production technology at that time, which will lead to such a look and feel,
However, this kind of unintentional willow insertion can undoubtedly raise the "irony" of the whole work to another new height.
Even after the retro imitation of the new animation, such as the new "MEGALO BOX" in April 2018, the final look and feel is still some or lacking.
Therefore, the animation of that era was unique and could not be surpassed.
Today's issue, overnight Jun will bring you a very special animation interpretation.
Of course, since the beginning has rendered the charm of the animation at the end of the last century to the fullest, then this animation must be the best of that era.
Nonsense, leave it to you below to slowly analyze it---
<h1>The Memories Trilogy</h1>
The Memories Trilogy is an anime series that is made up of three animated shorts that are 30+ minutes long and have separate story stories.
The form is a bit like the recent summer animation "Wanton Youth", although the stories are not related to each other, but the inside also has a connected theme.
"Wanton Youth" has always been "love", while the common tune of "Memories Trilogy" is a "mining mockery of the dark side of society and human nature",
I believe that everyone has a number in mind, and the overnight king will not say too much here,
Next, let's see which three episodes of the anime tell the story and then reveal what it reveals---
<h1>The first series is "The Memories of the Daughter"</h1>
Set in nearly 100 years later (2092), this series tells the story of a service team that is cleaning up garbage in space and unexpectedly receives a "mysterious call for help".
Thus rushing to a deserted spaceship in the "cosmic grave", and experiencing a life-and-death struggle with artificial intelligence inside it, so that the whole team eventually died in space.
There are two major points of interest in the plot---
One is the experience of the owner of the abandoned spaceship. He was a famous singer in the early 21st century and has a happy and beautiful family.
Later, hindered by her husband's "cheating" behavior, he committed a brutal killing, and finally injected his memory into the computer and sent it to space.
Since then, the cycle continues to repeat the good old days with her husband to escape the reality that should have been faced.
The second is the experience of the two rescuers. The AI computer is very powerful, not only able to make a realistic holographic projection, but also to read the memory of human consciousness, and then create a realistic scene that makes the two rescuers "irresistible".
One of them was seduced by "beauty",
The other was fascinated by the image of her late daughter and almost became a captive of artificial intelligence.
Fortunately, the astronaut, who was indulging in "father-daughter love", woke up at the last moment, realized the fact that his daughter had died, and launched a counterattack against the AI computer.
Although the final ending is quite tragic, the creators also deliberately let this astronaut who is in danger of awakening save his life, which is also a kind of praise for the brilliance of human nature.
<h1>The second series of stories is "The Stinkiest Weapon". </h1>
The story is rather absurd, telling the story of an employee who suffers from influenza and works in a biopharmaceutical company, accidentally swallows a "biological drug for military warfare" secretly developed by the team (originally thought to be a cold medicine, so he took it by mistake).
Subsequently, the situation became uncontrollable, and an inexplicable gas continued to emanating from the employee, causing every human who smelled such gas to fall into death in an instant.
Upon inquiry about such disasters, the leaders of the various countries immediately gathered in Tokyo and dispatched all armed forces to kill the employee.
Ironically, however, tanks or rockets, or aircraft carriers, all become useless under the interference of such gases.
Until the final ending, everyone except the employee was killed by the influence of the gas.
The thrust of this series of stories is undoubtedly obvious, that is, "reverence for the mighty power."
In fact, the presentation of this theme is not the first anime,
As early as 1988, director Katsuyo Otomo brought us an impressive performance on top of the world-famous "Akira"---
At the end of the plot, the protagonist Tie Xiong, who was blessed with mysterious powers by scientists, walked violently, disregarding all emotions and carrying out indiscriminate and unbearable destruction of all living beings.
It was not until the arrival of Akira in the end, after taking away all these things related to the "powerful force", including Tie Xiong, including the scientists who developed the power, the world was restored to peace.
It was just that the picture at that time was already a mess, and the broken wall was ruined.
In the anime that we interpret today, director Katsuyo Otomo shows us the opposite of "Akira", another kind of performance drama of "fear and worry about powerful forces" (yes, "Memories of Three Dramas" is the work created by director Katsuyo Otomo in 1995 seven years after the release of "Akira"). ）---
Pay attention to the names of the creators, this is an animation created by director Katsuhiro Otomo and director Imatoshi...
The employee, who was the source of the scourge, never knew the seriousness of what had happened to him, stumbled and stumbled, and bravely moved forward for the mission that he had to complete (delivering drug samples to the chief).
In contrast, there is a majestic, high-spirited combat apparatus composed of the heads of nations.
But so what? Exhausted all armed forces, in the end it was unable to prevent the arrival of doom. This comical contrast undoubtedly shows the "incompetence" of human beings when the disaster comes, more vividly.
It's really intriguing, can't help but be myself, and I can't help but be amazed by director Katsuyo Otomo's creative ability.
Of course, like Akira, at the end of this series, the employee who has a good heart and ignorance from beginning to end becomes the only survivor.
What is the intention? Isn't it used to prove that there is still "hope" for human beings?
<h1>The third series of stories is "Cannon Street". </h1>
Set in the "Age of Steam" a hundred years ago, this story tells the story of a family in a war country during a day.
What is "Cannon Street"? Notice the screenshot below, where the roofs of the entire town building are lined with forts, large and small, of varying shapes and countless forms.
In the morning, adults and children went to their respective departments according to the "militarized" arrangement---
The man was assigned to the fort, in the same and repetitive process, to load one huge ammunition after another onto the corresponding cannon, and waited for the general's ignition to destroy the distant place.
The women were arranged to come to the shell production workshop to make shells day after day.
Children are placed in teaching classrooms to learn the theory about shell launches.
The inhabitants of the whole country live in such a boring and tedious life, for most of the people, what they can taste is only uniform, the amount of rations is small, and the quality of life is imaginable.
But even so, our big male protagonist, "Artillery Kid", also spends every day with full momentum, dreaming of one day becoming an "artillery general".
What exactly does such a story want to tell us?
When I watched it many years ago, the overnight jun only had feelings about the "pain of war", but it was not until recently after reading a book called "1984" that the overnight jun finally realized.
Yes, the story of "Street of Cannons" is based on the background of the times inside this famous book, and is covered by a sentence in the book, that is: "war is peace".
What do you mean? That is, regardless of whether there is an "enemy" in the outside world, the rulers of a country will create such an "objective fact" of endless war in order to ensure that their position of power can last forever, and devote all their strength to serving it.
Why toss it like this? The reason is "on top of the increase in productivity",
Only in endless wars can the rulers limit their productive forces to a minimum, and exhaust all surplus resources in the war, leaving no remnants to the people, so that they will always be in the position of being ruled.
In this way, we see that the "artillery general" works every day only after the artillery is busy loading the shells, the ceremonial press of the firing button, and his shiny clothes and fat head and big ears are also in stark contrast with the hard-working "artillerymen".
It is also possible to confirm through a close-up of the outside of the town that "there is no so-called enemy at all",
Based on this, when we revisit some of the "bad behaviors" that have occurred in this country,
For example, if the wife cheats, the child is obsessed with music, the housewife gossips about right and wrong, the class is lazy and sleepy, etc., is there a different view, or even ecstasy?
Yes, in this country that is subject to extreme restraint and suppression, these "bad behaviors" can also become symbols of "human brilliance".
It shows that human desires are irrepressible and indelible, and that the free life belonging to the people will eventually come in the foreseeable future.
Interesting, right? Fun, right?
Three independent animation creations, but with the same tone of the core theme, and after the "lashing ridicule", do not forget to give a breathtaking embodiment of the word "hope",
How can you miss such a great animation work?
So, I hope you enjoy the classic anime of the Memories Trilogy.