Wen 丨 Naranze, Naranze Self-media Editorial Department
One of the most appealing mythological character IP, a completely subversive and innovative story, "Nezha Reborn" tells a story that is very different from "The Arrival of Nezha's Demon Child".
"Nezha Reborn" innovatively combines traditional mythological characters and industrial social backgrounds for the first time, and tells a new story for the audience with the style of cyberpunk, and provides a new path for the innovative adaptation of traditional cultural IP.
Whether it is "Journey to the West" or "Nezha Noisy Sea", in the past traditional mythological adaptation, due to too deep folk memory, most screenwriters only make big ideas in animation modeling and art, and do not over-adjust the outline of the entire story. Even in 2019, the national hit "The Arrival of the Devil Boy of Nezha" and the previous "Return of the Great Sage" still have a great fit with the mythological background era.
And "Nezha Reborn" not only reconstructs the world view of the list of fengshen gods, opens a new chapter from the perspective of the new fengshen gods, but also implants a large number of detailed Easter eggs in the movie. These Easter eggs can not only pave the way for the sequel, but also successfully build bridges across dimensional themes such as Yang Jian, Xiaoqing, and Huluwa, providing creative space for the connection of these worlds.
Next, let's take a look at what Easter egg implants were made in "Nezha Reborn", some of which you discovered, and some of which you did not find.
<h1>01 White Dragon Horse</h1>
At the beginning of the film, the four major families of Lydree Songshun are pointed out. The De family is the East Sea, and Deli Song Shun is afraid that it is the family name of the four dragon kings in the southeast, southwest, and northwest. In the movie, Sun Wukong appeared, and the third son of the Song family should be the white dragon horse in "Journey to the West". Not sure, Tang monks and disciples all have the opportunity to appear.
<h1>02 The Rebellion of the Heavenly Court</h1>
The Dragon King said that the list of newly sealed gods would be opened again, and the Heavenly Court would not have time to manage the human world. This not only explains why the Dejia can imprison the dragon unscrupulously, but also leaves a foreshadowing for the creation of the Heavenly Court War.
<h1>03 False Nezha</h1>
Sun Wukong called the Third Prince of Nezha in the Heavenly Palace a fake, and Li Jing also knew it. Nezha in the Heavenly Court was just a Yuanshen stand-in, and the real Yuanshen was possessed by Li Yunxiang. True and false Nezha can presumably extend many stories.
<h1>04 Jinzha</h1>
Li Yunxiang is Nezha, and his brother's name is Li Jinxiang, which has to be associated with Li Jinxiang as Jinzha. Where is muzha?
<h1>05 The gods awaken</h1>
The Dragon King originally guessed that Li Yunxiang was just a person with special abilities. This provides two pieces of information, one is that there are many people with extraordinary abilities, and the other is that these extraordinary people are likely to be reincarnated like Nezha. That is to say, in addition to Nezha, there may be more gods and immortals who will awaken in the future, such as Yang Jian at the end of the film.
<h1>06 Six-eared macaque</h1>
Sun Wukong reveals that the six-eared macaque is himself, and the six-eared macaque and Sun Wukong can switch through a mechanism on the screw. The six-eared macaque is a cynical character, while Sun Wukong becomes deep. This can be seen as the official understanding of the true and false Monkey King in Journey to the West.
<h1>07 Gourd Baby</h1>
Sun Wukong mentioned in the play that the one who can use real fire is also the gourd old fourth, that is, the fire baby in the gourd baby. The fire baby has it, and the snake spirit should naturally have it. Combined with the Easter egg that appears at the end of the film, and the background of the modern city behind the green snake, perhaps the snake spirit and the green snake are also related. In "White Snake: Origins", the white snake and the green snake are together, and the worldview may be combined.
<h1>08 Disciple of Lady Ishiji</h1>
The disciples of Lady Shiji appeared and drew the other gods into the worldview. Similarly, will Lady Nuwa and Su Daji also enter the worldview in the sequel? And is it possible that Dr. Su is the reincarnation of Su Daji?
<h1>09 Yang Jian</h1>
Li Yunxiang was racing on the road, a big handsome guy at the mouth of the alley blew a whistle at him, and he also carried a dog, which should be the reincarnated Yang Jian and the wheezing dog. In the poster given by the official, Yang Jian was also certified.
<h1>10 New Gods List unsealed</h1>
At the end of "Nezha Reborn", a mink crashes into the beam of a Taoist temple, revealing the magic weapons of the four heavenly kings such as the jade pipa and the mixed yuan bead umbrella, and Nezha's missing hot wheel and Qiankun circle are also among them. In the Qiankun circle, the names of the gods of the list of gods floated in the void, and Mo Liqing, Ao Bing, and Yang Jian were impressively listed, which also laid the groundwork for the sequel.
The implantation of these Easter eggs is enough for "Nezha Reborn" to open up an unusually large new mythological world and enter the modern life of the audience. But the official beginning of all this, I am afraid, is not because of Nezha.
On January 11, 2019, a Chinese-style animated film was quietly released in major theaters.
At first, the anime wasn't watched by much of an audience, or even had little rehearsal. However, with the advancement of time, more and more audiences were moved by its novel story, exquisite art, beautiful music and resonant feelings, which triggered a spontaneous large-scale word-of-mouth recommendation from the audience.
The public reputation has fermented into a spark of fire, which has played an important role in the theater scheduling. In the end, this work, which was only 90 million yuan in the box office in a week of release, went all the way up, and happily received 468 million yuan at the box office.
This movie is based on the animation "White Snake: Origins" based on "The Legend of the White Snake" and "The Legend of the New White Lady". The animation company that developed and produced "White Snake: Origins" is the light-chasing animation that developed "Nezha Reborn".
Since 2016, the company has maintained an annual release of one animated film, and from 2016 to 2018, it has also produced a number of high-profile and low-grossing animated films such as "Little Door God", "The Adventure of Atang", and "Cat and Peach Blossom Garden".
But it was not until "White Snake: Origins" successfully changed the traditional white snake story that it strengthened the confidence of the light-chasing animation and allowed them to further understand the direction of the traditional mythological IP adaptation.
The story of the truly new world, the spiritual core of traditional mythology, the character and shape that break through the traditional characters, and the multi-element linkage, "Nezha Reborn" is really surprising.
In addition, the production accuracy of "Nezha Rebirth" is also very high. The characters began to take the lead in trying to get rid of the silicone face, but added more texture. The ears of the six-eared macaque and the totem mark on his hand, the stubble of the Dragon King of the East Sea, the owner of the De family, and the light and shadow in the dark alleys of the dim lights, these ubiquitous rich details make the answer sheet handed over by "New Fengshen: Nezha Reborn" become the peak of current Chinese animation.
Perhaps as Nezha said in the movie, "If you don't want to admit your fate, just desperately!" ”
If you don't want to recognize that Chinese animators lack imagination and can't break through the life of imprisonment, they must desperately open this shackle.
This bondage is not Nezha's desperate effort to secretly destroy the water valve of the water system, but the warrior's anger, breaking the original ruling pattern of Donghai City and destroying the East Sea Dragon King's full door!
In addition to these shared by the editor, have you found any other Easter eggs or fun details? If you have other views you want to share with you, please leave a message in the comment area!