Kyo Ani has attracted the attention of countless fans by relying on excellent animation production, and many friends have watched Kyo Ani's animation grow step by step, and in this fire, it is those creators who have created dreams for us that are still difficult to accept.
However, here, I would like to introduce the final work of Akiko Ikeda and Taishi Nishiya, "Blow! Upper Bass Horn The Final Chapter of the Oath" and "Liz and the Blue Bird".
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The painter's passing, the eternal pain
This issue is about Kyo Ani's "Blow! The new theatrical version of "The Last Chapter of the Oath" and the previous theatrical version of "Liz and the Blue Bird" released earlier. It is a great pity that the characters of these two works, Ikeda Akiko and Nishiya Taishi, were killed in the fire of Kyo Ani, so this "Final Chapter of the Oath" really became the final chapter of Ikeda Akiko's life, and also became a posthumous work, for which he offered his own mourning.
Akiko Ikeda is one of the directors of Kyo Ani and is obviously a key member of Kyo Ani, Ikeda Akiko was responsible for the character design of the entire series of "Ryogu Haruhi", and after the "Ryogu Haruhi" series was broadcast in 2006, with the quality of the works of the same period, many fans began to really pay attention to Kyo Ani's small company, it can be said that her image design achieved kyo Ani's first brilliant period...
Taishi Nishiya was responsible for the character design of "Ice Cream", was the successor of "Kyo Ani Face", and served as a person in works such as "The Shape of Sound", "Liz and the Blue Bird", and gradually drew his own style, such a young and promising painter died young, it was kyo Ani, and even the entire Japanese animation circle...
The relationship between the two theatrical versions
First of all, I will briefly describe the relationship between the two works. Due to the relationship between the first release of "Liz and the Blue Bird", many friends are not very receptive to the slender painting style of "Liz and the Blue Bird" and feel that it is similar to this story "Blow! "Upper Bass Horn" is not the same
Why change the style? This author will also introduce later. Let's start with the relationship between The Final Chapter of the Oath and Liz and the Bluebird. Friends who have only watched "Liz and the BlueBird" may think that "Liz and the Bluebird" is "Blow! The story of "On the Bass Horn". In fact, it is not, the two stories of "The Final Chapter of the Oath" and "Liz and the Blue Bird" are the complete stories of the "Second Chapter of the Chaos" of the novel, which are all this part, but the focus and perspective are different;
The highlight of "The Final Chapter of the Oath"
"The Final Chapter of the Oath" deals with Kumiko's point of view, while "Liz and the Blue Bird" tells the point of view closer to the perspective of Kazuka and Ximi
"The Final Chapter of the Oath" has a compact plot, after all, Kumiko's story of the second school year must be told in an hour and a half, so it will seem a bit rushed, and because the plot is more hurried,
The emotional accumulation part of the new character Hisaishi is somewhat lacking compared to the TV version, but the few tear points in the work are very well done.
The new drama character In the Final Chapter of the Oath, Hisaishi Somatsu, is a cute girl with a small demonic attribute, who likes to make a bad character and loves Kumiko's predecessors. I want to see the theatrical version of a lot of high yellow party may be transferred, Kyo Ani's lily operation is really fun... "The Final Chapter of the Oath" in the selling scene is obviously more than the TV version, but it will not be overheated, are naturally inserted in a very casual place, Ishihara Tachibana is really good at taking care of the mind of the otaku ...
Blow! The painting of "Upper Bass Horn" itself is already the top level of the daily department, which makes people feel that it is difficult for "The Final Chapter of the Oath" to have room for improvement, but Kyo Ani has really made progress. The progress of the painting of "The Final Chapter of the Oath" is visible to the naked eye. The final 7-minute complete performance can be described as another peak, surpassing the level of the second season of the 5th episode of the Kansai Conference to present the gorgeous performance of the theatrical version, which is a feast for the eyes;
Complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses, "Liz and the Blue Bird" turned out
But no matter how much you exaggerate, the problem that the storyline of "The Final Chapter of the Oath" is too tight can avoid Kumiko's story taking care of it, and there is no time to take care of the side lines, so what to do? So Kyo Ani thought of a way to make another theatrical version.
"Liz and the Blue Bird" and "The Final Chapter of the Oath" are actually a story on the timeline, and it can be said that "The Final Chapter of the Oath" is a second-grade story. "Liz's Blue Bird" is the story of a three-year-old student. I think that friends who have watched "The Final Chapter of the Oath" will definitely do one thing, and that is to watch "Liz and the Blue Bird" again. You can even find evidence of timeline commonalities in Liz and the Bluebird
You can even find Hisaishi in Liz and the BlueBird...
The two theatrical versions do not have an explicit linkage but are connected in many details, the rhythm of "The Final Chapter of the Oath" is bright, the rhythm of "Liz and the Blue Bird" is soothing; "The Final Chapter of the Oath" is full of emotional collisions, and the feelings of "Liz and the Blue Bird" are like a trickle
The accumulation and release of subtle emotions between young girls is vividly explained in "Liz and the Blue Bird". After reading "The Final Chapter of the Oath", you will find that the emotional account of "Liz and the Blue Bird"
The style of this section is inappropriate
Therefore, it is necessary to change into a softer and more literary style of painting, so that there is a literary and artistic picture tone of "Liz and the Blue Bird" and a slender painting style.
Why should these two theatrical versions be said together
Why do these two theatrical versions of the author have to say together, in addition to what they tell is completely different things for a period of time, the complementarity of styles is also a very powerful point, one plot is compact, one plot is slow, one is cute, and one is long. This practice of presenting the same story in two different styles and different styles is really unheard of. Liz & BlueBird can even be enjoyed as a separate, animated film from the story of Kyobuki. However, they reflect each other with this part, allowing the author to see the possibility of a new generation of Kyo Ani.
The author once commented that the theatrical version of "The Disappearance of Haruhi Ryogu" is the most complete masterpiece of all KyoAni's animations, and "The Final Chapter of the Oath" cannot surpass it, but if "The Melancholy of Haruhi Ryogu" TV and "The Disappearance of Haruhi Ryogu" are a combination, then I am more willing to admit that the strength of the combination of "The Final Chapter of the Oath" and "Liz and the Blue Bird" is better.