Miyazaki's animation is known for its healing style and profound intentions, and his unique style has given him an unshakable position in the Japanese animation industry, and whenever there is news of a new work, it is always highly concerned and anticipated. Announced in June last year that a new work was about to be released, "Anya and the Witch", which was scheduled to be released on the Japanese television station NHK General Channel on December 30 this year, is the first work of many Ghibli fans, which is also an animation personally planned by Miyazaki and directed by his son Goro Miyazaki. However, since the release of the animation, it has been continuously negatively evaluated, and the audience has shouted disappointment, why is the work not satisfactory?
Witch vs Rock
Adapted from the novel Earwig and the Witch by Diana Wynne Jones, the original author of Hal's Moving Castle, Anya and the Witch of the same name tells the story of Anya, a little girl who lives in an orphanage, who is adopted by a pair of men and women who can use magic one day. There are many settings in the film that the original did not have, such as Anya's mother once played rock and roll. The story is deliberately set in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, and Anya's mother was in the 1970s when rock and roll was popular when she was young, which originated from Miyazaki Goro's selfishness for rock and roll, and the witch theme is Miyazaki's favorite, and the two seem to be a bit incompatible.
New technology vs old style
I believe that many people will spit on the new style of "Anya and the Witch", xiaobian was also shocked when he first saw the trailer, this is the first time studio Ghibli has used CG to draw from beginning to end, which can be described as an experimental product for the future development direction of the animation studio.
A bit scary painting style.......
What is CG drawing? CG drawing refers to the technology of drawing images or videos through computer software. There are many animations drawn in CG on the market, such as the world's first completely computer-animated movie "Toy Story", "Shrek 3", etc., which have good results and reputation. CG painting technology to highly realistic painting style as the selling point, but also one of the shortcomings, if the technology is not mature enough, the character will look very "glue", very distorted, just like the Korean film "Plastic Surgery Liquid" earlier, giving people a strange and strange feeling.
South Korea's previously launched "Plastic Surgery Liquid"
Anya and the Witch has a similar problem, with the bigger challenge being that Ghibli's inherent healing hand-drawn style is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is difficult for old audiences to accept such a big change for a while. Xiaobian is also a loyal audience of Ghibli, and is very fond of hand-drawn styles with soft colors, rounded lines and delicate drawing style, which is a feature that is difficult for other animation studios to replace. In fact, there is no need to deliberately pursue the kind of CG cartoons in Hollywood, xiaobian believes that what Ghibli has to do is how to balance the old and the new and find out their own style.
The new work is different from the previous painting style, the picture shows the old work "Witch House Rush"
Hayao Miyazaki vs Goro Miyazaki
There is a talented father like Miyazaki Hayao, as a son, Miyazaki Goro is definitely under pressure, the bad father-son relationship has long been a well-known thing, the two often speak ill of each other, the scene is very funny. For example, Miyazaki often says to the camera that his son is not: "I don't think he can do it", "He doesn't understand at all", and the son has also said that Miyazaki is "a father with zero points". After the premiere of "The Hillside where Yu Meiren Bloomed", a reporter once asked Miyazaki: "Do you have anything you want to say to your son?" But Miyazaki replied half-jokingly, "Let's put a little pressure on me." Miyazaki heard this answer and laughed and said, "Damn, don't die if you have the ability." ”
Miyazaki Goro and Hayao Miyazaki
This time the father and son duo work together, people can't help but worry, will they be as unhappy as before? Of course, it didn't, and Miyazaki's evaluation of Anya and the Witch was even more unusual: "I was curious about how they were going to show this work in CG. After seeing the finished product, I didn't have anything to dislike. It's an interesting movie, and I really want to praise it. ”
Even Miyazaki praised the work, believing that it had its own merits, and perhaps it was not too late to leave aside our preconceived notions and watch the work carefully before making a conclusion. The film has now been screened in major cinemas in Hong Kong.
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