A while ago, a Zhihu question titled "The Black Cat Sheriff was stopped after only five episodes, and the story behind it makes people sad" spread on the Internet. Seeing this name, you immediately got excited. I have a lot of memories of those born in the 70s, 80s and even a small part of the 90s. That year, at the end of the fifth episode of "Black Cat Sheriff", the Black Cat Sheriff finally raised his gun and typed "please see the next episode" verbatim. Then there is no more, which makes many people worry about it, why not keep shooting? 
Many people suddenly find that their memories are missing, so why did the acclaimed "Black Cat Sheriff" only shoot five episodes? Taken together, there are the following four reasons.
1, the filming is over, there is no follow-up sequel. "Black Cat Sheriff" by Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio (hereinafter referred to as "Mei Film Studio") is the first series of cartoons in the history of Chinese animation and the originator of the cartoon series. At that time, its director Dai Tielang was recognized as "leading" in artistic creation. Black Cat Sheriff’s fashionable costumes and imaginative weapons all reflect Dai Tielang’s "forward consciousness".
However, in the era of "planned production" when most of the projects in the US Film Studio were distributed to the director, Dai Tielang's idea was not supported, so it was not smooth at the beginning. The first two episodes were designed by Dai Tielang himself and brought the newcomers to make it. However, after the internal screening, it was stopped, saying that it was fighting and killing inside, which did not conform to the tradition. Later, after a leader of the Beijing General Administration saw it and evaluated it well, it was released without publicity, and it evoked a good response. So I stepped up to produce three more episodes. According to Yan Dingxian, the second director of the US Film Studio, "I remember that there were no subsequent scripts submitted at that time. If there are new scripts, they should continue to be filmed."
2, despite its popularity across the country, it never won an award. . After filming all the original works of Sheriff Black Cat at that time, Dai Tielang didn't think about new content, but because of the accumulated inconveniences in filming, the sequel was gone. The US Film Studio was a big foreign exchange earner in Chinese movies. Because of the relatively weak political factors of cartoons, it became the most exported film genre. But at the time, "Black Cat Sheriff", which was popular all over the country, was almost unexported, let alone won an award. In that era, awards still had weight in the eyes of older generation artists. As Dai Tielang was discouraged because he could not get the honor he deserved, when he made the fifth episode of "Black Cat Sheriff", he tried to "killer" and let the Black Cat Sheriff kill the villain with "one ear". The story is completely over, but Yin Xiyong stopped Dai Lao and asked him to "leave a suspense."
3, do not have time to shoot the sixth episode due to retirement? There is a saying that the reason for becoming bigger is "because that day-Mr. Dai Tielang's original words: "I was called to the personnel office that day, and they handed me a retirement certificate, saying that I should be retired when I am old. I was stunned for an instant. After waking up, I didn’t say a word, and turned around with my retirement card.’” Except for not being able to continue doing "Black Cat Sheriff", he felt that he was completely retired (a kind of The old revolutionary comrades who retired were given better protection measures.), but the factory only gave him retirement benefits.
4, the copyright issue of "Black Cat Sheriff". But this reason was completely denied by Mr. Dai Tielang's friend Yin Xiyong, because according to him, there was no awareness of copyright at that time. Total nonsense. However, "Black Cat Sheriff" did have copyright issues. It has become the protagonist of the first copyright dispute case in Shanghai. It is said that Dai Tielang has torn up all the relevant manuscripts taken by the follow-up "Black Cat Sheriff" that he has prepared. The specific reasons for
cannot be completely determined so far, but in any case, this smashing "Black Cat Sheriff" animation, without a subsequent sequel, has become an eternal memory in the hearts of three generations.
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