has recently released a series of high-quality animation works with a score of 9+. Before
, there is "Pantheon" written by Chinese science fiction writer Liu Yukun , and the popular game adaptation "Cyberpunk: Edge Walker". After
, there are the classic "Migrant Workers Manga" and "Death" final chapter "Millennium Blood War", as well as the full-featured " Chainsaw Man " which just started broadcasting last week.
has 12 episodes of "Chainsaw Man", which is extremely catchy just by looking at the poster. After the first episode was launched, it scored a high score of 9.2 on Douban and IMDb. The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 100%.
This film is adapted from the original work of the same name by Japanese new-generation genius cartoonist Fujimoto. Fujimoto, who was born in 1992, became famous at the age of 24 with the serial comic " Yanquan ".
In 2018, he began to serialize "Chainsaw Man" on the well-known " Weekly Shonen JUMP" and published a single book by Shueisha. The first part of the series will end in 2020, and the second part will start in 2022, which is still being serialized.
Speaking of the comic "Chainsaw Man", it is very closely related to the movie, and its creative inspiration comes from the famous plasma film "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" directed by Toby Hopper in 1974.
After watching this old movie, Fujimoto came up with an image of a character with a chainsaw growing on his head.
He told Lin Shiping, the "popular maker" and deputy editor of "Weekly Shonen JUMP", about this idea, but Lin Shiping felt that the Chainsaw Man did not have the protagonist, and suggested Fujimoto to make him a villain.
Fujimoto, who is keen on naysayers, immediately decided to cast this crazy image as the protagonist.
The end result is unexpected.
After the "Chainsaw Man" comic came out, (2021-2022) won the American Harvey Award for Best Comic for two consecutive years, which is the first time in the 34-year history of the Harvey Award. The core setting of the Chainsaw Man comic is simple.
In the near-future world where demons are rampant, the government-administered "Public Security Demonstration Course" and civilian demon hunters share the responsibility of hunting demons. Of course, the exchange of interests and power suppression are also indispensable. In such settings as
, various characters such as police officers, guards, killers, demons, demons, weaponmen and so on appear one after another. The style of painting and the story naturally have a strong room for imagination and presentation.
During the serialization of "Chainsaw Man", Japanese animation company MAPPA (Maruyama Society) planned to animate this work.
MAPPA has not only released high-scoring works such as "Apollo on the Slope" and "First Divine Fist", but also animated three of the "Four Great Books" of Japanese comics, namely "Electricity" except "The Kingdom of Gems". Saw Man", "Curse Back to War", "Attack on Titan" (MAPPA made the final season) .
These works are all keen to send "death cards" to characters, so they are dubbed "death", and "Chainsaw Man" is particularly prominent.
In Fujimoto's view, setting up a flag to remind readers before death, or setting enough foreshadowing to push the character to death, are not the real form of death in reality, and real death is mostly sudden.
In order to outline the truth and normality of death in the cruel world of demons, Fujimoto is killing in "Chainsaw Man".
There were more than 70 people with surnames in the first manga. By the end of the serialization, less than 10 people were still alive, and "Chainsaw Man" also won the "Kobayashi Manga Award for the Masses of the Dead" (by Fuji TV "Comic Kobayashi" program selected) .
Like Fujimoto, the director of "Chainsaw Man" animation director Zhongshan Long is also a post-90s generation.
Zhongshan Long, who made his debut in "Detective Opera: Sherlock Holmes", has previously directed "Curse Back to War" as co-director . He is good at expressing horror and evil battles in a concise and clean style.
Zhongshan Long (middle)
Zhongshanlong continued this style to the animation of "Chainsaw Man", and also added 3D effects on the basis of the original.
Therefore, compared with the rough texture and character details of comics, animation pays more attention to the three-dimensionality of the picture and direct visual stimulation to the audience.
For viewers who have not read the comics, "Chainsaw Man" has only aired one episode, but the story setting has been clearly explained.
actor Yodoji faced the debt of tens of millions of yen left by his father, and had to sell his organs to repay it, but this was a drop in the bucket.
In addition, he also made a contract with the little chainsaw demon Pochita to hunt other demons together in exchange for rewards.
But even so hard, their lives are still extremely tight, and even a sandwich covered with jam is a luxury.
The misery of fate doesn't stop there.
Yonji was calculated by gangsters and became the prey of zombie demons. After being crushed, he was thrown into the trash.
Fortunately, at a critical moment, Pochita, who accompanied him, dedicated his heart to Yodo, and merged with Yoonji, so that Yoonji was reborn as a chainsaw man.
After rebirth, Yoonji became a combination of man and demon, human body and machine. When he transformed, a chainsaw would grow on his head. In this fighting form, he killed the zombie demon who framed him.
At the end of the first episode, after the massacre, Yonji returned to human form, and was organized by the "Special Class against Demons"The girl Machima took in, and she has since become a police demon hunter.
combined with the original comics, we can see the world view tone of the TV series version of "Chainsaw Man" -
is both fantastic and realistic, full of violence and oppression of interests, no blood and nobility, only small dreams of small people, and destroying such dreams at any time of impermanent power.
For example, after Yonji killed the tomato demon at the price of 400,000 yuan, after deducting debts, interest, various handling fees, agency fees, management fees, etc., he only got 70,000 yuan. After deducting living expenses such as water bills, he finally got only 70,000 yuan. 1800 yuan left.
Therefore, the debt-ridden Yonji doesn't dare to have any outrageous dreams. He just wants to live an ordinary life, with a jam sandwich, a girlfriend, and playing video games in his spare time.
But in the world of "Chainsaw Man", it's just like this, and it can't be achieved.
Compared with most teenagers, who focus on hard work and victory, "Chainsaw Man" faces the bottom-level desire for survival and erotic dreams, perhaps just witnessing the depression and confusion of the current Japanese youth. Another great feature of Chainsaw Man is its connection to the movie.
Fujimoto is a heavy movie fan. In his "Fire Fist" and "Chainsaw Man", there are many theater scenes.
At the same time, Quentin , Cohen Brothers , Kitano Takeshi , Feng Junhao and other famous films have had a profound impact on the creation of "Chainsaw Man".
In the cartoon head of "Chainsaw Man", the director paid tribute to 13 movies by 1:1 copying of the movie scenes.
Among them are "Pulp Fiction", " No Country for Old Men ", " Fight Club " and other recognized classics of film history, as well as "Sadako vs. Coconut", "Murdering Tomato", "Thor 4" and other controversies with poor reputation and exaggerated style work.
Tribute to Quentin's Pulp Fiction and the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men
It is worth mentioning that in these films, Quentin accounted for three and the Coen brothers accounted for two, which shows that Fujimoto loves these two directors .
These tribute images accompany the post-90s singer Yonezu Kenshi to create the opening song "Kick Back" (the lyrics sample the song "Yes! We&39;re ALIVE" by Morning Musume 20 years ago) , full of a kind of A frenetic passion that excites comic book fans and movie fans alike.
Mijin Xuanshi
In addition to the opening music, the ending music of "Chainsaw Man" has also become a hot topic.
It is reported that MAPPA has prepared a total of 12 ending songs for "Chainsaw Man", one for each episode. There are many singers Eve ("Curse Back" OP singer) , Queen Bee ("Tokyo Ghoul" ED singer) ) , Vaundy ("King Ranking" OP singer) and other popular singers.
Ending song lineup
It can be seen that "Chainsaw Man" not only maintains a bold style of painting, high-speed rhythm, and the theme of the heart on the basis of comics, but also builds a strong on the extension of movies and music. Fan culture atmosphere, no wonder some people predict it as "the strongest hegemony in October".
However, the final quality of the animation still depends on the story and production level. Whether "Chainsaw Man" can hold up its reputation can only be revealed after the subsequent episodes are released.
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