Following "Don't Shoot at the Image!" After "Alien Invasion", the second lady will talk about the focus of the new fan in January 2020.
It was highly heard in the comments section of the article "Alien Invasion".
Douban 9.2, so "ugly", turned out to be a hit?! Screenshot of the comments section
It is only because of the content of too bloody (original comic R20), this time it has no access to major domestic broadcast platforms.
It has also been labeled as "niche" and "unpopular", and fewer than 8K viewers on Douban have commented on it.
However, the ratings are quite impressive, and it has repeatedly topped the Comprehensive Ranking of Japan's Netflix.
As of the deadline, Douban 9.3
That's not much to say, let's take a look at the treasure fan invested by Netflix, produced by MAPPA ("Dish Samadhi"), and written by Koji Setani ("Spirit Energy 100%"),what is the charm?
"Alien Beasts and Magic Capitals"
Dorohedoro
2020.1.12 Japan
This is the world of humans and magicians against each other—
In the eyes of humans, magicians are a group of "monsters".
In the eyes of magicians, humans are a bunch of "waste."
In stark contrast to the ever-thriving world of magicians.
The "cave" where human beings live is dilapidated, desolate, and shrouded in haze, and there is almost no life to speak of.
Most of the inhabitants were either seriously injured or in strange shapes.
These tragic cries are from the hands of magicians.
Magicians with the same appearance as humans are actually a completely different species.
They have a demon-like tumor in their brain, organs in their abdominal cavity that specialize in producing "magic smoke," and blood vessel-like flues.
Demon tumors determine the type of magic smoke they can do.
Magic smoke is delivered through the flue to the finger or mouth for release, thus exerting magical power.
Here please smoke the boss as an example to illustrate.
His magic smoke ability type is the Variation System ("Mushroomization").
When hit by his magic smoke, it will instantly turn into a mushroom, and when the amount of smoke is large, it will also mushroom in its entirety.
Ken-ho Horieuchi with The Smoke Boss
The disparity in innate strength has really made human beings suffer a lot.
They became tools for magicians to practice their hands—
Some magicians come to the cave through the "gate" and use its inhabitants as objects of magic practice.
Over time, their magic not only distorted the inhabitants, but also the entire cave.
As a result, this place has become the decaying and backward appearance it is today.
Of course, human beings have not been willing to succumb to the slaughter and have been lambs to be slaughtered.
Once upon a time, the human organization "Machiuchikai", which indiscriminately hunted magicians, was quite domineering and cruel.
Looking at this dynasty, the Cayman and second-order halls that are exploding cei magicians are also fatal.
Flying kicks and broken corpses in one go.
Under such violence, these two magicians are more like vulnerable people.
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Takagi wading with Cayman
Therefore, this is not the story of the slum Dragon Aotian, who borrowed the protagonist's aura day after day, all the way to lead the clan to turn over.
There is no right or wrong here, and there is no talk of good and evil.
Only the strength of the forces with different positions is weak.
The so-called narrow road meets, the strong win.
Back to the two protagonists of the series.
The reason why the Second Order Hall and Cayman targeted the magician so much had nothing to do with the feud between the magician and the human.
It all starts with the second step hall being accidentally found on the side of the road and saving Cayman.
"Cayman" is not his real name, it was given to him after the Second Order.
He had no memories of what had been found before.
I can't remember which magician with a thousand knives turned him into the shape of this lizard head.
He had no clue about the real body of the man with the red cross on his eyes.
Even why the magician's magic does not work in himself is unknown.
In order to answer these questions, he embarked on a bloody journey to find his roots together with the muscular beauty Second Order Hall, who is known for her physical skills.
The movement was so great that the magician world at the other end of the door naturally sensed it.
In particular, the one who died tragically at the hands of the two at the beginning is still a member of the tobacco family.
So the smoke boss also sent a powerful killer heart and Noi to follow up.
The story begins with a two-line narrative from the perspective of these two forces.
Yoshimasa Hosoya with heart (left)
Kobayashi Yusuke Noboru (right)
Nyoban Nichibun original name (dorohedro) direct "quagmire, chaos" general, the greatest special feature of the japanese epic in the 它, the positively chaotic.
It uses a painted graffiti style to create a chic wastelandpunk picture between stark and gray contrasts.
Among them, the Aesthetics of American violence is undoubtedly the most colorful stroke of this work.
Strong style of fight scenes, excessive amount of bleeding, open stomach, dismemberment, brain plasma gushing...
CG+ hand-drawn together, the picture performance is bold and there is no lack of refinement, and the look and feel is very enjoyable.
The chaotic scene dominated by power alone is extremely three-dimensional.
The emphasis on the element of power also lies in the shaping of the character image.
Especially female characters: full of body, muscular, good looks.
Proper is a double "attack" in terms of force value and appearance.
The same is the Battle Lady setting, and here opens a completely different style of painting.
At first sight, I felt a little strange, but after slowly accepting this setting, I was quite charming
The overall fan is mainly heavy mouth, but there is no shortage of funny and healing points in the details.
For example, the emphasis on gastronomic elements. Under the exquisite painting skills, the color and taste are all present.
Opening scene: "Strange Beast Demon Capital" on the tip of the tongue
There are also ironic and black humor bridges and dialogues, which inject a lot of light-hearted sand sculptures into it.
Part of the life entertainment fragment of the smoke boss Strong people like him, a rampage to slaughter the city with magic;
Teasing like him, he is good at self-intoxication, and he also sings impression songs to his ramen shop and shoots autobiographical movies.
These designs not only alleviate the physical discomfort caused by some of the bloody scenes, but also form a very subtle contrast with the main tone of the bloody violence of the whole play.
The story level has been increased, the audience has been expanded, and the threshold for entering the pit has also been lowered.
One of the funny bearers: the stupid and cute Ebisu
In terms of painting style, "Strange Beasts and Magic Capital" can be called a clear stream in the industry in recent years.
It has been very successful on the basis of a complete departure from the mainstream aesthetic of the second dimension.
What is even more surprising is that the source of this rough and thick drama is the imagination of a female cartoonist.
She is half the sky in the field of cyber sci-fi, dark wasteland style comics - Lin Tian Qiu.
Self-portrait of manga artist Hayashida Qiu (Source Network)
In this field, it is known that "men have two bottles and women have lin tian balls".
Japanese manga artist Tsuneyoshi Tsuneyoshi studied in New York with a degree in architecture and later worked in manga.
Originally an assistant to Takahashi Nu, he later released his masterpiece BLAME! 》。
He had created Wolverine fanworks in the United States, and his unique style influenced by the American painting style made him quickly famous.
The masterpiece "BLAME! 》
The original manga of the same name is a phenomenal masterpiece serialized by Hayashida Qiu in 2000.
"Strange Beasts and Magic Capital" part of the single line Douban score
Her childhood preference for cult films has shaped her today's distinctive tough style.
The mutant cockroach "Jensen" in the middle has a sense of alien vision
In terms of storytelling, she shows a unique delicacy - excellent group portrait drama portrayal.
The group portrait drama is a great test of the screenwriter's ability.
It needs to give each character enough character and space so that the character can stand and be remembered at the same time.
The intersection between roles is more reasonable and well-founded.
Most importantly, the narrative line of each character must be clear and complete.
Some of the characters who appear in The Strange Beasts
Group portrait drama animation is not uncommon, and the major migrant workers are a good example.
But there are very few works that really keep the level stable, and more highs open and go low.
Like "Grim Reaper Bleach" (2001), to the end of the main characters are basically thrown into the street, which shows the difficulty of group portrait creation.
Bleach
Back to "Strange Beasts and Magic Capital", the second lady has not yet entered the pit comic, but from the performance of the first season of the animation alone, the group portrait drama of this series is very good.
It is a two-line narrative based on both humans and magicians, and as the plot progresses, new characters are constantly introduced.
Not only are there obvious features between the characters to facilitate differentiation, but the character shaping is also very distinct, and the corresponding story line is also very suitable.
For example, Dr. Kasugabe.
A researcher of magicians who are over the age of flower armor, they have become teenagers because of the magic cast.
The two flower arms are eye-catching enough as an image highlight.
Mitsuhiro Ichirai, Dr. Kasukabe,
He has a calm and calm personality and is only interested in research.
Therefore, his expression rarely changed, even under torture.
His storyline is also based on research as a big principle, with almost no redundancy plot that deviates from the setting.
He would use the corpses of magicians to make doors to the world of magicians, and even create zombies.
In order to get a glimpse of a magician's type of magic, they will not pay special attention to the harm of the other party to humans.
In addition to the main film content, the other lace in the album is also worth a bump.
Its trick ending song: the length of 12 episodes in one season has changed 6 ending tracks, and even the picture is not duplicated (sure enough, the funds are sufficient to do whatever you want).
The graphics also pay homage to several ancient FPS (first-person shooter) games, full of emotions.
The E06 ending song animation pays tribute to the originator of FPS games, the classic doom (Doom) game released by id Software in 1993.
The arms menu in the game was replaced by MAGIC, and the gun in hand was replaced by the mushroom of the smoke boss.
So far, the two women have made recommendations and a brief analysis of the three hegemonic players in the new year of 2020.
In general, these three works are very well done, whether they are horizontally compared with other works in the same period or vertically compared with previous masterpieces.
Especially in the three points of narrative, music and character shaping, it can bear the title of "industry model".
Left ➡️ right: "Don't shoot at the image!" "Alien Invasion", "Alien Beast Demon Capital"
In addition, the story types and painting styles of the three works are obviously different, and the breadth and depth of animation as a form of expression are further explored.
The most pleasing thing is that these three films have deviated from the popular trend of charming houses to a certain extent and have gained great recognition.
Like today's protagonist "Strange Beasts and Magic Capital", the comprehensive level is even close to the standard of the movie.
This may also be an attempt and possibility for the two-dimensional dimension to take into account the subculture and integrate into the mainstream culture at the same time.
Now in April 2020, the new fans have also begun to broadcast.
Here's a small questionnaire: Pick the one you're most looking forward to in April 2020.
At that time, the second lady will issue a recommendation and analysis in a timely manner according to the voting details.
So, which one do you have the most heart for?