In my mind, the strongest Chinese comic is "Chinese Tales". I think it is the ceiling of Chinese comics. As soon as it was aired, it aroused unanimous praise from animation lovers and audiences. The familiar painting style took the audience back to their childhood. With a total of 8 episodes, netizens said after the broadcast that they were amazed by this Chinese comic, "domestic animation with traditional aesthetics is back."
"Chinese Tales" has created 8 independent stories rooted in traditional Chinese culture, namely "The Summer of Little Monsters", "Goose Goose", "Lin Lin" and "The Country Bus Takes away Wang Boyer" "And the Immortals", "Xiao Man", "Jade Rabbit", "Shop" and "Birds and Fishes". The Chinese painting-style animation "The Summer of Little Monsters" directed by Yu Shui and the sketch-realistic style animation "Goose Goose" directed by Hu Rui were first broadcast. These two works took a new approach and innovatively expressed traditional myths from content to painting style. .
The story of "The Summer of Little Monsters" is derived from "Journey to the West", but the protagonists are not the familiar four masters and apprentices, but start with an ordinary little wild boar monster. "Summer of Little Monsters" incorporates the settings of "workers" and "ordinary people" into the story, interspersed with many ridiculous "worker" scenes. For example, because of too much work pressure, the mother of the little pig demon I lamented that the little pig demon’s hair was so bald. The film uses a well-known story as the narrative background, focusing on the smallest perspective of "Journey to the West" - the little monster. There are also words in the film such as "You are teaching me to do things", "Do it, do it my way", etc. Lines that fit the current context make people completely immersed in the fun of the story.
The short film "The Summer of Little Monsters" lasts for more than 20 minutes, integrating traditional culture into realistic concepts, making the audience's mood rise and fall along with the character's situation. The scene of the pig demon and its crow teammates being commanded by the bear coach made many viewers passionate. The character story implies some phenomena in the modern workplace. In the cave, the little pig demon said he wanted to venture into the outside world, but his mother was worried that he was working too hard and was concerned about whether his gourd was filled with water. The warm conversation was also full of family healing and warmth.
The second episode "Goose Goose" is adapted from "The Scholar in the Goose Cage" from the novel "Xu Qi Xie Ji". It tells the story of a salesman who encounters a lame fox master in the eerie Goose Mountain. Fantastic Voyage. This mini story talks about "desire" and "human nature". Through four matryoshka-like deceptions of the "sweetheart", it expresses the complex and cunning meaning of human nature. In terms of creative style, "Goose Goose" has no dialogue throughout the whole process, and only uses text subtitles for transitions and plot advancement. Director Hu Rui's personal style is very obvious, and the painting style and soundtrack have a slightly horror element. Rendering, the whole short film is quite interesting.
In-depth analysis of Chinese Strange Tales
The long-awaited Chinese Strange Tales animation has finally been launched. It has two episodes for the first time. Each episode is more exciting than the last. The content is solid and interesting. It can even be called the Chinese version. "Love·Death·Machine".
The first episode is easy to understand, and the second episode is difficult to understand, but don’t rush. Today we will analyze in depth the first episode of Little Monster’s Summer and understand the cute little pig monster. Let’s explore the salesman and scholar again!