John UM
Due to the dark and cruel setting under the “Manga of the Manga”, the unfinished masterpiece “Doruo”, which was widely circulated in the later generations, was once again put on the stage of TV animation after 50 years. In order to get back the ghosts and the innocent and lively young thief Dororo, who was taken away by the ghosts and took away the body parts, he was awakened by the cartoonist Asada Hiroyuki. As the original role of this animation, how did the cartoonist Asada Hiroyuki redesign the characters of these masters? The third issue of the comprehensive animation magazine “Anime Bros.” interviewed Asada, telling about his own design ideas from the process of participating in the original case to the original
Through the publishing house, the producer of this book contacted Asada Hiroyuki by mail, hoping that he could participate in the design campaign for the original role of the character. When I received this notice, only the last week was left from the publication of the results of the election, and at this time he had another unfinished job on hand. Looking at this desperate deadline, Asada felt that he did not have the hope of winning. However, when he saw the name of the work “Dorolo”, he thought, after all, his favorite is the “Doruo” and “Firebird”, which are also used by his hands. Great influence, even if it is not selected, I hope to be a part of it. Finally, only one day left, I finished painting a hundred ghost pills and Dororo. In the end, he obtained the approval of the other party and officially entered the “Dororo” crew to participate in further creation
As a child, Asada is very interested in the setting of the body as a weapon. After knocking down the monster, the part that took back his body slowly turned into human beings, including the soul, but became more vulnerable. This also makes Asada intoxicated. In addition, because the original work is an unfinished work, it leaves the reader with a large imagination space
Regarding the work of the original case, Asada said that the most important thing in design styling is to reflect the inner meaning of the character, so the formal design work began after reading the script. At the beginning, the producers also asked to reduce the lines, but this was a bit difficult for Asada. When Asada draws comics, the favorite thing is to draw the folds on the clothes once and for all. However, for huge animation projects, this is really not the case. Then I will simplify the design while considering how to make the animated original artist draw
Although Asada likes the handcuffs comics, but never imitated the style of handcuffs, so when redesigning the character, he said that he can only draw his handcuffs as much as possible. People who are almost as big as Asada can say that they are almost all grown up in handcuffs, and more or less will inherit the “gene” of handcuffs in their creation. At first glance, the paintings may be completely different from the handcuffs, but if you carefully taste it, you will find that the “gene” of the handcuffs has already penetrated into every drop of ink. Asada believes that the job of “role original case” is the impression that originally appeared in the mind. It is not necessary to consider the detailed part, and even the role on the order will be drawn. “Because when painting the character’s original case, it’s true. I am very happy, especially when I paint “Dororo”
About Bai Gengwan, “Because there is a very cruel side in the story, I hope to draw as cute as possible on the screen.” According to the requirements of the supervision of the ancient bridge, Haotian also wants to paint the feeling of the teenager, close to The age setting in the original. It’s younger than the one that was made at the time of the campaign. Because the hundred ghost pills are set according to the original, they will gradually become people, so the design of the first half is like a doll, and the eyes will not move. It is necessary to make people feel a little creepy feeling. To let him just stand, it will form a painting, or improve his own sense of existence
And Dororo, “In short, I want to draw very cute.” In addition, there is no need to deliberately paint her as a boy. Originally, Dorothy was a very neutral character, so the line of the body should be a part of a woman
“Dorro” is also following the “men cheerleading! ! After the “Twilight Girl”, the third animation work by Asada Hiroyuki participated in the role of the original case. Asada said that every cartoonist hopes that his paintings, colors, and stories can be adapted into animations. However, many times he can only think about it. The role of the original case is a more practical approach. Including the technical side, if the cartoonist wants to fully participate in the animation production, it still needs to be honed constantly, so now I can do as much as I can
This time, “Dororo” is not only the original role of the character, but also an illustration for the end of the film. Asada said that it is very satisfying. I believe that the animation team headed by the supervision of Guqiao Yihao and the painting of Yan Yizhi will maintain this quality in the end. It is a work that is very popular among the production team. Asada is also very honored to be able to participate in this work
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- “Anime Bros.” No. 3