John UM
The original animation “Stars of the Sky”, which was supervised, original, and scripted by Akane and the tree, was launched on October 11th. This is following “Genesis Attack and Defense”, “Steel Detective J”, “NOEIN Going to Another You” After that, Akane took the 4th original animation of the original. These past three works are all sci-fi and fantasy “non-realistic” themes, and this time “Stars in the Sky” Akane supervises this past style, with the theme of youth of junior high school students, telling a “reality” s story
Why did you create an original animation again and it was a subject that has not been taken over in the past. At the time of the animation, Akane Supervisor accepted an interview with Asahi Shimbun & M, and answered these questions from the source of the animation industry. Doubt
The reason why Akane Supervisor entered the animation industry was to feel the potential of animation. At that time, the supervision of Miyazaki Jun, the supervision of Tono Yuki, and the like, all started from the original works without original works, which made the animation industry revitalize. The Chigan supervision was also affected by them and wanted to enter the industry
When Chigan was young, he watched Steven Spielberg’s “The Third Type of Contact” and George Lucas’ “Star Wars”, which was full of interest in overseas real-life movies. The thrilling and refreshing entertainment works are numerous in real-life movies overseas. However, most of the real shots in Japan emphasize artisticity and are not entertaining
Just then, Akane saw the works of Miyazaki and Tomino, and sighed, “This is entertainment! It turns out that Japan can also make such entertaining works!” He also had a hunch It will be the era of animation. So after graduating from college, Akane entered SUNRISE
In the “Mobile Suit Gundam” series, the father of the “Mobile Suit Gundam” series, and his own ambition to enter the animation industry, Fu Ye is under the supervision of Yu Ji, and Chi Gen and Shu participated in the animation production as the identity. In addition to Gundam, Fuye Supervisor also produced a number of original robot animations, and Akane was obsessed with the creation of Tomino’s supervision
The field of Fuye Supervisor often seeks to integrate his own ideas. Based on the storyline written by Tomino, the story is written by the scriptwriter, and then submitted to the mirror to be implemented on the mirror. This is the general creative process. If you directly copy the script to the split mirror, then I have to pay a slap in the face of Fu Ye’s supervision: “Give me more creativity! You see that I will add so much creativity, why don’t you add more!”
In order to make the work look better, Akane often puts this idea into the actual work with this question, so it is necessary to create original animation. In his 20s, Akane looked at Fuye’s supervisory attitude and made him enter the fun of creating original animations. With such an experience, it seems inevitable for the supervision of animation to create an original animation in the view of Akane
After leaving SUNRISE, Akane has created three original animations for personal activities, and each of Akane has his own original, supervised and series. Unfortunately, in recent years, the creation of original animations has become more and more difficult with the trend of the times. Because the audience began to buy animated videotapes and DVDs, the industry as a whole formed a trend of operation for sales
However, Akane said that to create an original animation, it takes a lot of manpower and time to produce and promote, and the cost is quite large. However, if you don’t come out, how can you know if you are a donkey or a horse? The animated works, such as comics, light novels, games, and other best-selling original works, are already existing, and in a sense they can be sold without propaganda
This makes the planning of original animations gradually reduced. Most of the animations on TV are now adapted from the original. In this situation, Akane also felt two major crises
First, the audience gradually began to get bored with the animation. Having the original means that the audience does not need to look at the animation seriously and know the next expansion. The audience will not watch the animation seriously. Akane made an analogy. Animation is like a refreshing side dish next to sashimi, and social networking is sashimi. In order to create an animated topic on a social network, the animation is completely turned into an exchange prop. This means that Akane et al. failed as a creator
Second, it is the decline of the animation industry. This mainly means that there are fewer and fewer people who have the knowledge and skills to create original animations. Most of today’s young animators are watching the animation industry that has been adapted from the original animation. The number of people who want to create original animations and target the industry is decreasing. Because of this, Akane believes that original animation is more needed now
Following the “NOEIN to go to another side of you” 14 years later, the latest original animation created by Akane Supervisor is “Starry Sky”. The Akane Supervisor, who felt the sense of crisis, said that he must discover the new differences in animation and dig deeper into the potential of animation
When thinking about why the recent young people will spend money, he thinks of “experience.” Like concerts and events, young people will most appreciate the experience that can only be felt at that scene. So, what is the real feeling of animation, that is the original animation itself
Just because I have never seen it, I will be surprised when I first look at it, because I can’t guess the future development, I can appease people’s appetite, and use the original animation to make “the experience that can only be felt at the scene”. In order to let the audience feel the “experience”, the “story” itself is especially important
In the past, the original animations directed by Akane were all the titles of the original, supervised, and series. The actual script only wrote the words at the beginning and the end. This time, Chigen and the tree will challenge the script, and the creation has not been involved before. Youth story. In recent years, the “non-realistic” story with the theme of different worlds has gradually increased, but this is not the reason why Akane wants to challenge the “reality” story, but to enlarge the real feeling
Chigan said that “Stars in the Sky” will break the story of the previous animation mode. Most of the animations broadcast today play a role as a “haven”. It’s fun to describe the impossible, so that people can forget their daily lives
This is not a bad thing, but Akane believes that animation has other more important missions besides this. Not only is it fun, happy, and moving, but it leaves the audience with a theme, “How do you see this phenomenon and event?”
The purpose is to think with the audience. I want to use animation to reflect the current times, for example, people who are alive now have troubles and entanglements. Not only the audience in front of the screen, but also the way people who are currently involved in animation creation will be able to convey this animation, and open up a new path through this work
“Stars in the Sky” took three years from planning to production. During the production period, the Chigan Supervisor also took the same generation from the characters in the play, and the young people who had the same situation and encounters made a certain amount of material
This time, when I got this plan, Akane Supervisor first reviewed his teenage generation. The children who appear in the animation seem to be very happy, symbolizing the good times of the past, but is this actually the case? Chigan held doubts and recalled that when he was a child, he was full of anxiety about his life because his family was not good. So what Akane first wants to show is such a situation
However, it is very simple to describe the anxiety of your youth, and the real desire to describe is the anxiety of the children now. Nowadays, the environment in which children are located is much more complicated than in the age of growth. Akane wants to use animation to express the children who live in the present environment
So Akane made a lot of material for them. In the process of drawing materials, he found that with the changes of the times, the children now can feel what adults can’t feel. Not only that, but Akane also found that adults who could not understand this matter would indiscriminately deny the children’s understanding. If you can show this part, then the children may take the things happening in the play as their own things and watch the animation seriously
In order to attract the audience to see this profound story, we must first have a “painting style” that gives a soft impression. In order to make a sharp contrast with the reality story, the proposal from the producer has to use the animated cute illustration as the original role of the animation
There is no original animation based on the original, because if you don’t read it, you won’t know what kind of story it is, so you have to start from the painting to bring the audience into the story. From the unrealistic elements to the reality of the story, this is also the potential ability of animation to achieve performance
In 2005, “NOEIN went to another side of you” was impressed by the use of the CG technology that was rare in the animation at the time, and the fact that every word was changed by the “new” technique of painting. This time, Akane Supervisor also hopes to convey new “things” to the audience through the medium of animation
When everyone is watching the work, first of all, it will be considered as a youthful campus drama about the story of junior high school boys’ soft tennis club. However, gradually, the audience will find that this is a story about contemporary junior high school students who have anxiety and annoyance, and the adults who have given them such pressure. Reflecting the current era, and questioning this, Akane tried to set up an institution that allows young people and adults to fall into thinking
This and the animations I have seen before are presumably, the mode is slightly different, and may also make some viewers feel overwhelmed. I don’t think it’s so easy to let everyone guess the story. I also hope that the audience can hold on to such an idea and look forward to the follow-up of the story
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