Tokyo life starting with painting

The production of "Spirited Away" by Higashino Studio was not hidden, but it was not deliberately disclosed to the media like Tokyo Animation.

Higashino just asked Yano Ryuichi to publish a production announcement for "Spirited Away" on the official website of Higashino Studio.

According to Higashinoji, although advance publicity is important, the production cycle of "Spirited Away" will definitely be very long.

Preliminary publicity is completely unnecessary now.

Firstly, Higashinoji didn't want Higashino Studio to focus more on the production of "Spirited Away".

I don't want them to worry and distract themselves with these propaganda things.

The second reason is because Higashino Studio is not like Tokyo Animation, which has big assets behind it, knows many people, and can mobilize so many people in the industry to produce a theatrical animation.

The third point is that Higashinoji doesn’t particularly want to collide head-on with Tokyo Animation.

This is not a matter of fear of the other party, but that as soon as the other party announced the production of a theatrical version, Tono Studio immediately announced the production of an animated film.

No matter how the people around looked, it seemed that Tono Studio wanted to compete with Tokyo Animation in the ring.

This is not good.

"Spirited Away" is just an animated movie that Higashino wants to make, and he has no intention of competing in a ring.

Therefore, Higashino decided that it would be safer not to cause too much trouble here.

However, Higashikata apparently underestimated Higashino Studio, which had just won the season championship and had the topical work "Unnatural Death".

He didn't expect that just the news announced on the official website would attract the attention of many animation enthusiasts——

Tono Studio is also going to produce an animated movie!

And unlike Tokyo Animation of the same period, what we are going to produce is an original animated film!

The news spread quickly in domestic forums, and even some radio stations talked about it.

Everyone seemed very excited.

Because in their opinion, Higashino Studio took a stand at this time.

Isn’t this just trying to find a fight with Tokyo Animation, which has just announced the production of a theatrical version of "Hymn of June"?

This is a big deal.

How could they not get together?

However, there are obviously not as many people who dare to directly comment on Higashino Studio and Tokyo Animation as last time.

Perhaps this is the charm of "Unnatural Death".

People used to think that a small studio like Higashino Studio could never beat Tokyo Animation.

But after "Unnatural Death" defeated "June's Hymn" to win the season championship, this idea of ​​"absolutely unbeatable" has been somewhat shaken. .

Maybe Higashino Studio can really produce a good work again?

In short, these are all worth looking forward to.

Of course, these disturbing rumors from the outside world also reached Higashinoji's ears.

This made him feel like he was crying or laughing.

He deliberately announced this news only on the official website because he didn't want to attract attention, but it was dug out directly.

Higashinoji is also very sober.

He knew that the reason why Higashino Studio's affairs were spread so widely was mainly because of the spotlight of Tokyo Animation, which was not entirely due to Higashino Studio's current reputation.

After all. ‘A new studio producing two animations challenges Japan’s leading animation production company’.

This gimmick, as long as the writers who are engaged in entertainment news, will probably want to ride on the popularity - regardless of whether Tono Studio has this intention or not.

Anyway, in their writing, there is no problem no matter how they write.

Higashikata shook his head.

It's useless to worry about such things.

Let the outside world think whatever they want.

As long as there are no internal problems at Dongye Studio, they can do whatever they want.

What Higashinoji should focus on now is how to make "Spirited Away", the 'national pointer', into the best possible state.

It's best to have a sharp pointer that can be thrown hard on the buttocks of Japanese friends and make them grinning.

Wake them up from the ‘lost generation’.

Similarly, we also need to let them be convinced of "Spirited Away", hold out their thumbs, and praise Higashinoji for his good, wonderful, and awesome performance.

Judging from Higashinoji's professional painter's perspective, Miyazaki's painting techniques are not difficult to imitate.

It's nothing more than hand-painted and watercolor colored.

But the core of "Spirited Away" is more than that.

As the main scriptwriter, Higashinoji is also obliged to express this core onto the paper screen, thus setting the theme and style of the entire animated film.

When I showed it to Yano Ryuichi and the others, I saw that Yuya (Abura) was just a rough draft, and it didn’t even have color. Of course, it couldn’t fully express the style of “Spirited Away.”

"Qianxun. Qianxun can't go home if she forgets her name."

Higashikata murmured to himself.

When I first asked him to watch this animation, where did he feel the most deeply?

He thought for a while and finally tapped the table gently.

"Maybe it's the shock."

Tonoji touched his chin.

When I watched "Spirited Away" before, my first impression was one of shock.

As night falls, the bright red lights of the oil house flicker as the night falls. Japan's eight million gods descend and everything is enveloped in a light red light, enveloping it in a peaceful but eerie atmosphere.

When Higashinoji watched the movie in preschool, he was also inexplicably shocked by this scene.

But after experiencing the shock of childhood.

As an adult, Higashino watched "Spirited Away" a few more times.

At this time, the mood was a little different.

It gave Higashikata an indescribable touch of melancholy.

This is not because Higashinoji is being pretentious, but because this work really gave him this feeling.

Just like listening to inspiring music can help people overcome their depression.

"Spirited Away" also has this power.

Unbridled imagination.

That sense of ethereal emptiness that is calm and light.

As for why it makes people feel melancholy and moved in the end?

That might be the idea expressed in "Spirited Away".

People will always grow up. When facing the "oil house" society where the big bathhouse is filled with black smoke, covered with moisture and desires, can we be like Qianxun, muster up the courage and never forget the original intention? ?

But this is undoubtedly impossible.

Because as long as we are in society, people will be dyed black, their names will be taken away, and they will be turned into a symbol.

This sense of contrast between what you want and what you don’t get is perhaps the most important reason why people feel melancholy.

Similarly, it is also the most important basis for portraying the character of Qianxun.

"I see."

Tonoji exhaled forcefully.

He wanted to draw the impression of Chihiro.

She was a girl with a short ponytail. The ponytail was slightly curled and her bangs were broken. She didn't look particularly good-looking.

He frowns when he tries hard.

When the eyebrows are stretched out, it will give people a cheerful feeling.

When I'm scared, my whole face changes color.

After all, she is just a ten-year-old girl, a little girl who can be seen everywhere

The red ones are the hot spring attendant's overalls, the white ones are the suspenders tied around her body, and the shining ones are her eyes that are not too big, but not too small either.

Through those eyes, Higashinoji seemed to see himself in the world of gods.

The pungent smell of coal ash.

Magnificent oil house.

The water train merges with the sea and the sky, heading towards the horizon.

Scenes of scenes in the fantasy world are born from the tip of the pen, and disappear in an instant like a shooting star.

Higashikata shook his head, his heart skipping a beat.

This system skill is really evil.

Even after using it for so long, when you really concentrate on entering the state, you will still be attracted to it.

But thanks to this.

Tonoji took a long breath, looked at the neatly drawn character settings of "Spirited Away", and even some building settings, and nodded gently.

As mentioned before, Higashinoji does not have the ability of a printer to memorize information once and then 'copy' it on paper.

The image of Chihiro he drew may be a little different from the one drawn by Hayao Miyazaki in his previous life.

But even so, he painted it seriously and carefully figured out the psychology of the character.

Tonoji breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to sort out the drawings on the desktop.

Then he heard the voices of Seo Daigo and Yano Ryuichi next to him.

"Teacher Higashino, is this a sketch you drew?"

Isn't this too fast?

Although I said that I would leave the character setting to you, Mr. Higashino, but are you going too fast?

It only took one day to figure it out?

You can't go that fast on a rocket, right? ?

Seo Daigo murmured in his heart, and Yano Ryuichi next to him leaned over and asked curiously: "Can I pick it up and have a look? Mr. Higashino."

"Please." Touyesi stretched out his hand to signal him to do whatever he wanted.

The first drawing on the table is of a girl.

Yano Ryuichi looked over carefully.

This girl is not like the current Japanese anime heroines, with eyes that take up one-third of her face and a chin that can stab someone to death.

Even her appearance cannot be called beautiful.

She is wearing a red hunting coat, has short eyebrows, and broken bangs on her forehead. She should be pretty cute when she smiles.

Although she has a single ponytail, it can be seen from her unhappy expression that she is not that lively child.

Just looking at his appearance, there seems to be nothing special about him and he is very ordinary.

This made Yano Ryuichi couldn't help scratching his hair: "Teacher Higashino, this character is"

"The heroine, Chihiro Ogino."

"Huh? Heroine?"

Yano Ryuichi was stunned for a while, and then he said loudly: "But... why does the protagonist look so ordinary?"

As we all know, the characters in animation are not particularly good-looking, but at least they are very distinctive.

For example, the hair colors are messy, such as blue hair, pink hair, yellow hair, purple hair, white hair. I wish I could come to a zoo.

But Higashinoji painted Ogino Chihiro as the heroine

It has no characteristics at all!

If Higashinoji hadn't said he was the protagonist, he would have thought he was just a passer-by with a role at most, so he gave it a name.

After all, this is an animated movie.

Even if the heroine is set to be an 'ordinary girl', she must be drawn better than other characters.

Listening to Yano Ryuichi's question, Higashino just smiled and explained: "It's better to be ordinary. I just want to draw an ordinary heroine."

Yes.

Normal is better.

"Spirited Away" does not rely on the appearance of the characters as its selling point, but the core of the story as its main selling point.

The "ordinaryness" of Chihiro Ogino is not just that her character is ordinary, but because the ordinaryness of Chihiro Ogino's appearance can reflect the universality of the general public.

Yes, in real life, who is not ordinary?

It is precisely because of Chihiro Ogino's ordinaryness that they can feel more involved in Chihiro's story.

That's why Higashinoji wanted Ogino Chihiro to be ordinary.

Judging from the reactions of Seo Daigo and others, he should be considered a success.

"So this is ah."

Yano Ryuichi nodded.

What Higashinoji said made sense, and what he drew perfectly matched his ideas.

only

Can such an ordinary protagonist really have any bright spots?

Can it attract others?

Yano Ryuichi is not so optimistic about this.

He put Ogino Chihiro's character manuscript on the other side, and Toseo Daigo took a serious look at the settings of several other people.

Characters such as Shiro, Granny Yu, Faceless Man, Grandpa Boiler, etc.

Each of the characters with a sense of fantasy and weirdness is vividly portrayed.

Although they were just staring at the flat paper, it gave Yano Ryuichi and Seo Daigo a "three-dimensional sense".

This feeling is amazing.

It's as if you can see the expressions of these characters laughing and cursing.

Yano Ryuichi glanced at it roughly.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

It has to be said that Higashino Tsukasa is indeed known as a 'manga genius once seen in ten thousand years'. The quality of his drawing skills and final drafts could be matched by Yano Ryuichi even if he had searched the whole of Japan. Anyone who could compare with him would probably have only one hand. I can count them.

Not to mention Higashinoji is still so young.

This is too much!

But there is nothing more than deep envy for Higashinoji's talent.

I really don’t have any other ideas.

Because even if you are jealous of the other person, you can't be jealous.

After all, Higashinoji works hard enough in Higashino Studio on weekdays.

Seo Daigo also had the same expression.

He felt that it was also Higashinoji who didn't know the clone technique.

If Higashinoji knew how to do clones, he would probably be able to finish "Spirited Away" in a month.

This is too perverted

The two people sighed over there.

Higashinoji simply asked: "There should be no problem with these character settings."

"Well, I don't think there's much of a problem now. But I still hope Mr. Higashino can give it a little more thought to the setting of the protagonist."

Yano Ryuichi still did not give up his idea of ​​persuading Higashinoji: "I won't say that the painting is too beautiful, but it doesn't have to be so ordinary."

"Haha, just ordinary."

Higashikata did not continue to explain this issue.

Just kidding!

If you really make a classic animated character like Chihiro have pink hair, or make Kazilan have big eyes, I don’t know how people in the future will criticize you.

Even Higashinoji couldn't forgive himself.

Thanks to the first-class champion, the long journey into the dark night, so shameless a, and the reward from the Chinese people! Thank you so much!