The world’s most eagerly-awaited “Ninja Batman”, created by the beautiful manuscript, spans the super-time and grand “righteous confrontation”, and is jointly created by the top combination of the Japanese animation industry, known as the Japanese Warring States entertainment movement through the blockbuster, on 6 It will be released in Japan from the 15th of the month. Come listen to the story behind the creation. .
Let’s first understand the recruitment process of the main creative team. .
It is said that the three masters responsible for supervision, scripting, and personal design were almost invited by Warner producers to see Zhelang during the same period. When supervising the invitation of Mizusaki Yuki to take over the work, the plan of this work has roughly set the general policy of “mixing and battling with the Batman era”. At that time, Sakizaki vaguely guessed the reason for the errands to come to the door. His brain inference is as follows. If the plan is handed over to another company, it is likely to be settled smoothly. It is obvious that this must be a plan that “I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic.” .
One day, Okazaki and Warner producers had a drink, and on the way home, they were suddenly asked “whether or not they are interested in the design of “Ninja Batman”.” Hi, from the sky, these good things, Okazaki Yuken missed the opportunity, he hurriedly sketched the day and sent it to others. .
When Nakajima Ichichi heard that this time, the design of the role of the Okazaki teacher who created the “Explosive Warrior” was immediately illuminated. And looking at the industry can get the “Mai Man + era drama” mashup script, in addition to almost unable to find a second, it will be answered without saying anything. .
The first contact with Mizusaki is the 89-year version of “Batman”, which happened to be the period when Batman entered Japan as a mainstream culture. As a prop control, Mizusaki is obsessed with the Batmobile “Batmobile” and the Batman motorcycle “Batpod”. The streamlined Batmobile, which appeared in the Tim Burton edition, was a stunning one. At that time, for this kind of high-tech equipment, Mizusaki sang with no resistance. According to the supervision, at the same time as accepting the invitation, he just saw the 1/6 version of the Batmobile in the exhibition hall. At that time, he planned to start. As a result, he got the news of the producer, and he was secretly happy. The land is approved for reimbursement in the name of “buy reference props”! .
Nakajima first watched the Adam West version of the TV series, so his childhood impression of “Batman” is more popular, humorous tone. When I realized that Batman was a dark-night hero, it was already 7 or 8 years later. The great shock carried by “The Return of the Dark Knight” instantly subverts the inherent image of Batman in the eyes of Nakajima. Because Batman’s identity is a self-polishing defender of the anti-system, it will be stopped by the “superman” law enforcement of the royal food, and it will also surprise him. Although the Sakisaki Supervisor was a pit from Tim Burton, after watching the Adam West version of the TV series, it also had a similar look and feel with Nakajima. .
Batman Bruce Wayne is an overall serious salvation hero, but not all, this is precisely the place where American comics are worthy of play. In this way, Adam West’s version of the sunny sunshine joy is also not feasible. The TV version is not a subversion of the character set, but the overall atmosphere of the work. .
According to the animated “Batman: Gotham City under the Gas Lamp” in the United States at the beginning of the year, it is the story of the steampunk style of the 19th century Gotham, England, and the possibility of “Ninja Batman” passing through time and space. Nakajima has also made some ideas along this line of thought. For example, the descendants of Ninja explored Gotham City and taught Batman Ninjutsu, or there was a hero in Japan who was like a Batman, who happened to be a descendant of Ninja. However, Nakajima quickly concluded that compared to this kind of parallel world-style setting, it is absolutely known that the Batman deity traveled through time and space, came to the Warring States era, suffered heavy obstacles and obstacles, and finally returned to the future plot to come more interesting. It is said that this proposal was set 10 minutes after Nakajima and the other main players met. After all, I can play with the “clown” and “penguin” by myself. I don’t know if I can meet this one in my life. I don’t make any noise, how can I be worthy of myself.
This “Ninja Batman” is equivalent to the anti-proposition of a series of Batman classics created by Tim Burton and the director of Christopher Nolan. In fact, this practice of interspersed with a bunch of jokes in the dark system, as early as when Nakajima first contacted the “Batman” comics at the age of 10, he had already seen Batman being turned into a gorilla and climbing the “playing method” of the Empire State Building in New York. . It seems that the spoof of “Batman” is still quite large. In particular, the clown in the play has risen to the image of a big villain in the philosophical sense, but Nakajima believes that it is not unreasonable to portray it as a lively and happy prisoner. Anyway, this time the island country is the home, and the guests will follow the Lord. .
Moreover, Nakajima admits that this time it is the “three-axe” type of shaking bag (“out-of-the-way” pointed out that the field immediately shakes the way of the material) technique. Of course, this technique is occasional, and often has a miraculous effect, but Nakajima dared to insist on the three-axe axe from the beginning to the bottom in nearly 90 minutes. .
However, this tried and tested routine puts into Batman’s daily routine, but it is quite a good match. Mizusaki Supervisor believes that this may be because of Batman’s pie, and it has something in common with the ninja’s acting style. Nakajima feels that the title itself has unlimited potential. In addition, the success of the work, the handsome man of Okazaki Nishiishi’s work is also indispensable. When Mr. Okazaki tried his best to express himself, he did not rely on the funny style. Nakajima also emphasized that he did not deliberately write the plot to the funny style. .
“The Dark Knight” is cool and fascinating. It is worthy of praise. In terms of performance, Shuiqi is very supportive of Nolan’s taste, but he does not think that this cover the whole essence of Batman. “Ninja Batman” still decided to take the entertainment route. Besides, the producer has been looking for him and Nakajima and Okazaki from the very beginning. It is also clear what kind of purpose he wants to achieve. Nakajima summed it up as the inevitable consequence of the combination of “excessive scripter + excess supervision + excess man”. .
In terms of animation production, the focus is mainly on the taste of overseas audiences. Nakajima’s slogan can be regarded as a coincidence. In view of this, in order to highlight the Japanese style, the elements in this aspect of the film are extremely exaggerated, even incorporating a lot of misleading elements, and the exaggeration of the Hollywood Japanese theme films that do not conform to the modern Japanese scene. .
For example, the most common misunderstanding about the ninja and the warrior makes the Sakisaki Supervisor feel that he can take advantage of it, so in the “Ninja Batman”, he did not hesitate to increase the intensity of the rumor. This kind of practice of misrepresenting the military situation by the Japanese is more confusing and appealing. Therefore, simply do not endlessly, and all the way to self-abuse. However, with the recent penetration of popular science, the number of overseas visitors who know the national conditions of the island has increased. I believe that some people will certainly not be able to help but see it, and this is also one of the fun of watching movies. .
It should be pointed out that the “Batman” with many characters on the scene, the role test also must ensure Zhou Xiang, this time thanks to the help of the expert of the United States, San Baobao. When replacing the infamous villains in Gotham City with the name of the Warring States, they also took into account the common aesthetic orientation of the audiences of the United States and Japan. The wise light show corresponds to the “double-faced person”. The folks have the rumor that Uesugi Kenshin is a woman, and it has become a “poison vine girl”. The one-eyed dragon “the death knell” is naturally equipped with the Ida political sect. The general level of hard-moving buckles is also more expressive. .
Batman is known as the world’s number one detective, so the opponent’s tricks can be seen by him at a glance. However, in this theatrical version, there have been many scenes that have been calculated by the enemy, and various situations have occurred. Hizaki’s supervision interprets this as “a grammatical phenomenon unique to Japanese animation”. Nakajima is a joke, and a group of Japanese animators who are still working on the TV station on the eve of the TV show, the old beauty is afraid that they can not fully understand the true essence. It is only a matter of “going to the countryside”, it can be understood that Batman encounters Japanese animation and accepts the reality process. .
In the play, Batman wore the wind and armor, mask and other lines, which was derived from the mask of the shadow of the National Shadow of the Flying Dragon. The idea of using bamboo flute to manipulate monsters is also a tribute to the roots and magical styles. However, it is estimated that playing the stalk with “Fake Ninja Blur” may not be very grounded for the young audience today. In addition, Nakajima has also added the elements of “Fly Female Criminal III Girl Ninja Ripple Legend”, not forgetting to sell, self-proclaimed, and in the midst of the chaos of the world, still abide by the style of Toei Ninja special photography, this statement was met with Okazaki Decisive to spit.
Relatively speaking, this adaptation needs to focus more on “Batman can’t kill and kill”. Therefore, our heroes never aim at human flesh when they are armed, but they are facing the building, and then, ultimately. Positive melee K. In addition, when Okazaki was making settings, he was repeatedly asked to reduce the exposure of female characters. For this reason, the “catwoman” costume was changed and changed, and as far as he knows, beauty The protagonists should be more sexy and eloquent. However, the scale allowed by comics is not at the same level as the animation grading standards available to children in theaters. Then there is that Batman must be shocked from beginning to end, always calm, not allowed to be surprised, so there will be no lines like “What?!” in the play, but to be changed, “It turns out, then I Just like…”. .
Talking about the seiyuu lineup, the luxury is impeccable, it is completely in line with the ideals of the masters, and they have not spent any extra brains on it, so they are unconsciously settled. The actors are all experienced veterans. They don’t need to be supervised to record more. It is nothing more than difficulty in adjusting the schedule. After the real recording, the supervision is just silently admiring it. The only situation is counted. The completion of the filming process found that the lines were not enough, because the clowns were not allowed to take a moment, and many places wanted to add lines. Even at the recording site, Nakajima also negotiated with Gao Mu’s teacher to add lines. Mr. Takagi did not live up to expectations, performed the unique color of the clown, and at the same time had the temperament of the similar version of the teacher. .
This film is the first time that Mizusaki and Nakajima worked together. In the eyes of Nakajima, Mizusaki supervised the film and regarded 90 seconds and 90 minutes as one thing. Even if the time span was lengthened, the concentration remained unchanged. On the other hand, when Nakajima talked with the supervisory script for the first time, he mastered the initiative of the scriptwriter. The ideas were endless. Hizaki had no room for interrupting. The last toilet effort proved that he could not keep up with the brain hole in Nakajima. However, forcing the supervisor to drip in the second script meeting, because “you lost in the last toilet.” The supervision has been self-conscious, but in the face of high-yield and self-explanatory Nakajima speed, it is still slightly inferior. .
Another advantage of Nakajima is that it never vetoes other people’s proposals, but makes good use of them. The script meeting has always been very happy. It seems that the main creative members only know how to retreat. Every time they propose a new idea, Nakajima is never eager to overthrow the opinions, but constantly does the addition and reverses the trend. Nakajima believes that “excess” is the key chip for the team to win. Therefore, plus, plus, plus … summary, anyway, finally convinced Warner that the arduous task accepted by the Warners was mainly monitored. .
The main members have passed their heads, but the Sakisaki Supervisor has long been accustomed to it, because several of them have been this virtue during the script meeting. Although the general atmosphere of the exchange of opinions is easy and harmonious, Okazaki will occasionally put forward some unwillingness to compromise. He is the kind of straight-hearted man who does not spit up if he thinks of it. Mizusaki felt that Okazaki was mainly due to the fact that people had set a task to come to an end and was flustered, but there is no denying that the adoption rate of Okazaki’s proposal is indeed quite high. .
When taking over the film, Mizusaki is ready to be replaced by the middle of the film. It is not like going to work, you can buy insurance. At the time of the preliminary discussion, 20 minutes was set as a small segment, but once it was done, it meant that there was no retreat. After that, it was nothing more than 20 minutes. This idea of Mizusaki is simply unbelievable in Nakajima. Some people actually treat 90 minutes as 90 seconds! Shuiqi thinks that it is wise to consider the 20-minute node as a node. I have done a lot of works of 15 minutes in length, and the addition of 5 minutes is still controllable. .
In terms of technology, Mizusaki believes that the use of 3DCG as a style of celluloid is a challenge. Based on the character CG modeling, the background is also used to adjust the celluloid style. Sure. When the “Ninja Batman” PV was first released, many overseas audiences were disappointed because of 3D production, but there is no such phenomenon in Japan because high-quality CG works have had successful precedents. Therefore, this time, Sakizaki also wants to see the overseas audience who had been frowning when they heard 3D. After seeing the exquisite 3D works created by the top Japanese team, they refreshed their ideas.
Moreover, this is a good attempt to “weave Japanese animations by borrowing overseas characters.” Once the nationality barriers of animated characters are broken, they will usher in a more exciting era of multi-interaction. At the technical level, Shuiqi analysis, in recent years, China and South Korea’s painting technology is increasing, step by step, but in terms of originality, Japan is still leading, as long as this advantage is not lost, the Japanese animation industry will have a bright future. .
It is said that “Ninja Batman”, which brings together the creators of various creators, is at an unprecedented stage at the premiere of “WonderCon 2018”. In this regard, Mizusaki Supervisor said that in view of the complex and ever-changing mass information of the background, charm and texture of the characters, the film has made great efforts at the production level in order to avoid the leakage of painting. On this basis, combined with the rhythmical lines of Nakajima’s teachers, and the hard-working style of Mr. Okazaki, it has produced satisfactory results. In addition, through the balance adjustment of the film as a whole, let him experience the excitement and accomplishment of winning the audience for the first time. Supervisor self-deprecating by the way, the Kamikaze animation has always been known for making cool, but this time it was made a little mad and stupid. .
In fact, the overseas response after the film distribution is quite extreme, basically approaching 1 or 10, showing a distinct situation, and choosing the middle of the road to score 5 points is the least, which is also in the minds of the founders. Sakisaki Supervisor was worried about being thrown eggs before the premiere and was planning to bring a frying pan shield to the stage. Nakajima took the opportunity to sell 乖, saying that he would use the Arnold Schwarzenegger campaigns for the governor to be thrown eggs when he responded to the other party’s “remember to bring Bacon next time” as an example, with bowls of rice to go, so that the egg-dropping people will be reluctant to retreat. But fortunately, everyone is very happy, and the laughter is similar to that of the Japanese. .
In the film, the part that impressed Nakajima was a fragment of “The clown went to the countryside.” According to his recollections, when he watched this part of the photo, the performance techniques used to make him laugh, and even suspected that the supervision of the mirror was in the water, but when he saw the film, he realized that the bridge was used. A method of the most desirable way to present it, so that his heart is deeply touched. Can not help but feel that you still have to rely on “crazy” to control your own script. .
In the play, when the catwoman goes back and retreats, there is a line that is intriguing and the watersaki supervision can’t think of anything, “the man who can tolerate the woman’s mistakes is infinite”, on the grounds that the supervision is not that elegant, and Praise that Nakajima is good at drawing nutrients from his life experience, and Nakajima reminds him of supervision. Don’t confuse scripting words with the life of the scripter. Blowing in the air and having a good time. .
From small to big, Okazaki is also considered a senior anime fan, but before that, he basically did not see the type of “Ninja Batman”, and he was able to participate in the production of the work, which made him feel more fortunate. Teacher Okazaki revealed that he had tried his best when he was a person, and he spared no effort to put other work on the side and ensure that he was fully committed. .
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