The JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure Gold Wind OP1 was widely acclaimed. According to Kimura Taida, the supervisor of the OP segment and performance, the core design concept of OP1 is closely related to the word “destiny”..

Kimura found that the “chain” pattern rarely seen in the original drama is everywhere in the cover illustrations of the color comics. After some deliberation, he decided to use the “destiny” metaphor of the “chain”. Go to the production theme of OP1

The first shot that came up, Kimura must use the stalks of Shike Libi’s “Rolling Stone” and “Sleeping Slave” in any case

The following content relates to spoilers, please be cautious when reading.

The chapter “Sleeping Slave” (original booklet, volume 63) is the ending of “Golden Wind”, a section of the section inserted by Araki’s teacher about the encounter between Bugarati and Joe Luno

There is a stalwart “sculptor” substitute messenger in the appearance of the character. The brief story is that Misstar was appointed by Bucharati to investigate the suicide case of the flower shop owner’s daughter, and did not have much effort to track the prisoner. However, when he attacked the other side, he was surprised to see a sculpture that suffered a fatal blow on Bugatti’s chest…

At the critical moment of being attacked by a gun with Mista, the man suddenly came up with a sculptural theory advocated by Michelangelo. “The sculptor is not carving the work according to the thoughts already decided in his heart, but Presenting to the world the shape of ‘destiny’ that is included in the stone.” Therefore, the stone statue in front of us is nothing but a manifestation of the “shape of fate”, and everything that is foreshadowed is destined to escape the arrangement of fate. And the seemingly ordinary stone is actually in front of the people who will arrive in the dead, by giving the person a touch of stone, giving the person the “exquisite stone” of euthanasia and salvation…

In a sense, everyone who comes to this world will eventually be inevitably dusted and returned to earth. Therefore, in terms of the outcome itself, all human beings are “slaves” at the mercy of “destiny”. However, the main theme of “Golden Wind” is to show that even if it is a slave, there are still “sluggling slaves” who are willing to silently surrender and resign, and the “awakened slaves” who refuse to stand up and fight against the end. Two different types. The members of the Bugarati team chose the latter

In addition to the background mentioned above, according to Kimura, on the practical level, due to copyright restrictions, the image of the boss is not allowed in Sleeping Slave. But the picture of “Rolling Stone” is really the brightest, theoretically it should still be visible, dimming the brightness, mainly based on the prevention of spoilers

In summary, OP1 mainly tells the “slave slaves” (Bukalati team members) who were originally bound by heavy chains and listened to the bosses. After joining the company, they gradually woke up and moved toward the common The ideal process of courage and advancement

The above content is not complicated. When it is really necessary to invest in specific production, the scene faces a series of problems such as the number of shots, the number of paintings, and the inability to use the background. And because the members of the initial stage assassination team have not yet appeared, in desperation, they have to adopt the relatively abstract silhouette of the members of the Bugarati group

Moreover, before the official production of OP, the Kimura Supervisor must first get the promotion PV. It is alleged that the filming notes clearly require “to create an atmosphere similar to “007: The Royal Casino of the World War”. Therefore, Kimura used the early temptation of the dynamic silhouette to mobilize the audience’s expectation, and then replaced the facial close-up of the character to create an eye-catching visual impact

Promote the initial results of the PV test, and also make the color design and photographic processing guidelines of the silhouette part generally established. The configuration of the PV stage is basically used in OP1. What is different is that in PV, the step of “by imaginary reality” is changed to the opposite of “from the real to the virtual”, and the supervision consciously fades the “sinister expression of hypnosis and insensitivity”. , erase it…

In addition to OP1, Kimura Supervisor also greatly appreciated the story of the reversal of the number of words in 15 words, creating a thrilling and stimulating experience

The line that most desirable to him is, in 16 words, Bugarati’s phrase “Arrivederci” (Italian “goodbye”), and the subtitles of this sentence were added before delivery, so Even the supervisor himself waited until the animation was broadcast for the first time. Kimura also ridiculed that the “speaking epigrams” of Prosit in the assassination group were quite catchy in daily life, for example, “playing the “four-dimensional” imagination to do something.”

In addition, the wonderful performance of “The Dark Dance” in the seventh sentence is also from the hands of Kimura. Kimura’s torture of Mario Zikero’s torture was ingeniously euphemistically transformed into a dynamic and interesting dance. It is said that as early as in the scripting phase, the supervisor has asked the composer to write a special dance music, in order to adjust the script according to the length of the song. In Kimura’s view, if you want to let the audience savor the music and dance, they must give at least 1 minute, and the genre should be “the arrogance of the underworld.” After getting the sample strip of the song, Kimura used the special software Storyboard Pro to draw the split mirror, and draw the split mirror against each note

By the way, “insert advertising”, “JOJO” production site, the three supervisors use this software to draw the mirror. Compared with the traditional paper-based mirror, the most significant advantage is that you can watch the playback effect over and over again and correct it at any time

When I really wanted to draw a dance split, Kimura realized that the original ones were only for the number of comics. Under this, it was really anxious to supervise without any choreography experience. In the following period, Kimura smashed his scalp and went around the world to find images of various artists’ live performances and music videos. Looking for it, I still feel that the dance of Michael Jackson, the king of pop music, feels the most. Kimura refers to each of Michael Jackson’s movement details and beats, and then puts the original position in the appropriate node, and finally completed the dance arrangement

The torture camera started shortly, and the camera immediately switched to the dance that was just done. After the dance was over, the head was again cut back. In this way, it is as much as possible to respond to the requirements of the producers earlier proposed to minimize the bloody scene. However, the supervisor also considered that this confession lens is a symbolic description of the “black habits” of the members of the Bugarati group, and therefore cannot be “squeezed”. After weighing, I think of such a curve replacement approach

In order to correctly convey the harshness of the torture to the audience, the lens before the dance, (within the scope permitted by the broadcast review), expresses the suffering of the character without disguise, and the symbolic part of the burning part of the eye Suggest the picture to make up for it. However, if you insert the flame lens into the dance lens, it will be too abrupt. Therefore, in the process of walking, first wear some rainbow color light, and then match the fascinating electronic rhythm. The final result is that the nerve paralysis effect released by the climax part of the electronic sound makes the sly expression of the previous moment’s character frowning, and is unconsciously given a funny feeling of joy

“JOJO” in the fifth season, the difficulty of describing the avatar, jumped to an unprecedented height, taking the boss’s substitute “King of Red” as an example, although the producer does not have an understanding barrier to the principle of attacking the substitute, but for After this part of the content is implemented as a lens language, whether the audience can be completely unknowingly correct in the first time, there is still no complete grasp, so everyone can only do their best

In addition, in interpreting the respective past and present comparisons of the six members of the Bugarati team including Fogg, Kimura grasped the main axis of “This is a group of teenagers who have been abandoned by society” before and after comparison. Among the 6 people, only Bugarati, who is the leader, has received the care of his father as a child, and he cares and leads the subordinates in the daily life like a dad. The remaining members of the team have experienced a period of unbearable past. Some of them have given up on themselves, and some have chosen to pay back their teeth. However, after joining the group, because of the personality of Bugarati, he was awakened by conscience, which greatly changed the attitude of the world

As one of the souls of the team, Bugarati has participated in many battles, big and small. Among them, Kimura’s supervision is most praised as “Prosit, Bercy War”, and stands in a purely personal position, supervising almost Can’t help but want to cheer for the enemy

When it comes to the future, Kimura asks you to pay more attention to the growth of Teresa. Finally, the supervisor said that he and the production team will stick to the second half with great enthusiasm, and please support the audience as always

References:

• “Animage” April 2019