The animated film “Penguin Highway”, directed by Mori Kanden’s original novel and directed by Ishida Yukang, was released on the 17th of this month in mainland China. In the past, Anitama has also compiled for the readers about the production of Ishida Supervisor and Penguin Highway – the joy and nostalgia of youth, the unknown beauty and the horror – supervising Ishida Yukang on “Penguin Highway”, by this After the release in China, let’s share some interesting stories about this behind the scenes

Ishida Yukang Supervisor originally liked animation, and hoped to return the animation to the animation. In order to let everyone know how to watch animation is a luxury, I started to make animations in high school. Received awards for both large and small. “Penguin Road” is his first animated animation. Whether it is the autonomous animation of the year or the commercial-scale animation, he does not forget this initial heart

Because it is the first version of the theatrical version of the work, the production cycle is longer than ever, and sometimes it feels physically and mentally exhausted, but I think that this is also a kind of learning, and Ishida is also comfortable. “This is an opportunity that can’t be met.” The ability to make a long-form theatrical version is a very gratifying thing for him

At the time of the university, Ishida studied at the Animation Department of the Kyoto Seika University Comics Department. Moriji’s novels with more works on the Kyoto stage also added color to his university life. At that time, the friends around Ishida almost had a hand to see the novel, and they gradually became interested. The friends recommended that they read a few books, such as “Four Stacks of Half-Mythology”, “Spring, Short and Short Girls”. The best-selling work, as well as the Penguin Highway, which is highly recommended by friends. The perception of “Penguin Highway” is slightly different from that of other Morikan works. Ishida is also “cheeky” and thinks that this is the most suitable one among Mori’s works

Mori sees Ishida to be able to make his own work, don’t rely too much on the original. Ishida is under pressure to believe that the original work must be respected while making his own work. However, the plan that Ishida initially gave to Mori was returned. The reason was that Aoyama Jun’s eyes were not sharp enough to look savvy. Mori sees only that Ishida obeys only the “genius young Aoyama Jun”. As long as he holds his image, it will constitute the whole world. Qingshanjun’s eyes can put the world down, as long as it is the things he cares about. Mori sees the need for this feeling. Ishida revised the design, and the plan for the second draft that was handed over was approved by Mori, and Ishida dared to let go of a big stone

When I was young, Sen saw a small town in the suburbs. I was thinking that this uninhabited place was not the end of the world. After that, he always wrote the scenery he saw and the illusions of the seven hundred and eighty-eight in the novel. He also wrote many similar works before he published the “Tower of the Sun”. In fact, he did not see himself. Understand how the role of Aoyama Jun should be written, how to write can not write the sparkling and incredible feeling that you want. Tossing and turning, I wanted to break my head. In the end, Sen saw a reversal of thinking. “What kind of protagonist can reproduce that landscape?” This gave birth to the image of Qingshanjun. Before the official execution, Mori was also adjusted, and finally the perspective was fixed on Aoyama Jun. After writing the settings, Mori hoped to use him in a novel and then gave birth to Penguin Highway

Different from Mori’s idea, Ishida hopes to show the charm of the big sister. Ishida said frankly that a large part of his motivation to watch animation was because of the heroine. Because it is attracted to the heroine, I watched the animation. There is also a twisting and twisting story here. At the age of 4 or 5, Ishida watched “The City of the Sky, Laputa”, a huge castle, a robotic soldier who fired a beam of light, a flying machine in the sky… an animation that was not seen in comics. However, Ishida, which was shocked by these shocking scenes, did not focus on the heroine Hida

Until I was promoted to middle school, I began to watch an animation with a strong adult taste. In the past, Ishida, who was obsessed with fighters, began to paint female characters unconsciously. She felt incredible and naturally attracted by the heroines, for example. The “Millennium Girl” supervised by Jin Min. The charm of the protagonist Fujiwara Chiyoko makes Ishida unable to resist, and she is deeply attracted to her like the old man who appeared in the work. Of course, this is also because the work itself is very interesting, in order to shape such a perfect heroine image. Another heroine who made Ishida unable to extricate herself is Miao Diou of “Qingzhi No.6”. Even though she is not human, she looks very cute. The complicated and sophisticated submarine warfare, in this hard nuclear world view works, Miao Diou is even more beautiful. Her existence is enough to attract the eyes of the world. Now Ishida still feels that “as long as the heroine is good, everything is fine.”

Ishida added that when I was in the Evangelion, I didn’t like Bo Lili or the general stream, Asuka, and Lange, but the slightly older Gecheng Miri. At that time, I had a strong affection for mature women. The big sister in Penguin Road can also be said to be on this line. Ishida said that this can’t be said to be a special hobby or a private desire. Because it is really good, I would recommend everyone to look at it. I hope that this move will also make people around you feel the same

Qingshan Jun is ignorant of “love”, but he knows what kind of mood he likes when he likes a person. For example, he looks at Suzuki like Binben at a glance, just because he doesn’t think “love” is a fun thing.When he was in the big sister’s room, looking at her closely, unable to express his feelings, so that he could not make a good record, he would be surprised by this feeling. The notes of Qingshanjun represent his mood. When you look closely, you will find that his handwriting is not the same as usual. This is the expression of emotional overflow

Ueda clearly told Ishida that the key to this work is Qingshan Jun’s affection for the big sister. In addition, the “triangular relationship” and friendship line between Hashimoto and Hamamoto are also a line that Mori sees as important. The composition of Ueda is to do the subtraction method. You can’t lose the part that Sen Jian thinks is important, and the various episodes in the original work should be chosen with priority, as simple as possible and not complicated

Ishida is not only thinking about animation when he is working, but often the trivial things around him will become ideas in animation. When you listen to music, you will also think about what kind of picture you should match. Ishida likes to listen to music before going to bed, calling it “dream time”, and it is easier to imagine the music with the lights on. When I was in high school, I didn’t have any friends around Ishida. I always played with myself. Music was his best friend. At that time, he began to think, “I want to get the right to use this music in the future, and use it for animation.” When looking at other works, he will also think about what to do if he is doing it himself. Everyday life is inseparable from animation

Although some of the short stories of the past are almost beginning to associate with music, “Penguin Highway” does not work. On the one hand, it has the problem of the size of the film itself, on the other hand, it considers the issue of copyright. There are many benefits to starting with music. Music itself has its own world view, so it is not so difficult to do. This time, I started with the music from the screen and used the music. It is also worth looking forward to for the video people. It is completely opposite to the previous one. This touch is above my imagination

About the North Xiangna voiced by Qingshan Jun, Ishida’s earliest idea was to use a professional voice actor or to find a child star who is similar to Aoyama Jun’s age. Of course, there are clear-minded teenagers, but the green hills are reasonable. The feeling that Jun gave him was still a “pure child”, and a child who was too smart could not “play”. At the time of audition, Beixiang’s match was exactly the kind of “spirituality” that Ishida wanted. Qingshan Jun said that “blame” is not strange, it is better to say that it is his frank place. Because he dares to speak out, he is more active than his classmates. The gap between them is a “freak” in the class. The performance and voice of Beixiangna also directly reflected the straightforwardness of Qingshanjun

Regarding the voice of the older sister, Ishida had a lot of thoughts about her sister’s image. For example, standing on the plateau wearing a white dress and a straw hat, there is a clear and transparent voice, and in turn, there is a beautiful drunkard like the feathers of the “Four Stacks of Mythology”, with a little rebellious image. Because the character name is only “big sister”, when you read the novel, you will come up with an image of your own mind. Everyone’s image is different, but you must choose the image of the big sister who best fits the Qingshan Junyi. In Ishida’s opinion, there is a kind of “kindness” in Aoi’s voice, which is really like a big sister who will love her neighbor. Aoi’s voice is low and there is some hoarseness. This is the “closeness” that has not been decorated. Relatively natural, it does not make people feel that she is a big sister with mystery. However, Ishida said that in fact, I did not expect so many reasons at the time of the election, but it was just poked by her voice

Ishida’s theme song “Good Night” by Utada Hikaru is also full of praise. At the end of 2017, Ishida did not take the holiday at the end of the year, and immediately took the sound source to the studio for everyone to listen to. Although Ishida likes to listen to music, but does not understand music very well, as an image supervisor, he can hear the part combined with the image from the song. At that time, because it was still a sample belt, I didn’t fill in the lyrics, but just listening to the songs, I felt that I could come out, and the overall atmosphere was very well matched with Penguin Highway. With the lyrics, it is a fusion of the work, and it is natural. When the end of the film is heard, it can recall the animation. This is the charm of the song

Ishida said that after all, he was an unknown animation supervisor. At the beginning, he did not dare to look for Utada Hikaru to compose a new song for this work. He laughed that he had intended to find someone around him to help write a book. However, the producers said that they could not give in. Since they are big works, they must be picked among well-known singers. Ishida didn’t think much at the time. The first time he blurted out was Utada Hikaru. After that, Ishida turned over the songs of Utada Hikaru and listened repeatedly. “If you can make Utada Hikaru’s songs match your own works, how glorious it is!” While expecting, there are also some fears

In Shi Tian, the past short articles “Wenzi’s Confession” and “The Green Rain in the Sun” used a rolling environment to let the characters run and fly. Ishida said that the undulating background always reminds people of more ideas. For example, the water tower is placed at the top, and Qingshanjun lives in an emerging residential area on the upper part of the plain hill, which distinguishes it from the old town in the lower part of the hill. I believe that everyone will be able to feel this contrast when following the “Amazon Project” in the works. The neighborhood where Qingshan Jun lives is also more glamorous, of course, because it is a perspective from Qingshanjun

On the posters and in this chapter, there are scenes of large groups of penguins running wild. In the “Green Rain in the Sun”, there are also scenes of large groups of birds flying. Ishida said that first of all, these are the work that will make the paintings burst into tears. In fact, there are no such flying scenes in the impression board drawn when reading the original. However, Ishida believes that there is such a grand scene in the movie anyway, just let the penguin walk around the street and occasionally fly one or two times, and can not use the scenery of the town, which is linked to the above. The ups and downs mentioned are used to make full use of the background space

Ishida said that he felt unsatisfied every time he came back from the cinema when he was a child. He also hoped that all the audience would be like him. After watching the movie, he could remember the contents of the movie, so he needs to give The audience brought the impact on the screen. Therefore, when painting posters, the first thing he thought of was the scene of the penguin parade. Just like carnival, he lifted the appetite of the audience and raised everyone’s interest so that everyone could come to the cinema and experience such excitement on the big screen. The scenery, this has the meaning of letting people move to the cinema to enjoy the movie

Ishida did not carefully consider the audience’s age and target when he was making a movie. He just hoped that all the audience could go to the cinema to enjoy the film. After reading it, he could recall his childhood. The movies that I have seen in my childhood can be remembered. Sometimes, even if I grow up, I can’t understand what the film said at the time. Ishida said that Penguin Road also has such a feeling. When looking at the original novel, he also hopes that these can be expressed through images. At first glance, “it is beautiful here” and “want to see such a picture”. After reading it, I will think about it. This is the potential consciousness. I like it in the past and I like it now. Once I like it, I will love it even after 10 years

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