In the world, there are many players who are fascinated by the KONAMI famous horizontal action game “Devil City Dracula”, which is based on its animated version of the animated version of “Demon City Dracula-Castlevania-” It was already on Netflix on July 7, 2017. .
The animation production is Frederator Studio and Wow Unlimited Media, which are famous for “Explore Time” and other works. It is the Chinese of the MADHOUSE version of “Iron Man”, “Wolverine”, “X-Men” and “Blade Warrior”. Warren Ellis is responsible for this script. Adi Shankar, the chief producer of the film “Special Police Judge” in 2012, was appointed as the executive producer. .
An animated version of “Demon City Dracula” at first glance does not have the style of European and American animation. This is because Adi has been imaged by Japanese animation since childhood, although the production team of this work does not have Japanese participation, but, it is necessary to give people the impression of “Japanese style”, which is highly regarded by gamers and animation enthusiasts. The special media of the overseas film and television drama, THE RIVER, interviewed Adi Shanka last year to unveil the mystery behind the production of animation. .
An animated version of “Demon City Dracula-Castlevania-” is centered on the third game of the series “The Legend of the Devil City” (English name: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse, Demon City 3: The Curse of Dracula) Adapted to the hero of the hand-held whip Ralph Belmont (overseas version: Trevor Belmont, the following “Trever”), 90% follow the original, describing the battle between Dracula and humans. .
After the Netflix went online last year, Adi received a strong response from the audience, hoping to see the follow-up call is extremely high, the second season and subsequent content has actually been put on the agenda, but it is a matter of time. The second season will be launched this summer and will be seen soon. .
Adi Shankar’s childhood was mainly in Hong Kong and Singapore, and he was already very good at the reputation of the “Devil City Dracula” series. Instead, it was only after the United States that it was known that American players were so interested in this work. In Hong Kong, he played “Demon City Dracula X Moonlight Nights” on PS1, and later played the whole series. “Moonlights under the Moon” is also his favorite series, especially like Alcado and come to the truth. Adi Shankar’s parents were more rigorous and confiscated his SFC on a certain day. However, the original FC still remains, and without SFC, it is only fun FC. Therefore, for him, PS1 is equivalent to his game machine after FC, so that he can’t put it down. .
In the eyes of Adi Shankar, “Devil City Dracula” is like a fabulous world. When it is adapted into animation, it pays special attention to the aesthetics of painting and color. In terms of production, I refer to “Vampire Hunter D” and “Beast Warrior”, and when I decided to adapt “Demon City Dracula” into animation, Adi Shankar’s brain only has “2D hand-drawn animation”. There is no other choice for such a thought. .
When Adi Shankar was in Hong Kong, he read “Vampire Hunter D”, “Beidou Shenquan”, “AKIRA” and other works. It can be said that he grew up watching Japanese animation, but he could not understand him. People, so he hopes that everyone can see the beautiful works like “Vampire Hunter D”, so everyone is shocked. Compared with the text, it is more convincing by painting directly, and in his opinion, the hand-drawn animation is more attractive than the 3D animation. .
“Demon City Dracula” uses the very traditional paintings of the past, which is also because Adi Shankar was influenced by many Japanese animation works in the past, and the works are also paying tribute to those works in a certain sense. Because the animations that Adi Shankar saw in Hong Kong when they were young were all in Cantonese, although they couldn’t understand them, those pictures were deeply invaded by his mind, and he was also the inspiration for his animation.
In addition to “Vampire Hunter D”, “Captain Haronic Captain” is also his embarrassment. The first Japanese animation that Adi Shankar saw was “Doraemon”, and even his mobile phone case was a dream. After moving from India to Hong Kong, I went home from school every day to turn on the TV. I saw the Doraemon in Cantonese, but there was also an English animated film “Sesame Street”, which was seen every day. Adi Shankar is also a fan of the world, the studio also displays a lot of Gundam models, and the other side is the “Transformers” toy. “Gundam” is more attractive to him in the story. In recent years, “The Orphan of Iron and Blood” is also his heart. .
“Demon City Dracula” has a lot of violent scenes, but these do not specifically refer to some horror movies. Adi Shankar thinks Trevor is a typical anti-hero. It is better to let him choose the way of goodness than to be a good person. It is more interesting. Alcado has the handsome and star-like feeling of Tom Cruise in “Night Vampires”, and Trevor, who likes to drink too much, is a perfect match with the cool, mysterious Alcado. .
Although the original is a horizontal version of the action game, but in the play, Adi Shankar realized that the RPG-style expansion – team. When I was a child, Adi Shankar was more isolated. She always played games alone. The game that is most suitable for one person is naturally RPG, such as Final Fantasy, Dark Cloud, Wilderness, Star Ocean… It was his childhood experience, and these experiences also had a great impact on his adult involvement in video production. In the first season of “Devil City Dracula”, the scene from Trevor’s debut, dialogue with passers-by, gathering information to enter the maze is an RPG-style development. .
At the same time, Adi Shankar, who participated in the animation and real film production, said that in the United States, everyone regards animation as a work for children, so it is difficult to find an animator. Compared with a dozen or twenty years ago, the production of real-life movies is more similar to animation. Now that CG technology is in full swing, Pixar’s animated film and Marvel’s film are almost the same in the production process. .
For the original adaptation of the video work, Adi Shangkar believes that the first thing to do is to follow the original form. The original game or the original is a comic, which will make a big difference to the image adaptation. There is no common method. However, Adi Shankar believes that the producer itself must be a fan of the original. If not, 95% will fail. .
Since “Demon City Dracula” is an adaptation, then the tribute to the original work must be important. Not only the work itself, but also the culture created by gamers must pay tribute. What’s more, “Demon City Dracula” is a great game that was born in Japan, and it is worthy of Japanese players. In addition to the original game of “Devil City Dracula”, Adi Shankar also said that this is a family story, so it is highly recommended to the “Resident Evil” “Devil May Cry” “Tekken” series of loyal players. It also emphasizes that the player who played the “Resident Evil” game must not be the audience of the movie version. .
Adi Shankar will also be an animated version of “Assassin’s Creed” after “Demon City Dracula”. For the adaptation of this book, Adi Shankar is also very excited. Unlike the childhood game of “Devil City Dracula”, “Assassin’s Creed” is a series that began to come into contact after growing up. Fang Yubi, the original work of Assassin’s Creed, also has a plan to adapt it to a TV series, and the connection between animation, Adi Shankar said he could not disclose. The current work is based on the second season of “Devil City Dracula” composed of all eight words, and the others will be gradually revealed in the future. .
For the content of Season 2, Adi Shankar said that there will be more monsters on the scene, the content naturally rises to a higher grade than the first season, the first season itself is the preparation for the second season, so it is quite In the prelude, the second season is the real beginning. As for the third season and even later, Adi Shankar said that it depends on the voice of the masses.
Adi Shankar also wanted to shoot the film “Science Ninja Gatchaman”, and as soon as he acted, he emailed to the Dragon Son Pro. Unfortunately, the other party gave a reply to “NO”. But Adi Shankar said that he will not give up. If the “current stage” does not work, then email every month until you agree. Of course, is it that Adi Shankar is joking, and this has not yet been answered. The story of Father and Son in “Gatchaman” is very appealing to Adi Shankar, and he hopes to be able to make such a story. Because he likes the story of family and team, he has “Demon City Dracula”, and he also likes the “Super Team” series. .
“Demon City Dracula” is also the story of the team, it is really like an RPG, not teaming. One of the three people was left behind, and even if the remaining two were so strong, they could only end in failure. They have different purposes, different abilities, and are indispensable. .
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