In many animations supervises in Japan, Hosoda is not a particularly representative figure. Although a “Summer War” actually made him famous, but compared with the new Hai Haicheng, who is often compared for comparison, the low output and fine workmanship of Hosoda will undoubtedly limit his progress. Despite this, as a director with his own unique style, the temperament of Hosoda’s works is still unable to copy and imitate, and the foundation for this is the 2006 “Girls through Time and Space.”
From the perspective of the plot, the animated version of the original name of the Japanese author Jane Jonglong’s original name has no brains or cumbersome plots. It is also a story about how a girl with time and space ability can spend her youthful years.The only difference may be that the protagonist has changed from Fangshan and Zi in the original to her niece, but it is such a special story, but it touched the softest part of the audience
细田守 is very clever in the control of the whole movie. He did not put a lot of space on promoting the development of the plot, but focused on the description of the character’s psychology. In the plot, the monologue of Kanno’s Zhenqin and her changes in her own cognition, from the beginning with super-competitive self-satisfaction, to later confusion and reflection, add to the audience’s understanding of the work itself. Similarly, in the shaping of other characters, Hosoda also repeatedly uses the third perspective and personal perspective to make the character and performance of the male and important characters more vivid, which is undoubtedly the outstanding highlight of “Girls through Time and Space”. One
There is no doubt that Hosoda is not a director who is good at “telling stories”, but in “Girls through Time and Space”, this problem that should be a weakness becomes valuable. He successfully evaded his weaknesses, and put all the elements on the characterization of the characters themselves, many long shots, fixed shots, so that the texture of the film itself is delicate and warm, the plot is weakened but not completely disappeared, by the characters To promote the story, not the story to promote the characters. What this way directly brings is “reality.” In a movie with a sci-fi element, all characters appear to be unquestionable. They laughed, sad, clumsy and firm, running toward the future, hesitating, giving up, and finally persisting. It is precisely because of this that “Girls through Time and Space” can make the audience put in and touch
What is youth? Many people say that “youth is not perfect”, but “Girls through Time and Space” gives another answer: youth without regret is imperfect. When we saw that the real piano once and again wanted to cross the time and space, but only to say goodbye, Qian Zhao had to return to the future to stay sad, in this regret, the youth broke, people began to grow into another. It is also this kind of regret that all memories are deeply imprinted in my heart. Because I have been happy and feel good, I don’t feel regret even if I lose. As viewers, have we seen our shadow from the story?
No dog blood, no abuse, no expression of excessive youth story and expression of love and numbness, this is the style of Hosoda, moist and quiet, the understanding of the works, the understanding of the plot, into It’s also true that every part of the animation is moving, and this animation is even more moving. Is the real piano like our own in our youth? Playful, greedy, I feel that all the time is endless, in the years, but in the end I found that I have gained more, whether it is friendship or dream. The most important thing is that when Qian Zhao said the phrase “I am waiting for you in the future”, all the time has its own meaning, and this is the meaning of youth
