If you want to talk about the highlight of this national creation list, it must be that the " Three-Body " animation is officially scheduled for December 3. You should know that everyone has been waiting for the animation to be released three years ago.
In 2019, B site announced the news of the production of the "Three-Body Body" animation to the outside world. It was authorized by the Three-Body Body Universe, and Yihua Kaitianlai served as the production team. Until last year's press conference, there was still no news of the animation being scheduled.
So when this news was announced, everyone was so excited.
It is worth mentioning that at the end of last month, .net and Tencent also announced the completion of the live-action drama "Three-Body Problem" produced by their respective products, but the broadcast time has not been disclosed yet.
However, according to this development trend, the future industrial adaptation of the Three-Body IP may be just around the corner, but now, let’s talk about the animation version first.
annual domestic comic book reservation?
animation has been scheduled, and of course the trailer PV cannot be missing. In just two or three days, the cumulative playback volume of the animation channel of the "Three-Body Problem" has reached more than 45 million, with a total of more than 180,000 barrage screens, and a total of more than 3 million followers. This growth momentum should remain for a while in the future.
Speaking of the trailer content, the first line at the beginning is "When will the Three-Body Man come?" This leads to the main plot of the animation - The fate of human beings on Earth begins to enter the countdown, and the battle of life-and-death survival between the two civilizations is slowly coming.
Judging from the lines inside, the plot of the animation is adapted from the second part of the original novel "Dark Forest". The three-body man dispatched a huge cosmic fleet to rush to the solar system. Faced with the apocalyptic crisis from extraterrestrial civilizations, humans formed an equally huge space fleet and formulated a targeted "Wall-Face Plan". The main character Luo Ji is one of the four "Wall-Facemakers" selected.
In addition, important characters such as Ye Wenjie , Taylor, Shi Ans, Ding Yi, Shi Qiang, Zhang Beihai will also appear officially in the animation. The main content displayed in the
trailer is only more than one minute. The plot only reveals the general framework, and more importantly, it shows everyone the quality level of the animation itself.
animation 3D art modeling is relatively fine. The hard science fiction setting and realistic style make people think of the famous work " Spirit Cage " of Art Painting. Some of the big scene storyboards released in the trailer also seem to be full of sincerity.
characters are also more in line with the appearance in the original work, especially Shi Qiang, whose shape is too appropriate, which is very consistent with the characteristics described in the original work as "a middle-aged man with a big and thick face, a dirty leather jacket, a smell of smoke, and a rough voice."
The information disclosed in the trailer will end here. The specific content will still be satisfied when the main film is launched. Besides, the animation will be available in one month. Now I will add some information to satisfy everyone’s cravings.
With the release of the trailer, many media online have also begun to report on the matter, including China News Network , China Economic Times, and major news media have also mentioned the Three-Body Problem in the past two days.
Such a high level of attention is enough to show the value of the domestic science fiction IP of "Three-Body Problem".
In the era when the Chinese science fiction market is generally sluggish, Liu Cixin is alone in this blank field, and has supported the ceiling of Chinese science fiction novels on its own.
In addition to "Three-Body Body", Liu has also created excellent works such as " Wandering Earth ", " Spherical Lightning ", "Supernova Era", " Rural Teacher ", and "Crazy Alien", some of which have also been adapted into movies.
If the "The Wandering Earth" that year allowed the audience to appreciate the infinite prospects of domestic science fiction movies for the first time, then the story pattern and core of this "Three-Body Problem", in a smaller way, everyone is very happy to have another high-quality Chinese animation masterpiece, and the Chinese science fiction animation ranks have added another general.
To a big point, this might set off a craze for Chinese science fiction animation, and even bring Chinese animation to a new level. After all, Liu once said: "I think animation is a free art form, especially suitable for displaying the content and artistic conception of science fiction novels."
From these two points, the formal animation of the Three-Body Problem is a long way to go.
Assuming that after the animation is released, the plot content will be authentic, without any magical changes, and the picture quality is sufficient, everything will develop steadily according to the original story. At least it should be no problem to get the hegemony of the Chinese comics in the year.
Of course, if these guesses come true, the most important point is whether the production team can perform stably.
According to our previous impression of "Artistic Painting Pigeon Heaven", it should be sure to leave this matter to it.
Slow work and fine work
Art Painting Kaitian was established in 2015. It is a company based in Wuhan, Hubei Province, mainly engaged in original animation production. Its business scope includes animation design, web design, graphic design, etc.
company uses IP as the core to build fan culture , and builds the pan-entertainment industry through games, film and television, literature, comics, derivatives and other fields.
In the past few years, Yihua Kaitian has received several rounds of investments including B station, Tencent, Sanqi Interactive Entertainment , Tiantu Capital and other well-known companies, and the company's scale has also grown.
Behind the corporate investment, the big guys' appreciation of the animation company is definitely indispensable.
In 2015, Yihua Kaitian, which accepted the first round of investment, launched its first work " Crazy Hero ". Once it was broadcast, it was enthusiastically sought after by anime fans on the Internet, and the number of views also showed a surge.
Although the modeling of this animation looks a bit Q version, the plot is not a "Q version" at all. The story takes the battlefield soldier "Master Slave" as the main perspective. Through his continuous reincarnation and growth, he becomes a hero who "want to rescue the heroes from endless reincarnation".
Two years later, the post-transmission animation " Mirror Nordline " was launched, and it won a high score of 9.2 in the first episode of the broadcast, which was a rare high score in the Chinese comic score at that time (now after 5 years, it can still maintain a good score of 8.1).
The quality improvement is naturally obvious to all. Compared with the previous work, the animation single-episode film length adopts a 30-minute format. Under the Q-version modeling, there are amazing details polishing everywhere, such as scratches on the surface of the armor, the glossy texture of the leather jacket, etc., all of which are done very well.
further improved the world view setting, enriched character portrayal, and continued to deepen the core of the story. Moreover, from these phenomena, it can be seen that the creators of Art and Art Gallery all have great ambitions and try to create a large-scale Chinese comic IP.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. "The Mirror Nordline" had just aired the first episode, and it was announced to be suspended soon. It has been completely unfinished since then. The reason is not clear. Some people say it was because the team had a festival with "Heroes of the Storm". (These two animations are fan works)
But the good news is that after a month of suspension, the official immediately announced the establishment of the new original IP project "Spirit Cage", and released a trailer in the future, which once again attracted the attention of the outside world.
In July 2019, the first season of "Spirit Cage" animation was launched on Bilibili. The animation playback volume exceeded 16 million in just ten minutes. It won everyone's praise for its unique and profound world view and wonderful plot content. Since then, Art Painting Kaitian has officially gained its reputation.
Outside commented that, as a domestic science fiction animation, "Spirit Cage" not only inherits the sentiment of science fiction dramas, but also embodies the essence of Chinese culture. The play combines humans regardless of race. By directly attacking the difficult choices and true expressions of human beings when facing huge difficulties, it presents issues such as adhering to morality, maintaining justice and enduring the cost to the audience, hoping to convey the correct values and worldview through animation.
As the saying goes, slow work produces meticulous work. Although the works of Art and Painting are small, it takes two or three years to produce a new work, but every one of them is a fine work so you basically don’t have to worry about quality issues.
Regarding how excellent "Spirit Cage" and its derivative comic "The Legend of Yue Kui" are, we will give a detailed look at the content of the issue. Here we summarize it in a simple sentence: can be said to be the leader of the Chinese comic science fiction world.
Furthermore, the achievements of the Spirit Cage also laid the basic skills that Yihua Kaitian possesses in producing domestic science fiction animations. In this way, there is no need to say more about who is more suitable to shoulder the burden of animation of "Three-Body Problem".
So it is very appropriate to let Yihua Kaitian take over, and now it is the only one with the richest experience in this area.
But while looking forward, I also recommend that you try to reduce your expectations.
No matter what, the setting of the work "Three-Body Problem" is too complex and profound. Many of the contents in it may not be reviewed in the animation, and it will inevitably be modified at that time. Of course, it would be best if the original version can be completely copied, and I am afraid that it will not be done.
Moreover, the audience of animation is wider than that of novels, and it will also attract a large number of animation parties who have never read the original work or followers who simply hear the news. At that time, it will also cause quarrels about the differences in the understanding of the work. How to weigh this issue is also something that the production team needs to consider.
It is worth mentioning that the Yihua Kaitian team also stated in a previous interview that although they have experience in making spirit cages, facing a domestic science fiction ceiling like "Three-Body Problem", the difficulty is still a nightmare level, which also shows that the adaptation of "Three-Body Problem" IP is an extremely difficult thing.
No matter what, it is already a great thing to see your favorite domestic science fiction masterpiece being taken over by an excellent domestic animation company you like. It is already a great thing to be "double kitchen ecstasy". If you can be more tolerant, try to be more tolerant.
Subsequent
With the industrialization of "Three-Body" IPs at home and abroad, in the next one or two years, the entire network may set off a "Three-Body Hot" frenzy, and the popularity of this work will be greatly improved by then.
If this is true in the future, then the audience will consciously transform into the judges, comparing each other which adaptation is better and has the essence of the original work. To sum up, it is not afraid that anyone can’t shoot the Three-Body Problem, but they are afraid that whoever shoots the Three-Body Problem is worse.
But as far as my selfishness is concerned, I definitely hope that the domestic adaptation of "Three-Body Problem" can become the best!
