htmlOn November 29, CCTV.com released a selection list of "Hundreds of Premium Internet Positive Energy Animation Audio and Video Works", revealing the selected film and television works for everyone.
Speaking of this list, there is a work with a very eye-catching name in our eyes, that is, the animation "Those Things That Rabbit That Year: A Hundred Years of Storms".
This animation is published by Tuantuan and the plot revolves around a century of history, which is equivalent to the rabbit version of "Awakening Era".
For us anime fans, it is not surprising that "That Rabbit" was selected, and it can even be said to be reasonable.
Because this work appears to be only telling the grievances between a group of rabbits from the flower planting family and other animals, but as long as friends who have studied history know it at first glance-- This clearly tells the history of our own family!
01. That year, that rabbit, those things
" That year, those things " is a popular national history comic created by a cartoonist with the pen name " Backlight Flying " in 2011, serialized on the You Yaoqi Comic Platform.
This comic is based on the form of a Q-version animal shape, narrating some major military and diplomatic events at home and abroad before and after the establishment of our country.
Because of the humorous style of the works and the fascinating animal shapes, it adds a lot of fun to the originally serious historical stories, and has become popular among major community platforms, such as Weibo , Tieba, and even military forums.
It is worth noting that the animal images used in the story are not selected casually, they all have certain political metaphors or regional representativeness.
For example, one of the mortal enemies of rabbits, the prototype of Hawk Sauce is the American national bird-- Baitou sea eagle , so it corresponds to the United States in its works; while another mortal enemy head-foot basin chicken, the word "foot basin" is a homonym of the Japanese English name Japan, and with its head decoration, it corresponds to Japan.
And bears have noble symbols in Russian national culture, so the Russian and Soviet Union in the story are represented by hairy bears, and the same corresponds to John Cow and Gaul Chicken representing Britain and France.
As for why our protagonist is a rabbit, here is the author's own consideration.
The author explained in an interview with " Global Times ": Since Chinese military fans always like to add the word "earth" when calling our army in kindness, they thought of making this name cute, so they took the homonym of "rabbit commun", so this is how the image of rabbit comes from. (There is another saying that "rabbit" is pronounced very similar to "comrade" in Hunan dialect)
In addition, "bald" who is of the same root as "rabbit" has both realistic prototype references, and the pinyin of these two words is "tu zi", which also implies the idea that both sides of the Taiwan Strait have one family.
With its interesting painting style and narrative techniques, plus the main theme with positive energy, this comic has begun to be well-known and loved by more and more people over time.
By 2015, Xiamen Yixia Zhifeng Animation Company officially adapted the comic into an animation and broadcast it on major video platforms, further attracting more people's attention. The plot of the animation tells the story of a group of rabbits living in a flower planting family. One day, due to the invasion of foreign animals, they embarked on the road of self-reliance and self-reliance.-- From defeating the invaders, establishing a country and establishing a career, to constantly becoming stronger in confrontation, and then to experiencing a stunning success.
For example, in the first episode "The Rise of the Flower Planter", the declined Flower Planter was robbed and divided by outsiders. Under internal and external troubles, the two old enemies, Rabbit and Bad, decided to join forces to the outside world. However, after the victory, Bad quickly stabbed the rabbit in the back. In the end, the rabbit decided to rely on his own abilities to build a strong flower planter with food and clothing.
In plot analysis, the fall of the flower family corresponds to the beginning of modern history of semi-colonial and semi-feudal in my country. The joint efforts of the rabbit bald man marked the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the unification of the national anti-Japanese war. The bald man’s back prick also indicates the beginning of the War of Liberation. The rabbit’s oath to set up his own door undoubtedly corresponds to the history of the founding of New China.
And the history told in episodes 2, 3 and 4 is the battle of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea during the Cold War; in episode 5, the rabbit bachelor who was wandering in a foreign land returned to the flower planting family, corresponding to the incident of Qian Xuesen and other overseas bachelors returning to the motherland; in episodes 6 to 10, the rabbit's research on "mushroom eggs" reflects the Chinese's experience of studying atomic bomb by themselves.
It can be said that all the major events involved in modern Chinese history have been revealed in the animation. After the
1 animation was broadcast, it received rave reviews online, and the rating on B station alone was as high as 9.7 points. It took only three months after the first season of the animation was completed, and the producers seized the time to release the second season, and there were several quarters later.
As of now, the animation has released a total of six seasons and one extra episode. Among them, the first five seasons and extra episodes can be seen on B station, with an average score of up to 9 points or more.
However, what is more confusing is that so far the sixth season still has no formal channels to watch online. According to netizens, it is because the sixth season is linked to the game " World of Tanks ", so it can only be watched in the game client...
Back to the topic, the reason why "That Rabbit" has such a lot of praise is mainly because its works are very clever, so clever that it can make all of us cry while watching.
02.Embratically empathize with the power of
First of all, the style adopts cute animal shapes, which makes people look very affinity at first glance, more easily accepted by readers, and more conducive to immersing the audience in the world view of the work.
Then the narrative method of the content is quite interesting. Although history must be true, this does not mean it cannot be interesting.
Look at the history in the plot of "The Rabbit". Each of them is real event, but it still does not prevent the author from describing them humorously.
Like a scene of animals dividing up, putting aside the content and metaphors, this style is quite cute just looking at it.
WWII , the animal symbolized by Germany was a tiger, but after World War II it became a kitten, but this did not affect its tank construction.
maps the plot of the fight between rabbits and bald people in the War of Liberation. The animation is also very interesting. Two cute creatures are fighting and making harsh words, just like two children fighting.
Even the description of some historical events is not serious, such as The famous " Jiangyin Naval Battle " during the Anti-Japanese War . The narration description says---
"Because the foot-basin chicken attempted to poke the J flowers of the defense line of Jiangyin from behind, the flower planter's navy..."
It was originally a cruel war, but it was amused by these two words.
In addition, although "The Rabbit" is a main theme animation, there are also some cute elements in it, such as the planes flying by the animals are all beautiful girls.
Combat "Ji", bombing "Ji", and transporting "Ji". This kind of operation is a big taboo in other main theme works.
But, just because its style is very interesting and tells historical facts, can it be praised by everyone?
is of course not enough. Under the cute style, the historical details displayed in the animation are not ambiguous at all.
When the flower farmer was invaded, the head of the family stamped the unequal treaty again and again, and the rabbit, as a citizen of the flower farmer, could only cry sadly on the side.
The world entered the Cold War pattern, Beibangzi asked for help from the rabbit, and the rabbit volunteers collectively crossed the Yalu River . Before leaving, they did not forget to say "Dears, wait for me, I will come back."
Afterwards, the rabbit ambushed on the snow-capped mountains in the middle of the night. When he saw the canned lunch meat thrown by the hawk sauce because he was tired of eating, he couldn't help but drool.
The comrades next to him reminded him not to freeze the drooling, but the rabbit turned his head and found that his comrades' tears had been frozen.
And when I was about to attack, the tears were frozen to death. The rabbit wanted to cry, but when he thought that the tears would be frozen, he had to endure it.
Behind this is a small plot in the battle, and it is also a little thought in the hearts of many volunteer army soldiers---'s yearning for a bright future for the motherland.
Many years after the end of the war, an old rabbit with great achievements sat in front of the grave and told his sacrificed comrades about his current rich life.
At first it was still talking and laughing, but as he was talking, the old rabbit couldn't help crying. Although it survived and returned to its hometown, the comrades who had accompanied it fell on the land of a foreign country forever.
This is not over. In the playback of the ending song "Chasing Dreams and Child Heart", the animation released a video of the warrior returning to the motherland, further exaggerating the atmosphere of the story. Although the world in the picture is fictional, the emotional communication inside can resonate.
The producer of "The Rabbit" occasionally adds various small details that can make people empathize in the process of popularizing historical knowledge. It can be a small interaction between some characters, a line full of affection, or even an inadvertent emotional reaction.
It is these unique details that make every audience suddenly feel touched when they are smiling.
3. Conclusion
We have all learned history in books and learned about what happened in history in various materials, but we cannot get the emotional rendering.
But "That Rabbit" satisfies this very well. To put it directly, perhaps we just need a main theme work that meets the tastes of our young people, and then express our patriotic enthusiasm for generations through the love of this work.
And let this work tell us a truth-- There is no such thing as peace of mind, it’s just that someone is carrying the burden for us.
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