The Blade of the Ghost Extinction, which topped the film history and was ＂completely concentrated＂ and broke the circle.
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A new historical record was born!
On December 28, 2020, the official Express reported that after 73 days of its high-profile release, it won a total box office of 32.47 billion yen.
Successfully surpassed Spirited Away’s 31.68 billion yen and topped the Japanese box office list.
Or you can say that it finally broke the box office record of the latter in Japanese film history for 18 years and became the most popular cinema film in Japanese history.
The "victory or defeat" is known and the dust settles.
This result is reasonable for the people who have been obsessed with betting on "who is the first" for two months, and it is not surprising.
Time Jun specially invited a person in Japan who has finished painting the theatrical version of "Ghost Destroying @ Picking up Fools".
Before the screening date in the mainland has yet to be determined, I will be greedy again for hundreds of millions of times-
For most Japanese audiences, it may be hard to imagine the popularity of this animated film in China due to the introduction of the film and the lag of market information.
Take TOHOシネマズ in Shinjuku, Tokyo as an example. Even though it has been shown for 73 days, on December 28th, Blade of the Ghost: Infinite Train (hereinafter referred to as Infinite Train).
Comparing Doraemon: Walk with Me 2, which was released in the same period, and Wonder Woman 1984, a new interpretation of the Three Kingdoms, the statistical data of the three can barely reach half of the relevant data of Infinite Train.
What’s more,.
Whether it is joked by netizens or quoted by the new Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide in the parliamentary defense (one of the "killing skills" used by the leading role Tanjiro) as a golden sentence of active atmosphere.
Even a group of people who refused to "surrender" to Blade of the Ghost, spontaneously posted tags on SNS and sent them to Twitter for hot search (Japanese original is "キメハラ": キメ is the abbreviation of Blade of the Ghost, ハラ)
Even Kitano Takeshi joined the ghost-destroying cos army.
But interestingly, it is different from the first season of animation launched by Blade of the Ghost in 2019.
With the "long standby" of the release time of "Infinite Train", the evaluation of the film itself seems to begin to show a mixed trend after the initial wave of "gods" praise.
Views such as "slow fever", "wordiness", "sensational embarrassment" and "memory killing by people" and so on also represent another kind of "deviation from the mainstream" voice.
In view of the fact that the film has not been released in the mainland and a well-known basic truth-"there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people".
Let’s put aside the movie spoilers that affect the perception (in case of being scolded) and the business angle involving brand marketing (knowledge blind area).
The film begins at the end of the first season of animation. Tell the story of the protagonist Tanjiro Zaomen who joined the Ghost Killing Team, and after completing his studies in Butterfly House, he went to purgatory with Xing Shoulang, the predecessor of the Ghost Killing Team, known as "Yanzhu", and took the Infinite Train to perform the task.
According to the plot development of the original comic book,
As far as the story itself is concerned, at first glance, Blade of the Ghost does not seem to be divorced from the traditional structure and classic elements of the Jump system.
If that’s all, Blade of the Ghost Extinguishes has a leading list of "Dead Sea of Fire" (Death, Naruto and One Piece, which were once recognized as the most popular "three major migrant workers"), and then "Steel Refining" and "Giant" are the world’s first battles, and it can still spread from a hundred schools of thought to deus ex and become an annual explosion.
Probably it has to be classified as some kind of "secondary metaphysical event" that seeks benevolence and is merciful to God.
However, it is obvious that Blade of the Ghost and its theatrical version of Infinite Train have continued their high popularity since their broadcast and release.
Among the many interpretations of "ghost extinction becomes popular", some key words are repeatedly mentioned, such as "subtraction of content"; "delicate emotional expression"; "ufotable’s Conscience Making" and "OP’s Blessing of Red Lotus"; As well as the hot connection between animation and film, it may all be regarded as the reason why Blade of the Ghost Out stands out.
However, when we put aside the open-ended framework analysis, we try to cut in from a more "content" perspective.
Other viewpoints, for example, seem to be closer to the unique core of the "Ghost Extinction" story.
Many times, when we talk about "good and evil", we often acquiesce that the two have the natural attribute of just opposition.
People who are heinous will be ruthlessly strangled by those who hate evil, and everything seems to be a matter of course, and there is nothing to explore.
When the above context is put into the "ghost-out" world where people and ghosts coexist, the settings that the audience can quickly accept without thinking must include the natural confrontation between good and evil:
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This seems to be all the reasons why the protagonist and villain exist and the story can be unfolded. Is that really all?
The little boss in TV animation was also "freed" after being knocked down by Tanjiro.
Simply and rudely accepting the background of the story will often lead us to ignore some contents hidden in the background that the author wants to express.
My teacher Hu Shiqing created a "mediocre" man who violated the convention-
From this, we noticed that the hero Tanjiro, who entered the ghost killing team, did not hesitate to give "unnecessary care" to every evil ghost in actual combat.
Tanjiro’s pity for the enemy "ghost" is his greatest charm.
In this process, we have seen writers who have never been recognized and misunderstood their parents’ love. They were not born as ghosts, but also had human experiences before, and all kinds of torture and unfair fate were embarrassing.
However, good and evil, that is, people and ghosts in the works, have always been two sides of one body.
As for our "ordinary" protagonist Tanjiro, he did not choose a long-winded "oral escape" education in the ghost killing action. He crusaded against evil spirits to protect life and tolerated the dead souls to understand life.
From this point of view, the position represented by Tan Zhilang is neither a ghost killing team from the perspective of "subject" nor an evil ghost defined as the concept of "the other".
Instead, he jumped out of the dualistic structure of good and evil and returned to the starting point and root of why people are (or used to be).
Similar plot arrangements can be seen everywhere in Blade of the Ghost and its theatrical films.
If it is necessary to go up in value, such an arrangement can not only reflect the humanism of "subject philosophy", but also "those who are more expensive than gentlemen can be inclusive, so that those who are intelligent can have their own views, while those who are stupid can be self-sufficient".
There is also no lack of reflection on the current situation of public opinion in the Internet ecology, which mostly replaces the confrontation of views with strangulation of positions.
Back to Infinite Train.
I watched this film twice before and after in the Japanese cinema, and to be honest, I felt completely different twice.
As early as before the film was released, all kinds of "ghost extinction" announcements and commodity linkage had been overwhelming, and the excellent performance of CG production tycoon "UFO Club" in the first season of animation made me look forward to the theatrical version of "Train".
However, a "but" that I’m afraid no one wants to see-
Some people say that "Infinite Train" is "unworthy of virtue" and "it is really difficult to be inferior under the fame", but such a harsh evaluation is not necessary.
As far as I am concerned,
There is nothing wrong with it, but it is not exquisite enough.
I have seen the burning will of fire, the courage to put all your eggs in one basket for what you want to protect, the gentle and firm strong, the flesh and blood human beings (I have also seen the visual picture of being tempted back and forth on the edge of the "dark curtain").
However, in the 117-minute film, there are always some vivid clips, just like the bilibili barrage, which reminds you that "you can start crying here".
At least in my slightly unreasonable demands, I may be able to shape the image and pave the way for the background of Xing Shoulang, the protagonist of this film, "Yan Zhu".
The cartoonist Wu Yi Hu Shiqing gave himself a self-portrait of a crocodile with glasses.
In order to express their strong desire for survival, it is still necessary to emphasize that the above views are very subjective, and different people have different opinions.
Subsequently, "Infinite Train" not only opened paintings all over Japan, but also entered the cinemas of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Its good box office and high popularity need not be repeated.
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I can’t say that I haven’t been influenced by outside opinions. After being swept by the increasingly fierce "ghost-killing whirlwind" for two months, I finally decided to go into the cinema again, put aside my preconceived impression and watch the "infinite train" again.
The ticket stub (and special edition) is here
Facing the story of these teenagers for the second time, I no longer care about the so-called "literary drama" and "rhythm", but try to put myself on the screen and bring it into the first perspective of the leading group.
This time, it was really easy to cry, and there was no sensational trap of crying in the hope that the audience would cry.
After the show, I couldn’t help asking the middle school students who started sobbing in the middle of the film next door. I was just curious, because the plot was still a comedy with expressions flying all over the place.
His answer accidentally poked me in the heart:
After the Blade of Ghost Destroyed continuously dominated the major sales charts, it was inevitably compared with the closely followed One Piece, the "Top Stream" predecessor "The Attack Giant", and even the bloody memory of the previous generation "saint seiya the Saint" and the recognized masterpiece "The Alchemist of Steel" which was also written by female cartoonists, and so on.
Summed up, it can probably be written as an excellent graduation thesis of ACG major.
But in any case, it must be admitted that when creating a "ghost-destroyed world", my teacher Hu Shiqing did not choose to take the old road of Jump.
Put the story development and character growth in a grand and complicated pattern, and discuss the fate of life and death, the end of ethnic politics and scientific and technological development, or the beginning of reshaping civilization like serious literature.
It doesn’t even have any brain-burning design of intrigue and infighting.
Similarly, the theatrical version of Infinite Train continues this feature well.
During the two-hour viewing,
Even in some ketchup pictures of PG12, what the work itself wants to convey can still be accurately grasped.
This may be another kind of warm-blooded feeling that directly hits people’s hearts besides the grand narrative of human destruction and religious philosophy.
Of course, if the above subjective views still can’t make you agree.
Then, at least in the film soundtrack, especially the tear killer and inflammation, I believe everyone can reach a consensus.
Whether it’s Sign, where the leaves of wood are flying, the fire is endless, or Fantasy of Tianma, where human beings can be very gentle and strong for love.
If you are very familiar with them, then the end of the next second grade may not seem too embarrassing.
Finally, I called the production team from a distance. Now that the theatrical version of the film has won the top spot, can we hurry up the trouble in the second season?