Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 406 Character Setting of Ogino Chihiro (4000 words)
The production of "Spirited Away" by Higashino Studio has not been concealed, but it has not been deliberately disclosed to the media like Tokyo Animation.

Higashino Division just indicated that Yano Ryuichi published a production announcement of "Spirited Away" on the official website of Higashino Studio.

In Higashino Division's view, although advance publicity is important, the production cycle of "Spirited Away" will definitely be very long.

There is absolutely no need for preheating publicity now.

One is that Higashino Division does not want Higashino Studio to concentrate more on the production of "Spirited Away".

I don't want them to worry about these publicity things and distract them.

The second reason is that Higashino Studio is not like Tokyo Animation, which is backed by large assets, knows many characters, and can mobilize so many people in the industry to produce a theatrical animation.

The third point is that Higashino does not particularly want to collide head-on with Tokyo Animation.

This is not a question of being afraid of the other party, but that as soon as the other party announced the production of the theatrical version, Dongye Studio directly announced the production of an animated film
No matter how the people next to him looked, it seemed that Higashino Studio wanted to compete with Tokyo Animation.

This is not so good.

"Spirited Away" is just an animated film that Higashino wants to make, and he has no idea of ​​fighting in the ring at all.

Therefore, Higashino Division decided that it would be safer not to mobilize too many teachers here.

It's just that Higashino Division obviously underestimated Higashino Studio, who just won the season crown and owns the topical work "Unnatural Death".

He didn't expect that the news announced on the official website has attracted the attention of many animation fans——

Higashino Studio is also making an animated film!

And unlike the Tokyo Animation of the same period, what is going to be produced is an original animation film!

The news quickly spread directly in the domestic forums, and even some gossip radio stations talked about this matter.

Everyone seemed very excited.

Because in their view, Higashino Studio expressed its position at this time.
Isn't this the meaning of wanting to fight with Tokyo Animation, which just announced the production of the theatrical version of "June's Hymn"?

It's a lot of fun.

How could they not make it up?
However, there are obviously not as many people who dare to directly comment on Higashino Studio and Tokyo Animation as last time.

Perhaps this is the charm of "Unnatural Death".

In the past, people thought that a small workshop of Higashino Studio would never be able to beat Dujing Animation.

But after "Unnatural Death" defeated "June's Hymn" and won the season championship, this idea of ​​"absolutely unbeatable" has been shaken a bit. .

Maybe Dongye Studio can really come up with another good work?
All in all, this is something to look forward to.

Of course, these turbulent rumors from the outside world have also reached Dong Yesi's ears.

This made him feel dumbfounded.

He purposely only announced this news on the official website because he didn't want to attract attention, but he was dug out directly in the end.

Higashino Division is also very sober.

He knew that the reason why the story of Higashino Studio could spread so widely was mainly due to the influence of Tokyo Animation, and it was not entirely because of the current reputation of Higashino Studio.

After all. 'A rookie studio that produced two animations challenged Japan's leading animation production company'.
This gimmick, as long as it is a writer engaged in entertainment news, probably wants to catch the heat-whether Dongye Studio has this intention or not.

Anyway, in their pen, there is no problem with how to write.

Tonoji shook his head.

It's useless to care about such things.

Let the outside world think whatever they want.

As long as there are no internal problems in Dongye Studio, they can do whatever they want.

What Dong Yeji should focus on now is how to make the "national pointer" of "Spirited Away" to the best state.

The best is the kind of 'pointer' with spikes, which can be thrown on the ass of Japanese friends and can make them grin their teeth.

Wake them up from the 'lost generation'.

Similarly, it is also necessary for them to be convinced of "Spirited Away", give a thumbs up, and praise Higashino Division for his good, wonderful, and excellent playing.

From the perspective of Higashinoji's professional painter, Hayao Miyazaki's painting techniques are not difficult to imitate.

Nothing more than hand-painted plus watercolor coloring
But the core of "Spirited Away" is more than that.

As the main script, Higashino Division is also obliged to express this core on the paper screen, so as to set the theme style of the entire animated film.

When I showed it to Yano Ryuichi and the others, Yuya (Oil House) was just a draft, without even the colors. Of course, it couldn't fully express the style of "Spirited Away".

"Chihiro. Chihiro can't go home if she forgets her name."

Tonoji muttered to himself.

When I asked him to watch this animation, where was the most touching part?
He thought for a while, and finally tapped the table lightly.

"Maybe it's a shock."

Higashino stroked his chin.

When I watched "Spirited Away" before, my first impression was shock.

As night fell, the bright red lights of the oil house shone as the night fell. When Japan's 800 million gods descended, everything was shrouded in light red brilliance, engulfed in a peaceful but weird atmosphere.

When Higashinosi's preschool class watched the movie, they also felt inexplicably shocked because of this scene.

But after experiencing childhood shock.

The adult Higashino watched "Spirited Away" a few more times.
At this time, the mood is a little different.

It gave Dongyesi an indescribable, faint melancholy and moved.

It's not that Higashino is being hypocritical, but that this work really gave him this feeling.

It's as if listening to uplifting and inspiring music can bring people out of depression.

"Spirited Away" also has such power.

Wild imagination.

That kind of ethereal emptiness that is calm and weightless.

As for why it makes people feel melancholy and moved in the end?
That might be the idea expressed in "Spirited Away".

People will always grow up. In the face of the society of the big public bath "Oil House" that is smoky, damp and shrouded in desire, can it be like Chihiro, muster the courage and not forget the original intention? ?
But this is undoubtedly impossible.

Because as long as people are in society, people will be dyed black, their names will be taken away, and they will be turned into a symbol.
This sense of contrast, which is not what you want, may be the most important reason for people's melancholy.

Similarly, it is also the most important basis for portraying the role of Chihiro.

"I understand."

Higashino exhaled forcefully.

He wants to draw Chihiro in his impression.

It was a girl with a short ponytail. The ponytail was slightly curled and her bangs were broken. She didn't look particularly good-looking.

Frowns when trying hard.

When the eyebrows and eyes are stretched, it will give people a cheerful feeling.

When I'm scared, my whole face changes color again.

After all, she's just a ten-year-old girl, a little girl you see everywhere
The red one is the overalls of the hot spring attendant, the white one is the suspenders tied around her body, and the shining ones are her eyes that are not too big but not too small.
Through those eyes, Higashinoji seemed to see himself in the world of gods.

The pungent smell of cinder ash.

A magnificent oil house.

Merging with the sea and the sky, the water train heading towards the sky
Scenes of scenery in the fantasy world are born from the tip of the pen, and disappear like a meteor passing by in an instant.

Dong Yesi shook his head, and his heart skipped a beat.

This system skill is really evil.

Even after using it for so long, it is inevitable that you will be attracted into it when you really concentrate on entering the state.

But also thanks to this.
Director Higashino let out a long breath, looked at the character settings of "Spirited Away" that had been neatly drawn in front of him, and even the settings of some buildings, and nodded slightly.

As I said before, Higashinoji does not have the ability of a printer to "copy" it on paper after memorizing it once.

The image of Qianxun he drew by hand may be somewhat different from the one drawn by Mr. Hayao Miyazaki in his previous life.

But even so, he was serious about painting, and carefully figured out the character's psychology.

Higashino Division breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to tidy up the drawings on the desktop.

Then he heard the voices of Seo Daigo and Yano Ryuichi next to him.

"Mr. Dongye, is this your drawing?"

This is too fast, isn't it?

Although it is said that the character setting is to be handed over to you, Mr. Higashino. But you are too fast, right?

It only took a day to figure it out?

You can't go so fast by rocket, can you? ?
Seo Daigo was muttering in his heart, Yano Ryuichi next to him leaned over and asked curiously, "Can I pick it up and have a look, Mr. Higashino."

"Please." Higashinosi stretched out his hand to signal him to do as he pleases.

The first drawing on the desktop is a girl.

Yano Ryuichi looked over carefully.

This girl is not like the heroine of Japanese animation now, with her eyes wishing to occupy one-third of her face, and her chin can stab people to death.

Even her shape is not beautiful.

She was wearing a red safari, her eyebrows were not long, and she had broken bangs on her forehead. She should be cute when she smiled.

Although she is tied with a single ponytail, it can be seen from her unhappy expression that she should not be that kind of lively child.

Just looking at this appearance, it seems that there is no bright spot, and it is very ordinary.

This made Yano Ryuichi couldn't help scratching his hair: "Mr. Higashino, this character is"

"The heroine, Ogino Chihiro."

"Huh? The heroine?"

Yano Ryu was stunned for a while, and then he said grumpily: "But...why does this protagonist look so ordinary?"

As we all know, the characters in the animation, not to mention particularly good-looking, but at least have their own characteristics.

For example, messy hair color, blue hair, pink hair, yellow hair, purple hair, white hair... I can't wait to go to the zoo.

But Ogino Chihiro drawn by Higashino is the heroine
It's just nothing special!

If Dong Yesi hadn't said it was the protagonist, he would have thought it was just a passer-by character, at most he would have a role in it, so he gave it a name.

After all, this is an animated film.

Even if the heroine is set as an 'ordinary girl', she must be drawn better than other characters.

Listening to Yano Ryuichi's question, Tonoji just smiled and explained: "Ordinary is good, I just want to draw an ordinary heroine."

Yes.

Ordinary is better.

"Spirited Away" does not rely on the appearance of the characters as its selling point, but relies on the core of the story as its main selling point.

The "ordinary" of Ogino Chihiro is not just that her character is ordinary, but because the ordinary appearance of Ogino Chihiro can reflect the universality of the general public.
Yes, in real life, who is not ordinary?
It is precisely because of Ogino Chihiro's ordinaryness that they have a sense of substitution in Chihiro's story.

That's why Higashino wanted Chihiro Ogino to be more ordinary.

And looking at Seo Dawu's reaction, he should be considered a success.

"So this is ah."

Yano Ryuichi nodded.

What Higashino said made sense, and what he drew perfectly matched his ideas.

just
Can such an ordinary protagonist really have a bright spot?

Can it attract others?
Yano Ryuichi was not so optimistic about this point.

He put Chihiro Ogino's character manuscript on the other side, and looked at the settings of several other people with Seo Daigo seriously.

Bai, Granny Tang, Faceless Man, Grandpa Boiler, etc.
All the fantastic and weird characters are portrayed vividly.

Obviously just staring at the flat paper, but it gave Yano Ryuichi and Seo Daigo a kind of 'three-dimensional sense'.

It's a wonderful feeling.

It's as if you can see the expressions of these characters laughing and cursing.

Yano Ryuichi just glanced at it roughly.

I couldn't stop sighing in my heart.

I have to say that Higashino Tsukasa really deserves to be hailed as "the manga genius who meets once in ten thousand years". Even if Yano Ryuichi sweeps the whole Japan, the quality of this artist and the finalized draft can be compared with the other party. I can count them.

Not to mention that Higashino Division is still so young.

This is too much!

But Higashino's talent is nothing but a deep envy.

I really don't have any other ideas.

Because even the jealousy of the other party can't be jealous.

After all, Higashino Division worked hard enough in Higashino Studio on weekdays.

Seo Daigo had the same expression.

He also felt that Dong Yesi did not know how to avatar.

If Higashino Division can clone, it is estimated that "Spirited Away" can be fiddled with in a month.

This is too perverted
The two sighed over there.

Higashino Division simply asked: "There should be no problem with these character settings."

"Well, I don't think it's a big problem now. It's just that I still hope that Mr. Dongye can think about it a little bit more about the setting of the protagonist."

Yano Ryuichi still didn't give up his idea of ​​persuading Higashinoji: "Not to mention that the painting is too beautiful, but it doesn't have to be so ordinary."

"Hehe, it's better to be ordinary."

Higashino Division did not continue to explain this issue.

Just kidding!
If you really make a classic animation character like Chihiro into a pink hair, or have Kazilan with big eyes, not to mention how people in future generations will spray themselves.

Higashino himself couldn't forgive himself.

　Thanks for the first-class champion, the long journey into the night, too shameless a, the reward of the Chinese people!Thank you so much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)