Give Chinese explanations of some animation terms, such as: SF, Lol, etc.i

Since someone asked about professional terminology, I might as well give it.

*The format of Japanese animation:

TV version: It is the animated version shown on TV

OVA: Original Video Anime (original video animation), and TV In contrast, it will not be shown on TV, and you can only watch it by purchasing it. The specific content will be introduced later.

Theatrical version: the movie version of the animation.

*Music:

OST: OriginalSoundTrack (original music album). Contains music related to a certain animation. [OST: Original SoundTrack (original music album)]

OP: Opening song/theme song

ED: Ending song

* Explanation of some subtitles for the opening and closing credits :

Supervision: equivalent to what the Chinese call "director"

Script: the person who writes the script, also called story composition

Original work: This should be distinguished from " script". Japanese TV animations are usually adapted from comics, novels or games. The comics authors and animation producers are usually different (of course there are exceptions, such as some works by Hayao Miyazaki, and GAINAX often produces them from their own original works). animation), hence the term "original". It refers to the author of the original comic/novel. For example, COWBOYBEBOP, the original work is "Hajime Yatate". (Regarding Hajime Yadate, friends who have watched Yumeso should know this allusion, but it seems that many people still don’t know it. I will introduce it in the future)

CAST: seiyuu, dubbing actor

STAFF: All members involved in the production of the animation (generally Xiaoxiao Xiaomi will be included)

Production: Usually refers to the company responsible for drawing the animation, because Japan wants to produce an animation It is usually completed by N departments/companies working together, with a clear division of labor, a bit like an assembly line operation. This word also requires everyone's attention. The production level of an animation is often affected by the production unit. Sometimes even looking at the name of the animation company can tell whether the film is worth collecting.

The currently recognized meaning in China is: a subcultural group that is easily immersed in a fantasy world and lacks normal social life experience. To put it simply, it is a group of people who are crazy about animation. For example (can only be mentioned briefly):

For example, EVA's OTAKU can memorize the Chinese, Japanese, and English names of each apostle. It has studied the New Testament and the Old Testament in detail, and is familiar with the differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Catholicism. Follow all activities of GAINAX and be proficient in Freud's theory to be a member of a cult organization

King Dao: A very popular term recently. It means "authority", "truth", "self", "the most important thing". There is a comic series called "The Dog of the King". It seems to be talking about something related to Sun Yat-sen~. Well, in today's society, what is the right way? For this site, perhaps the current king is money. (It’s really needed~~)

Rampage: Crazy. GOMAD. Symptoms are usually discoloration of the eyes and a crawling appearance. Sometimes white gas comes out of the mouth, it depends on the situation.

Typical character EVA Unit 1 (Everyone: Don’t favor someone~) By the way, if you encounter a similar situation, please leave the scene quickly or prepare 200 fire extinguishers in case of accidents

BT: Abbreviation for pervert

BL: BOY'SLOVE, gay man

GL: GIRL'SLOVE

SM: I didn't want to say this originally, but someone asked There is nothing we can do. The nature is similar to the above two items. The related words are "queen" and "whip". They cannot be more specific.

LOLI (Luo Li): means "young girl" in Japanese, referring to little girls under 12 years old. LOLI can also be used as an adjective. The standard of LOLI can be different in the eyes of individuals. If she looks small and cute, you can call her LOLI. The most typical one is Xiaoji.

Zhengtai: A word with the same attributes as Luo Li, specifically referring to little brothers under the age of 12.

PK: It originally means "Pushing on the street". You should know what it means by looking at the literal meaning. It originally referred to a gangland ritual (throwing yourself down on the street?), but now it mostly means fighting.

Cannian: It means a pity. You can also make your own extended words similar to "broken thoughts".

Shut up: Shut up.

XD: This requires everyone’s imagination~ The first explanation: X stands for M. I don’t need to say anything else. Second explanation: an emoji. My personal understanding is that it means "falling down" or "fainting".

Kuaihu: modal particles. It's equivalent to words like "Fuck!" to vent your anger. It can also be written as "口古月" (expanded)

KUSO: means a spoof.

But it can also be used to express exclamations. You can often hear the male protagonist say this word in animations, and the translation is often "Abominable~!" "***!"

874: Crazy criticism on the verb forum Generally speaking, if you get 874, you must have offended an OTAKU master or a mentally ill person. It is recommended to keep a distance from this kind of forum first, improve your own strength before going there, or not go there at all.

Amateurs/Young Teeth: People who have been watching anime for a few years (2-3 years) and become somewhat enlightened but actually still understand very little. Not a derogatory term.

Master: Watching anime at all costs, in short, the kind of person who is very strong.

*Animation genre:

SF=SCIENCEFICTION Science fiction mechanical works, such as EVA

*Abbreviation of animation works:

Animation Enthusiasts often use abbreviations to represent works they are familiar with. The abbreviations are usually understandable, but some are not very familiar to newcomers. I will briefly mention them here and gradually add them later.

FF: The FF (FINALFANTASY) series is probably the most familiar to everyone. The FF series was originally a famous game by SQUARE. Because it is very popular, there are many peripherals, such as game animations, OVA, movies, etc. . But

The recent use of the abbreviation FF requires some identification, because the "Matrix" series also produced an animated short film called FINAL FLIGHT OF THEOSIRIS (The Last Flight of Osiris), and the abbreviation is also FF. The director of this film and the movie version of "FINALFANTASY" are the same person (Andy Jones), no wonder even the names are the same.

M0=MACROSSZERO (ZERO means zero, so it is represented by "0")

ROD series: There are currently two works produced, one is READORDIE (OVA), Chinese It's called "Thoughts on Death"; the other one is READORDREAM (TV) which is currently being produced and screened, but there is currently no D version. Their abbreviations are ROD

*OVA

First, let’s explain what OVA is

OVA=ORIGINALVIDEOANIMATION=Original animation video tape

OVA occupies a very important position in the history of Japanese animation, and she can often be seen in various animation information magazines. To qualify as an OVA, a work must have never been shown on TV or in theaters when it was first released, in order to be called an OVA. When works that have been shown on TV or in theaters are released on video tapes/LD/VCD, etc., they cannot be called OVA. The "V" in OVA also refers to all video tapes/LD/VCD/DVD media, not just video tapes.

The production cost, investment, and manpower of this type of work are higher than those of OVA and TV animation, and the painters are as luxurious as possible. Regardless of the smoothness of the movements, the number of color separations used, etc., it can be clearly seen that they are different from the former two. difference. Usually a theatrical version of animation lasts 90 minutes, but there is no certain limit and the variation is huge.

Nowadays, as long as the popular TV animations are usually released, the corresponding theatrical version will be released, but the theatrical version will usually be different from the original TV version in terms of story and characters. For example, the theatrical versions of "Girls' Revolution" and "Macross" only retained the main lines of the original stories and characters.

*Original painting

Original painting is to draw the starting and ending points of the characters' movements or still paintings on paper in the form of line drawings. The gradation lines of shadows and color separations are also drawn in this step. Therefore, some people translate it as "Key-Animetor" or "Illustrator" (less commonly used).

*Animation

The work of drawing each action in the original painting on paper according to the time intervals specified in the storyboard, and drawing each continuous picture in the middle. Finally, these line drawings are photocopied onto celluloid sheets, and then the coloring process can begin. Some people also translate it as "Assistant

Animetor" and "Inbetweener".

*Animation Supervisor

What is the job of Animetion Director, KeyAnimetionSupervisor?

Correct the original painting and finished animation to see if the character’s face shape matches the character settings, whether the movement is smooth, etc. You must be able to re-draw when necessary, so you must be an experienced original painter and animator to be competent.

.... In addition to specifying "the clothes should be red and the pants should be black," the more important thing is to specify the shades and gradations required when coloring the celluloid, and use XXX paint.

*Shishang

The original meaning in Japanese is to complete or complete the manuscript, in Chinese it means coloring, and in English it means Painting, Finishing. Paint the reverse side of the celluloid sheet according to the paint number marked on each block.

*Sound Supervisor

What is the job of the Audio Director?

Responsible for the arrangement of inserted soundtracks, preparation of sound effects, dubbing recording, and mixing engineering supervision, etc.

*Producer

The work of the producer (Procer)

The work of the producer is mainly to plan the production schedule and arrange the daily production progress. , looking for production groups/production companies, seeking external investors, and must work with the executive production team to ensure that every component of the plan can be put together on time and correctly.

*GK model

The full text of "GK" is GarageKit, and its original meaning is "garage component", because Westerners are accustomed to using garages as workshops, and GK models are in this kind of place was born.

The original GK models were just works created by some players themselves. The detail of the models varied from person to person, but they were usually ONLYONE, the only one in the world. There is no certain material (that is, raw materials) for making. Clay, plaster, wood, and metal can all be used to make it. Therefore, models that are self-made or produced in small quantities are called GK. Later, because some special finished products were very popular, I came up with the idea of ??selling them as commodities. Selling and selling, suddenly one day two guys fell in love with a work at the same time, and someone started to use their brains to copy the GK model by turning it over! At that time, materials such as plaster may have been used as templates for reproduction, but plaster is not durable and may be completely unrecognizable after being reproduced once or twice. Nowadays, silicone (SILICONE) is used as the template material for turning molds. It not only has excellent elasticity, but is also much more durable than plaster. However, it still has limitations in the number of copies. Basically, any plastic model that is not injection molded but can be mass-produced is called GK. There are roughly three types: solid resin, hollow soft plastic, and whitemetal (low melting point, soft lead-tin alloy). The themes are mostly animation comics or Movie characters, GK displayed at HGA are mainly animation characters made of solid resin (the earliest source turned out to be industrial waste). (HB, Bastet (thistle), THEO)

*Supervision

"Supervision" is actually written in Japanese, and in English it is Director, which is a common director in Chinese. The director produced by Japan's ANIME is the key to determining the atmosphere and style of the entire work, and is in charge of the pace of the story, atmospheric transitions, etc. Even if they have the same character setting, the same painting style and the same production team, they will have completely different styles depending on the director.

*Character setting

The person responsible for designing the character's appearance and clothing style is called "character setting". Its job is not only to let subsequent painters know what to draw. What the person looks like must also be told to them about the facial features, eyes, expressions, etc. of the character, and the face of the same character must be viewed from several different angles, as well as a browser that is different from ordinary comics and closed lines. ocean. The person responsible for the design of the robots, vehicles, and weapons that appear on the scene is the "mechanical setting". In addition to drawing the shape of the machine, the possible detailed structure, movement method, openable points, etc. must also be marked. Unless otherwise specified, design drafts are generally clean line drafts without shading.

*SINARIO

It is the English scenario, which means script. Write the plot of the story in pure text, including scenes, locations, background sound effects, character dialogue, character actions, etc.

*Storyboard

English is ContinutyScript, and Chinese is something called "storyboard". This step is the first step in actually converting the things on the paper into the images that will be presented in the future. The person who draws the storyboard follows the instructions of the script and converts the images into images in his mind and then draws them on the paper. The purpose of drawing a storyboard is to decompose the continuous actions in the animation into 1 Cut (1 storyboard) unit, and mark the camera movement method, dialogue, special effects, etc. of the scene next to it. The most important things like the time and number of shots for each Cut will also be written on the far right side of the storyboard.

*Layout

"Layout" is a relatively rare job. The nature of the work is close to the Chinese "composition". It may only be used in some theatrical productions, such as designing multi-layered backgrounds. , making each layer of the background move at different speeds to show a realistic sense of distance and distance. The person who draws the layout must be aware of the existence of the camera in his mind, look at the plants and trees in the scene from the camera's point of view, and then draw these pictures in detail.

I have this job, mainly to make up for the storyboards drawn by directors who are not good at drawing, and to carefully present the messy and simple pictures, which will serve as the basis for future original paintings, animations, backgrounds, color specifications, etc. in accordance with. Mamoru Oshii's works, such as Patlabor The Movie, Patlabor The Movie 2, Ghost in the Shell, etc., are all examples of using a lot of Layout, and their characteristic is that "2D painting can also accurately express 3D visual effects." .

*Performance

The Japanese word "Performance" is a unique professional title in Japanese animation production. To put it simply, he is the person who assists the director, and his role in the TV series is different from that in the OVA and MOVIE versions.

In TV series, because the director is too busy, it is impossible to take care of every episode, so the "performance" of each episode is equivalent to the "exclusive director" of the episode, following the (general) director's direction ’s intentions and fully controlled the production of the episode. In OVA and movies, the position of "performance" is more like "assistant director" (assistant director), who understands the director's intentions and assists in handling the details of the performance ("performance work" is "converting script text into shots" The process is a bit like the so-called "mise-en-scene" in Western movies or stage plays). His job is quite similar to that of a supervisor. It must be done by someone who is very familiar with the animation language, but he does not necessarily have to be good at drawing (just like the director does not necessarily have to be good at drawing...) Therefore, some people translate it as "Co -director". Some people also translate it as "AssistantDirector" or "ExecutiveDirector".

PV--promotionvideo

DRAMA--DRAMAMusic radio drama.

CV--CharacterVoice voice actor, voice actor of animated characters.