Where is Makoto Shinkai's "animation spirit" now?

Einstein: There is only one way to the truly great realm of mankind.

0 1: Preface

There is only one road to victory, and everything along the way is a test for people. The name of this road is persistence. Yes, that's right. Only persistence can make people succeed.

Some people may not believe it. They always think that there are many choices in the road of life, and people are full of infinite possibilities. The development of animation has gone through a long time, but some people always think that most of them are descriptions and projections of children's childlike innocence, but where is the growth of animation? Maybe many people don't know, but the limitations of current animation are not limited to the word childlike innocence. Expand the scope, human nature is included in it, both in broad sense and narrow sense.

Makoto Shinkai may be a symbol of an era. His story is not only a description of a relationship, but also contains many elements of the Makoto Shinkai world. In X Jun's personal understanding, this is his love for life.

Five centimeters per second

02, the beauty of animation spirit, ingenuity.

The animation didn't end, it started, but it didn't end.

snowscape

The beauty of animation spirit can be said to be? Ingenuity? Ingenuity is the embodiment of spirit, which is often a creative idea in literature and art. From this point of view, we don't think that Makoto Shinkai's works have detached ideas, but praise him. He regards his works as literature, not simply describing stories, but pursuing deeper spiritual stories. Makoto Shinkai wanted to arouse people's minds.

The original intention of this ingenuity is literature and art, and we can still cut it open here. One is the reappearance of the scenery in the work, and the other is the charm of the scenery itself. Scenery is not only a natural scenery, but in an enlarged sense, everything around it, whether living or inanimate, static or non-static, is included, and what comes into view is the scenery.

The court of words and leaves

Snow represents purity, but it is rare in Makoto Shinkai's world. (It only appeared briefly in Five centimeters per second. )

On the contrary, I have a soft spot for rain. Shelter from the rain? And then what? Shelter from the rain? It is Makoto Shinkai's favorite story, and rain is a symbol of two sides. When people are happy, the rain sounds crisp and pleasant, and when people are unhappy, the rain sounds sad. The size of the rain depends on the complexity of the characters' hearts. They can be happy because it rains, or they can be sad because it rains. In The Son of the Weather, rain is happy and can bring benefits, and so is rain in The Court of Words and Leaves, which connects two people who should have nothing to do with each other.

Weathering with you

Makoto Shinkai likes to describe his mood with the weather. Happy rain is crisp, accompanied by BGM, and sad rain is accompanied by thunder in the rainstorm.

Faint thunder, cloudy sky, but I hope the storm will come and leave you here;

There was a faint thunder and a cloudy sky. Even if it doesn't rain, I will stay here.

In the expression of literature, there are more than words between the lines. Makoto Shinkai likes to use environment and weather to express literature.

03, the embodiment of two sides: choice

His beauty is not limited to the scenery and scenery, but also the beauty of choice. Multiple choice questions have always been the most difficult thing for everyone. Selectivity generally refers to two sides of things. The right choice brings good results. On the contrary, the wrong choice is sadness.

The laurel tree in seconds 5 has a choice. At the moment when the tram passed, he could turn around, but he didn't. This is from the perspective of an adult. Makoto Shinkai considers the integrity of his story, not the beauty expected by the audience. An adult will not turn back because of an uncertain possibility. If the result of turning back is not what he wants, everything he has now may disappear. I didn't watch it then.

Later, Makoto Shinkai perfected his story. In many people's eyes, seconds five is Makoto Shinkai's failure, but I think it is his peak. It is so difficult for people to find themselves in a simple story and a trivial story that countless people cry in the cinema.

Your name

Later, Makoto Shinkai gave everyone a regret in Your Name. What he lacked in Your Tree was made up for in this film. Is this Makoto Shinkai's submission? Actually, it's not. This is his choice.

Choice is a difficult problem. If you are not careful, things will go wrong. Makoto Shinkai's choice is very good, which brings you different feelings every time. From an objective point of view, there is nothing wrong.

04, the soul of * * *

Kindness is like water, and water is good for all things, and there is no dispute.

* * * of the soul is the most difficult to achieve. In many works, it can be seen that the author wants to express his works with shocking power, but that power is too small for everyone to see. It may be unrealistic to say that he wants to achieve the same effect as Makoto Shinkai, but at best it is regarded as a sad story.

Perhaps it is because Makoto Shinkai's story has natural authenticity, which is most obvious in his three works, The Other Side of the Cloud, Seconds Five and The Court of Words and Leaves. Because the ending is not perfect enough, it can attract everyone's attention and arouse the feeling of * * * in the soul, because everyone has found their own shadow in the characters, which is the charm. The so-called * * * is to reach a level of understanding, and even understanding can't be done. How can we bring feelings in, and how can we produce * * *?

Nowadays, many works have added emotional descriptions, but among these complicated works, nothing can be compared with the above three works.

This story is true.

Here, let's explain the story about Makoto Shinkai.

What Makoto Shinkai likes best is to introduce a story from the beginning of the plot, then unfold the story with sadness and uncertainty, and finally add a real ending.

Reality is a cruel thing, many people can't accept it, and they don't want to accept it. They just want to see beauty in animation. Makoto Shinkai gave us a visual sense of beauty, but also gave the story a cruel reality.

final result

Although it is always a tragedy, I never think Makoto Shinkai's works are bad. On the contrary, it gives me a kind of reflection. Immersed in thinking about the story when watching anime. If such a thing really happens, what kind of choice I should make may also be confused.

Beyond the cloud

Makoto Shinkai's stories always make teenagers grow and mature. Maybe he is the teenager in the story. From an ignorant teenager, I experienced a series of things that made me grow up. Maybe the final result is sad, maybe it is not what he wants, but he has made his own choice.

The so-called fate is an objective constraint that cannot be surpassed after subjective efforts. We must try our best to understand fate, which is not completely predetermined. Zhang Dainian's Research on China's Ethical Thought

Everything has two sides, good and bad, but it's your choice. Perhaps at the last moment, it is not an explanation of the concept of choice, but an explanation of fate. Even if you pay something, you can't get rid of your own destiny.

However, we can still make such a choice, choose to spend every day actively and happily, and choose to face all our challenges and difficulties. Whether we succeed or not, we have never regretted it. What Makoto Shinkai wants to express is not regret, but about our past, hoping that more people can see it through the description of the story.

Maybe fate can't compete, but the mind can put aside immature thoughts and move towards maturity. This is what we want to express most, and this is the serious Makoto Shinkai.