My Animation Era

"Those Things About That Rabbit That Year"

This was the original name of the mysterious "X" project, and this animation is definitely an unforgettable memory for many people, especially the younger generation who grew up listening to the heroic stories of their fathers.

Gu Miao is no exception.

He will never forget that when he first saw "That Year of the Rabbit", he tossed and turned all night and couldn't fall asleep. The indescribable feeling of being moved and excited at the same time.

Third-rate companies make products, second-rate companies make brands, and first-rate companies make standards.

This sentence is widely circulated.

Referring to this sentence, it can also be said in the animation circle that third-rate animations have distinctive characters, second-rate animations have in-depth details, and first-rate animations have strong emotions!

no doubt.

The animation "That Year of the Rabbit" is the kind of work with strong emotions that can make the audience deeply feel the weight of history and ignite patriotic enthusiasm.

Some people say this is a "military popularization" work, others say it is a "patriotic" educational film, and still others say...

In fact, they were all wrong.

The most accurate definition of this animation should be that it is a popular work of modern Chinese history created with "military/history" as its bones, "feelings of family and country" as its flesh and blood, and two dimensions as its skin.

With the help of this work, a large and special fan group was born in China, referred to as "rabbit fans".

From the perspective of an animation producer, Gu Miao's evaluation of this animation work is very simple.

"True feelings are better than anything else."

Compared with those animation works with explosive technical power, superb visual expression, and deep and thoughtful plots, this work seems extremely thin and is nothing more than "a simple narration of what happened in modern times."

Sounds like that?

Who doesn’t know modern history? Even if there is something you really don’t understand, wouldn’t it be clear after reading a history book?

However, the strong feelings of family and country shown in the animation/comic, the strong patriotic enthusiasm, and the vivid interpretation of the history of humiliation and rise in modern times are the main reasons why this animation is popular all over the country.

certainly!

There is actually another very important reason why animation is so popular.

The adoption of the "animal anthropomorphism" perspective and the integration of various modern buzzwords and new memes add a lot of fun to the otherwise serious history, which is also the key to success.

"Anthropomorphism of animals, one animal per country? This setting is indeed quite fresh." Hou Bin exclaimed.

"Is it fresh?"

"If you visit the super-large Weibo forums more often, you will know that these words are no longer new." After hearing Hou Bin's words, Gu Miao decided to test him.

So he thought for a while and asked: "Do you know the reason why the names of Eagle Sauce, Wooly Bear, and Foot Pot Chicken were first coined?"

"Well……"

Hou Bin frowned and thought hard: "Isn't it the nicknames given by netizens based on the names of these countries?"

"They are indeed nicknames, but the question I ask is, why are these nicknames born?"

"I'm not sure about that."

Hou Bin shook his head and said he didn't know.

Gu Miao was not surprised by this.

As a middle-aged greasy man, Hou Bin is definitely not as active in surfing the Internet as young people like them, so it is understandable that he does not know.

"This is to avoid suspicion."

"Avoid suspicion? What do you mean?"

"Do you even need to ask? Which of the posts posted by these military fans are insensitive or irritating?"

Gu Miao curled her lips and said: "If you directly mention the names of countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States, then everyone will be afraid that the post will be deleted, banned, or even invited to drink tea!"

"In addition, with the subsequent changes in the Internet censorship mechanism, many websites have added sensitive words and banned vocabulary. It is also a consensus among netizens to give these countries nicknames to refer to them."

"So this is ah……"

Hou Bin just nodded, suddenly thought of something, and asked: "Where did the rabbit come from? Does our country of China have anything to do with rabbits?"

"Ahem, it's just a homophone."

Gu Miao didn't want to talk more about this topic because it was too dangerous.

What's more, the origin of the word "rabbit", to put it bluntly, was given to us by others. In fact, it is not a "good word".

…

After briefly explaining to Hou Bin the content framework of the mysterious "X" project, Gu Miao left Lightning Studio.

It's getting late.

Since he had to take his wife to the hospital for a routine pregnancy check-up in the afternoon, he had to seize the time and solve the "art design" problem as soon as possible.

Wanbao Animation, Wolfsburg Studio.

In the production team of the animation "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Kingdom", a group of art designers holding pens and papers are listening to Mr. Gu's requirements for "character modeling" design.

"First, the hairstyle should be distinctive!"

Gu Miao raised her index finger and emphasized again: "If you want to play cards well, your hairstyle must be enchanting! I need the kind of hairstyle... that makes you good at playing cards at first glance, do you understand?"

You know... you know a hammer!

A hairstyle that looks good at playing cards at first glance?

What kind of abstract descriptor is this? Whose card-playing skills are linked to their hairstyle? He is also very good at playing cards. Is there any direct connection between the two?

All the beauties were embarrassed and realized that this might be a hard job.

Before the meeting, no one said that we would make such big changes to the characters involved in the "original comic book".

Be reasonable.

In the first volume of the comic "Yu-Gi-Oh" written by Nantong, the protagonist [Yu-Gi-Oh] already has a very enchanting hairstyle.

How else can it be changed?

How about giving him an afro?

"shallow!"

Gu Miao said disdainfully: "Who told you that people with afros are good at playing cards? What I'm talking about is the kind of hairstyle that makes one look good at playing cards..."

Angular and brightly colored.

The barber looked at Silence, and the Burial Love family looked at it with shame. It was a weird hairstyle that ordinary people could not even imagine in their dreams!

In fact.

In the comics, the game's hairstyle is already very abstract and exaggerated. But it was a black and white comic after all, with no coloring, the grid was very small, and the hair details were not very detailed.

Although the template Gu Miao showed was roughly consistent with the game's hairstyle in the comics, the overall look was more exaggerated.

This is not the point.

The key point is the color of this hair...

Hey Hey hey!

Is this dyed hair? How could someone dye this color, which is even more non-mainstream than non-mainstream, join the Buried Love Family, and look like the color of a patriarch?

Is this purple-yellow color really a hair color that humans can control?

There are also clusters of "hedgehog"-like curly hair, paired with this weird hair color, it's really amazing.

"Don't worry about so much now!"

"Let me ask you, does this hairstyle and hair color make you a good card player at first glance?"

All the beautiful designs: “…”

That Queshi!

With such a striking hairstyle and color, who would believe that this guy is not the protagonist?