The combination of great science fiction stories and beautiful animation art

Jerod 2022-01-04 08:01:02

Although live-action movies give people a great shock, I think that animation can better express this kind of surreal work. This is the reason why I love Animatrix...

except for the story and script, the scene design and breakthrough in this film The style of painting is even more eye-catching.

In "Second Renaissance", Maeda Masahiro’s Buddhist-style reincarnation presentation and Zion’s "Bodhisattva" host feel very strange, and his Studio 4C is also more famous for Animatrix.

Watanabe Shinichiro used gouache wantonly in "Kid's Story". With the distorted face and body of the movement and the swaying of the camera transition, let us experience the agility of gouache animation and the strength of freehand brushwork. In "A Detective Story", he used black and white photos in a sketch style to show off the retro style, and this performance was also very successful.

Compared with other stories, "Beyond" is childlike and fresh. After entering the haunted house, there is a scene where the protagonist stands on a narrow path and looks at the sky above. The ultra-realistic oil painting scene and heavenly light are even more fascinating. Morimoto Kouji once again showed his strength.

Yoshiaki Kawajiri is impressive because of the exaggerated style of long triangle body + thin waist. The seaweed-like hair and the over-shaded face may not be liked by everyone, but this style shows a strong vitality in his "Program" and "World Record" and gets along very well with the surreal style. Rapport.

Although Andy Jones's "Final Fantasy" failed, his 3D work still maintained its due quality, and "Final Fight of Osiris" is also a good work. In contrast, I was very disappointed with "Matriculated" produced by Peter Chung. Regardless of the style and character, the entire production and integration of 2D and 3D is too crude.

Nevertheless, this series has a high artistic standard in animation as a whole, and it suits my taste very well.

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Extended Reading
  • Taryn 2022-01-04 08:01:02

    Everyone knows that the nine-episode short film of The Matrix Animation is a supplement and extension to the world view of the film version, but this animation is produced by the elites of the Japanese and American animation circles after the Wachowski sisters made the first film. In addition to providing the core Creative ideas. The scripts for the first four episodes of the short films were written by the Wachowski sisters personally. They said that the animated version is far more ideological than Wachowski. I really don’t understand the logic. It is obviously an inseparable twin born from a mother. The twins, the Wachowski sisters used their love to generate electricity, but they were oolong...

  • Montana 2022-03-28 09:01:05

    Complementing some details in the movie, the ending is very thought-provoking, machines and humans are destined to be opposites.

The Animatrix quotes

  • Dan: Free, Free.

  • Duo: I wanted to go back with you, I love you.