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My entire understanding of "Dragon Ball" begins with the following encounter scene---
At that time, Wukong, who had just caught the big fish from the river, collided with Bulma who was passing by.
Is this a coincidence of fate?
No, this is the inevitable arrangement of Akira Toriyama!
The purpose of Bulma's arrival is to find Dragon Balls, and at this moment, Wukong's house just has the four-star beads left by Grandpa Sun Wuhan---
This is a story that started with Dragon Ball, an adventure story that is still going on for 35 years and is highly sought after by anime fans.
And just today, the Dragon Ball movie, which was late for half a year, was finally released in China.
Again, I went to see it in time for the premiere this morning.
For a post-90s like me, I am very fortunate to be able to taste the unique taste of Dragon Ball 20 years later.
Therefore, I also hope that this article can once again arouse your love for Dragon Ball---
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
For this Dragon Ball movie of the year, the evaluations that have been circulating on the Internet in the past six months have basically focused on "fighting scenes" ---
"It's the most explosive movie in the theaters in May, and it's finally coming!"
"This is the strongest fight in 20 years"
It's true that the plot used by "Broly" to describe the ultimate battle has properly squeezed into nearly 1/2 of the time, and every physical collision is enough to make people's blood throb---
But the wonderful is the wonderful, and the blood is the blood. Don't underestimate the difficulty of making these battle scenes.
In the words of "Broly" director "Tatsuya Changfeng" in a recent media interview: "The battle in the theatrical version was produced at all costs, and many scenes were limited by TV time and funding. We're all pouring into Broly. "
Of course, the effect of this kind of exhaustive investment is also thorough enough.
In addition to the explosion picture above, we can even see that Wukong used "martial arts skills" during the battle , and used a stance of four or two to give Broly a hard lesson.
If you are also fans of "Boren Biography", then the charm of the 65th episode of the animation released in the middle of last year will still be fresh in your memory---
This episode focuses on the battle between the protagonists such as Naruto and the powerful villain BOSS "Peach Style" .
However, unlike the fighting scenes seen in the past, the Chinese director "Huang Chengxi" who is responsible for the production of this episode has added a lot of dazzling fighting skills.
So that every collision becomes intriguing and unforgettable.
The same is true for "Broly", but in the eyes of Overnight Jun, in addition to Toei's investment, the original author Akira Toriyama is also indispensable ---
In this annual theatrical version, Lao Bird has undertaken three major tasks of story, screenwriting, and even character design.
Don't think this is just a common thing (IP author participates in the animation production of his own works), no, at least in the memory of Dragon Ball fans, the old bird has never recognized the original character "Broly" . .
Even when the media asked him what he thought of Broly, he replied with a slightly sarcastic remark: "Who is Broly?"
However, in 2019, Akira Toriyama no longer has any prejudice against Broly. He was deeply involved in the creation of big movies, and completely overturned the Broly character that appeared in the theatrical version of "Dragon Ball Z" in the past. .
Let us start from the beginning of Saiyan life, and tell the fate of Goku, Vegeta, Frieza, and Broly.
So in this big movie, we never see a Berserker who only knows how to shout: "Ah~~, sacrifice your blood" .
Instead, we get to see Broly, a flesh-and-blood man with a tragic background who was raised by his father as a tool of revenge.
I also saw a character who was in the villain camp, but still maintained warmth and played a decisive role in the whitewashing of Broly at the end of the play.
To put it bluntly, this is not a Dragon Ball movie with a lot of bitterness and hatred, no brains and blood, this is a theatrical movie that is more fettered and excavated than all the previous Dragon Ball works.
In addition, for the theatrical version of "Brolley", the most favorite thing for Overnight Jun is the setting of "returning to the origin of "Dragon Ball" ---
How to understand?
If you have any experience with Akira Toriyama's serialization of "Dragon Ball" comics, then you must be aware of the entanglement between the old bird and "Junior Jump".
At that time, "Dragon Ball", which was adjacent to the end of "Arale", did not receive much popularity when it was first serialized, and even faced the bad luck of being cut in half.
But later, the old bird got the editor Kazuhiko Torishima 's plot proposal for "The World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference" , which made this "Aralei-like" style Dragon Ball with a bit of passion, and succeeded Picked up the title of the pillar work of "Youth Jump".
This seems to be an inspirational story of an old bird who has turned against the wind and has since embarked on the road of prosperity. Why is there a entanglement?
In fact, it happened in the time when the first "Dragon Ball" was about to end (the one about Goku's adventures as a child).
For the old bird, this is already the entire plot he originally conceived, but for the old club Shueisha, he does not want the pillar-level gold mine that has been painstakingly cultivated to come to an end so quickly.
So they put pressure on the old bird, and not only once, but three times (the Frieza chapter opened once, the Sharu chapter the second time, and the Buu chapter the third time), so that the old bird could continue to innovate more A powerful boss so that Goku can transform into a more powerful Saiyan warrior.
It is undeniable that the plot of "Dragon Ball" has been completely reduced to a bloody fight from the beginning of "Dragon Ball Z", and for the old bird, sometimes because of the creative emotions of last resort, so that the story no longer has "Dragon Ball". "The fun of the period---the exaggerated and explosive combat system, either you crushed me, or I crushed you, the plot setting also made anime fans aesthetically fatigued and boring.
Therefore, for many hardcore Dragon Ball fans, they still feel that "Dragon Ball" is the essence of the Dragon Ball series from beginning to end. Favored, tirelessly contributed to the performance of ratings.
Having probably learned about Akira Toriyama's experience, we might as well look back at the plot of "Broly" again---
This theatrical version of the animation borders on the story after the "Dragon Ball Super" Contest of Power. And different from the previous series of works, the biggest difference of "Dragon Ball Super" is that Goku and his ultimate villain at each stage are no longer the strongest existence in the universe.
For example, Golden Frieza, God of Destruction Bruce, and even Jiren and so on.
Above them, there is a group of extremely powerful gods who see through the world and don't like fighting---the angel Weiss, and the "All King", the leader of all dimensions.
Well, under such a combat power setting system, all the behaviors of Dragon Ball Warriors will become very interesting.
First of all, Dragon Ball, a treasure that was once favored by countless creatures, came to the theatrical version of "Broly" and became the wish toy of "Bulma hopes to be 5 years younger" and "Fliza hopes to increase 5CM" .
The aspirations to dominate the universe, resurrect the dead, live forever, etc. are no longer important. After all, everyone clearly knows that the imagination of creatures exists in the ceiling, but the power of the Quanwang breaks through the dome.
Then again, in the plot version of "Broly", Beerus, the supreme god of destruction, even arranged for the old bird to be a dad (helping Bulma with the child).
And although the extremely capable Whis also came to Broly with Goku and his group, and saw that the Dragon Ball Warriors and the Earth were almost destroyed by the stick, he had no idea of shooting, and Bulma beside him. Also looked delicious.
Of course, this is not difficult to understand. The earth is gone, Goku is dead, what can't you do with Dragon Ball?
In this way, when Wukong, who was imprisoned in the play, shouted "I will not let the earth be destroyed" , in fact overnight Jun knew that this was just a "Come on" slogan similar to a track and field competition.
In competitive competitions, winning or losing comes second, and friendship comes first!
In such an explosive fierce battle, there is such a fighting motivation of "playing at home and having fun" , and the plot of "Broly" does "stop " at the end and let Goku and Broly embark on the road of friendship .
Isn't such a contrasting setting not enough to make fans laugh?
Anyway, Overnight Jun really didn't let his mouth close in the theater.
Also, this "Broly disaster" was brought to Earth via Frieza.
But for such a former cosmic overlord whose ambition is only to "increase 5CM" , do you really think Frieza came with hatred?
Do not! In the eyes of Overnight Jun, the king just regarded this trip as "picking up a treasure on the side of the road, so he came to Earth and Dragon Ball Warriors to show off . "
feel like what?
Isn't this the plot of "Initial D"---
Amu: "My old bean bought the left GTR than me, Tuohai, do you dare to flip it with me?"
Tuohai: "Never shocked!"
Well, with this understanding, let's take a look at a few sets of animation comparisons----
Keisuke Takahashi cornering drift vs Broly slams Vegeta
Takumi used the ditch to turn the corner VS Broly and Goku punched against each other
At the moment of overtaking, Takumi and Keisuke's face-to-face VS Goku used the turtle style qigong on Broly
how? Don't you think it's the same thing?
In fact, for a long time, Ye Jun's last understanding of the story of "Dragon Ball" has always stayed at the scene of Goku dissipating into the void with Shenlong and Dragon Ball---
The Dragon Ball that finally entered Goku's body is also the four planets...
This scene of "Dragon Ball GT" can be regarded as a perfect way to give the Dragon Ball series the meaning of "Dragon Balls gather and disperse from beginning to end" , which is moved by countless Dragon Ball fans.
However, in the eyes of today's Overnight, the development of the plot of "Dragon Ball" to "Broly" can be said to have completely returned to the initial stage of the serialization of Dragon Ball by the old bird - that is full of fun, joy, and can Relieve the boring "Dragon Ball" world.
So, how can we not continue to love "Dragon Ball" and continue to support this year's best theater?
It's the weekend again, let's do it!
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