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Celine 2022-04-22 07:01:57

Hosoda Shou's usual three-year sword, this sword is gentle and without sharpness. Two children were born in the same year after the release of "Son of the Wolf (おおかみこどもの Rain and Snow)" in 2012 and "Son of the Monster (バケモノの子)" in 2015 respectively. This experience also brought the director A return to the basics of creativity. The story of "Wei" is simple and pure, and it is a big adventure in the brain interpreted from the perspective of the eldest son who has not let go of his childishness at home. Through the delicate 2D frames of each frame, the audience can see the petition and jealousy of children, the embarrassment of housewives and men, and that's it. What may disappoint fans is that the director's iconic extraordinary imagination seems to have been suddenly swallowed up by the flood of innocence this time, leaving only the old bridges that get lost. As one of the three mesozoic heroes in the neon animation industry in the author's mind (as well as Cheng Ge and Mi Lin Hongchang), the amazing talents shown in the previous works seem to be no longer so dazzling now. For animators, it's probably a hurdle (I hope it's just the author's false words, the director wants to shoot more ideas).

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  • Milton 2022-04-12 09:01:10

    or いはdas Ineinander der Lebensgeschichte

  • Verda 2022-04-07 09:01:07

    The dubbing of the little boy is so playful, it's just an old woman hiding behind and pretending to be tender, making people want to smash TV every minute. I understand that animated movies can be imaginative, but what is the logic of this bear child crossing over as soon as it strikes? I understand what the director wants to say, but it’s really uncomfortable for him to say that. It feels like a person is talking to himself, and he is only thinking of himself as a god. Is this a movie or a marionette? With such a creative idea, will finding a good screenwriter die? ★★

Mirai quotes

  • Mirai: You did it again. You tried to hit me with your bullet train even after Mom told you not to.

    Kun: But it wasn't a bullet train!

    Mirai: You aren't supposed to use a bullet train to hit people.

    Kun: It was a Super Azusa.

    Mirai: [angrily] I don't care what kind it was!

    [scoffs]

    Mirai: And why can't you be a little nicer to Mom?

    Kun: I don't know, I just can't.

    Mirai: It's her one day off from work. She doesn't get many and she has to spend it fighting with you. Come on, try.

    Kun: [sniffling] I know... I'm not cute.

    Mirai: Huh?

    Kun: [crying, wipes tear from his eye] Both Baby Mirai and Yukio are really cute. Not me. I know I'm not that cute anymore.

    [continues sobbing]

    Mirai: Oh come on, that's not true. You're very cute!

    Kun: [walking away]

    Mirai: You're the cutest! Adorable!

    Kun: [crying harder; runs away]

  • Kun (High Schooler): [off-screen] That's just awful. Yep, a complete wreck. I'm talking about your attitude. Boy, does it stink.

    Kun: [looks inside train station, sees a high schooler sitting inside] Hello?

    Kun (High Schooler): You're supposed to go camping, am I right? Catch bugs, watch fireworks, all that stuff. And you guys will be staying at your grandparents' place. It's the summer you've all been looking forward to. Think of all the happy memories you could be making together. But instead you don't wanna go. Why is that?

    Kun: Uh... how do you know? Who are you?

    Kun (High Schooler): What's more important, the color of your pants or your memories? Well, it's your choice. Just go home and say you're sorry already.

    Kun: NO. I do NOT like them.

    Kun (High Schooler): What?

    Kun: [referring to his pants] AND I WILL NOT WEAR THEM!

    Kun (High Schooler): [getting annoyed] No, you do not not like them.

    Kun: [as a train appears] No, I don't not not like them!

    Kun (High Schooler): No, you do not not not not like them!

    Kun: Yes, I do NOT not not not like them!

    Kun (High Schooler): NO! You do *not* not not not not not like them!

    [train pulls into the station. Doors open]

    Kun (High Schooler): Don't get on!

    Kun: Uh...?

    [looks back in hesitation]

    Kun (High Schooler): Stop! Don't get on, 'kay?

    [whistle blows. Kun glowers at high schooler and bounds for train]

    Kun (High Schooler): No! Wait! Wait!

    Kun: [glowers at boy as the train pulls away]

    Kun (High Schooler): [gazing after it in disappointment] Little brat.