Every time I recommend summer animations, I am always in a good mood, because summer is a season of innocence and wanton~
The skirt flutters in the air, and the girl with bare arms is running on the country road and the small town road. There is a fresh fragrance in the breeze, and the orange soda is sweet, like the taste of a sweetheart~
Boys are always gentle and kind, or boldly escape.
Everything was bright and bright, as if it had never been covered by a cloud.
This year’s summer animation in Japan is still coming, but it has been changed from a June 5 theater release to June 18 online broadcast on Netflix. On the same day in mainland China, the watermelon video was launched——
" Want to cry, I put on a cat mask ".
Many people feel familiar when they see the poster, like "Your Name".
I first thought of "Forest of Fireflies" because of the mask on the poster.
But in fact, the production company of "Want to Cry I Put on a Cat Mask" is Studio Colorido, which produced "Penguin Highway" in 2018.
Not only that, but they have also produced "Confessions of Wenzi", "City of Rain", "Photo Studio", "Norda of Typhoon" and so on.
The picture style is beautiful .
The sun is shining so brightly that there is no dark corner in the whole world.
It was raining, and it was so quiet that the whole world stopped breathing, and the whole body was surrounded by a touch of sadness and loneliness.
Not only that, Studio Colorido, with Ishida Yuyasu, Arai Yojiro, and Nakamura Takaya as the core, often makes bold and innovative moves in production .
For example, in "Confessions of Wenzi", there is a paragraph in which the girl Wenzi jumps and flies on the downhill road of the town for 1 minute and 11 seconds. The sense of speed and depth is amazing.
This "Want to Cry, I Put on a Cat Mask" is the same.
The sun came in and couldn't stop it.
As the sun sets, the town is quiet and peaceful.
The moonlight at night is like flowing water, which is a romantic summer night suitable for telling your heart~
Feel the picture of the heroine Miyo (voiced by Shida Miku) changing from a cat back to a human form and falling on the roof.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the girl fell gently and skillfully, her slender legs were like feathers on the ground, and the fairy descended to earth.
The next moment, Miyo followed the cat mask and flew down the roof. I could watch that beautiful arc a hundred times.
The setting of the story is fantasy . Miyo's parents are divorced. She has been torn between her parents for a long time, caught between her biological mother and stepmother, and has been isolated by her classmates since she was a child.
Externally, she dealt with her classmates with no heart, no skin and no face, so she was called "an extremely noisy and mysterious girl".
Internally, she wished that the world could be destroyed as soon as possible.
On a deserted forest path at night, she met a fat cat selling cat masks. From then on, as soon as she put on a cat mask, she could transform into a cute little white cat, temporarily staying away from the chaos of human society.
Originally, she had no nostalgia for human beings until she met her sweetheart.
When they met when the fireworks were gorgeous, the blooming fireworks were reflected in her eyes, she was stunned, and he was also surprised.
So, she often turned into a cat to come to him, accompany him, and play with him.
He named her "Taro", which was the name of one of his old dogs.
He cooks for her with his own hands, touches her, holds her in his arms and watches the stars together.
From this, she knew his secret thoughts, his "want to say but dare not say it".
As a cat, everything is as beautiful as a dream.
She turned back into a human, but she was still not accepted.
Although she has given him all the sunshine and smiles.
So she wanted more and more to become a cat...
However, the ending of the summer animation is all good, and Miyo finally stayed with the boy she liked as a human.
What I want to say is that this story seems ordinary, but inside it is something special .
Its screenwriter is Gang Ma.
Anyone who has watched Gangma's animation knows that her girly animation is very good, and her control and presentation of the delicate and subtle aspects of people's hearts are often admirable.
In the animation "Want to Cry, I Put on a Cat Mask", Miyo is actually a girl who has a heavy heart and hides her true feelings deeply.
She has a restraint that is disproportionate to her age.
Due to the long-term self-deception, she almost forgot her true appearance, and she would only run away when encountering problems.
For example, in the face of her stepmother, she never refused to look directly at her, lowered her head while eating, and avoided sharing a room with her. In order to hide her unease and rejection, she often wore a perfunctory smirk on her face.
Broken by her stepmother, "Why are you laughing like that, are you forcing yourself to be someone else?", Miyo was furious, but even so, she still didn't dare to look at her.
Her anger turned into anger, more of a guilty conscience and panic, fear and inferiority complex.
She used a loud voice, high intonation, and excessive behavior to cover up her guilty conscience, and she looked a little nervous.
In the end, unable to face her stepmother and father who stared in astonishment, she took on the cat mask and jumped downstairs.
escape.
It can be said that the transformation of Miyo into a cat is not a romantic setting, but a girl who has hidden many years of bitterness and suffering .
At the beginning, there is a depiction of his neighbor. An overly "enthusiastic" aunt ran over, grabbed her arm, and kept asking: "How are you doing? I'm really sorry for you, she let you eat Something? (referring to stepmother)"
With such an auntie, everyone wants to beat her, but I have to admit that Gang Ma and the production team took the neighbor's expression too well.
Looking at the indifference and curiosity on this face, it is clear that he is basing his gossip on the pain of others.
Let's look at Miyo's sweetheart, Hinode Sage (voiced by Hanae Natsuki), he is a common boy in Japanese film and television works, with a gentle and quiet personality.
Miyo, who escaped from the surface, is like a person from two planets.
But two people who are so diametrically opposed, but their hearts are surprisingly consistent .
Hinode Sage chose to escape when he went to the city high school and stayed as a potter.
He obviously didn't hate Miyo, but when Miyo confessed to him, he hurriedly said the opposite: "I hate you!" Miyo's heart was stabbed severely.
When he was attacked, his reaction was the same as Miyo's. He first blamed the other party, "Have you considered my feelings? I hate aggressive people."
They all turn their backs to each other, don't dare to look at each other, they all run away.
Gang Ma and the production team did a really good job of portraying the details.
So, I don't agree with what someone said: ordinary to speechless.
For these details, it is better than many animations.
As for some people who say that this animation only has the style of Makoto Shinkai, the story is boring, and the style of painting is uncharacteristic, I also disagree.
In addition to the beautiful picture of Miyo changing from a cat back to a human form and falling lightly on the roof, there are also such shots.
This small shot left an impression on me at the time, because the angle was special, and this angle just showed Miyo's careless, heartless, skinless and faceless character, even if it was pretended.
This animation, I give 8 points, Gangma never let me down, and the production of Studio Colorido often surprises.
In fact, in summer animation, how can there be any real tragedy?
In the end, it didn't turn into a gust of wind in summer, and it passed away with the years~
(First published in today's headline number: Tianya bird movie)
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