It should be said that the theme of vampires has always been the theme of many Western novels and film and television works, (not to mention "Twilight" and "The Vampire Diaries" which will always be the last season...). In fact, Japanese animation has always been good at absorbing and integrating many Western elements, including medieval British aristocrats, including the Italian Mafia, and the adoption of vampire themes is not surprising.
This animated film from nearly 20 years ago has to be said to be extremely outstanding in terms of script, editing, soundtrack, technical details, etc. The protagonist D is a child of a vampire and a human. This kind of mixed blood is doomed to his entangled and contradictory heart with himself, as well as his incompatibility with the world and his warm and jade-like feelings hidden in indifference. For this point, the whole movie can be said to stop on and on, without too much hypocrisy, but it also shows D's human touch again and again. Often the depths of the man are suddenly touched, and the camera moves lightly to the next thing, leaving more aftertaste.
As for Leila, the girl whose parents died of vampires since she was a child, she can only force herself to be strong since then, and she can only use her hatred and killing of vampires as her belief to support her future. For them, the right or wrong of the matter itself is no longer so important. After all, it is too difficult to deny a thing that they have believed in in the past half of their lives, deny their past and face an empty future. matter.
The forbidden love between Charlotte, who is a human, and Mael, who is a vampire, is a touching breakthrough. There may be a hint of fairy tale innocence, but the happy ending of the two can be regarded as a kind of utopia created by the director for the audience.
There are all kinds of seemingly unreasonable existences in the world, and their existence itself is not easy to come by. And in order to achieve this rationality, God knows what they have faced and what they have overcome.
In addition to the exquisite plot and character settings, many of the production details of the animation itself are also commendable. The movements of several action scenes are clean and neat, and the rhythm and BGM are perfectly matched, especially the contrast of some red and black colors is very interesting. Although it is a 2D animation, it also brings no less smooth and exciting.
It seems to feel that the whole movie can only be described as "gorgeous", but it also inevitably brings a sense of vain emptiness. In general, it is still quite satisfactory, and it can also represent a stage and a type of animated film.
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