This is a painful fact that needs to be faced: Hayao Miyazaki retired; Oshii Shou never returned on the way to the live-action film; Otomo Keyang basically retired; Toshi Kon died of a middle-aged illness; Hideaki Anno was worried about how to end his story ... In this dilemma with no successor, Hosoda Mori rushed out from an oblique direction ten years ago, and the story of the small-budget film's victory over Hayao Miyazaki's son is also talked about. In addition, the two follow-up works are well-received, and "Children of Monsters" naturally gained a lot of expectations before its release. The biggest feature of the film is the increase in the proportion of action parts. Different from Hosoda Mori's previous stories that focused on emotions and characters' inner descriptions, the main characters of this story did not have much emotional fluctuations from beginning to end, or even if they were hit, they would soon regain their spirits in the next scene. , and there is bound to be a well-painted action scene next. Of course, the most important thing about animation is the smoothness of the characters' movements. From this point of view, although the action scenes of "Son of the Monster" are slightly less imaginative than "Summer Wars", they are full of courage. Coupled with the excellent sound design, the overall level of entertainment remains high.
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