"Ghost Slayer" was the first episode I followed. To be honest, I've been watching live-action movies before, mostly focusing on action. But since I started visiting station B, I have often encountered some related stalks, which reminded me that I have to make up some dramas. "Blade of Ghost Slayer" is the most popular at station B, and it can also be called the most popular Japanese manga in the world at this time. Undoubtedly, this is also a very good introductory work.
When I first saw "Ghost Slayer", I'll admit that it fulfilled almost all of my fantasies about Japanese manga - except for a little pacing. Exquisite pictures, bloody plots, delicate characters, tear-jerking scenes, and of course the lovely lady. However, according to my real thoughts at the time, it was not worthy of the number one hit at station B-until I watched enough fan dramas.
The reason why I say this is because I realized that although this drama doesn't have many bright spots, it is also one of the few dramas that has been carefully produced without many shortcomings. Although other fan dramas have enough creativity, there are so many flaws that people complain. Ordinary but delicate enough, "focus a little, reach the peak", the words in this play can fully explain my point of view.
This also made me realize that in today's society, especially in the fan drama market, it is not as difficult as I imagined to produce a popular fan drama. It's good to be creative enough, but as long as you make a textbook that is nearly perfect, even good enough, fire is inevitable. Of course, there are quite a few steps involved.
From the point of view of the work itself, it does have all the necessary advantages of Japanese comics.
- The picture is fine enough. In particular, the special effects when swinging the sword skillfully refer to the Ukiyo painting method. This painting method perfectly matches my aesthetics. It embodies the power contained in the attack in a moment and the complex emotions of the characters at that time. When I saw these scenes, I was completely intoxicated. Although it didn't shock me, it changed the audience's perception and was a necessary factor for popularity. In other fan dramas, I rarely see such unique highlights, especially some comics, which directly have the highlights of several pictures.
- Bloody plot. The protagonist's family almost died, and the only sister became a ghost. These settings, which were taken for granted by the older generation, are becoming more and more embarrassing to mention in the eyes of today's screenwriters. What is the reason? Although these settings are a bit outdated, it is an indisputable fact that the more such a plot is, the more it can arouse the audience's sympathy again and again, and the more passionate the plot is.
- Delicate characterization. The first is the protagonist, which perfectly embodies what a hot-blooded protagonist should look like. He is gentle but not virgin, decisive but not cruel, and a balance that is deftly maintained. And this balance can easily be mentioned in the plot - every time the protagonist kills a ghost without hesitation, he will sympathize for them for a long time while not forgetting to make up the knife, often it takes half an episode to an episode. To be sensational, I have to say, it controls the audience's resonance time well. As for the supporting characters around the protagonist, textbook-like cases can be found everywhere. The black-bellied, arrogant, and natural-minded people are all gathered together, which perfectly finds the favorite image of all the people. It can be said that almost everyone can love at least one or two of them. This may be why otaku and otaku can love this show.
The only downside may be that the balance between seriousness and sand sculpture is not well controlled. This may vary from person to person. For example, I am often dissatisfied with the emotional brewing being broken by the sand sculpture. However, this is also an inevitable problem for all passionate fans. Also, the rhythm of some episodes is a little awkward in some places. Although a bit far-fetched, this also hinders the show's progress towards five stars.
Overall, the show is neat, close to perfect, expected, but not enough for a throne, after all it's just close to a textbook, not a textbook, much less beyond it - just like some people I am dissatisfied with the Oscars for "Ford".
Since it can be ranked first, there must be commercial assistance. In fact, the success or failure of all books, video and audio is a commercial game.
The blessing of the UFO Club is the most important reason. The UFO Club has always had the advantage on the screen, which has helped this work, and the expectations of the audience have increased a lot. Of course, the decisive factor is its marketing. Through various activities, making peripherals, cultivating fans and other behaviors, it helps this work spread quickly and achieve a real breakthrough.
Many people also mentioned other factors, such as the decline of Wang Dao Fan today, the popularity of comic books themselves, and so on.
These various factors turned into the success of "Demon Slayer". The popularity of "Ghost Slayer" is still a success in the circle, and "Ghost Slayer: Infinite Train" is the symbol of this successful breakthrough.
For "Ghost Slayer: Infinite Train", this is obviously a mediocre movie, and it may be said to be outstanding in the theatrical animation, but in the vast movie market, even single-point animation movies are obviously not enough. meet the target. So why is it so popular, even surpassing Hayao Miyazaki's classic movie "Spirited Away" at the box office, which has repeatedly set records both in Japan and abroad?
First of all, as a theatrical version of the movie, it has made a subversive innovation, that is, a movie that undertakes the plot of the animation. In essence, this is to force fans to help buy tickets, otherwise there will be a plot gap. From this point of view, "Infinite Train" first guaranteed a part of the box office.
Secondly, the infinite train in "Infinite Train" is very attractive. First of all, Infinite Train sets a large frame, a closed environment from a figurative or abstract perspective, which ensures the quality of the entire movie and prevents it from going astray. The word Infinite Train, as the name of a train, also has a feeling of embarking on a journey, which is very in line with the essence of a movie, attracting audiences to buy tickets. The infinite train, as the highlight and clue of this movie, is also a necessary factor for a movie to become popular, such as "City in the Sky" and "Howl's Moving Castle", which is more conducive to the creator's expression. In this regard, the creator may have fully learned Miyazaki when he set up the project.
The plot of "Infinite Train" also uses many fresh settings, such as borrowing from "Inception".
"Infinite Train" is actually not conducive to ordinary audiences, after all, there are big shortcomings in the plot. In the final decisive battle, even the protagonist did not take action - the strength gap is too large. And in the process, many plots, if you don't watch the drama first, you probably don't understand it well, don't understand why the protagonist Tanjirou can't leave the dream, don't understand the motive of Xianyi, don't understand what Yanzhu's death means what wait. This may have been a hindrance to other theatrical films, something it tried so hard to avoid, but it became a boost to the success of this film.
After the popularity of the drama, fans reached a certain number in Japan, and passers-by even became the accelerant for the film's popularity. Under the premise that fans account for a large proportion of relatives and friends, passers-by will choose to follow the mainstream direction, watch fan dramas in turn, become fans, and will further promote it to help the producer attract fans. The way of most movies is to attract fans under the premise that the quality is guaranteed, but this fan-oriented movie uses a lot of fans to continue to break the circle and attract fans, which is rare, and it just confirms The original success of "Demon Slayer".
And when the fan filter is added, it will be found that "Infinite Train" is a perfect theatrical version, which will naturally affect word of mouth and public opinion. After breaking records in Japan, this post-COVID-19 film is another 20-year record. It will naturally affect foreign countries, attract fans around the world, and naturally boost "Ghost Slayer" in the past. be the number one favorite.
In general, there is not much surprise in "Blade of Ghost Slayer", but with the guarantee of its own quality and the blessing of commercial means, it is of course no suspense that it will become the first popular.
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