happyflydream Reviews

Frozen (I) (2013)

Song and dance animation masterpiece

[8/10 · 28 January 2023]

The overall design is based on the song and dance film. The audio-visual effect is amazing. At the same time, there is no compromise on the script because of the need to add the song and dance elements. The script design is also excellent. As the protagonist of this film, Aisha is different from the Disney series characters in the traditional sense. It can be said that she is born with tragic color. The magic of Aisha in the film and what she encounters actually metaphorically represent the minority groups in society. However, the design of this metaphor is very ingenious, and it does not increase the threshold of understanding of the film. It is still very rare to make it suitable for all ages. The ending presented in the end is also a breakthrough in Disney's screenwriting feature of "love can affect everything". Although it can be seen that some places have simplified the plot in consideration of the audience of the film, the overall impression is still excellent.

Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)

A story about a left-behind child

[8/10 · 28 January 2023]

The overall quality is very good. The theme is quite special. The whole film focuses on left-behind children and other related issues, with the image of Little Taro, who has a high contrast between maturity and age, as the core, which makes people feel particularly distressed. At the same time, the friendly behavior of several key characters makes people feel very warm. The story is not complicated. It all revolves around small things, but it looks good. Although the script has some idealized ideas, it still feels quite meaningful. The painting is simple, and the lines are mainly filled with large areas of solid colors. However, it can be seen from the expressions of some characters that the production team is very careful.

Drifting Home (2022)

Reconcile with the past

[7/10 · 28 January 2023]

The core of the film is the children's story of reconciliation with the past through a fantastic adventure. It is imaginative and touching at the same time. In the process of narrating the adventure, by inserting the memories of the two protagonists, the reason why the two protagonists contradicted each other at the beginning of the film was explained. At the same time, it also naturally pushed the two protagonists to take off the camouflage protective shell, reconcile with each other, get rid of the self-protection state of curling up in the past memories, and take a new step. At the same time, the two female supporting role are also well shaped, with distinctive personalities, and also echo the theme. However, the two male supporting role barely introduced themselves, and it was a pity to play the role of tool man throughout the whole process. The film also focuses the children's memories on the old buildings that they have the most feelings in their hearts, and displays them in the form of personification. This setting is quite novel. The design of the screen is good, and the soundtrack is also very responsive, especially in the lyrical section, which adds a lot of color to the film. However, there are still some aspects of the worldview that are unclear. At the same time, there are some problems with the narrative rhythm of some paragraphs. The ferris wheel and the passage home are slightly sloppy.

Air (2005)

Tragedy spanning thousands of years

[8/10 · 28 January 2023]

It is one of the trilogy of tears in Kyoto Animation, and it is also the first time that Kyoto Animation adapted the works of Key Society. The story is a good story. The curse and memory of the winged people are interwoven with the joys and sorrows of the world, which is full of emotion. The switching of perspective in the film is a magic stroke, which is full of sadness. The script of the original work can be seen as full of Mazi quasi-style, and the shackles of several core characters in a relatively closed and fixed environment, and the tragedy can be brought to the extreme through the characterization of the characters. The adaptation of Kyoto Animation is still good. The overall atmosphere is very good, and the emotional rendering is also in place. I like the last two episodes of Guanling going to my mother, which has a strong expressiveness. However, as an early work of Kyoto Animation, it can also be seen that the rhythm control of some places is not good, and there are also some problems in the choice of the animation as the 12th episode. Some of the settings are hasty and vague, which makes people feel a little obscure and difficult to understand, and a little affect the perception.

Hyouka (2012)

A different story of youth campus

[8/10 · 28 January 2023]

The design of the character is very interesting. The core of the work is to show the ignorant love between adolescent boys and girls and the process of inner change. The subtle emotions between the characters are still displayed in detail. The energy-efficient wood selection and the curiosity of Chianti Tian are gradually approaching and the character is slowly changing. The overall rhythm control is quite good. It also contains some thoughts about the times and society. The implicit expression adds a bit of literary and artistic flavor. The humorous elements added in the appropriate position make people laugh. The performance of painting can be described as the peak. The figuration of the reasoning part shows that the design is very careful, which makes the boring reasoning look interesting. The advertisement under the cherry blossom in the last episode is very beautiful. There are bright spots in the plot. I personally feel that the best thing is the content of Valentine's Day and the history of the classical part. But generally speaking, it mainly revolves around reasoning. There are some places where the design is not particularly reasonable, which makes people feel a bit forced to advance the plot. It is not natural enough. As a work with the development of character relations as the core, the proportion of each part of the plot should be balanced is somewhat unbalanced. But again, the performance is really invincible.

Clannad (2007)

Mediocre animation

[6/10 · 27 January 2023]

I feel a little disappointed after reading. Some places have beautiful pictures and music, and some places have good atmosphere, but this is a few advantages. The whole work has many problems, far from the Kyoto animation version. However, to be honest, even if the information content of the work "CLANAND" is removed, it is not appropriate to put it in the 90-minute theater version. It is very wise for Kyoto Animation to show this with the capacity of 44 episodes. In this work, the characters can't stand up, and the characters are completely reduced to plot promotion tools, which is relatively flat. The plot advances too fast, and the emotion is not supported enough, which makes it difficult to resonate. The rhythm is also not well handled, and the priority is not in place, which makes people feel fragmented.

Arcane (2021– )

Impeccable animation

[10/10 · 27 January 2023]

An incomparable animation work is impeccable from all angles and has strong artistry. The combination of top-level three-dimensional and two-dimensional pictures brings impeccable texture, each frame is as quiet and beautiful as oil painting, and the description of the human expression has reached a superb level. The magnificent and magnificent soundtrack also raised the atmosphere of the film to a higher level. From the perspective of a non-gaming party, the narrative of the film is mature, and the perfect script will not increase the understanding difficulty of passers-by. The short nine episodes make each story line just spread out. Many important characters are well portrayed. The ending of the story under multiple contradictions and misunderstandings also makes people feel a little helpless.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006–2009)

Milestone of light novel adaptation

[8/10 · 27 January 2023]

The 2009 version is no longer arranged in the same order as the 2006 version. It is much more friendly in appearance, but also adds some new content. I still maintain my previous view that the plot of the main line is not as good as that of some branch lines. Many branch lines convey to the audience the elegant and positive sense of optimism through the delicate emotions of the characters. By contrast, the plot of the main line is much more common today. This season "Endless August" is very interesting. The same plot conveys different feelings to the audience through different pictures and camera language, which can be said to be a very breakthrough attempt. "Cold Palace Spring Day" was a phenomenal work in that year, which brought many surprises to the animation industry in that year. It brings hope and care to the Japanese society in which the negative and confused mood was rampant through its exquisite brushwork and vivid characters. At the same time, it also brings infinite possibilities to light change works by its own efforts. Although it still has some shortcomings from the current perspective, it is still a landmark work.

The Glory (2022– )

A masterpiece with the theme of revenge

[9/10 · 27 January 2023]

A forbearance and revenge spanning many years also reflects the contradictions between the capitalist class, campus violence and the ugliness of human nature. The rhythm of the whole play is well controlled. The script is silky, full of tension and excellent in appearance. Through the positive description of the countless violence suffered by the protagonist and the scenes of scarring his body many times across the time latitude, the anger and helplessness of the protagonist and the cruelty of the perpetrators are more forcefully highlighted, which brings greater shock to the audience, and also makes the audience more deeply aware of the seriousness of campus violence and the harm it brings to people. Metaphor is used in many places, which adds artistic color to the film.

Kanon (2006–2007)

A sophisticated game animation

[8/10 · 27 January 2023]

Each branch line in the story is handled naturally and can also be intertwined with the same theme. Thanks to the powerful change ability of Kyoto Animation, the audience can get different emotional experience from another form of expression without losing the tone and core of the original work. With the experience of the adaptation of the previous film "Green Sky", and the increase in the number of episodes, the rhythm of this film is controlled to feel relaxed and relaxed, the story is spread more leisurely, and there is more space to shape the image, and the audience has more time to "make friends" with the characters, which can be more deeply moved. In addition, the performance of animation also adds a lot of points to the atmosphere. My favorite is the scene of the four seasons exchange at the end, which is very good with the soundtrack. The background of this work is the story of a limited number of protagonists in a relatively limited geographical space in a small town that Ma Zhizhun is good at describing. At the same time, it is still very moving. However, compared with the previous work of pure tragedy, this one can bring more warmth to people. However, there are also some minor defects. The story of Yayouxian in the Moon Palace is explained a little quickly, and I feel a little abrupt.

Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul (2020)

Surprise Diablo animation

[10/10 · 27 January 2023]

As a derivative theater version of animation, the overall quality is quite good. The story flows like clouds and streams, and contains many philosophies. It looks good. It undertook the setting of the animation series, and also laid some foreshadows, which played a good role in connecting the preceding with the following. The plot focuses on Liming Qing, and the image of Li Mingqing, whose exploration is more than everything, is well shaped. The setting is very bold, and the complexity of human nature under the huge abyss is shocking. The dark script is in sharp contrast with the lovely painting style, and it also makes the friendship among the three protagonists and their fearless and determined exploration of the unknown more moving, bringing the audience a unique viewing experience.

Deep Sea (2023)

Experiential animation with special structure

[9/10 · 25 January 2023]

As a dream work of director Tian Xiaopeng who has sharpened his sword for seven years, I can really feel the intention of the main creative team and see many differences from other domestic animation films. The most intuitive impression of the film is that the pictures and art are very amazing, the modeling and the processing of light and shadow are very delicate, and the unique use of particle effects shows the charm of ink painting. The material selection of the story is quite surprising. It jumps out of many legends that other domestic animations like to shoot. Instead, it chooses to focus on the impact of depression patients and family restructuring on children, full of humanistic care. The film follows the protagonist's perspective throughout the whole process, and a large amount of ink is used to outline his inner world. The lens of the real world is low saturation and full of depression, which is in sharp contrast with the colorful fantasy world. This treatment can make the audience better understand the protagonist's feelings. The narrative structure of the film is very novel. It is suspended at the beginning. It does not explain the complete story at the first time. It directly cuts into the fantasy world of the protagonist. It allows people to integrate into the inner world of the protagonist by means of virtual and real reference. Finally, it recycles the foreshadow and completely explains the story. Such treatment can make the film more attractive to the audience and make the ending more expressive. Regrettably, there are also some places where the film is still in progress, and the rhythm of some places is not very good. However, I am very satisfied overall. The director has great ambition. After the success of the last film "The Return of the Great Sage", he did not stop, but chose to challenge the more difficult aerial handling of the real story. Although he still did not completely get rid of some of the problems in the plot promotion of the previous work, he still showed the audience more possibilities of Chinese animated films. With this excellent picture, I still couldn't put it down. I hope that there will be more domestic animation works in the future.