More than half of January 2020 has passed, and Xinfans have been released in winter. In January this year, there were 51 new novels, which made it difficult to choose a wide range of themes. There were more diffuse changes and novel changes, but less original ones. And most of them are alien crossings. It is sad to think that this year is the first year of the "pill of animation industry", which was said by Hideki Ono. The animation in recent years is really not as flourishing as it was ten years ago. However, it is too much to point out the animation industry after the new theater version of pigeons has been used for so long. Cough, it's too far.

So, for those who want to have a general understanding of this winter to determine their goals, what information is there for reference? Of course, the sequel is to see, while other new works can refer to " Bangumi score "Is a good choice one It is also feasible to refer to the animation recommendation of the UP master of the video website. Of course, the strong promotion of video websites to purchase Xinfan has a certain impact on chasing fan. The so-called fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders. Since we need a weather vane, let me be the one! I only recommend one, and this animation will be a blockbuster in January.

Next, let me make a good peace with this film Must see in 2020 " Don't work on images! ( Image research, hand work, out! ) 」。

 Don't work on images!
Don't work on images!


"Don't do research on images!" (hereinafter referred to as "research on images") is a cartoon originally written by Tong Chengtong. This work has been serialized since September 2016 two Four separate copies have been published. Comic won the first prize of Comic Award 2017, the first prize of Comic Award 2017, the ninth prize of Comic Award 2018, and the 15th prize of "How awesome this comic is! 2018" men's list. At the same time, "Image Research" announced animation on May 9, 2019, under the supervision of Tang Qianzheng, an animation genius. In October of the same year, it was announced that a live action movie would be produced, with Saito Flying Bird playing the role of Shallow Grass Green, which is expected to be released this summer.

 64 members of Naimusaka
64 members of Naimusaka

"Image Research" tells the story of three senior high school students fighting and struggling for animation: senior high school students of grade 1 Light grass green , is an animation fan who emphasizes that "setting is life". Draw and accumulate various ideas on sketch books,

However, it is impossible to take a step towards animation production because it cannot act alone. For Asakusa's talent, he has the makings of a producer Kinsensa I noticed it soon. At the same time, I learned that Shuiqi Swallow In fact, I hope to become an animator in the future. The three people set up an image research to show the "strongest world" in their minds

When it comes to animation production, we have to mention a hard core animation production "white box". "White Box" is about a complete set of animation production processes of animation companies, including film splitting, original painting, cutting and other processes from animation planning to production to TV screening.

 White box
White box

The roles of the protagonists include production assistant, original painter, voice actor, service and screenwriter. The animation terms involved are also beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. The broadcast of this animation has really touched many people who love animation. As the saying goes, "Animation fans who don't want to do animation are not good otaku!" I had the idea of going to the animation production industry. Cough, it's too far.

By contrast, will the "Image Study" composed of only three girls in Senior One be a group of animation lovers who are talking on paper and enjoying themselves?

Not so! In terms of their abilities, these three people are just against the sky. It is not enough to say that Long Aotian in the animation industry is overqualified. Because this is not the level that normal high school students can have, professional original painters may not be as powerful as them. If there is such a trio in real life, it must be a future superstar in the animation industry.

"Image Research" has a clear division of labor, which is like a small animation production company with only three people. Asakusa is responsible for the original background painting, the setting of scenes, props, and the construction of the overall world view, while Mizuzaki is responsible for the original painting, the setting of characters, actions, and separation.

Jinsen is the mainstay of the three. Without her, Imagery Research could not be established. Jinsen alone undertook all the work except painting, such as supervision, production planning, etc., including dealing with things other than animation production - confrontation with teachers. She also has a clear concept of money and time, and has the extremely sharp thinking necessary for a real "producer". With her presence, Imagery Research can produce works that meet the needs in the shortest time and with few materials three

 The fifth sentence page 3
The fifth sentence page 3
 Lesson 5 Page 12
Lesson 5 Page 12
 Page 17 of the sixth sentence
Page 17 of the sixth sentence

Jinsen's ultimate goal is to earn money by image research, not just for hobbies like the other two. This is also one of the purposes of animation nowadays. No one will generate electricity for love, and the market will not allow this phenomenon to exist for a long time.

To sum up, "Image Research" has the following characteristics:

  1. Love animation production, want to make money, set up "Image Research" (goal)
  2. If there is no result, the department will be abolished (crisis)
  3. All three are high school students with their own skills and drive (ability)

In this way, aren't the preconditions for the popularity of works complete?


Then, what will it be like to make animation from "Image Research"? It is necessary to mention the author Da Tong first.

 Author Da Tong | Gigazine
Author Da Tong | Gigazine

Before he became a cartoonist, Da Tong actually ran for animation. He entered the art school in high school and taught himself to make animation after graduation. As a result, I didn't achieve anything after two years of graduation because I was too demanding of myself. This made Big Tong wake up: "Animation is such a thing. No matter how hard one tries, he can only produce 3 seconds every day!" So Big Tong did what he wanted in the cartoon. One of the main factors that attract readers is the use of three-dimensional dialog boxes in cartoons, which can give readers a film and television like perspective experience. The feature of cartoons is that big children learn by themselves. Of course, these are good stories to get good performance. As for why the three protagonists are all female high school students, it is not because most of the animation practitioners are men, but the use of female high school students to do animation to increase gimmicks is purely because big boys like to draw girls.

Da Tong's cartoons pay much attention to the setting of the background, but the characters are not precise enough, and the dialogue is also concise and comprehensive. This may be the same as Big Tong Hayao Miyazaki iron powder of Hayao Miyazaki elements can be seen everywhere in the comics, which shows the great influence of Hayao Miyazaki on him. He also advertised the Blu ray disc of "Conan the Future Youth" in the cartoon.

When it comes to Hayao Miyazaki, everyone must think of his famous works. Tang Qianzheng, who is responsible for animation production, also has many contacts with Hayao Miyazaki. Hayao Miyazaki once praised Tang Asahi as "Japan's once in a century talented animator" four Tang Qian, in his career as a teacher and student of original paintings, once painted original paintings for Kipling. Maybe it was his own arrangement that made "Imagery Research" encounter a shallow situation.

Tang Qian Zhengming is one of my favorite supervisors. It was the first time I learned that Tang Qian Zhengming was in the "Four fold and Half Myth Series", and later I saw "Spring Festival is short, girls go ahead". The exaggerated lines and fantastic character deformation in the animation, together with the abstract and treacherous pictures, together with the bizarre stories, make the expressiveness of the entire animation break through the boundary of imagination. This is the epitome of Tang Qian Zhengming's personal style, as well as two more wonderful works with relatively high dissemination.

 Four fold Half Mythology Series
Four fold Half Mythology Series

 Spring nights are short. Let's move forward, girls
Spring nights are short. Let's move forward, girls

Tang Qianzheng's animation made me realize that 2D is the charm of animation, and I was deeply attracted by his animation style. Tang Qian's latest work is "If I can ride on the waves with you", which was introduced in China last year, but I didn't read it. Although it is from Tang Qian's own company Science Saru ( Scientific monkey ) , but there is not much Tang shallow style in the trailer alone, which seems to be for market ( Just a meal ) And make compromises. In addition, I was poor and had no spare money at that time, so I had to wait until the video website went online to watch it.


So what kind of animation did Tang Qian Zhengming make "Image Research" into? With the first words that have been sent " The strongest world! ( The strongest world! ) "To analyze what is added to the animation.

Xiao Asakusa is the content of the sixth sentence of the cartoon, which is used to introduce the opportunity for Asakusa to make animation. The animation puts this story at the beginning and tells the story of Asakusa according to the timeline. Animation also adds a lot of Asakusa's childhood experience, which is not available in cartoons.

 Page 1 of the sixth sentence
Page 1 of the sixth sentence
 Page 3 of the sixth sentence
Page 3 of the sixth sentence

The setting in the adventure diary of primary school is also the content of the sixth sentence of the cartoon. The cartoon only covered about one third of the space, and the animation lasted 35 seconds, plus Asakusa's own onomatopoeia dubbing.


In just a few minutes at the beginning of this film, I fully reflected my childhood's personality of being adventurous, interested in animation and creative.

It is a matter of supervision to tell the most story with the least space and how to expand after animation. This very reflects the determination of Dayong to give up animation and turn to comic, and to save is to save nonsense. I think this is also Dayong's shrewdness, leaving some space for free play after animation.

 Magic OP
Magic OP

In the story of the rooftop after the OP, Asakusa gave the telescope to Kinson in the cartoon. Kinson had noticed Shuiqi in the telescope and wanted to make a profit from her. The animation has been changed into a simple explanation of Yitong campus setting, and a lens has been given to the Robot Association.

Robot Association is the story behind the cartoon, and animation should be able to do this part of the story. That's absolutely quite exciting!

The part that met Mizuzaki at the animation screening meeting was not changed. The change is the animation developed by animation. I don't know what is in the cartoon. The animation has been changed to "Conan of the Island", which is actually Hayao Miyazaki's "Conan of the Future Youth" five This is the same work that Asakusa Primary School watched alone at home. Therefore, Asakusa can explain a series of settings in the animation.


The fact that this circular simple mechanism appears
And detailed description of the antigravity device of unknown origin
I raised it with my hands
It's like pushing a stalled car
With clear animation description, it creates a realistic effect
The height difference is explained by the scene and comfortable
The hero's reliable ability
This huge feeling
Arrange a small airship to pass by deliberately for comparison
Let people feel the role of propulsion through the flying debris in the air
And the wind pressure
If you move forward in the wind, you will lean, and if you run, you will be blown away by the wind
It's incredibly convincing here
Reality and the obvious leap built on it
When the characters move and combine with the background, they can create a world
This sense of adventure that the character roams in the unknown world

The author, Oto, said in an interview that one of his favorite animations is "Conan the Future Youth" directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Therefore, it is reasonable to change this part after animation.

In the next "Operation to Save Mizuzaki", Asakusa carried Mizuzaki on his back and ran away without any escape. Animation plays its own role, greatly increasing the details of this part of the performance, which is very Tang shallow style. I don't know whether this stage will appear in the future.

After that, he took Mizuzaki to the laundry room. The cartoon was shown on one page, and the animation added some details.

 The first sentence page 18
The first sentence page 18

For example, Kinsen paid for Mizuzaki and stopped the washing machine running everywhere after they went upstairs. These details can explain the character of Kingson from the side: visionary, careful, and business minded.

At this point, the animation explains almost the characters of the three people. Then they began to talk about animation, and came to the core part of the first sentence - making animation. The plane that does not conform to scientific principles, the wonderful driving principle, and the super vigorous animation that crosses the gap between buildings will make you wonder whether you are watching Hayao Miyazaki's film. For example, the dragonfly's wings are set the same as those of the "City of Sky".

 Setting Diagram of Universal Manned Spaceship Kelly
Setting Diagram of Universal Manned Spaceship Kelly
 City of sky
City of sky

Put a more detailed Chinese version of the settings on the cartoon.

 Set Chinese version
Set Chinese version

The animation did not hesitate to imitate Hayao Miyazaki's style, giving me a sense of instant vision of "Red Pig" or "City of the Sky".

And all the background music in this part is voiced by Asakusa 3.

When the fantasy ended, Mizuzaki said he would go back to watch the live animation. The cartoon only mentioned Inoue as the painting supervisor, and the animation was changed to three people, Inoue teacher, Daping teacher and Ji teacher, who painted together.



These three people respectively talked about Junzhi Inoue, Shinya Ohira, and Koichiro Jikuo. This is beyond my knowledge. As long as I know that all three are the top leaders in the animation industry, their cooperation only exists in a dream.


The style of Tang Qian Zhengming is really suitable for him to do something freely. Animation is not only to see stories, but also to feel the carrier of animation, the fun brought by animation itself. Whenever I see Tang Qian's works, I feel this way. The result was just as I expected. The excellent story of Da Tong was combined with Tang Qian's highly personalized animation, and the collision between the two produced a wonderful reaction. Those who really like animation will burst into tears at the moment when they see three people imagining a piece of drawing and the plane takes off. Who didn't have a wild imagination in childhood?

Don't say anything, open it quickly AcFun Have a good look!

reference resources

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  1. The score of Bi Li Bi Li is only for entertainment and not for reference
  2. As of May 2019
  3. Cartoon Volume I Content
  4. Source request, I can't find
  5. Episodes 11 and 24, respectively