SOURCES Legend of Luo Xiao Hei Sayuki (1960) Legend of Hei NE ZHA (2019) Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979) Iron man 2 All Saints Street chinafilminsider.com/how-90s-kids-are-redrawing-the-boundaries-of-chinese-animation/ www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/the-legend-of-hei-tops-the-chinese-box-office-in-its-opening-weekend-179293.html web.archive.org/web/20190802190354/www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-chinese-web-series-the-legend-of-luo-xiaohei-is-getting-a-feature-spinoff-177712.html ruclips.net/video/D003S0gYbLs/видео.html ruclips.net/video/Kxg6w4F6kYk/видео.html ruclips.net/video/3Lug83Z_gT4/видео.html www.sixthtone.com/news/1004710/how-90s-kids-are-redrawing-the-boundaries-of-chinese-animation teamjoy.co.jp/『羅小黒戦記（ロシャオヘイセンキ）』監督mtjj・/ www.china.org.cn/arts/2019-09/06/content_75180088.htm zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/82481249 variety.com/2020/film/news/joy-pictures-cannes-king-of-fighters-1234646330/
One of favourite animated movies of this/last year! Though I'd say this is less a Chinese Ghibli film and more a Chinese Into-the-Spiderverse, with the sakuga and story structure
STEVEM well tbh imagery I get but the philosophy is actually just rooted in East Asian philosophies like it distinctly draws on Taoism and ghibli movies also get their philosophy from Japanese and to some extent Chinese culture that are already established as staples of the fiction and visual arts. Look into xianxia more and it makes you realize the wondrousness that it treats its world with is very involved with how beautiful the fantasy worlds in jianghu and other Chinese fantasy are, just portraying nature and the energy it gives and ebbs and flows through all life
5:30 The spite that Feng Xi holds is still understandable. The freedom that the Elfin enjoyed before humans took over everything is very similar to the state of Native Americans. Native Americans are given rights within society and have land on the reserves, but it's nothing compared to the freedom they previously enjoyed before European foreigners arrived and took over the continent. The Guild in Legend of Hei is a similar situation. It's their attempt to integrate Elfins within human society, but why do Elfins need to hide and integrate when the humans were the invaders in the first place? Lastly, Elfin are not all impacted the same by human intrusion. Some can integrate into human society better than others. But Feng Xi is a wood sprite---he feels and breaths the forests that humanity cuts down and the ecosystems they destroy. I can understand why his hatred is more significant than other Elfin, why he would turn to terrorism to achieve his goals, and why he refused to surrender even when he lost at the end. The fact that there is no clear villain is what I really liked about the movie. What made Feng Xi's death so bittersweet is that it never addressed the underlying problem---the rapid and destructive growth of human society that drives the Elfin out or into hiding.
Finally! Please, I want more people to know about this movie, because i'm in love with it, and I want all of the world to know it. As an artist, rarely (only 5 times through my entire life) I cry when see a stunningly beautiful things. With this movie it wasn't just one time - for half of an hour my eyes were wet and something near 8 times I have busted to tears without shame so much I had to pouse the movie because I couldn't see anything
The story behind Hei reminds me of the making of the movie Penguin Highway. That movie was made by a first time Animation director and was a RUclipsr for many years.
While the animation can be a little too fast in places I really respect the energy and the spectacle that this movie oozes. It is really amazing coming from an independent studio. Also pretty cool of you to give a shout out to the 2019 NeZha. That movie was EPIC and EFFECTIVE despite the somewhat simplistic story. Splendid video mate 😊👍
There's a season 2 of All Saints Street already actually. There's a couple episodes translated on RUclips already by some independent fans. Also for other great Chinese animation series you could try Mo Dao Zu Shi and Tian Guan Ci Fu both having the main characters as canonically gay. Well, at least for the novels since they're not even finished yet and animation tends to shy away from the more sexual side of their source materials like novels and comics.
Love to see you reference Wan Sheng Jie (All Saints Street) near the end. I saw almost no one talking about it while it was airing, but it's easily my favorite comedy anime(?) of last spring. Also, 9:58 the 2nd season is airing right now, man.
I just binge watched the season 1 and all the available episodes of season 2. I must say I totally adore this series, the mood and characters keep me very engaged and warm. Humor is also funny and clever most of the times. Sadly the propaganda is very obvious :v Joking aside, I have high expectations for the director and whatever he decides to do on the future. Love his work.
The film does has the Ghibli vibe. But the movie has its own unique charm 🥰 Highly recommend to anyone who enjoy watching feel-good fantasy animation with a hint of deep wisdom ❤
@@Stevem Style and quality are two different things. Not saying that to shit all over their work or accuse them of not being praiseworthy 'because they're a ghibli knockoff' which would be unfairly dismissive, just being objective. And there's noting at all wrong with openly paying homage to ghibli. All art is informed by other art. The animation is not on par with Ghibli but those backgrounds in the movie are beautiful and I like the character design. The cinematography is great. The shot composition is great. The crazy angles, perspective and camera movement being employed is amazing (the storyboard artists must have laid a solid foundation), the key animation is good but the in between animation and what appears to be low frame rate is the only thing letting it down. Still, absolutely amazing. Ghibli is the gold standard. It doesn't have to be as good as Ghibli to be excellent.
@@SobrietyandSolace I never said there's anything wrong with it , paying homage is good what do you think Ghibli is doing, ghibli has a larger frame count although the idea of one being better than each other isnt really worth comparing in that regard both are doing different things, one day i hope MTJJ has the assets of ghibli studio that would be nice to see
I'm already almost 5 minutes in and I can already tell this is something I'd best watch unspoiled, being a die-hard Ghibli fan looking to get int Chinese animation. Are there any sources online where english subtitles are available right now? If not, is there somewhere I can keep a lookout for the release of a potential english sub?
broooo can someone give me a link to the creators page ;w; I was on there once but I forgot what it was called and I cant find it. Its like a chinese twitter or sm
I just watched this movie yesterday and it was FANTASTIC! Btw where can I watch the series? Is there an official website or sth? Also what was that other movie they are working on?
I think I'll watch both. The movie might not be as good as the web series, but I'm pretty sure it's a good stepping stone for a lot of people's career.
Fengxi did not have to be the villain he was so cool and at the beginning of the movie I loved it when thay wher at that island I do know that he was not a villain to a ascent
Please check out Heaven Official's Blessing a.k.a Tian Guan Ci Fu, I know it's BL genre(not sure if they'll censor that part considered it's a Chinese show), but the animation is visually stunning for an animated web series, many are calling it God tier.
@@Stevem It's currently streaming on Bilibili, Funimation and RUclips, according to Funimation they will release English dub for the show in next year.
@@Stevem over 20 mins per episode, btw I found out the RUclips ver. is region locked, and for those in regions that are not locked has to be member to watch the latest episode.
I love this movie, show and comic I love this movie, show and comic I love this movie, show and comic I love this movie, show and comic I love this movie, show and comic I love this movie, show and comic
8:02 Wait what's this little animation of Old Xian's characters? Wait what does it say I'm confused. Is this studio going to do some animations of them? Or maybe Old Xian works there????? Or maybe they just look cute so you put them???????? :0
I don't know why, but I got pretty confused with the way you explained this. Like, I felt you dived right into this without enough context. Is Legend of Hei about the cat at the beginning? I see many different styles of animation, characters/humans, etc., so I'm wondering if this is the web series, a bunch of different movies or series. I also found it hard to understand you at times for some reason. It felt kind of low or unclear. I'm not sure. I think it would have been better if you had gone over the plot and characters of this movie and clearly labeled what was the web series and what was the movie. I wasn't sure what company was being compared to Ghibli either or its history, or if this film is a big improvement or something. Basically, why are we talking about this film?
"this is not ghibli but damn close this is legend of hei a chinese animated feature created by animator MtJJ" Is literally the first thing i say, the cat is hei but the boy is also hei as seen by him transforming into the cat on screen multiple times. I'm not here to give you a plot synopsis of a movie if your interested please watch it, this is a video about as it says in the description, an up and coming independent chinese animated studio and their passion project becoming a big hit which i want more people to find out about. I explain this is a movie coming out in japan as of yesterday based on a webseries , there's a clear divide from the movie being in wide screen and a webseries being in a much smaller aspect ratio. I then go on to explain about the webseries towards the end which started in 2011. MTJJ the animator also calls his studio by the same name so maybe that's where the confusion is coming from.
I don’t know. Ghibli is more about the core for me. I mean HEI is good and all, but it feels shallow a bit to me... the actions, the graphics are nice and all but...it just feels different. I mean commercially they are doing a great job, but culture wise they are just not quiet in the level of ghibli.
The series communicates its messaging much better i'd agree that the film leans more of the setpieces then a message but it's their first film so, i'll give them that
Japan's most important anime pioneer was inspired by the old Chinese donghua. He said it himself, but the development of Chinese donghua was staggered by the cultural revolution and only been revived in recent years, so in a way, there will be no jp anime if not for the chinese donghua. Mock the "Chinese stuff" only shows you ignorance.
What would it take for people to stop calling every other animation the next "Ghibli". It's so degrading and disrespectful as an animator as if you'll never make good art unless you reference and compare yourself with this one single company. It's so frustrating to be honest.
Well, there's two answers really Never, since that's the game of marketing stuff that doesn't have it's own reputation yet, is to compare it to something that does, Now the question is really is that bad thing and I'd say it is about execution, Legend of Hei is a series that wears its influences on its sleeves, proudly so every episode of the web series makes some reference to ghibli and jesus the first episode literally has Howl in it. I'd say the comparison goes much further though this is very much MTJJ's Nausciaa moment , they've released an independent movie that did much better than they could hope after years of working in the industry and now can use that to build themselves up on the world stage of animation and continue to produce more animated movies and shorts. MTJJ is also hugely inspired by anime as a whole and his style is close enough to convert a lot of anime fans easily enough. People will compare you to all sorts when your an artist or animator (source I'm both) gotta take it in your stride and be confident in your own work
@@Stevem that makes sense. It's all about the execution and the work itself. I've had too many bad experience where people compared janky flash animation to next Ghibli and it always came across disrespectful to both sides. But in this case you're right, there's a lot of influence of Ghibli from style to animation in this series.
@@zainrizwan5421 In fact there's Ghibli's influence on the director's work, but I would also prefer don't mention Ghibli unless is entirely necessary. People still mention Ghibli or Miyazaki when talking about Hosoda and Shinkai and is really annoying.
@@zainrizwan5421 yeah it's ungraceful for them to be bombarded with those kind of comments, although I think if i was to talk about hosoda I probs with angle the video around that because I would like to talk about what it means when people say "the next miyazaki" since hosoda is the first anime director i recall getting that label how does that effect ones career , both hosoda and miyazaki had very similar career paths started at the same studio almost working together in howl and covering topics that are close but in very different ways
this is a r;y good video analyzing one of the most deserving movies and series of all time, but the way you pronounce some of the names , specifically wu xian, takes me the fuck OUT , like u pronounce it different every time??? I would look into it more if I were you and I recommend just practicing So you give the culture its due respect. also in terms of your criticism of feng xi being too unsympathetic, I have to disagree. as a person of color I understood perfectly his point of view being unwilling to join the guild. It’s not the same thing. I completely understand not wanting to assimilate to a culture you never asked for and was literally forced upon you, while your own culture and way of life you simply have to suppress and leave behind and in some ways act like it’s less civilized, less important and less beautiful and rich and intelligent than the culture of your colonizer. So, feng xi’s point of view is a lot more nuanced than you give credit for, althoigh I agree that the movie presented him slightly too villainously (being willing to hurt other yaojing). Though I don’t blame you for not getting that on your own because that’s not a perspective you necessarily have as a white .....and British.....person.
SOURCES
Legend of Luo Xiao Hei
Sayuki (1960)
Legend of Hei
NE ZHA (2019)
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King (1979)
Iron man 2
All Saints Street
chinafilminsider.com/how-90s-kids-are-redrawing-the-boundaries-of-chinese-animation/
www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/the-legend-of-hei-tops-the-chinese-box-office-in-its-opening-weekend-179293.html
web.archive.org/web/20190802190354/www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/the-chinese-web-series-the-legend-of-luo-xiaohei-is-getting-a-feature-spinoff-177712.html
ruclips.net/video/D003S0gYbLs/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/Kxg6w4F6kYk/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/3Lug83Z_gT4/видео.html
www.sixthtone.com/news/1004710/how-90s-kids-are-redrawing-the-boundaries-of-chinese-animation
teamjoy.co.jp/『羅小黒戦記（ロシャオヘイセンキ）』監督mtjj・/
www.china.org.cn/arts/2019-09/06/content_75180088.htm
zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/82481249
variety.com/2020/film/news/joy-pictures-cannes-king-of-fighters-1234646330/
This is the first time I'm hearing about their new show whats it called?
I guess I am kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good website to stream newly released tv shows online ?
@Danny Hugh Flixportal :D
@Ignacio Sergio thanks, I went there and it seems to work =) Appreciate it !
@Danny Hugh No problem :D
SO happy to see Luo Xiao Hei being talked about, that movie is basically therapy for the eyes
Not only the movie but also the serie and the webcomic
One of favourite animated movies of this/last year! Though I'd say this is less a Chinese Ghibli film and more a Chinese Into-the-Spiderverse, with the sakuga and story structure
I do think a lot of imagery and philosophy is inspired by ghibli but there is a clear super hero element to it as well for sure
STEVEM well tbh imagery I get but the philosophy is actually just rooted in East Asian philosophies like it distinctly draws on Taoism and ghibli movies also get their philosophy from Japanese and to some extent Chinese culture that are already established as staples of the fiction and visual arts. Look into xianxia more and it makes you realize the wondrousness that it treats its world with is very involved with how beautiful the fantasy worlds in jianghu and other Chinese fantasy are, just portraying nature and the energy it gives and ebbs and flows through all life
This web series and the recent film is criminally underated and needs more attention.
indeed
@@Stevem You are one of the very few I found who bothered to cover it. So thank you for that.
Fun fact, in the web series,voice actor ShanXin voice 12 character include :Hei, Bai, Bai's brother etc.
Yeah back when the production was small they only had few VAs, you honestly wouldn't notice it neither
5:30 The spite that Feng Xi holds is still understandable. The freedom that the Elfin enjoyed before humans took over everything is very similar to the state of Native Americans. Native Americans are given rights within society and have land on the reserves, but it's nothing compared to the freedom they previously enjoyed before European foreigners arrived and took over the continent. The Guild in Legend of Hei is a similar situation. It's their attempt to integrate Elfins within human society, but why do Elfins need to hide and integrate when the humans were the invaders in the first place? Lastly, Elfin are not all impacted the same by human intrusion. Some can integrate into human society better than others. But Feng Xi is a wood sprite---he feels and breaths the forests that humanity cuts down and the ecosystems they destroy. I can understand why his hatred is more significant than other Elfin, why he would turn to terrorism to achieve his goals, and why he refused to surrender even when he lost at the end.
The fact that there is no clear villain is what I really liked about the movie. What made Feng Xi's death so bittersweet is that it never addressed the underlying problem---the rapid and destructive growth of human society that drives the Elfin out or into hiding.
Finally! Please, I want more people to know about this movie, because i'm in love with it, and I want all of the world to know it. As an artist, rarely (only 5 times through my entire life) I cry when see a stunningly beautiful things. With this movie it wasn't just one time - for half of an hour my eyes were wet and something near 8 times I have busted to tears without shame so much I had to pouse the movie because I couldn't see anything
have you seen the webshow? its also great
@@Stevem yes, I did. I like Argen a lot
The story behind Hei reminds me of the making of the movie Penguin Highway. That movie was made by a first time Animation director and was a RUclipsr for many years.
that's reallly cool , I like it when that happens
Chinese anime is killing it! This and Fog Hill of Five Elements have amazing art styles and action scenes. This is like Ghibli x Dragon ball!
While the animation can be a little too fast in places I really respect the energy and the spectacle that this movie oozes. It is really amazing coming from an independent studio. Also pretty cool of you to give a shout out to the 2019 NeZha. That movie was EPIC and EFFECTIVE despite the somewhat simplistic story. Splendid video mate 😊👍
NeZha as a character is so pivotal to chinese animation history it didnt seem like a coincidence that he ended up in Hei as well
Thats how battles work
There's a season 2 of All Saints Street already actually. There's a couple episodes translated on RUclips already by some independent fans. Also for other great Chinese animation series you could try Mo Dao Zu Shi and Tian Guan Ci Fu both having the main characters as canonically gay. Well, at least for the novels since they're not even finished yet and animation tends to shy away from the more sexual side of their source materials like novels and comics.
The film happened 4 years earlier than the TV series. For the story about Lao Jun, happened many hundred years ago, see manga Lan Xi Zhen.
That comic is really nice and underrated
This looks lit AF! Dem action scenes, fam! 💯
give it a go
Love to see you reference Wan Sheng Jie (All Saints Street) near the end. I saw almost no one talking about it while it was airing, but it's easily my favorite comedy anime(?) of last spring. Also, 9:58 the 2nd season is airing right now, man.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh shit i need to watch right nowwww
@Tesla-Effect mtjj love there short length eps but man do i love the intro
I just binge watched the season 1 and all the available episodes of season 2.
I must say I totally adore this series, the mood and characters keep me very engaged and warm. Humor is also funny and clever most of the times. Sadly the propaganda is very obvious :v
Joking aside, I have high expectations for the director and whatever he decides to do on the future. Love his work.
The film does has the Ghibli vibe. But the movie has its own unique charm 🥰 Highly recommend to anyone who enjoy watching feel-good fantasy animation with a hint of deep wisdom ❤
thank you for making this video! i love this movie, and i love your analysis of the movie as well as the original web series hehe
Good video as usual. Gonna have to look out for this movie!
thank yoU!!!
Watched the movie last year, and I was blown away. What a visual masterpiece
Yes! I remember watching this movie and I’m so glad to know other people love this movie as I don’t know anyone else who has watched it. Great video!
Just glad that this studio is making more works. Wan Sheng Jie and Luo Xiao Hei are both brilliant. Wan Sheng Jie has one of the most catchy openings.
I feel like a new treasure may have been uncovered to me.
THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOOOOOD!!!! I just want Legend of Hei 2 already
This animated film is a masterclass... in everything... it exceeds every expectation ive had..
Thank you for doing this video! THis movie is amazing!
This movie and the show Scissor Seven are the best exmaples to take if you want to describe chinese animation.
Nezha Conquers the Dragon King is a classic also
@@Stevem True
Oh my goodness, that black cat is so cute yet so badass.
It looks more like a big-budget Newgrounds feature.
some of the art design is pretty webgen but the backgrounds and the actual movie wears their actual influences on theeir sleeves
@@Stevem Can definitively agree in regards to the backgrounds with what you've shown, but I'm too jaded to consider watching the actual movie!
@@DrummerDucky it's a fine little film although the webgen series is just as good if not better
@@Stevem Style and quality are two different things. Not saying that to shit all over their work or accuse them of not being praiseworthy 'because they're a ghibli knockoff' which would be unfairly dismissive, just being objective. And there's noting at all wrong with openly paying homage to ghibli. All art is informed by other art. The animation is not on par with Ghibli but those backgrounds in the movie are beautiful and I like the character design.
The cinematography is great. The shot composition is great. The crazy angles, perspective and camera movement being employed is amazing (the storyboard artists must have laid a solid foundation), the key animation is good but the in between animation and what appears to be low frame rate is the only thing letting it down.
Still, absolutely amazing. Ghibli is the gold standard. It doesn't have to be as good as Ghibli to be excellent.
@@SobrietyandSolace I never said there's anything wrong with it , paying homage is good what do you think Ghibli is doing, ghibli has a larger frame count although the idea of one being better than each other isnt really worth comparing in that regard both are doing different things, one day i hope MTJJ has the assets of ghibli studio that would be nice to see
I love anything you make.
Very nice video, loved it! :)
The "Chinese cartoons" meme becomes true.
This movie os incredible. Loved it
Definitely did not expect something like this...
what were you expecting
Chinese CGI and witty sarcasm
@@siawsebastian9089 nope it's pretty good and 2d animated
Ok, I'll give it a try
@@Stevem Ne Zha looks interesting but I'm gonna be honest, the 3d animation on this one especially the texture looks very ugly.
This movie is so underrated it hurts.
IIRC the entire movie Legend of Hei is also on YT xD
I'm already almost 5 minutes in and I can already tell this is something I'd best watch unspoiled, being a die-hard Ghibli fan looking to get int Chinese animation. Are there any sources online where english subtitles are available right now? If not, is there somewhere I can keep a lookout for the release of a potential english sub?
i hear there maybe somewhere you can find it on this here website , or so i hear
ruclips.net/video/PAFQ0vNansg/видео.html
there you go
I loved this anime
I love this movie! The character design reminds me a bit of a mix between Steven universe and avatar the last Airbender.
I really like this Movie, to me it was like The Boy and The Beast, from Momoru Hosoda.
eh, looks like a well done flash animation with high dollar backgrounds imo.
broooo can someone give me a link to the creators page ;w; I was on there once but I forgot what it was called and I cant find it. Its like a chinese twitter or sm
I just watched this movie yesterday and it was FANTASTIC! Btw where can I watch the series? Is there an official website or sth? Also what was that other movie they are working on?
I have the webseries on my hdd, looks like I need to do a little marathon soon. I only have watched a couple of episodes and so far I also like it.
it only gets better from there
I think I'll watch both.
The movie might not be as good as the web series, but I'm pretty sure it's a good stepping stone for a lot of people's career.
both are worth it
holy shit it was the best anime i've seen since kemonozume or berserk
Is there any way you could talk about other chinese donghua like Tgcf?
I can watch it some time and see if I have anything to say I guess
UOO XIAO HEI IS GETTING LOVE!!!
CHINESE ANIMATION IS THE FUTURE
Fengxi did not have to be the villain he was so cool and at the beginning of the movie I loved it when thay wher at that island I do know that he was not a villain to a ascent
There is an English dub, it’s really good 👍
Whoa! This looks awesome! Anywhere you can watch this in America?
RUclips
9:21 wtf is that Howl ?
Please check out Heaven Official's Blessing a.k.a Tian Guan Ci Fu, I know it's BL genre(not sure if they'll censor that part considered it's a Chinese show), but the animation is visually stunning for an animated web series, many are calling it God tier.
I've heard about it a couple times seems cool
@@Stevem It's currently streaming on Bilibili, Funimation and RUclips, according to Funimation they will release English dub for the show in next year.
@@tsukasa1608 are they 10 min eps or 20
@@Stevem over 20 mins per episode, btw I found out the RUclips ver. is region locked, and for those in regions that are not locked has to be member to watch the latest episode.
@@tsukasa1608 It's region locked for me for both YT and Funimation , dont know if bilibili has a sub
where can i watch this i been looking for days
It is on RUclips 🙂 ..
I love this movie, show and comic
I love this movie, show and comic
I love this movie, show and comic
I love this movie, show and comic
I love this movie, show and comic
I love this movie, show and comic
What is the name of their new show ??
thanks RUclips for the Algorithm, but YES PLS WATCH IT
yes
8:02 Wait what's this little animation of Old Xian's characters? Wait what does it say I'm confused. Is this studio going to do some animations of them? Or maybe Old Xian works there????? Or maybe they just look cute so you put them???????? :0
That's a picture they used to represent the studio for the film, I'm not sure of the details about Xian
Old Xian and Tanjiu are in the series. If you watch the series, you will get why they are there.
@@Stevem @Ran Su thanks for the info! Nice to know c:
I don't know why, but I got pretty confused with the way you explained this. Like, I felt you dived right into this without enough context. Is Legend of Hei about the cat at the beginning? I see many different styles of animation, characters/humans, etc., so I'm wondering if this is the web series, a bunch of different movies or series. I also found it hard to understand you at times for some reason. It felt kind of low or unclear. I'm not sure. I think it would have been better if you had gone over the plot and characters of this movie and clearly labeled what was the web series and what was the movie. I wasn't sure what company was being compared to Ghibli either or its history, or if this film is a big improvement or something. Basically, why are we talking about this film?
"this is not ghibli but damn close this is legend of hei a chinese animated feature created by animator MtJJ"
Is literally the first thing i say, the cat is hei but the boy is also hei as seen by him transforming into the cat on screen multiple times. I'm not here to give you a plot synopsis of a movie if your interested please watch it, this is a video about as it says in the description, an up and coming independent chinese animated studio and their passion project becoming a big hit which i want more people to find out about.
I explain this is a movie coming out in japan as of yesterday based on a webseries , there's a clear divide from the movie being in wide screen and a webseries being in a much smaller aspect ratio. I then go on to explain about the webseries towards the end which started in 2011.
MTJJ the animator also calls his studio by the same name so maybe that's where the confusion is coming from.
Look sooo cute!
The movie if better if you haven't watched the series btw
I watched the movie before seeing the series then after I think it might be easier for people to start with the movie for sure
@@Stevem Yes haha, the grey area of morality was real
Me animé favorite
I don’t know. Ghibli is more about the core for me. I mean HEI is good and all, but it feels shallow a bit to me... the actions, the graphics are nice and all but...it just feels different. I mean commercially they are doing a great job, but culture wise they are just not quiet in the level of ghibli.
The series communicates its messaging much better i'd agree that the film leans more of the setpieces then a message but it's their first film so, i'll give them that
@@Stevem fair enough ~
Literally STOP comparing EVERY cutesy movie to Ghibli it is mighty annoying at this point.
小黑猫
little black cat huh
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@@RezaChity-G hi
Chinese stuff lul
And for me the movie was better than the Japanese stuff from that year, just give it a chance.
Bot 4331 40053 has a valid opinion.
Japan's most important anime pioneer was inspired by the old Chinese donghua. He said it himself, but the development of Chinese donghua was staggered by the cultural revolution and only been revived in recent years, so in a way, there will be no jp anime if not for the chinese donghua. Mock the "Chinese stuff" only shows you ignorance.
What would it take for people to stop calling every other animation the next "Ghibli". It's so degrading and disrespectful as an animator as if you'll never make good art unless you reference and compare yourself with this one single company. It's so frustrating to be honest.
Well, there's two answers really
Never, since that's the game of marketing stuff that doesn't have it's own reputation yet, is to compare it to something that does,
Now the question is really is that bad thing and I'd say it is about execution, Legend of Hei is a series that wears its influences on its sleeves, proudly so every episode of the web series makes some reference to ghibli and jesus the first episode literally has Howl in it. I'd say the comparison goes much further though this is very much MTJJ's Nausciaa moment , they've released an independent movie that did much better than they could hope after years of working in the industry and now can use that to build themselves up on the world stage of animation and continue to produce more animated movies and shorts. MTJJ is also hugely inspired by anime as a whole and his style is close enough to convert a lot of anime fans easily enough.
People will compare you to all sorts when your an artist or animator (source I'm both) gotta take it in your stride and be confident in your own work
@@Stevem that makes sense. It's all about the execution and the work itself. I've had too many bad experience where people compared janky flash animation to next Ghibli and it always came across disrespectful to both sides. But in this case you're right, there's a lot of influence of Ghibli from style to animation in this series.
@@zainrizwan5421 In fact there's Ghibli's influence on the director's work, but I would also prefer don't mention Ghibli unless is entirely necessary. People still mention Ghibli or Miyazaki when talking about Hosoda and Shinkai and is really annoying.
@@moon_orbit exactly. It's unfair to both creators
@@zainrizwan5421 yeah it's ungraceful for them to be bombarded with those kind of comments, although I think if i was to talk about hosoda I probs with angle the video around that because I would like to talk about what it means when people say "the next miyazaki" since hosoda is the first anime director i recall getting that label how does that effect ones career , both hosoda and miyazaki had very similar career paths started at the same studio almost working together in howl and covering topics that are close but in very different ways
this is a r;y good video analyzing one of the most deserving movies and series of all time, but the way you pronounce some of the names , specifically wu xian, takes me the fuck OUT , like u pronounce it different every time??? I would look into it more if I were you and I recommend just practicing So you give the culture its due respect. also in terms of your criticism of feng xi being too unsympathetic, I have to disagree. as a person of color I understood perfectly his point of view being unwilling to join the guild. It’s not the same thing. I completely understand not wanting to assimilate to a culture you never asked for and was literally forced upon you, while your own culture and way of life you simply have to suppress and leave behind and in some ways act like it’s less civilized, less important and less beautiful and rich and intelligent than the culture of your colonizer. So, feng xi’s point of view is a lot more nuanced than you give credit for, althoigh I agree that the movie presented him slightly too villainously (being willing to hurt other yaojing). Though I don’t blame you for not getting that on your own because that’s not a perspective you necessarily have as a white .....and British.....person.
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