'Forwarding' a 15-year-old student's views on Chinese animation
In the third year of junior high, nearing graduation, the study pressure was immense. Facing a huge volume of textbooks every day, how much I wanted to watch the animation shows airing at 6 or 7 every day... Summer vacation arrived, and when I turned on digital TV, I often saw those KaKu satellite channels and children's channels, either showing "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" or "Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit." The Chinese film and television industry should not lag behind in the international arena, and recently China has spent huge amounts producing some commercial animations like "Storm Riders" and "The Legend of Qin," which are really good! Anyway, all the good Chinese animations are tied to ancient times and mythology; shows I watched as a child, like "Calabash Brothers" and "Journey to the West," were the same. But after "Kung Fu Panda" came out, everything about China's proud ancient animation was shattered!!!!\We are teenagers about to enter adulthood. At this age, we shouldn't just blindly focus on studying. During our spare time, we want to watch cartoons to relax, but our minds are no longer like children's. A 15 or 16-year-old teenager—should we be made to watch "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"? I want to ask, what can "Pleasant Goat" teach us?\Those Japanese and Korean animations, the more intense ones like BLEACH, OP, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Katekyo Hitman Reborn—they may have fighting, but all of these animations convey longing for the future, friendship, and respect for parents. From these animations, we learn what friendship is, what family love is, and that we can protect our friends... Maybe Chinese animation only focuses on preventing children from being bad, only producing childish cartoons, but what can those childish animations teach us? What can they make us understand? When kids enter their teenage years and gradually become more sensible, they naturally recognize the touching moments left after watching those intense animations. These animations help us become more mature. Besides, we are no longer children, so we know what is real and what isn't. Moreover, adults themselves watched intense books like "Water Margin" when they were children and still called them classics!!!!!!\Is China giving up on us teenagers? Doesn't China know that if domestic animation develops well, it can educate generations of Chinese people! If China truly grasps animation well, it can move from a thousand-year feudal society toward a free, new socialist society!!!!Now, Chinese movies have also started to become more open in terms of actors' performances. So why hasn't China implemented age-based restrictions for films yet?????\When China's history, national treasures, and kung fu are being completely plagiarized by foreign animation, don't we react at all?????\We teenagers also need animation, we have our own dreams.\Adults have taught us since childhood about national spirit and forbade us from watching Japanese animation!\Feel free to share!\Animation is not childish. What is childish is those who, after watching poor-quality animation, force the idea of childishness onto all animation. Because they don't understand what the 'second dimension' (anime/manga world) is.\I saw it was good, so I shared it~
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The Legend of Qin, the hope of Chinese animation...
Shaosiming is our hope... and also Shilan
The art style of 'The Legend of Qin' is terrible, and it's all slow-motion shots. I can't even watch one episode, and 'Xia Lan' couldn't hold my attention for more than two minutes...
I used to have hope for Chinese animation, but now I am completely desperate.
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