1。 Pre-war pioneering period
In the pre-war period-from 19 17, Japan had animation until 1945, when Japan was defeated.
In the early period of this period, the theme was mainly world famous works, while in the later period, due to the rampant Japanese militarism, the theme of animation could not be separated from the route of publicizing and boasting Japanese militarism. For example, 1942' s The Magic of the Sea is like this. However, this has also led to the progress of fighting and explosive painting technology, which is also the most proud technology of Japanese animation today.
2。 Post-war exploration period
Post-war exploration period-from Japan's defeat to 1947.
After the defeat of Japan, in view of the lessons of the war, some people began to use anti-war themes in animation. This theme has far-reaching influence and is still quite popular until now. Others try different animation themes. Therefore, the animation themes in this period range from very meaningful to very low-level. For example, The Adventures of Prince Sun by 1968 is a successful example, which later became the basis of high-level animation. Of course, there are also examples of failure. Steel Invincible, like 1970, is a typical bad cartoon, which is not only violent but also bad, and has brought bad influence to Japanese animation.
3 。 Determination period of subject matter
Theme determination period (the first animation craze) —— The performance of space warships from 1974 to 1982.
During this period, the Japanese animation industry has determined the dividing line between animation and comics after a period of exploration. Comics are outside the scope of our discussion, so we don't comment. Space Battleship is the first "super drama" in Japanese animation history, and Leiji Matsumoto is responsible for the script and character design. After the film was broadcast on TV, it caused a "Leiji Matsumoto whirlwind". Later, there were three books, Space Battleship, Forever Yamato and Space Battleship Final, with a life span of ten years. After this film, Leiji Matsumoto has other popular works, such as Galaxy Railway 999 and The Millennium Queen. After Leiji Matsumoto, "mobile suit", which was adapted from Toyo's original novel, began to be staged at 1979. Because of its complex and rigorous plot structure, it has been warmly supported by anime fans. The next three films of this film are also very popular. But since then, the animation craze has gradually subsided, and the animation industry has entered an intermittent period.
4 。 Breakthrough period of painting skills
Breakthrough period of painting skills (the second animation craze) —— from 1982 "fortress of time and space" (1)(MACROSS) to 1987.
During this period, people's pursuit of visual enjoyment became a trend, so animation painting technology tried to break through. During this period, the breakthrough of painting technology has the effect of innovating ideas and moving quickly, thus causing excellent sports; The realistic background of Valley of the Wind (II) and City of the Sky; Mobile suit Z and mobile suit ZZ emphasized reflection and contrast between light and shade, which made great contributions to later animation. Because the theme has been determined, and the breakthrough of painting skills, excellent works are repeated. For example, the space-time fortress ranges from 1982 to1984; 1984 "Valley of the Wind"; 1985, 1986 "mobile suit z gundam" and "gundam z z"; 1986 City in the Sky, Aryan and many other good films. By the end of this period (1987), Japanese animation had reached a very high level in plot, content and painting skills. So animation entered a mature stage.
Note: 1: This film was broadcast as a space warship on CTV on 1985.
Note 2: The Valley of the Wind participated in the 1987 Golden Horse Award International Film Festival.
5。 Route differentiation period
Route differentiation period (mature period)-from 1987.
After the animation entered the mature stage, several excellent films appeared. Such as Grinch; Movies Gundam-,mobile suit-Counterattack, Wang Li Cosmic Army; And the first literary animation series "A Moment Together" in Japanese TV history, which is mainly aimed at high school students and above. Among them, "A Moment Together" won the second place in the list of outstanding Japanese animation works from 65438 to 0988 (the first place in that year was "saint seiya the Saint"); In addition, there are many masterpieces such as Battle of the Sky and Mobile Police (Battle of the Sky 1989 won the first animation).
With the development of Japanese animation, some people think that young audiences have been neglected for four or five years, and they should also consider the younger route. Therefore, since the second half of 1987, the animation of the elderly on TV has gradually decreased and turned to animated films. Therefore, few good movies can be found on Japanese TV, and almost all movies are wonderful.
6。 Future development
Future development-due to the differentiation of routes, the animation industry will focus on new films. Such as Grinch, Tale of Five Stars, Prince of the Universe, Battle of Venus, TV Mobile Police, mobile suit OAV, etc. There are also Eight Dogs Biography, Wang Li Cosmic Army-Full Edition -LD and Cosmic Prince-Heaven Road, which will be staged in the second half of 1990. It's really hard to draw a conclusion about how the future route of animation will change, and only time can decide!