What kind of animation is "Hua Jianghu: Bad Guys"? If you ask this question to fans of Bad Guys, they will proudly tell you that Bad Guys in Jianghu is a great domestic production with a conscience and can be called the light of national comics. In 2014, I was commissioned by a friend to draw Bad Guys. It was the first time I watched this kind of adult martial arts animated series presented in a three-dimensional way. I only complained that the style of painting was too weird. However, due to my friend's insistence, I decided not to do it. After watching two episodes, I fell into the trap.
I wonder if the friends who followed me in the past two years are like me. Every Thursday, I open the video with great excitement, but my heart is filled with ups and downs——?
" Well, looking back, I have to skip it." One minute passed; "The opening song is good, it sounds very passionate." Another two or three minutes passed; "Oh, the main film is finally here! Move the bench and watch it quickly!" "However, the goose can't last more than a few minutes, unexpectedly. . . It’s over in just one episode!
EXM’s one-week plot is so short, it’s really annoying! And this is the domestic conscience work "The Bad Man in the Jianghu" that fans both love and hate.
"The Bad Man in the Painting of Rivers and Lakes" describes a long story, intertwined with war and darkness during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, including Huang Chao's uprising, Zhu Wen's usurpation of the throne, the execution of the Li clan, Yougui's patricide, and Shatuo's death. Famous historical events and folklore such as the Battle for Hegemony are throughout. Several protagonists, together with a group of heroes, concealed their swords and sang songs in the world. They experienced the vicissitudes of youth and love, betrayal and loyalty, and the cycle of sorrow and joy in the turbulent times of history. In the end, they became the decisive force to end this era and create a new era. It can be called a romantic and glorious historical legend of Chinese martial arts. The reason why "The Bad Guys" is praised by everyone who has seen it is due to its conscientious production and positioning for adults. Among a bunch of childish and overflowing domestic comics, "The Bad Guys" "People" appears to be out of the mud but untainted. In recent years, Japanese comics have become more and more popular in our country and are loved by many teenagers and adults. Although "The Bad Man" has a certain quality compared to Japanese comics. There is a gap, but the appearance and costumes of the characters are still very careful, and this drama has a plot that can support the entire drama. How popular is the Painting of Jianghu series? In fact, it can be seen from some data that the first season of "The Bad Guys" was broadcast on the Internet in 2014. According to the film studio's figures, the total broadcast volume of 54 episodes has exceeded 3 billion. . It is the one with more outstanding achievements among the domestic ancient-style animations in recent years, except for "Qin Shi Mingyue".
The popularity of animation has led Huajianghu to start filming live-action online dramas, which have also become popular on the broadcasting platform iQiyi. The 12 episodes of its first season were launched at the end of September this year, but so far, the number of views has exceeded 739 million. Not only is it a large number of viewers, but it also has a good reputation. On Douban, it has more than 5,000 viewers. An audience gave it a high score of 8.3 points.
The reason why the online drama "Hua Jianghu" is so popular is that it is most praised for its "high degree of restoration" of the animated plot. After all, the setting of the original work is a bit exaggerated. We often see a lot of complaints about online dramas and TV series that have been changed beyond recognition, and the screenwriters always have various reasons to shirk it, such as the recently popular one adapted from a novel. This is what ancient dramas are like. But a work like "The Bad Guys" that is completely based on the original work, even taking into account details such as clothes, and not violating or embarrassing, is really very rare, and it also makes people who are interested in the original work feel abnormal. surprise.
For example, the most popular character in the entire work is Black and White. The two are called brother and sister, one is ruthless and cunning, the other is arrogant and flamboyant, both contain deadly corpse poison in their palms. Directly under Meng Po, he was ordered to seize the Longquan Sword, but never succeeded. Although Black and White are evil and evil, it has not affected their popularity. The most impressive scene in the cartoon, full of German orthopedic rhythms, is also highly restored in the online drama! For young viewers who are familiar with Japanese anime tastes, these are their favorite parts.
When it comes to super IPs, Bad Guys still has great potential. On iQiyi, the influence of "Bad Guys" is compared to this year's "hot hits" - also on iQiyi. Although the gap between the tens of billions of hits of Qiyi's "Old Nine Gates" is a bit large, "Old Nine Gates" claims to have invested over 100 million and has fans such as William Chan, Zhang Yixing, Zhao Liying, and the Southern Uncle San from "Tomb Robbers" Appeal. Although it has a low reputation, it has gained more viewers through entertainment and fan effect. The investment in the costume web drama Bad Guy is RMB 3 million per episode, and all the actors hired are unknown young actors. The total of the 12 episodes in the first season is about RMB 32 million. Between the two There is a huge difference in the amount of investment, which is enough to make up for the gap in click-through rates.
The early success of "Bad Man" means that director Wu Bai's idea of ??"adapting anime as a real person can be achieved" is initially effective. It is reported that the second season of "Bad Man" will be released on December Released in month.
In any case, thank you to Ruosen Digital Alliance and director Wu Bai for showing us such a wonderful Chinese comic online drama. I look forward to the future of Chinese comics to shine again.