Special feature of 1905 film network Since November, many friends’ wallets have been emptied by the cinema, and one of them is a very familiar old friend, Conan, a pupil in Wannian.
As the 22nd Conan theatrical animation, this movie is a spectacular explosion in my hometown.After it was released in Japan, it topped the box office for seven consecutive weeks, punching "Reunion 3" and kicking Ready Player One, and finally the box office exceeded 8.8 billion yen to set a new box office record for the theatrical animation.
Not only did he book the champion of Japan in 2018, but he also won the eighth place in the history of local animation. Yahoo scored as high as 4.14, which was even higher than Your Name.
Screenshot of Yahoo Score of Zero Executor
Screenshot of "Your Name" Yahoo Rating
However, this Japanese explosion came to China, but it suffered a decline in word of mouth and a silence at the box office. On the first day of its release, it was ruthlessly crushed by Poison, and the Douban score was only 5.8.
Screenshot of Douban Score of Zero Executor
Back in those days, Detective Conan, the first stop of into the pit as a childhood shadow Petri dish and mystery fan, was also accompanied by a generation of emotional IP who grew up after 1980s and 1990s. However, with the Japanese theater box office increasing year by year, the domestic word-of-mouth evaluation is getting lower and lower.
The data picture is from Conan, right?
Is Conan not coquettish enough now, or is your China fans’ eyes high?
Looking back, Conan’s once theatrical animation was really powerful, which not only combined the elements of popular genre films such as reasoning, love, spy and adventure, but even some brain hole stories were more than ten years ahead of Hollywood blockbusters.
Don’t believe it? Xiao Dianjun will show you the following six films ~
Lay the foundation stoneTime to detonate skyscraper（1997）
Detective Conan, the pioneering work of the theatrical version, laid the foundation for the whole series, and many classic elements were opened from this one, such as the explosion scene, the climax of the story in a confined space, the emotional line between Xinyi and Xiaolan, Richard Moore’s reasoning error, the gag of the juvenile detective team, the action scenes of the protagonists, the doctor’s cold jokes and so on.
Although this theatrical version is still a rather exaggerated style of painting in the 1990s, it is one of the few true-reasoning animated films in all the theatrical versions, with the serial bombings on the main line and the emotional drama on the sub-line, which is quite ingenious.
The last 30 minutes of the bomb-breaking scene, both the tense rhythm of suspense films and the delicate and touching romance films, the sentence of Xinyi, "Cut it wrong if you cut it wrong, anyway, it will explode when the time comes. In this case, just cut your favorite color, I will always be here with you, and I will die with you." Even if I look back many times today, it is still exciting.
It is worth mentioning that the Japanese pronunciation of the villain Moritani in the film is similar to that of Sherlock Holmes’ rival "moriarty", which just corresponds to Conan’s name. As we all know, "Edogawa Conan" was taken from japanese mystery’s Edogawa Rampo and Conan Doyle, the author of adventures of sherlock holmes.
What’s more, the four words Moritani Diji are symmetrical, which strengthens the setting that this character is a perfectionist obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the polishing of details in that year can be seen.
Gorgeous styleMagician at the end of the century（1999）
This is the highest box office in the first three theatrical editions, and it should also be the most "forced" one in Conan’s theatrical edition, but it does not prevent it from fascinated us in the past.
Because it introduces the most accented popular supporting role in Detective Conan series — — Kaito Kuroba, when he was dressed in a white dress in the night, he bowed his head and kissed the back of his hand. I believe that countless girls’ hearts exploded wildly outside the screen!
Kidd’s mysterious and elusive charm, coupled with the gorgeous setting of easy dressing and magic tricks, can not only increase the visual impact on the senses, but also add repeated dramatic conflicts to the script, and add luster to Conan’s pursuit and reasoning drama.
The whole film revolves around an antique Easter egg, boldly recreating the story of the modern Russian royal family. In the film, all kinds of organs of ancient houses and eggs are used to the utmost, and the reasoning is reversed, and the second half has obvious color of grave robbery.
At the end, Xiaolan’s questioning of Conan is the most exciting moment in the whole series.
Kidd’s twists and turns of clearance also ended quite skillfully.
Mind-wandering workThe assassin in the pupil（2000）
The most difference from the previous theatrical version is that this novel "The Assassin in the Pupil" abandons those incredible coincidences, exaggerated events and operations that violate the laws of science, and turns to reality to pay attention to the most basic emotions between people, friendship, love and affection, which is closer to the original appearance of Japanese social school reasoning works.
Aside from reasoning, this is also the most romantic one in Conan’s theatrical version.
From the memories of roller coasters, the abuse of amnesia, the escape from amusement parks and the countdown of fountains, Xinlan’s emotional line has become the main theme of this work, and the phrase "I like you more than anyone else in the world" has become a classic confession that many fans never forget.
Disaster modelCountdown to heaven（2001）
For the first time, the theatrical version, in which the black organization joined, has not as many plays as the Dark Tracker in 2009, but it greatly increases the suspense and tension of the whole story.
The plot revolves around a twin-tower tall building. It is said that the height is the closest to heaven, and the countdown, as its name implies, is a time bomb.
The most wonderful thing about this theatrical version is that it depicts an unprecedented 40-minute disaster escape scene. The number of explosions and the complicated design of escape scenes make Dwayne Douglas Johnson’s Skyscraper Rescue stress-free after 17 years of suspension.
From the first explosion in 60 minutes, the plot entered the final crisis, followed by the long-range sniper of the black organization, the spread of the fire and the siege of the characters, which can be called the best demonstration of the theatrical version of the disaster escape climax.
Xiaolan jumped off a building so fiercely that only Jackie Chan, who fell off the 27th floor in New never to lose, could compete with Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible series.
I’m afraid the scene of "Speed and furious 7" crossing Dubai’s high-rise buildings is also a little less coquettish, after all, there is Conan’s football shooting show in this animation.
Series bestThe ghost of baker street（2002）
From brain holes, reasoning, stories and ideas, it is recognized as the best in the series.
Douban comment screenshot
The concept of life consciousness implanted with artificial intelligence mentioned in Transcendental Hacker and Superbody and the fascinating VR game world in Ready Player One were played by Conan as early as 16 years ago.
The plot is based on two classic stories, Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper, which combine reality and illusion perfectly. It travels to London in the 19th century, full of Sherlock Holmes eggs, and Kudo and his son solve the case on two lines, which are all very exciting places of this film.
But it is not so much the best in the series as it is an independent science fiction film borrowed from the shell of Conan, because the complex structure and practical significance of this theatrical version have gone beyond the scope of children’s films.
Screenwriter Hisashi Nozawa put the solidification of Japanese social class, the rigidity of education system and the metaphor of London at the end of the century into this cartoon, and the great leap forward of human material society and the stagnation of spiritual world are presented here as the tip of the iceberg.
Cultural outputCrossroads of the maze（2003）
The rare use of Kyoto as the stage of the story makes the tone of this film look particularly retro and beautiful in the whole series.
A song "Time After Time Dancing in the Street" not only made Kuraki Mai, a 21-year-old Conan singer, an instant hit, but also became one of the most popular theme songs in the series, and was regarded by many people as "Conan’s first divine comedy" and "classic among classics".
Although from this film, the story and reasoning of the theater are gradually worse than before.
However, Crossroads in the Labyrinth involves many traditional Japanese cultures, such as Yijing Ji, Nengju, Kabuki and so on, mainly in Kyoto.
I believe that many fans who have seen it, what impressed me the most is Loli, who is wearing a kimono and singing children’s songs under the cherry tree, which is very romantic and romantic.
This is not the first time that Conan’s theatrical version has become a powerful export channel of Japanese culture. In 2017, Tang Hong’s Love Song also used a lot of pen and ink to describe the traditional Japanese song brand culture and the scenery of Osaka Castle.
After reading these former masterpieces, look at the current theatrical version.
Is Conan, who only has box office results now, really useless?
From 1994, when Detective Conan was serialized on the youth SUNDAY, Conan spent 25 years with countless 80s and 90s, during which it consumed Death, Huo Ying and Silver Soul.
Being able to become the top spot of national animation and the box office pioneer of local movies, the commercialization routine of Conan Theater Edition is actually quite successful.
If we say that there was an unintentional incident before, great minds think alike, which just fits the routine of Hollywood genre films.Then today’s Conan Theater Edition is deliberately planting flowers on the basis of exhausted routines, and strives to explore more transformation possibilities for this old IP with a commercial model that is more suitable for cinemas.
For example, The Executor of Zero, which was released this time, basically abandoned the traditional reasoning elements and moved closer to the genre films with strong senses such as Extreme Agent, The Fast and the Furious, Mission Impossible and Infernal Affairs.
This way to preserve the value of IP is a matter of opinion, and some fans express contempt, but some fans have joined in for more than 30 times.
Fan Twitter screenshot
Although domestic fans are cursing, it’s really nice to go out when I wait for the dead house!
After all, he is Conan ~
