Can emoticons really be animated?

I think, like China, netizens in Japan also like to use various emoticons when chatting through various social applications.

Among the many interesting and funny emoticons in Japan, there is a series called "Business Fish". In this series, the protagonist is a character with a fish head and a human body, and the rest of the emoticon series Some of the characters, like the protagonist, have various fish, shrimps and crabs as their heads, and their body parts are ordinary humans, while some characters are human beings.

This emoticon series should still be quite popular in Japan. Otherwise, why would an animation featuring these emoticon characters be released in July this year?

The name of this animation is "Business Fish". This is an animation based on real Japanese workplace life, with various spoof and imaginative elements. It was announced in the official PV of the animation. Afterwards, Mr. Shibu felt that the content in the animation was quite brainwashing.

What kind of brainwashing is this?

First of all, let’s take a look at the director of this animation, huh? If you are fans of the new Japanese drama "April 1st Three Sisters Family Story" starring vtuber (virtual anchor) recently, you will find that the director of this animation is "April 1st Three Sisters Family Story" One of the directors of "Story" - Takashi Sumita.

Judging from the Japanese drama starring a virtual anchor, this director not only dared to add more innovative elements to the creation of Japanese dramas, but he also brought this fresh gameplay to animation.

The animation "Business Fish" is still a daily life comedy that Takashi Sumita is very good at, and there are always many surreal elements in the daily comedies he creates, such as the protagonist of this animation Many of them are the images of fish, shrimps and crabs after they become sperm.

What will these fish, shrimps and crabs do after they become sperm? The answer is to become a typical Japanese office worker. The male protagonist Snapper is a middle-level cadre in the company. As a hard-working office worker, his biggest dream is to get promoted and get a raise, and then have enough financial ability to marry the most beautiful female colleague in the company - Yi Ji.

The prototype of Otohime is the princess who lives in Ryugu Castle in the ancient Japanese myth and legend "Urashima Taro". As a princess, she actually has to go to work after coming to the world. What happened to Ryugu Castle.

Judging from the promotional PV of the animation, other employees who have grown from fish, shrimp, crab to sperm will do all kinds of weird things at work, and discuss things like what to eat while working. It’s no longer a big deal, there are still characters who dance at work, and some employees say all kinds of dirty things to their female colleagues.

This professional spoof animation reflects the Japanese imagination and funny spirit to a great extent. In terms of graphics, although the animation is not very refined, it can still be watched. Could it be that this Is animation going to be the dark horse of the July series?

The above is purely a personal opinion