The characters in "Golden Power" are very full. Which character is your favorite?

Animation is the same as all other film, television and game works. Funds basically determine the level of the final product. Big productions often require large investments, and burning funds is no joke. However, this is not absolute: it is not uncommon for some works to invest a lot of money, but the results are completely messed up. For example, this is the case with the recently completed "Sword Art Online Alice" chapter; there are also very few animations where every move of the characters is completely... The word "poor" is painted in capital letters, but this does not prevent them from becoming excellent works.

"Golden Divine Power" is a leader in "small-cost big production". If you have ever watched this series of animations, you will know that its "poverty" is almost written all over the screen: rough pictures, simple soundtrack, and even the storyboards are very simple (but the voice actors are not spared), even so , it relied on the plot, characters, etc. to finally create an excellent work that is worth watching. A compact plot is the basis for the turnaround of low-cost animation

Good animation must first have a good story. If the story is poorly told, it won't matter no matter how well it is done. The story of "Golden Kamuy" is very diverse, and several clues are intertwined to make the animation's narrative rhythm more compact. The story of the animation can basically be summarized as several forces searching for the legendary golden treasure. Based on this, this work can be divided into the following clues:

One is the male protagonist’s attempt to fulfill his friend’s entrustment before his death. - Healed his wife's eyes - Came to Hokkaido to find the legendary golden treasure. Sugimoto Saichi is known as the "Immortal" and a hero of the Russo-Japanese War. This identity also gives him powerful combat capabilities and a relatively complicated background.

The second clue is that the heroine Ashipa wants to take revenge on the murderer of her father, and this murderer overlaps with the person who hindered Sugimoto, which becomes the premise for them to act together.

The third clue is the coup of the "Seventh Division" and the conspiracy behind it. This clue is intertwined with the first two and is an important factor in promoting the development of the plot. It gives the entire story a sense of urgency and makes "Golden Kamuy" not just an ordinary adventure animation, but gives it a more More connotations and a wider perspective.

The above three clues are intertwined and interspersed with each other, making the animated story more three-dimensional and colorful. For example, Sugimoto's purpose is the same as that of the Seventh Division, which is to find gold; and Ashipa's father's death is also related to the Seventh Division, which determines that there must be a very big intersection between them. The conflict in the story is tense and difficult to watch - this is the premise for low-cost animation to be successful. Full-fledged characters are the pillars that can impress people

The main characters in the animation all have outstanding personalities and full-fledged characters. For example, the male protagonist Sugimoto, on the one hand, is a battlefield hero, with a side that is decisive, fearless, and daring to think and act, but he also has a side that values ??love and justice, and sacrifices life and forgets. Not only that, the animation also uses some hilarious plots to make Sugimoto look very cute and contrasting. It's hard not to like such a character.

Such a character is "non-labeled" and is much smarter than the labeled characters that appear in many animations today. By comparison, you will find that "labeled" characters are often flat and lack variety: tsundere will be tsundere, and arrogant will be treacherous. It is rare to break through this setting, which is very common in low-cost animation.

For example, "The Misfit of Demon King Academy", "Monster Girl's Doctor", "Peter Greer's Time of the Sages" and other series that are not so well-funded are like this. Basically, the characters appear with the same personality, and they will remain the same in the end, with little change. Just like the Demon King in "The Misfit of Demon King Academy", from the setting of Long Aotian in the first episode to the final perfection, he is still Long Aotian. In order to save trouble, some animations simply use the protagonist "Asaasi". Other than that, they are lackluster and can easily become boring if you watch them too much.

But in "Golden Power", as the plot develops, you will discover many different sides of the characters. When the heroine Ashlipa first appeared, we thought she was a cold lolita; but it didn't take long for her to become a beauty master; later we found out that she was gentle and cute, without her usual appearance.

I think the so-called "rich character design" is nothing more than that. In addition, other supporting characters also have multi-faceted personalities. Starting from the character design, making the characters in the animation more three-dimensional is the secret to breaking through the financial constraints at a low cost. An interesting plot is what keeps people watching

If "Golden Power" only had treasure hunting, strategy, revenge and other elements, it would easily become a very hard-core animation, although that would still be considered a low-cost animation production. One of the ways, but obviously the fun is much lower. "Golden Power" is obviously not "hardcore": it is often called a "gourmet sand sculpture Yan Yifan" by netizens, which is not without reason.

The story of "Golden Kamui" takes place in the icy and snowy northern Japan. If you want to survive in this land, eating is particularly important. As a result, various delicacies made with ingredients that appeared in the animation appeared one after another. Basically, the male and female protagonists ate wherever they went. Sugimoto and Ashipa kept brainwashing them with the word "pina pina" that represents delicious food, which further deepened the audience's impression that "Golden Kamuy" is a gourmet show (mistake).

In addition to the delicious food, "Golden Power" is wrapped in a ridiculous complex under the seemingly serious plot. This is like a cold-blooded character who keeps a cold face all day long. One day he suddenly tells you a hilarious joke, and the laughter will be doubled. That's the case with "Golden Power". It's hard not to laugh if some silly dialogue or fighting is thrown in here and there.

For example, in the first episode of the third season, Sugimoto took the wrong photo three times, a passerby suspected that he was a brother, and Tanigaki was kicked off the sled in order to lose weight, etc., which made the tense plot relax and the rhythm The control is very good, and it is easier to watch.

This kind of plot design is also an outlet for low-cost animation. In fact, many good-looking shows with limited funding have very good plot designs, such as "Backstreet Girls", "Saga Idol is Legend" and "Blue Sea" in the past few years, which are either unexpected, hilarious or serious. Hardcore, in short, the plot must not be boring, otherwise it will easily be labeled as a scumbag.