My Animation Era

What on earth did Sanjay do?

The answer is simple. He drew the classic anime pairing of Tom and Jerry according to his own understanding.

This guy has great ideas.

He gave Tom a pair of thicker and larger eyebrows to show his ferocity, and thickened and enlarged the tail that often caused Tom trouble in the animation.

Jerry can't escape his fate either.

Under Sanjay's brush, Jerry was given big neon cartoon character eyes...

This is the character image.

Sanjay also has a unique understanding of animation backgrounds. He gives common buildings and background objects a mathematical abstract beauty like geometric patterns.

The painting style suddenly became weird.

"Tom and Jerry", which was originally very warm and funny, suddenly became very fantasy and full of weird meanings under the trouble of Jones' son.

This was a small incident.

The incident should have ended when Jones scolded his son and warned him not to touch his belongings or computer or else he would be kicked out of the house.

But Jones came to the company the next day and treated the incident as an anecdote. After complaining to his colleagues, his colleagues thought Sanjay's design was cool and suggested that he not jump to conclusions so easily.

Jones was a little surprised by his colleague's words, so he took advantage of his lunch break to show his son Sanjay's drawing of Tom and Jerry to more colleagues.

"Awesome!"

"Oh! Little Sanjie really has an idea. I think this Tom and Jerry is great and fits my taste..."

The praise from his colleagues piqued Jones' interest, and he submitted the original sketch, which should have been discarded, to the project team leader.

After reading it, the project team leader found it really interesting and continued to report it to Dave, the general manager of Wanbao North America Division.

"To be honest……"

When Gu Miao saw the drawing that Dave praised highly, he immediately reacted.

Isn't this the 1963-67 version of "Tom and Jerry"?

Good guy, I haven't paid attention for a while, but Dave and his gang have even produced this version of "Tom and Jerry"?

What?

A child's prank?

The cause of the matter may be true. A 14-year-old boy named Sanjay created the prototype out of spite.

But what does it mean that this plan was solemnly submitted to Gu Miao by Dave? It shows that the production team of "Tom and Jerry" has actually discussed it internally and thinks this plan is very interesting.

That is to say.

Since this thing can be delivered to Gu Miao's eyes, it means that the production team has already reached a consensus, and now all that is left is Gu Miao's nod of approval.

"I feel that Tom and Jerry in this look have lost part of their characteristics as beasts and have become more like a human being."

Gu Miao considered her words and said, "Dave, do you think it's really appropriate to portray Tom and Jerry like this?"

Many people have commented on the 1963-67 version of the "Tom and Jerry" animation, which has a weird and gloomy style, strong fantasy elements, and makes it uncomfortable and scary to watch.

Especially small children.

This version of "Tom and Jerry" scares many children, especially the imaginative plots and backgrounds in it, which can sometimes make people shudder.

for example.

Few people may have noticed that this version of Tom's nails are very sharp and sharp. When he threatens Jerry or is about to catch Jerry, the scene is a bit scary.

There is also Tom's eyes, which are often fierce in this version, giving people a murderous feeling.

"But it's an experiment."

Dave didn't want to give up this idea, and still tried to persuade him: "'Tom and Jerry' can never remain the same. No matter how interesting the image is, children will get tired of watching it after a long time."

What he meant was simple.

Animation needs to be innovated and new things need to be launched at the right time. We cannot always have the idea of ​​​​"one trick can be used everywhere".

It won't matter for a while.

Such classic cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry can rest on their laurels for several years or even more than ten years, but they will not rest on their laurels.

But what about twenty or thirty years from now?

"There's no need to take such big steps. Small improvements are fine, but you changed so much all at once, and I think there's something wrong with it."

Gu Miao didn't agree.

The 1963-67 version of "Tom and Jerry", even though many years later, the Internet is full of nostalgia and praise, but the fact is that the image of this version of "Tom and Jerry" has never been seen again.

If it is as good as everyone says, as classic and as interesting, then MGM will not give up on this image and go back to the old ways.

To put it harshly.

The 1963-67 version of "Tom and Jerry" was a failure. Otherwise, there would have been no remakes or sequels with the same style of play over the years.

MGM made a mistake once, and there is no reason for Wanbao, a follower, to make the same mistake again.

Gu Miao admitted that the 1963-67 version of "Tom and Jerry" does have merits, and not all of them are shortcomings. There are also quite a number of fans who like this version of Tom and Jerry very much.

This is a fact!

But no matter what, the number of viewers who like this version is not as large as the ones who liked the old version.

As an animation producer and a qualified businessman, Gu Miao's priority must be the group with the widest coverage and the largest number of people.

To make a version specifically to satisfy the taste of a small group of people?

That's what idiots do!

Putting aside everything else, even for the sake of the reputation and continuity of the entire "Tom and Jerry" series, Gu Miao does not agree with making a version with a new style.

Why?

Because the cartoon image of Tom and Jerry, happy enemies, has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Rushing to make changes and trying to correct everyone's opinions with a new work is no different from using a mantis' arm to a cart or an egg to a rock!

for example.

The Kun Kun that fans are familiar with wears overalls to play basketball. You suddenly say that this muscular man with an arm span of more than two meters and a height of nearly two meters is Kun Kun. Can ikun accept it?

The words are rough and the reasoning is not rough.

Anyway, with Gu Miao's attitude, the image of Tom and Jerry is already deeply rooted in people's hearts. At this time, it is not appropriate and should not launch a brand new image to cause more trouble to fans.

As for Dave’s so-called aesthetic fatigue, will the audience get tired of watching it?

Please...

If you are tired of watching other animations, you can explain it, but this is "Tom and Jerry"!

How can you get tired of watching "Tom and Jerry"? Even if the same episode is replayed countless times, there are still people who watch it with gusto.

This is similar to the 1986 version of Journey to the West. I have watched it countless times and not only know the plot development of this episode, but I can even recite the lines accurately and silently, but there is still no shortage of viewers.

Tired of watching? joke!

Such a classic work, you will never get tired of watching it a hundred times.

Even when I watch some hot idol dramas and hot animations, I still want to watch "Journey to the West" and "Tom and Jerry" one more time to wash my eyes!

I wonder if you have seen the live-action version of "Tom and Jerry"?