There is a saying that although Fan Shaohuang's version of King Richard was a low-cost B-rated film at that time, compared with comics, it was still highly restored.
Fan Shaohuang interpreted the aura and skill of the king who stood out from the crowd in the cartoon.
The four heavenly kings are also in line with the prototype, especially the Japanese actress Oshima Yukari, who perfectly restored the female feelings in the yellow world.
The plot of the film is almost one and a half times the progress of comics, and almost all the fights and stories are based on comics. So when you watch the movie King Smart, you may feel a sense of disobedience. Yes, this feeling is not the cause of special effects, but the unique "second grade" and oversized brain hole in comics.
From the beginning of the cartoon, this is a bloody action movie, but the main line of King Smart is unexpected. It combines science fiction, fantasy, suspense, religion and other elements, and is actually a hodgepodge of juvenile comics.
The story goes like this: the male Lord King Zahri grew up in a rich family. Although he is only an adopted son, his adoptive father Chen Dao Zahri and his adoptive mother are very kind to him. He is a man of the hour in the school because of his flexible mind and strong physique. After graduating from junior high school, he was successfully admitted to Wansheng High School, an old school famous all over Japan. He has a gentle, generous, beautiful and kind girlfriend, water firefly. The only thing that makes people wonder is that he has been carrying a six-pointed star birthmark on his right hand since he was born, and he is allowed to exert his power beyond ordinary people from time to time.
Originally, the story should develop in the best place, but suddenly God played a joke on Li Guowang. His father Zah Chen Dao was bewitched into bankruptcy, and his girlfriend was injected with drugs by underworld members. The leader of Shuikou Group, the strongest organization in Asia-Asia Alliance, personally came to kill people with special weapons. Before being shot, Shuikou told Li Guowang all the facts: Li Guowang's biological mother Wang Meili (Japanese name is Akiyama Kyunai) was 25 years ago. He was sentenced to prison for allegedly killing 13 babies with toxins, and gave birth to King Li and his twin brother in prison, and told him that he now lives in a place called "Cape".
In order to find out the truth about the death of his biological mother and brother Na Zhi, King Rick took the initiative to enter the notorious JP National Prison, where he wanted to find clues related to the "cross mark" (the mark on Na Zhi's hand when he was born). Then, before King Lik was released from prison, everything was the same as in the movie. His muscles were knotted, and he broke dozens of centimeters of reinforced concrete with one punch. He was buried in the cement for seven days and seven nights and became a giant.
After King Smart got out of prison, he first found the master Zhang Shan Gui. The origin of this Shan Gui is remarkable. He is a master of Shaolin Boxing of China South School. When I was young, I was the strongest bodyguard around Chiang Kai-shek. He swept all kinds of ghosts and demons in Japan with hard qigong, and was known as the "spiritual spring" in Taoism. Zhang Shan Gui has seen all the scenes in his life. After people gradually entered old age, he came to Japan from China and collected in Japan. King Smart is naturally the most talented of these disciples, and is also the most loved by Zhang Shan Gui. King smart asked the master where the Cape was and insisted on going to the legendary hell alone. Seeing that dissuasion was ineffective, Zhang Shan's ghost had to tell King Smart about it, hoping that he could come back alive.
With the development of the plot, the mystery of Cape is gradually uncovered. It turns out that Cape is a super-large atomic reactor secretly built by a world monopoly organization. There is a complete information shielding system here. Although there is a high amount of radiation all year round, it is difficult for the outside world to perceive its existence.
King smart pretended to be weak, was arrested by the vulture battery, and finally met his brother Na Zhi after a long absence. Na Zhi holds a cross in his left hand, which represents the rising of the sun and the explosion of the universe. King smart's six-pointed star represents nuclear fission and fusion (I think this setting is a slap in the face, trying to show that Na Zhi is the product of monotheism and King smart is the product of theism). Na Zhi can use his head, but King Smart has explosive power.
They should appear as a single life form and become the legendary "sons of destruction". However, because Wang Meili, the mother, moved the qi of the fetus during pregnancy, the fetus was divided into two parts, and the power representing the descent of God was also divided into two parts.
King Smart wanted to save Na Zhi, but Na Zhi was thrown into an atomic reactor by a vulture battery. Na Zhi, who came back from hell, was completely blackened and destroyed everywhere. In order to prevent a devastating ending, King Smart reluctantly killed his younger brother Na Zhi, and continued to search for the truth with this pain. At the same time, he gradually approached the "unbounded" truth of God.
In fact, the setting and beginning of comics are very good, with violent and beautiful scenes and sci-fi fantasy settings, but the story collapses after a few volumes, and even the later logic is difficult to be coherent. Christianity and the theory of material origin are confusing and confusing.
To tell the truth, this style and setting can completely become the "Beidou Shenquan" for young people. I don't know what happened to Yan Zheng, the falconer in charge of the script. It's a pity that such a good subject.
Saruwatari Tetsuya's cartoon "King Smart" is more substantial and complicated than the realistic version of the film, and some of his works reveal King Smart's real intention to enter the prison and the deeper inside story behind it. In comics and movies, King Smart's name is different. It's called "King Smart" in movies and "King Smart" in comics. In addition, Wang Li has two OVA animation works. The first episode of the animation is called "Ping Wai Hell", and the cartoon contains the story of Li Wang in prison. And the movie can be said to be a replica of this episode. The second episode, named "Son of Destruction", contains the story of Li Wang and his younger brother meeting in comics. Compared with the original movies and comics, the plot has changed a lot. In the cartoon and animated version, it also tells the strange things that happened when King Lee met his younger brother "Na Zhi". Like King Smart, Na Zhi is a man with amazing power. Unlike King Smart, Na Zhi is the son of destruction. When Na Zhi's right hand coincides with King Smart's right hand, it will naturally produce great destructive power. In addition, Na Zhi's head has the ability to communicate with matter. Therefore, the evil "Sister Mountain" and Li Wang's biological father "Infinite" want to combine the devil and Li Wang's immortal body to destroy the whole world. To tell the truth, this cartoon is bloody and meaningful. Although it has only nine short volumes, its content is very commendable because it is too bloody and violent. At that time, it was forbidden to rent it to teenagers under the age of 18 in Hong Kong and other places. Because of this, the author personally felt that this cartoon was still excellent. Unfortunately, this cartoon and the film adapted from it were not respected.
When I was a child, every stall that bought second-hand books would have several copies of King Li. Those yellowed second-hand comics were really a bit like those found in ancient tombs, which was simply the shadow of childhood. The fighting is bloody, the picture is cold, and the plot is bizarre, especially the plot of the heavenly king forcing the king with his intestines, which simply subverts the three views. I read comics first, and then Fan Shaohuang's movies. I feel that movies are more comfortable than comics, at least in color, not as monotonous and gloomy as comics. This cartoon should be restricted in Japan, and there is no formal introduction in Chinese mainland. When I was in the first grade of junior high school, I bought a set at a second-hand bookstall. After reading the first few, I don't want to read them. I'm very uncomfortable. I don't think this cartoon is well directed. Although King Smart is a positive role, I still feel that what I have done is extraordinary. This may be that the screenwriter wants to create a horrible and psychedelic atmosphere.
However, Saruwatari Tetsuya's realistic painting style is still striking.
Speaking of King Smart, everyone will think of a Hong Kong film starring Fan Shaohuang, which is adapted from a Japanese cartoon. The film directed by Lan Naicai actually highly restored the cartoons created by Saruwatari Tetsuya. Let's take a look at the comparison of several main characters in movies and comics. King smart in comics is called King Smart, a handsome face with a sense of justice, well-defined muscles, bright and emitting positive energy. In the movie, Wang Heli is also naked, with clear lines, full muscles, a face of hatred and full positive energy. In the cartoon, Minghai Wang in Beicang is huge, strong and muscular, and is tattooed by a river boy (water monkey) holding a fish. His evil and domineering expression is impressive. In the movie, Wang Minghai in Beicang is similar to the comic version in tattoo, figure and domineering. It's just that for the evil killer of King Beicang, he was played a little unswerving and lacked evil temperament. King Dongcang in the cartoon is called North Pillow. He is tall and powerful, and insists on fighting King Smart one-on-one. He was a sumo wrestler. Taishan, the king of Dongcang in the movie, is tall and burly with great strength. He also insisted on one-on-one confrontation and looked like a dutiful son. In the cartoon, Wang Bai, the God of Nancang, is short and seemingly trivial and timid, but in fact he is good at kung fu. He acted with the grave and was stabbed in the head by the North Pillow with an iron fork. The white god in the movie is also very short and vicious. The weakest of the four heavenly kings was finally killed by the director. Huang Quan, the king of West Warehouse in the comic version of Guofen Prison, is a master of China Kung Fu, especially good at lightness skill, hidden weapons and shrinking bones. He once hit Li Guowang in the heart with acupoints. In the movie, Huang Quan, the king of Xicang, practiced evil kung fu, ruthless, neither male nor female. He pointed out the dead point of Li Wang's heart with evil power, which is consistent with the cartoon.
The cartoon "Smart King" is not as famous as its movie. After all, it is so bloody that I have a new understanding of Fan Shaohuang.
The adaptation of the comic book has not been completed yet, so only the prison part of the plot is very conscientious and highly restored. Reading comic books as a child seems to have become a magical theme later.
When his girlfriend was killed by a drug gang, Li Guowang vowed to avenge his girlfriend. Even though he was in prison, he was not afraid and tried his best to fight his way out. This is the story of King Smart adapted from a Japanese cartoon. Exaggerated action. For example, King Smart can tear down a concrete wall more than ten meters high with his bare hands, or he can transform himself and expand his body several times.
Personally, I think King Smart does not rely on bloody violence to please individual audiences. Although the picture is a bit bloody and even scary, at least I refuse to close my eyes. I think the author's real intention needs our rational heart to find out: don't refuse the bloody reality, don't give up the mental or physical resistance.
Starring Fan Shaohuang, from the emaciated teenager in Pioneer of Law Enforcement to the devil's strong man today, really makes people dare not recognize him. I feel sorry for Fan Shaohuang. Since King Smart, no classic works have been published. He could be Stallone of Hong Kong, but for some reason, he gradually indulged in it.