Photo courtesy of the organizer of the novel "The Son of the Weather" (Simplified Chinese Version)
Zhongxin. com, Guangzhou, November 3 (Reporter Jun Guo) The new work "The Son of the Weather" by Makoto Shinkai, a well-known Japanese animation director, was released in China on November 1. The first day’s box office performance was good, and the popularity of online topics continued to rise. With the popularity of movies, the original novel written by Makoto Shinkai has attracted much attention. The simplified Chinese version of the novel has a circulation of over 350,000 copies in the first month.
On the afternoon of the 2nd, Guangzhou Tianwen Jiaochuan Animation Co., Ltd., the producer of the simplified Chinese version of The Son of the Weather, invited Lin Qinghua, an associate professor and translator of the School of Foreign Languages of Guangdong University of Technology, to hold a translator sharing meeting in Guangzhou Yanjiyou Bookstore to share the "Makoto Shinkai World" in The Son of the Weather.
Photo courtesy of the poster organizer of the movie "The Son of the Weather"
"The Son of Weather" tells the story of how boys and girls, teased by fate, choose their own way of life in an era when climate control is out of control. The picture is beautiful, showing the beauty of breezes and images everywhere, with a strong personal style of Makoto Shinkai. His new work not only describes the growth of adolescent boys and girls, but also attempts to explore various conflicts between gain and loss, life and death, innocence and sophistication, personal wishes and social expectations, acting against nature and Taoism. Makoto Shinkai, with the help of delicate characterization and skillful dramatic conflict techniques, has aroused readers’ and fans’ thoughts.
In fact, The Son of the Weather itself is Makoto Shinkai’s response to social evaluation. In the postscript of the novel of the same name, he said that the new work is not a traditional story, but your name three years ago. After the big heat, he thought about different evaluation voices from all walks of life.
The Translator Sharing Meeting of The Son of the Weather was held in Guangzhou.
"Movies are not school textbooks." In the postscript of the novel, Makoto Shinkai wrote, "I want to narrate in a language different from textbooks, politicians and critics. I want to write stories with standards different from morality or education. "
Makoto Shinkai is famous for the animated film Your Name. "and widely known. "Your name. "Not only was it included in Japanese film history with a box office of over 25 billion yen, but its original novel also became one of the best-selling books in Japanese library department in 2016 with a record of exceeding one million copies.
According to the staff of Tianwen Jiaochuan, the simplified Chinese version of the novel "The Son of the Weather" was launched in Guangzhou and Shanghai at the same time on October 2. As of October 28, the circulation of the novel has exceeded 350,000 copies, ranking first in the sales list of JD.COM youth literature.