Japanese artist Hirohiko Araki – This is perhaps one of the most interesting and influential figures of modern Japanese pop culture. The name of the famous long-playing series “JoJo’s Incredible Adventures“and the unique visual style of Araki today sounds far from just the covers of his own manga.
Of course, millions of fans are extremely interested in where the artist draws his inspiration from and how he spends his leisure time. For the Japanese, this is not a mystery at all, since they can easily get acquainted with a mass of various interviews, comments and all kinds of materials devoted to the life and work of the eminent author.
One of the sources of information was the book. Hirohiko Araki’s Super-Favorites! Rules of Movies, in which he Hirohiko Araki talks about various films, how they are arranged, and why he finds them interesting. Recently, thanks to the efforts of enthusiasts, small excerpts from this work have begun to be published on the network, revealing some funny facts about the famous illustrator. In particular, it turned out that animation tape “Shrek“2001 is part of top 10 best thrillers according to Araki himself. The full list is as follows:
- Scramble
- Big escape
- Hostage
- Mysterious river
- Unforgiven
- Psycho
- Heaven can wait
- Shrek
- Fargo
- Dirty Harry
To the surprise of many, the story of the green ogre for Araki is a real classic, which he advises all lovers of animation to meet.
“Recently, the number of people convinced that animated films are made exclusively for children seems to have decreased. Nevertheless, there are many mature viewers who like various science fiction animes, but completely refuse to watch Western CGI cartoons, because they “designed for children.” I advise such people to familiarize themselves with “Shrek” in 2001. This is a movie honed to perfection, a film that I consider to be the greatest masterpiece of animation. A work that was destined to appear in the modern world and breathe new life into established ideas about folk tales, “Hirohiko Araki explains his choice.
Today, the legendary mangaka continues to work on “The adventures of jo jo“, and to be precise – the eighth part, known as Jojolion, which is both a free interpretation of one of the previous arches and a completely new story.
Concerning Shrekthen in the future, a gloomy giant should get another movie, which, apparently, will be a complete restart of the franchise.
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