CATDOLL: The domestic anti-Japanese TV series "Burning" claims to have added "One Piece, Saint Seiya" elements

The legendary anti-Japanese war drama "Burning" produced by DreamWorks Culture Media Co., Ltd., written by screenwriter Feng Ji, and starring young actors Zhang Tong and Pan Taiming is currently on air. Screenwriter Feng Ji boldly added anime elements such as "One Piece" to the drama, triggering a wave of young people watching the drama. His innovation in the anti-Japanese war drama was not smooth sailing. He had to break the worries of the chief producer Tang Jing and make the actors perform well.

The new drama adds "One Piece" elements and passionate anti-Japanese war to meet modern aesthetics

The legendary anti-Japanese war drama "Burning" was written by Feng Ji, who was born in the 1980s. He was born in a military family and is good at writing military-themed works. Previously, his scripts such as "Fire Blue Blade" about the story of modern navy and "God Dogs" about the story of military dogs have received high ratings. He also won many best screenwriter awards in the television production industry for these works.

In the creation of the new drama "Burning", Feng Ji boldly used anime elements. The characters in the drama mix the exaggerated shapes of "One Piece" and the fighting skills of "Saint Seiya". The protagonist Lu Nanbian is a typical Saint Seiya. He has a pair of big round eyes and is always full of passion. He also suffers from "painlessness" and can't feel pain even when injured. In addition, he is a chatterbox, just like Luffy from "One Piece". Feng Ji said: "I am an anime fan myself and grew up watching "Saint Seiya". There are many passionate elements in anime, which is the favorite of teenagers. Adding anime and passionate elements to the drama is to meet their modern aesthetics. The audiences born in the 80s and 90s have been whetted by anime and American dramas. No one will watch it if it is too rustic."

In addition to animation being the favorite of young audiences, online games are an indispensable part of their lives, and Feng Ji himself also loves to play games. On Weibo, he would exchange game battle results with the actor He Ziming who played the villain, and this daily communication was also written into the TV series. In a canyon breakout scene in the play, several characters competed to report how many devils they had killed, and even fought because their bounties on the wanted list were not high. Feng Ji introduced: "This drama can be analyzed as a level-breaking game, which is the same model as Saint Seiya breaking through the twelve zodiac signs to save Athena, and Journey to the West (Weibo) where Tang Monk and his disciples went through 81 difficulties to obtain the true scriptures. The characters in the play start from accepting the task of escorting the code book, and each level is more difficult than the last. It enhances the audience's sense of substitution when watching the drama."

The chief producer is worried that the new drama is "shocking", and the protagonist Zhang Tong comes out to support it

Faced with Feng Ji's bold innovation in script creation, Tang Jing, the chief producer who has worked with him many times, was a little worried. Tang Jing has produced hit dramas such as "Fire Blue Blade" and "Highland", and is a gold medal producer of TV dramas on the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japan. She admitted that she had a disagreement with Feng Ji over whether to add animation elements when creating "Burning". Tang Jing said: "Can animation elements be incorporated into the War of Resistance Against Japan drama? I am very worried that it will end up being a bad drama. Feng Ji is a member of the generation that grew up watching animation. I understand that he has a love for animation, but I have always been skeptical. Later, my son became my teacher. He was still young and liked to read the stories in One Piece. He told me after reading them. After being "educated" by my son, I was also moved by these passionate stories and decided to support Feng Ji."

After alleviating the concerns of the chief producer, Feng Ji finally met a like-minded actor. The leading actor Zhang Tong was very confident in playing the role of Lu Nanbian. He said, "I know all the characters in One Piece. I am confident that I can interpret this role that is very similar to Luffy, and even surpass the 'Monk Wei' I created in "Bright Sword". Zhang Tong and Feng Ji are of the same age, and he is also an anime fan. He is very supportive of Feng Ji's incorporation of "One Piece" elements into the anti-Japanese war drama.