Unreality And Reality

This paper takes 5 directed animated works of deceased Japanese animation master Satoshi Kon as object of study. Based on the introduction of Satoshi Kon's biography and animation creation experience, it is demonstrated in detail that "the entanglement of unreality and reality" is an important topic which is throughout the four stratification of audio-visual language, narrative, theme and thought in Satoshi Kon's animated works. And thus, to reveal Satoshi Kon's unique animation style.Satoshi Kon is the first animation director who used animated images to show the complexity of People's spiritual world. His point of view to animation thought lies in "the human spirit and society". The essence of reality is hidden under the the appearance of unreality.In the chapter of picture language, the creation of illusion and fantasy spaces and their narration significance are introduced detailedly, and how specific editing techniques construct multidimensional interlaced narrative space-time.In the chapter of theme coherence, the uniform theme about "the entanglement of unreality and reality" is revealed through presentation and comparison of narrative features in Satoshi Kon's 5 animated works. Perhaps it is inevitable to involve into a fantasy, but people still can choose to follow unreality or not, the ultimate solution is to face oneself truly and come back to real life.In the chapter of ideological content, the penetrations of unreality to reality in real-life situations are criticized combined Satoshi Kon's animation. It is tried to explain that the line between unreality and reality has become blurred increasingly; also that Satoshi Kon's own way to response to it is based on oriental traditional philosophy.In the chapter of creation meanings, The important influence of Satoshi Kon's animated works to live-action films is described, and also the inspiration for the practitioner of domestic animation.