Research On Chinese Traditional Themes In Japanese Anime

The Chinese culture is profound, leaving many excellent traditional cultural heritages. The adaptation of Chinese traditional themes is now the main subject of part of the animation works in china. There is a huge number of these works, but there are few influential. Japanese anime also often combined with traditional Chinese themes, and achieved a huge response. Japanese anime adaptation of Chinese traditional themes is a very valuable research topic, whether from the cultural point of view or from a development perspective.Those works that adapted Chinese theme in Japanese anime mainly from some Chinese traditional literary classics, folk fairy tales and historical factors, and many of them have the performance mode of "through time and space", and crafted plot and some other characteristics. In the pursuit of entertainment at the same time, it would add the "Japanese spirit" element. But to the Chinese animation adaptation of the same type, from the early works with higher Chinese characteristics, and then in the mid times like a non-progressive mode similar to Japan and finally to be assimilated by the Japanese anime, showing a gradual weakening phenomenon of the own features of China.Although, to some extent, the Japanese anime adaptations of traditional Chinese had promoted the spread of Chinese culture, but it have caused a huge impact on the cultural identity for our young people, as well as our cultural competition for resources and forming a Chinese "Cultural Capital " accumulation of difficulties.The adaptation of the theme in Chinese traditional animation should learn the good experiences in Japan, and meanwhile, we should learn the strengths of Japanese anime, but abandoned its wrong side, and get rid of the misunderstanding and distorted expression of our culture’s side. Also, with a fully respect to the traditional culture and combination of the audience psychology, and the trend of the times, innovative reasonable, so to create some outstanding animation works with both Chinese characteristics and the world’s level.