An Analysis Of Chinese Cartoon Series

This paper chooses the subject of the cartoon series that has been produced and played in China for the recent 24 years. By the assistance of the already existed data from surveys and combining the theory of cartoon, the theory of movies, the theory of transmission, and the theories of related art and philosophy, this paper gives a general analysis about the kind of cartoon which own the biggest output, the largest number of audience, and also the deepest influence in the whole country. This paper sorts the developed process of Chinese cartoon series, generalizes the features of homemade cartoon series, and discusses the issue of creation with great detail, based on the categories of adaptation, original, and education. Furthermore, this paper gives a through analysis and an extensive discussion towards the variety of problems existed in Chinese cartoon series. Finally, it raises the major six problems existed in Chinese cartoon series from the aspects of art and creation. Additionally, it gives an explanation for the occurrence of such problems, and provides solutions respectively. Regarding the environment of industry, although Chinese cartoon series faces all kinds of pressures including fund, management, human resources, etc, this paper still holds the opinion that the biggest challenge for Chinese cartoon is still the "old" problem in terms of art. Chinese cartoon series needs to break the traditional theory of the art of cartoon. Besides getting rid of some obvious outside weaknesses like "lecturing", "infantilism", and "stiff cartoon", etc, Chinese cartoon should adopt a brand new cognition and make effective improvement in regard to the problems of localization, culture, adaptation, imagination, original, and narration, as well as all kinds of contradictions existed in the process of creation.