[Notes for Chasing Drama] The Netflix animated series that is always surpassing itself - "Love x Death x Robot"

Title: "love x death x robot"
Language: English Episodes: 35 (3 seasons in total)
Year of broadcast: 2019 ~ 2022

Compared with the past, animation is mostly considered to be children, or a film and television work that few people pay attention to. In recent years, it may be due to the improvement of technology and sophistication, including "Attack on Titan", "Blade of Ghost Slayer", etc. have achieved unprecedented success. At the same time that Japan, the traditional power of animation, is popular all over the world, there are also many animation works that have attracted attention in Europe and the United States. Among them, "Love x Death x Robot", which began to be broadcast on Netflix in 2019, will get a sea-like tidal wave every update. Good reviews.

Structurally, "Love x Death x Robot" is somewhat similar to "Black Mirror", except that each episode almost has its own independent plot, which also contains metaphors, irony, and depictions of human nature. However, just like the title of the play, "Love x Death x Robot" mainly revolves around the themes of love (human nature), death (survival and existence) and robots (technology), and the part of human nature is not just like "Black Mirror". Emphasize its darkness.

The shortest is only a few minutes. The rhythm of "Love x Death x Robot" is lively and the story structure is not long, but it can always express the meaning you want to convey clearly and completely, and the diverse styles make it break through to some extent. frame for animation. Including Japanese, American, flat, three-dimensional, realistic, and sometimes even combined with real people, each episode is like a surprise, people can't help but click on the next episode and look forward to how the production team will amaze you. . Especially recently, it seems that there are not many works worth watching. I recommend it to viewers who haven't watched it yet. I also hope that the fourth season can be renewed soon to restore the momentum of Netflix (?

"Love x Death x Robot" short story: "Jibaruo" who is inadvertently inserted

For viewers who have already watched it, they must be deeply impressed by "Gibaro", the finale of the third season, and at the same time, they will be curious about the title, and even go to Google specifically. But what is surprising is that the name "Gibbaro" is actually just an unintentional addition by the director.

According to media reports, director Alberto Mielgo said in an interview that in fact, "Jibaro" had no special meaning. He just wanted to choose a "very Spanish" word. , found that this not only actually existed, but in some countries also represented "some kind of wild or savage person". Compared with the content of the film (there will be no thunderbolt here), such a process may be said to be really crooked.