Beijing, June 6 (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) What kind of cartoons can’t children watch? This problem is not only the concern of parents, but also a social topic that is often talked about.
Recently, a blogger posted a post pointing out that the content of the cartoon "Ye Luoli, Dream of the Spirit" is over-adult, which has caused controversy on the Internet.
Previously, The Legend of the Seven Chivalrous Men of Lan Tu, the Rainbow Cat, stopped broadcasting, and later Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf were criticized for violence. Why was Ye Luoli, The Soul Dream, blacklisted?
Why is Ye Luoli, the Soul Dream, popular with children?
Although it seems to have a small reputation, among the children, Ye Luoli, a dream of the Spirit, has a large-scale "die-hard powder".
According to the Investigation Report on the Infringement on the Growth and Safety Consumption of Minors in the Animation Field released by Jiangsu Consumer Protection Committee, in the option of "Which cartoon does your child usually like to watch", Ye Luoli, a Dream of the Spirit, is ranked third, second only to Bears and Piggy Page.
Since 2013, Ye Luoli has been broadcast for eight seasons, with a total of 208 episodes. The total broadcast volume of the whole network has exceeded 10 billion times, and the net profit of its production and distribution company reached 16.7979 million yuan last year.
Why is Ye Luoli, a Dream of the Spirit, popular with children? I’m afraid the main reasons are his imaginative "magic" story, his adventure experience of fighting wits with bad guys and his idealized growth projection.
The embryonic form of Ye Luoli is from the stage play Night Lori, which tells the story of a group of night Lori who guard the human world and fight hard to resist the invasion of the bad queen from the magical world.
Animation basically continued the setting of the stage play. In addition to the human world, there is also a Ye Luoli fairyland parallel to it. Because of the destruction of the natural environment by human beings, Ye Luoli Wonderland has also been affected. The legion headed by the evil queen Mandora wants to occupy the human world.
However, Xin Lingxian believes that human beings will realize themselves. Therefore, she came to the human world with the fairy Ye Luoli who became a doll. The leading group headed by Wang Mo entered into a contract with the fairies to fight against the Queen.
In terms of the protagonist, this cartoon also has the same characteristics as other girl cartoons such as "Beautiful Girl Warrior" and "Amazing KINOMOTO SAKURA Magic Card". They all come from ordinary backgrounds, but occasionally they gain magical power beyond the reach of ordinary people, from their unattractive appearance to their radiant appearance, and then they gain the love of the same sex or the opposite sex.
For children, this setting is more intimate. In addition, the tortuous and imaginative plot, the transformation process of the characters, exquisite and beautiful costumes and bright colors and pictures in the play have also become sharp tools to attract children.
Adult tendency
However, behind the high heat, Ye Luoli, a dream of the spirit, did not win a high reputation, and the highest score of Douban was only 5.3 points.
There are several kinds of opinions in the comment area: one kind of netizens think that the dolls in the play are particularly beautiful, and changing clothes from time to time will make it easier for children to pay attention to their appearance. The role is too "virgin", see how easy it is to become "silly and sweet".
Second, some netizens believe that the content involved in the play, such as being too poor and loving the rich and material worship, will lead to bad value guidance.
Some netizens said that the girls in the play are too exposed, and the relationship between characters may also lead to puppy love.
In fact, to sum up, it is a word "adult tendency", which is manifested in the adult image, the social hierarchy concept and consumption concept of the adult world and so on. For example, although the protagonists are all students of grade five or six in primary schools, they are all images of adult men and women after transformation, especially the figure of girls is exaggerated, which blurs the sense of age to some extent.
Secondly, people who are good-looking and have a good family background are popular, otherwise they will be evaluated as "embarrassed to go out". With more episodes and more characters, the actors and fans also formed CP. For example, Wang Mo and Water Prince’s "Shui Mo" CP, "Pang Ying" CP, "Jin Luo" CP, etc., became a chaotic stew of CP, and sometimes caused fans to fight.
The aforementioned self-media bloggers also said in the article, "These primary school students are straightforward in quarreling and tearing each other, fierce in jealousy, skillful in designing and framing, and exaggerated in love, which makes adults blush."
In response, the Shijiazhuang Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism has asked the company to carry out verification and rectification. The company has revised the content that is easy to cause ambiguity and replaced it on the relevant broadcast platform. The next step will be to organize experts to conduct a comprehensive review of the works.
Recently, Ye Luoli, the Soul Dream, issued a statement, saying that in view of the fact that some of the contents were made nearly ten years ago, they were relatively old, and the contents of the fragments that were easy to cause ambiguity had been revised and replaced.
At the same time, the statement mentioned that some of the contents were "taken out of context" and tampered with the plot, such as describing Wang Mo and his friends cooking for their mothers as incarnate fairy wives cooking for boys. In this regard, it will reserve the right to pursue legal responsibility.
In addition, the statement also said that it is open to the view that mermaid, Cinderella and Ye Luoli mentioned in the article are not suitable for girls to watch.
Should cartoons be "backed up"?
The adult animation has always been a sword hanging in the hearts of parents. There are many controversies caused by this, and the most common one is violence.
Previously, The Legend of Lan Tu Seven Chivalrous Men, a Rainbow Cat, was questioned for its violent tendency, and then stopped broadcasting. Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf and Bear Haunted have been approved for violence, swearing and abuse, which is not good for children’s growth. In 2013, a pair of brothers in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province were severely burned because they imitated the plot of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Big Wolf" and "kidnapped roast sheep", which caused widespread heated discussion, and the animation production company was also taken to court.
The above-mentioned Investigation Report on Consumption Infringement on the Growth Safety of Minors in the Animation Field also mentioned that there are still dangerous imitations in the animation works for young children, such as the characters in Peggy Piggy have made dangerous behaviors such as opening the door of an airplane, surfing, and so on. In Little Paulie, there are scenes such as soaking in magma and spitting fire, and in Amazing Martin, the characters have kissed a toad, stood on an unsealed platform and hung from the door frame.
There are still many people blacklisted by parents. For example, in the earlier Barbie cartoons, parents were worried because a little girl was clamoring for marriage and children. A few years ago, "Piggy Peggy" was also boycotted by parents because of "jumping into the mud pit".
So, which cartoons are for children to watch, which ones need parents’ company, and which ones involve sexual violence and are not suitable for children to watch?
In the eyes of the industry, to solve these problems, the animation grading system will be the general trend. The Radio and Television Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) (Draft for Comment) issued in March also mentioned measures such as setting up a special frequency channel for minors, a special time slot for minors, a special program area for minors, and a model for minors.
In addition, the responsibilities of parents are also essential. Many people believe that children’s education is still focused on parents, and cartoons can’t be blamed.
Xiong Bingqi, vice president of 21st Century Education Research Institute, once told the reporter of Zhongxin.com that when children watch cartoons, parents should accompany and guide them to improve their ability to distinguish. He believes that the problem now is that some parents don’t have time to accompany their children, so they throw them an cartoon or let them play games. In this process, children’s bad habits are formed.
In the Internet age, there is a vast amount of information, and parents are still the most important "gatekeepers" for children’s whole growth process. There are many types of cartoons, and they also vary from person to person. Whether it is suitable for children or not, parents might as well have a look at it themselves first. (End)