Set in and around Toronto’s Chinatown in 2002, “Turning Red” is a celebration of teenage girls, their experiences and their interests. This meant channeling Domee Shi's own teen interests, including anime and boy bands.
As she was wrapping up work on her Academy Award-winningat Pixar, Shi knew she wanted her next film to be a girl’s coming-of-age story. The Chinese Canadian director describes “Turning Red” as “the most personal and the weirdest” of the feature film ideas she pitched to the studio.
“I just want people to discover that girls can be as weird and pervy and strange as boys can be with this movie,” Shi said.was a huge inspiration for the look of this movie, for the animation style,” said Shi, who grew up watching shows such as “Sailor Moon,” “Pokémon” and “Fruits Basket.” “I’ve always loved how colorful and expressive anime is. How they really exaggerate facial features and character reactions, and you really feel what the characters are feeling at any given moment.
Anime fans will recognize some of the most obvious elements present in “Turning Red,” including how characters’ eyes grow and twinkle when they’re excited, as well as the color palette of the film’s world It’s also reflected in certain camera angles, the lighting and in the characters’ movements.“The colors of ‘Sailor Moon’ and magical girl anime, we were hugely inspired by that,” said Shi.
The director recognizes that the story could have easily fallen into the more typical pattern of the parent being a “militant obstacle” for the kid who wants to break free and become their “true self.”‘Encanto’ directors Byron Howard, Jared Bush and co-director Charise Castro Smith on why bringing authenticity to a fantasy tale was always a focus.
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