Most of the answers focus on "I think it is a masterpiece, so it is a masterpiece". Although it is not impossible, it is a bit subjective and lacks a hard and fast condition that is universally applicable. .

Then let me talk about the conditions for an anime to become a masterpiece.

If you look into the details, there are actually quite a few conditions, such as eye-catching characters, powerful plot, exquisite soundtrack, and even the broadcast time has a certain impact——

(Actually, there are a few that don’t quite hold true, they are just the guy’s ridicule, but they have already become a meme and have been circulated)

However, I don’t think these are the most important.

The most important thing for an anime to be called a masterpiece is that it can make people feel a sense of awe.

Can an anime make people feel awe? Are you kidding me?

It’s true. If you don’t believe it, just listen to A Zheng’s detailed explanation.

1. What is the sense of awe?

In fact, psychologists have already clearly defined the psychological feeling of awe, which is to feel one's insignificance in front of something much greater than oneself.

This kind of thing may simply be extremely grand, such as looking down at the vast sea of ??clouds from a high altitude for the first time in your life——

Or looking up at an extremely majestic planet for the first time The universe -

This kind of thing may also be particularly beautiful,

For example, seeing the fairyland-like beauty of the world for the first time -

Or a continuous The endless salt fields on the horizon——

This kind of thing may be particularly exquisite,

like the miracle of life——

or the majesty of nature——

This kind of thing can even be a kind of belief that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

For example, Jiro Ono, known as the God of Sushi,

He started from 9 He started to enter the field of sushi at the age of 18, and now he is over 90 years old. He has spent more than 80 years and his whole life just to make the best sushi in the world——

In short, it is a kind of sushi. Something that can make people feel very small in front of it, and they can't help but be in awe when they see it. This is the sense of awe.

In the field of animation, there are only a handful of works that can give people this feeling, and those works are all classics.

Like in "Fate/Zero", in what was originally a one-on-one Holy Grail War, the Conquering King moved out a "King's Army" with nearly a hundred thousand people——

( Countless people and horses slowly appear from a distance)

Also in Xin Haicheng's works, a love story that should be simple has an almost suffocating beautiful picture——

Or In "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", Homura's persistence in reincarnation a hundred times in loneliness and pain in order to save Madoka Magica -

These are all awe-inspiring contents.

2. The role of awe

What is the use of awe?

Many psychologists have also done research on this aspect. They found that people who experience this feeling will have at least three changes in their thoughts and behaviors.

First of all, people who experience a sense of awe want to integrate into a group.

Because the sense of awe makes people feel their own insignificance. After knowing their own insignificance, people naturally want to integrate into a larger group to gain their own sense of security.

This is often used in religious brainwashing. For example, why were ancient churches, temples, and palaces all built so magnificently? ——

Many magnificent buildings have no practical use, and in ancient times when supplies were scarce, they required a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

In fact, this is mainly because those religions want to use such magnificent buildings to make their believers feel awe, to make believers coming from all directions feel psychologically shocked, in order to increase their inner respect for the collective. Sense of identity.

(To make a joke, the ancient government was also similar to a religion, so the castles, palaces or mausoleums of kings were also very large.)

Secondly, experience a sense of awe The latter are more willing to interact and communicate with others.

This is often used in the social field. For example, why does a certain social product like to use a grand picture as the startup screen? ——

It is intended to use this grand picture to awe people, to make everyone realize their own insignificance and know that they are just a small dot on the earth, so that they are more willing to communicate with others, making everyone more willing to communicate with others. People spend more time on this social product.

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Furthermore, people who experience a sense of awe also like to share this sense of awe.

After feeling insignificant due to a sense of awe, I want to join forces with others. What if others are not willing to do it?

Then pass this content with a strong sense of awe to that person. After feeling the same awe, everyone can have fun together.

So those particularly noble spirits that describe feelings, love, faith, freedom, loyalty, etc. often spread very quickly, and everyone likes to experience and share the sense of awe.

For example, Luo Yonghao, what he sells is not mobile phones but feelings (I guess he just doesn’t sell mobile phones and can use this set if he sells anything else)——

That one In 2017, Luo Yonghao’s sentiments swept the screen in the circle of friends.

This kind of lofty spirit makes people awe-inspiring. While everyone feels this awe, they also want to share this awe with others.

3. The application of awe in animation

What effect will animation that gives people awe have on people?

Same effect.

After everyone feels the sense of awe in animation, they will also have the same three changes in their thoughts and behaviors.

For example, if you spontaneously form a group and become a fan of a certain work, you will like to communicate with fellow fans, and you will try your best to spread the work and try to increase the number of fans.

Like "Slam Dunk", it faced off against Sanno Industrial Technology, which had dominated the championship for three years in the national competition.

The Xiangbei team displayed a perfect team spirit and completed an almost impossible reversal in the last second of the game to defeat their opponent.

This kind of team spirit that transcends personal gains and losses is absolutely awe-inspiring -

And needless to say, the effect of this work?

It has been completed for more than ten years, and now there are more than 400,000 fans gathering together to communicate in Tieba——

If an anime can make the audience gather spontaneously, A special cultural circle is formed, and the audience will take the initiative to share this work with others.