Brief introduction: What is animation?
Today, Japanese anime called "animation" mainly spread from the archipelago of East Asia to North America and grew to become pretty popular. This manga format created some of the more commonly known animation series in North American culture for those not used to it. A series like Pokemon, Digimon, and Sailor Moon hit North America to name a few. Children wanted to buy not only gadgets and toys from the show, but also the trading card game mentioned above. (I can guarantee it - I was once a proud owner of Pokedex.
In animation, some of the more frequent themes are magical school girls, aesthetically cute boys, and ridiculously big battle robots. However, given the fact that animation originates from Japan, they often prefer to associate some of their own home culture with it. Another dominant, native Japanese theme is a samurai - a famous warrior class from medieval Japan. It takes honesty many years to thoroughly examine a lot of Samurai animation series and analyze their samurai statues thoroughly. Therefore, I decided to focus on one group of warriors, the Shimizumi group in particular.
Historical background of the Shinsengumi: What did they do?
In order to better analyze Shinsengumi in anime, I think that it is necessary to shorten the historical background of this Samurai group.
At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate who ruled from 1600 to 1868 was more powerful than the emperor. Due to the arrival of foreigners and the signing of an unequal treaty with them, Japanese citizens began to question the authority of Baku. And during this time, the samurai began to complain more and more to Tokugawa. This is mainly because they were made to be the lowest social class. As a result of this dissatisfaction, bakufu thought that it is necessary to hire a powerful samurai (more specifically rnin) to protect the current generals leaders and fight fire and fire: they Was called RÅshigumi.
First, as mentioned earlier, the purpose of the formation of RÅshigumi was to protect the leaders of the current general of the Tokugawa shogunate. But later, this has been changed to obey the slogan of sonnojÅi - "worship the emperor and expel foreigners". Members of the samurai group were opposed to the change, stuck in protecting the tits, hoping that it would stay at their main purpose. After that, Rashigumi, which was strengthened by several newcomers, changed the group name to Mib Rashigumi. Their headquarters were in a small village in Mibu near Kyoto. Instead of protecting the general, another goal change was made, along with a change in name that members of Mib Lashigumi traveled around the city of Kyoto, acted as a guard, and strengthened the law under the name of bustling tits . On August 18, 1863, due to this last change, this samurai police force was then renamed to the way we know them today: it is paraphrased as a "newly selected corps".
Commod Matthew Perry of the US Navy brought a peace treaty with him to sign Japan (even if it was an unequal treaty). This treaty forced the East Asian archipelago to open more ports to foreigners. Other Western countries followed soon after seeing the success of this treaty, so that Japan signed a treaty similar to Britain, France, the Netherlands and Russia. This caused a riot within the class of samurai, as Westerners completely opposed the idea that they were "contaminating" their country. The signing of the treaty was considered lazy and the citizens assumed that the government had to open the door to Japan for these foreigners.
Later, Japan was divided into two political parties. The imperialist in Kyoto, the revolt group against the military ideology of Tokugawa, and the Tokugawa blast in Edo (now Tokyo). Despite the collision of these two governments, the rebel Samurai group succeeded in assassinating the lizard of the Tokugawa shogunate - this event showed the end of Tokugawa reign.
One of the most famous events in the Shinsengumi history is the Ikedaya incident in 1864. In the festival held in Kyoto on July 8, 1864, the Shinsengumi found these plans and attacked the Ikedaya Ryokan.
The main members of Shinizumi pair are: who are they?
Among the hundreds of members who were members of the Shinsengumi, there are some members that stand out more than other members - and these more famous members frequently appear in animations for Shinsengumi than other members There is a tendency to do. Below is a summary of the important contributors of this famous Samurai police.
Isami Kondo: Commander and founder of Shinsengumi. He was born in a farmhouse and studied swordsmanship. Kondo was a member of Rashigumi at the beginning and was also one of the members who stayed in Kyoto against the change of goals, which resulted in the creation of samurai police as is known today.
Hijikata Kozo: Deputy commander of Shinsengumi. Hijikata was born in a wealthy farmhouse and learned the skills of the sword. He finally met Kondo and got him as a mainstream Shinsengumi ginseng style pupil. Hijikata is said to be the author of the Shinsengumi rule. The new regulation is a series of strict rules that all the samurai police should follow. Anyone who violates the rule will be forced to commit a ritual suicide, ie sepuk - many members of the Shinsengumi group lost their lives for this. Hijikata is often characterized as a demon, because he is the founder of these authoritarian rules.
Okita Sahji: One of the captains of the Shinsengumi is an excellent warrior. Okita was born as a low class samurai. He is seen as a remarkable asset for the Shinsengumi. In order to emphasize this, Okita insisted on the second floor of the hotel as his own battlefield during Ikedaya incident, it is said that almost two hours of fighting himself himself. In contrast, as long as he was a good fighter, the members of the other Shinsengum insisted that he was not always a homicide machine and was a warm hearted person. Unfortunately he died of tuberculosis by the end of the Tokugawa era.
Saito Hajime: One of the captains of the Shinsengumi. Initially, after he learned about their assassination plan of Isami Kondo, he was a spy of a samurai, but later became a captain of one of many troops later.
Yamazaki Susumu: One of the Shinsengumi 's spies. Indeed, he was a ninja, not a samurai. It is said that he was a precious asset in the case of the Ikedaya incident.
Three specific animation series: Do they exactly describe Shinzumi pair?
As mentioned above, there are many animation series for samurai to analyze thoroughly and analyze. However, since I was always interested in the Shinsengumi, I chose three specific series including them: Rrownykensin (also known as Samurai X), Piece Maker Kurogane, and Gintama. I will try to ascertain whether or not the Shinsengumi is drawn accurately for each of these three.
Ruro swords heart and Shinsengumi of Watsukinobuhiro
If you think "popular" Old school "samurai anime", you think that it is sword-heart. The adaptation of animation was done in 1996, and directed by Furuhashi Kazuhiro. Originally a manga series, Rurouni Kenshin followed the story of Kamura Takemura who was wandering in the Meiji Era that was a skilled assassin for the Bakumathi regime.
Kuronanue's peacemaker Black Kim and Shinsengumi
The next series is a bit more recent since 2003. Peace Maker Kurokane is a Shinsengumi-oriented animation series supervised by Hirata Tomohiro. Set in the Tokugawa period, it is desperate to participate in the Shinsengumi to revenge the death of his parents Tomonosuke Ichimura, the following fictional story. Fortunately, for this reason, many of the Shinsengumi members mentioned above will appear in this series.
The first to appear is Captain Okita SÅji ... And, beside the bat of episode 1, he looks like a lady (And also a Japanese dub is calling out by a woman!) Just like Sāji's "double personality" - demonic combatants in battle and gentlemen out of combat - and also because of his young age, he is often portrayed as feminine I think. But I noticed that he was not as fantastic as they actually are drawing him at Peacemaker Kurogane. In the series, he seems to have a close and close relationship with Isami Kondo as SÅJI changes from his very nice Shinsengumi character 's character to his Happy - Go - Lucky character. I think Chrono 's interpretation of Soji is a bit better, but it may be criticism of the actual Shinko wrestler' s captain.
Next is Isami Kondo, a famous samurai police leader. He is depicted as an elderly man and as a somewhat modest man. When Tetsunosuke appeared in the headquarters of the Shinsengumi and asked to become a member, Kondo gives him permission to take a test without thinking for two seconds. Is this a criticism about Kondo being too lenient to the Shinsengumi?
And, we will take us to the Shinsengumi character, Hijikata Kozo, which will introduce it next. This character seems to be feminine, it does not look like a nice person. He is briefly introduced in the first episode 1, but it still leaves an impression - tall, average, and strict, letting him "devil warrior" exude. Is Hijikata really so? Given the fact that he may be the creator of the Shinsengumi rule, it may not be far from the truth. However, the only person who seems to be comforting by him is Isomi Kondo, there are strong ties between the two characters.
Compared with the play of Hatake Saito of Watsuki, Hajime which was drawn in piece money black gold is far from being the same image, compared with the play of Rurouni Kenshin of his series. In this series, he is not completely sadistic. He is depicted as a somewhat relaxed person, a Buddhist monk and dealing with supernatural things. This fundamental change from the Japanese paper version criticizes Hajime's actual personality - the depiction of his black peace writer may help correct the old version of the new moon team captain.
And, although many other Shinsengumi members appeared, I would like to pay attention to Yamasaki Susumu 's character. Historically, as I mentioned earlier, he is a spy of the Shinsengumi, there is not much to be drawn on animation or manga. In this series, he is often seen in spy missions - and during those missions he is often seen crossdressing. Impersonation is one of the oldest tricks in books, as well as other 'honored' other tactics - for both Samurai and Ninja. It was a well-known fact that even if it meant a dressing as a woman, the warrior would go an extra distance to enter the base of the enemy. As I told you, Yamazaki's crossdressing is quite historically accurate.
Sorachi Hideki's silver soul and Shinsengumi
And now for something quite different: Gintama is not your normal, old-fashioned newly-selected pair-oriented animation. Yes, it is set in the Edo period of Japan ... but it is twisted? The alien took over the small archipelago and forbade the samurai to carry the sword in the public place. (Is it only me or is there a clear similarity between a foreigner who appears in this series and a foreigner who came to Japan in the Tokugawa period?
The author of the original Gintama cartoon series originally planned to develop this work mainly in Shinsengumi. However, in the final product, the main focus was not Shinsengumi, but it still plays a role in this series.
Well, unlike the previous two series, the main focus of Gintama is definitely not the accuracy of history. Nevertheless, I think the extreme (and humorous) expression of Shinsengumi in this series is worth noting.
Because of the twist of SF, the Shinsengumi does not even wear their iconic famous light blue woolen uniforms - rather they are wearing contemporary, Western-style military uniforms. In the first episode, viewers will be introduced several "knock-off" versions of actual Shinsengumi members.
The first thing that appeared is Hijikata Shiro (based on Hijikata Sezo) and Okita Soego (based on Soichi Okita). Hijikata is a deputy captain, it is the "brain" of the samurai police, Okita is the captain, "the swordsman nationwide". And, although it is not feminine as it is directed by Okita at Peakmaker Kurogane, Okita of Gintama is not the person who seems to be the most personally person in the group yet. Along with Hijikata, the author played with his knowledge of historical figures, made him himself "deputy commander of devil", and made him talk very often. The last fact may emphasize his writing of Shinsengumi rule.
Knock off of other major Shinsengumi characters is Isao Kondo, apparently based on actual commander Isami Kondo. Despite the sword being forbidden, he returned the sword back to the Shinsengumi - this is why the members of the Samurai police are loyal to him. It also seems that his good attitude is his weak point that it will judge people.
Last summary: What can you say about animation 's Shinsengumi?
For any animated program, its first goal is to entertain. However, as we saw in the previous series, it can incorporate historical elements into the fictitious story not far from the facts, yet it can fulfill its interesting purpose.
It is clear that in all three series I chose, writers attempted to include historical facts to portray the members of the original Shinsengumi. However, even though all three stories are considered to be fictitious, not everything is taken into account in every detail, and some elements are converted to things more suitable for the story.
However, as a whole, I believe that the consciousness of Shinsengumi is rising in these animation series (despite being historically incorrect). Hopefully these series will like you to let the fans investigate the history of this samurai's police force, as I did.
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