他去太空的这一年

朱杨健

“眼睛瞪得像銅铃，射出闪电般的精明……”当动画片《黑猫警长》这首主题曲响起的时候，很多人脑海里会立即浮现出那一个个留在记忆深处的动画形象。

这部只有短短5集的动画片，是一代中国人共同的童年记忆，也是中国动画产业一部里程碑式的作品，它的总导演名叫戴铁郎。

2020年8月下旬，每到临近傍晚，位于杭州城西的枫林晚书立方就开始热闹起来，一场自发的纪念展上，许多人慕名寻来，寻找和黑猫警长有关的记忆。

在这个不大的书屋里，陈列了许多和戴铁郎有关的物件。进门一抬头就能看到4个黑色的大字——请看下集。但是儿时的那个《黑猫警长》不会再有下集了，2019年9月4日，戴铁郎因病在杭州逝世，享年89岁。当时，很多人在缅怀戴铁郎时用了这样一句话：“《黑猫警长》没有下一集了。”

留存在记忆中的《黑猫警长》，并不只是一部童年的动画片，在那个电视还没有普及的年代，很多人都是在电影院正片播放之前看这部动画的，和同学们、和朋友们，而不是自己一个人在家里。

再往里面走，挂在墙上的是去年戴铁郎去世的时候，他的学生、粉丝们画的纪念画作以及一些和戴铁郎有关的书籍、动画手办之类。说是展览，也并不十分贴切，象征的意义更多些吧。

都说黑猫警长是“80后”的记忆，但实际上也有了不少10来岁的小粉丝，两代人在不知不觉中完成了传递。

展览的结束期定在2020年9月4日，其间安排了许多场分享会，参与分享会的有戴铁郎的学生和朋友，他们讲述了许多电影背后的故事;还有就是重温动画片《黑猫警长》了，每一帧画面都如同童年的呼唤，让人记起已经流逝的时光，多像那漫天的繁星，看得见，却又那么遥远。

《黑猫警长》是戴铁郎最具代表性的作品，但实际上那个年代许多耳熟能详的动画片都和他有关。

戴铁郎进入上海美术电影制片厂的时候只有23岁，而《黑猫警长》是他年过50以后的作品。在这期间，经他之手的动画也有一定数量，名声甚至不逊于《黑猫警长》。

刚到上海美术电影制片厂不久，戴铁郎就参与了《骄傲的将军》的动画设计——这部动画片也被称作“中国动画学派的开山之作”。1960年，戴铁郎再次为《小蝌蚪找妈妈》做动画设计，紧接着是3年后的《牧笛》。1965年《草原英雄小姐妹》上映，其中立体鲜活的人物形象设计，也出自戴铁郎之手。20世纪70年代末，《母鸡搬家》在戴铁郎手下诞生了。这部动画片里出现了太阳能、电梯、自动化厂房……后来还拿了一个科普文化奖。作为导演的戴铁郎，此后佳作不断，例如家喻户晓的《九色鹿》，获1982年意大利第12届吉福尼国际儿童电影节最佳荣誉奖、意大利共和国总统银质奖章的《我的朋友小海豚》，还有《小红脸和小蓝脸》《森林、小鸟和我》《警犬救护队》等。

很多人是在展览中才发现，不仅仅是《黑猫警长》，原来当年陪伴自己成长的那么多动画片，都是出自戴老之手。

戴铁郎的朋友说，戴老低调而坚强，这与他的人生经历有关。他不与人争，只是默默做着自己热爱的事业。

如同《黑猫警长》只有5集的遗憾，戴铁郎的一生也有诸多遗憾，但他本人说起往事时，显得很平和：“这几年我在这个岗位，热爱孩子，热爱动漫，热爱国家，就是这样”。

在知乎上，“为什么《黑猫警长》只有5集”这一话题曾大热，也有各种不同的版本的解释。但如今戴铁郎已不在了，无法也没有必要去探究真相了。

2015年的时候，曾出过一部《黑猫警长》的电影，但改编较多，并未引起共鸣，豆瓣的评分停留在5.2分。这件事，戴老也曾提及过，依然是不评不争，一如他的性格。

尽管展览很小，但看得出来，“黑猫警长”的朋友们是很认真很用心地在做着这件事情。

戴铁郎的朋友说，这就是戴老的性格，他们只是将他挂念在心中的事情继续做下去，戴老离开了，黑猫警长和那些动漫形象应该继续和孩子们成为朋友。

大家原以为来参加展览的观众年纪应该多是三四十岁，其实现场各个年龄的粉丝都有，尤其不少“二次元”的少年主动联系策展人并且积极地参与了进来。

他去太空的这一年，地球上还是有许多人惦记着他，在继续着他热爱的事。

In late August 2020， a memorial event was held at Fenglinwan Bookstore in the west of Hangzhou in honor of Dai Tielang， director of ， a 55-episode animation series for children screened on television in the 1980s. Dai passed away at 89 in Hangzhou on September 4th， 2019. Quite a number of fans whose childhood years were made memorable by the series appeared on the first day of the memorial event at the bookstore. Among them were those who were born in the 1980s and in the 21st centuries. It is hard to understand why there were no fans born in the 1990s attending the memorial.

Hu Xin is the producer of the memorial event. He met Dai Tielang in the last part of the directors life. Since the death of Dai， Hu has been engaged in events designed to honor the director. This particular event was designed to last till September 4， the anniversary day of Dais death. During the event， students and friends of Dai were invited to share their stories concerning Dai and .

It is easy to explain why  has affected so many people. From 1984 to 1987， Shanghai Animation Film Studio launched five seasons of the black cats law enforcement adventures in a forest. It became an instant national blockbuster. Directed by Dai Tielang， the five seasons depicted a world of brand-new technologies， most of which were unknown to the general public back then. Dai himself was an enthusiastic reader and subscribed to many international science periodicals. He introduced what he knew and imagined into the animation series for children： a bullet turned and followed the target， a telephone was a mobile device， and a motor boat flew in the sky. Back then， these innovative ideas appeared absurd and even supernatural， but they added an exotic touch to the sheriffs adventures and won the hearts of the young audience across the country in the 1980s when science and technology were making a huge comeback.

Quite a few of the fans who came to visit the exhibition at the bookstore were surprised to find that Dai was the mastermind behind many other cartoon and animation series that had fascinated them in their childhood years.

Part of the directors mentality was highlighted at the memorial event. Dai Tielang was a reticent man who did not bother to argue for his own case. Some people loudly criticized  for presenting absurdities such as a bullet that turned. After reading such a commentary in a newspaper， a colleague wanted to write an answerback. Dai asked the colleague not to blast the critic， saying that let time tell. Dai did not offer any explanation after hearing of some accounts concerning why the popular series didnt have more episodes. “I love children， love cartoons and animation， and love my country. Thats all，” said succinctly the director. In 2015， a long film featuring  didnt make a splash because the adaptation swerved too much off the original scripts. The film received a very poor rating at a popular rating website. Dai knew about the rating， but uttered no comment.

was based on a thin book authored by Zhu Zhixiang. Dai saw the think book for children at a street kiosk. Dai read it and thought it would be a very good adaptation. Most colleagues didnt see eye to eye with him on the project. But Dai insisted. It turned out to be a huge blockbuster. Dai had an explanation for the success. “Children are honest. What they want is simple： they want the true， the good， and the beautiful.” The animation series based on his understanding of children touched the heart of so many youngsters that he is still fondly remembered. He will be remembered for a long time.