日本与美国,是全世界少有的可以称作奇幻电影大国。不仅因为它们生产奇幻电影数量之多,而且因为奇幻电影在其各自电影产业中的地位。选择不同的题材以及对故事不同的演绎方法,造就了美国和日本奇幻电影中龙的形象定位的差异性。文章从美国和日本的奇幻电影中探索龙的造型设计,分析龙这种幻想类动画角色的设计方法。 Japan and the United States, the world’s few can be called fantasy movie power. Not only because of the number of fantasy films they produce, but also because of the fantasy films’ position in their respective film industry. The selection of different themes and different ways of deducing the story creates the difference in the image of the dragon in the fantasy films of the United States and Japan. The article explores the design of dragons from the fantasy movies in the United States and Japan and analyzes the design method of dragons such fantasy animated characters.