Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 435 Who will do the stupid thing that ruins character (4000 words)
Now that the goal is set high, then we must pay more attention to the quality of post-processing.

Yano Ryuichi would check the progress of "Spirited Away" almost regularly.

Even if you don't get the blue ribbon award in the end, the result can't be too bad.

This is worthy of the money and energy invested by Higashino Division.

Time passed day by day like this.

The finishing work of "Spirited Away" is finally about to be completed.

But during this time.
Konoe Lianghua fell into an indescribable melancholy.

This is not because she feels that she will not be admitted to Musashino Art University, or because she is depressed about the upcoming college entrance examination.
It's that sudden sense of melancholy.

This is actually a common problem among many young people.

Walking on the road, I saw falling flowers and felt the rotation of the four seasons. I felt a sense of depression and anxiety inexplicably.

Although Konoe Lianghua hadn't reached the point of exaggeration, she couldn't help but sigh softly as she watched Higashino Division busy these days.

This is not to worry about the quality of Higashino's "Spirited Away", and it is definitely not worried about whether Higashino will feel sad because of the failure of "Spirited Away"-after all, Konoe Lianghua knows that Higashino is a man who can do what he says to the people.

But what if.?

"No, no, I want to trust Asi."

Konoe Lianghua cheered up.

That's right!She has to trust Higashinoji!

Thinking of this, Konoe Suzuka clasped his hands slightly, and stood in front of the beckoning cat at the Imado Shrine in Tokyo, with his hands slightly clasped, he was muttering something in his mouth.

If you listen carefully, you may be able to hear words such as ""Spirited Away" is on fire", "Ace, come on" and so on.

of course.

Praying to the beckoning cat is not because Konoe Lianghua has no confidence in Higashinoji, but to seek peace of mind.

But even after praying Konoe Suzuka couldn't let go.

If you feel that you are not sincere, the gods will not bless you in the end.

So Konoe Lianghua hastily stuffed a few ten-thousand-yen banknotes into the donation box in front of her, and finally felt relieved.

The daughter of the God Lord standing next to her didn't say anything when she saw this scene.

It's just that the smile on that face was obviously brighter, and he even said softly: "Chen Ke is extremely sincere, and the cat god must bless you."

"Huh? Is that so?"

Tens of thousands of yen are just a small amount of money for Konoe Liangka. If Higashino Tsukasa can really be blessed by the "Lucky Cat God" and "Spirited Away" becomes a big hit, the tens of thousands of yen she invested will be worth the money.

But if Higashinoji knew that Konoe Lianghua had spent tens of thousands of yen in the shrine, he would probably give Konoe Liangka a good slap in the head-isn't that stupid?

"That's right, please come here as a visitor. This shrine is willing to make a few wards for you for free. May your family and friends be safe."

The priest's daughter smiled and nodded.

She still has professional ethics, and she knows that the visitors who come to pray to God and Buddha mainly want to seek peace of mind.

And in the face of such generous visitors as Konoe Lianghua, their shrine has prepared special packages - all free of charge.

The main thing is to make them feel at ease.

But Konoe Lianghua blushed.

Especially the phrase 'Family and friends are safe'. The more she heard it, the more something went wrong, but in the end she faltered and said 'um', and followed behind the daughter of the Lord God.

Konoe Lianghua was relieved, and Higashino Studio on the other side finally let go of the heart that had been hanging.

the reason is simple.

It took a whole year.

"Spirited Away" paid a lot of energy and financial resources to Dongye Studio.
"Finally finished!"

Higashino stood up and announced.

As soon as he said this, the employees of Dongye Studio below also raised their hands and applauded in unison.

Half of this is due to Higashino Division's high popularity, and the other half is because he feels happy from the bottom of his heart.

Yes.

It is not only the creative team members like Higashino who have been worried about the production of "Spirited Away".

The original painters, reverberation engineers, and CG engineers who are responsible for physical labor below are also in the same mood.

Make a very popular analogy.

"Spirited Away" has always been like a boulder weighing on their hearts.

The stone is now finally removed.

Of course they have a sense of rain and sunshine.

Not to mention Yano Ryuichi, Seo Daigo, and Hosokawa Koharu, the Big Three of Higashino Studio.

When Yano Ryuichi announced the news, he lost his footing and sat down on the bench—mainly because he stayed up too late these days. Hearing the news at this time, his nerves were relaxed. After taking it off, naturally my eyes went dark, and my whole body relaxed.

Seo Daigo and Hosokawa Koharu are not bad.

After all, one is the person in charge of the manager P station, and the other is the editor-in-chief of Dongye web comics.

Although they were in high spirits, they were not as exaggerated as Yano Ryuichi, and they just felt that their work was not in vain after helping these days.

The mood of Higashino Division above is self-evident, and he also feels a lot more relaxed.

Production on Spirited Away is finally over.

He also lived up to expectations and produced an excellent finished product.

If "Spirited Away" was a mess, even if others didn't poke the back and scold him, Higashino would probably scold him.

After all, this is a classic.

But luckily...he made it.

"Let's look at the quality of the film first."

Although Higashino Division was very happy, he also knew the priorities, so he simply suppressed the applause from below, and at the same time asked someone to bring the projector over, and put down the white screen by the way - Dongye Studio has all these equipments, just to verify the finished film of.

Beats with the projector.

The logo of Dongye Studio jumped out of the white screen.

That's how the story started.

To be honest, everyone here is the producer of "Spirited Away".

Similarly, each of them has watched "Spirited Away" no less than ten times.

But when they really saw Chihiro Ogino moving on the screen after filling in the colors, and the finished product when the special effects artist added the sunshine and the rhythmic effects of leaves, they still couldn't help but sigh.

Is this still the finished film we made?
I didn’t feel much when I was drawing before. After all, the protagonist Ogino Chihiro is too ordinary. They can’t feel the aura that they usually feel in the protagonists of manga or animation. So it is difficult for them to substitute into it.

It can be used as a movie when it is screened.
The surprise in their hearts could not be suppressed.

The plot of "Spirited Away" is smooth, and there are many places that can be carefully tasted.
The most important thing is the full hand-painted production method
This is really bright.

The overall animated characters and scene activities are too smooth. There is a huge gap with today's computer production.

Although they are familiar with the plot of "Spirited Away", they still feel dizzy after watching the whole film.

This.
Feeling really hopeful to win an award?

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the animated films released this year or the theatrical version of the animation do not feel as good as their "Spirited Away" quality.

This is not a sudden expansion, but the conclusion they came to after comparing them in their hearts.

Anyway, compared to other animated movies, there is no such shocking feeling that makes them dizzy.

Higashino Division is also very satisfied with the performance of this animation.

"Spirited Away" hints at Japan's bubble economy era, as well as the artistic conception that many people in Japan are still lost in the city like the faceless man.

It's really good.

At first glance, it looks like an animated movie for children.

But the spiritual core is very high-minded.
"Just keep it like this, there is no need to modify the content of the painting anymore."

Higashino Division quickly expressed his opinion.

From his current eyes, this should be the most perfect state of "Spirited Away".

At most, we can pick and choose in the later stage, and tweak the soundtrack to make it more suitable.

"I understand. I will discuss with them later and ask them to make the soundtrack more appropriate."

Yano Ryuichi took over the conversation: "By the way, besides the soundtrack, Mr. Higashino, how do you plan to promote "Spirited Away" next?"

As he spoke, he also took out the promotion process of the animated film "June's Hymn" of the same period.

"June's Hymn" released a promotional video very early, and after it made progress, it released two trailers. During the same period, it should be the biggest competitor of "Spirited Away".

And "Spirited Away" has only released a promotional video two months ago, and then it has been silent. It is now full of theatrical version promotional posters on the streets and even on the subway "June's Hymn" completely different.

"A promotional video is enough."

Higashino Division had already had his own ideas, so he directly answered Yano Ryuichi.

"A promotional video is enough?"

"good."

Higashino wanted to keep the "Spirited Away" film secret.

In this way, people can feel the shock for the first time when they are on the screen.

If there is another trailer, it will definitely edit the shocking scenes of the water train and the white dragon taking off its scales - Higashino doesn't want to do that.

He wants to keep the mystery of the whole animated film, and then reveal it in an instant to surprise the audience. This is what makes him feel comfortable.

Of course, it is also possible not to edit these famous scenes.
But if it is not edited, the expected publicity effect will not be achieved.
Instead of going up and down like this, it is better to maintain the overall mystery of "Spirited Away", which can make people feel more anticipation.

"I understand."

It can be considered that he has cooperated with Higashino Division for a long time, and Yano Ryuichi can probably understand what Higashino Division means.

He didn't refute Dong Yesi like he did at the beginning, and nodded his head after careful consideration, indicating that he would give orders.

After deciding on this point, it was natural to arrange the release date of "Spirited Away".

Unlike "Spirited Away", which is only now being decided, "June's Hymn" has already been decided to be released on January [-]th.

Since the theatrical version of "June's Hymn" mainly talks about the end of the youth story of the hero and heroine, it also talks about the Japanese national unified test system.

It was a good time to choose.

Yano Ryuichi's suggestion is that "Spirited Away" try not to hit the schedule with the other party
After all, it is very irrational to deliberately hit the schedule with the other party, and it is also very harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself.

Because this will not only affect the box office of "June's Hymn".

Their Spirited Away will definitely be affected as well.

It is estimated that not many people are willing to do such a stupid thing as losing character and box office.

Of course, Higashino Division readily agreed to Yano Ryuichi's proposal.

It's not that Higashino is afraid of competing with "June's Hymn". It's that there is really no need to take money and head-to-head with the other party.

When two tigers fight, one must be injured.

Higashino Division's goal is to create a classic. This is enough.

With this in mind, Higashino Division simply decided to advance the schedule of "June's Hymn" by two weeks and release it on January [-]rd.

At that time, the whole of Japan was still on spring break, and most companies hadn’t started work yet, and people still had time to go out and watch movies
This date selection should not be a big problem.

After discussing with Yano Ryuichi, Higashino decided to set the date on January [-]rd.

Then Yano Ryuichi was handed over to be responsible for the final publicity - although no clips will be released, poster promotion and publicity on the studio's official website are still possible.

In the same way, we must not forget to say hello to theaters across Japan and make room for the schedule of "Spirited Away".

The news that "Spirited Away" will be officially released nationwide on January [-] spread quickly.

After all, animated movies are a small circle, and if a piece of news spreads, other people will of course know about it.

As soon as this news was released, there were many more discussions on the Internet about the current progress of "Spirited Away".

Many people are quite sensible, thinking that since this is a work bearing the name of Higashino, the quality is unlikely to be too bad no matter how you think about it, even if the quality is poor, the box office is probably not bad.

After all, many people should have sold Dong Yesi's face and went to cheer him up.

But there are rational people, and there must be unreasonable netizens.

Some people also think that Higashino Studio didn’t even release the trailer clips this time, maybe it’s because the production funds are stretched. Don’t come up with a semi-finished product at that time, it’s a bit of a joke for the neighbor Tokyo Animation—after all, strictly speaking , "Spirited Away" and "June's Hymn" can be regarded as competing in the same period.

Since it is a competition in the same period, neither side should be soft on the box office.

If "Spirited Away" loses, then Tokyo Animation will regain its face.

If "June's Hymn" loses, then Tokyo Animation will be slapped in the face by Higashino Studio twice.

Whoever loses will not look good
So it's still worth looking forward to.

Compared with the gunpowder-flavored speculation on the Internet.

On the other hand, the production team of Capital Animation's "June's Hymn" felt much calmer.

Because they also know that Dongye Studio has given them face, and the schedule has obviously been adjusted forward, and they don't want to collide with them.

This is considered fair competition.

Let's see who has the last laugh in January!

　Thanks to Hellcat and Zhonghua Yimin for their rewards!Thank you so much!
　　
　
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