My Animation Era

  Chapter 101 "Dragon Fighter" production decision! (Seeking the support of the first monthly ticket)

   "Dragon Fighter" comics are on fire!

  As the head of Wanbao and an animator with a keen sense of smell, Gu Miao naturally wouldn't ignore this work that has initially gathered popularity.

   Animation adaptation is imperative!

  A real man has to keep his word. Since he promised to submit a qualified animation adaptation plan in mid-April, how can he disappoint Nantong Sensei?

   Isn't it just a manga reform plan!

  For Gu Miao, who is "experienced in many battles", the mere manga reform plan is a trivial matter.

  So...

  Under his summoning, the four maggots of all treasures... Ah bah! It was the four masters who gathered together and held a workshop on the production of the animation "Dragon Fighter".

   "What's there to talk about?"

   Ma Kui scratched the stubble on his chin, and said with a puzzled face: "It's done according to the comics. Do you need to make any major changes?"

   "You can't say that."

   "Comics are comics, and animations are animations. The content carriers are different, and the expression methods are also very different."

  Huang Kun shook his head and explained: "Blindly copying comics is very likely to be self-defeating, and in the end it will be unfavorable."

   It makes sense to say so.

   One of the most important things in adapting is to know the trade-offs, what is the part that can be kept, and what is the part that must be modified.

   Blindly catering to the original, or making drastic changes are not good.

  Gu Miao agreed with Huang Kun's statement.

  But there was one thing that Huang Kun didn't expect. That is the "Dragon Fighter" manga. In order to adapt to the later animation adaptation, many modifications have actually been made.

   That is to say...

   Adapting the comic version of "Dragon Fighter" into an animation is indeed as Ma Kui said, it only needs to be changed according to the comics.

  Because at the beginning of the birth of the manga, he and Nan Tong had already made preparations for the "adaptation of animation".

so!

  The focus of this production "seminar" is not how to make the changes, but who will make the changes, how much money Wanbao plans to spend, and how much manpower will be invested in the changes?

   "Mr. Gu, you know it."

   Ma Kui shook his head first and said: "The "Quiba" project still needs me to continue to follow up, and I really don't have time."

   "Mr. Gu, you know it."

   "Although the first season of "Pigman" has been produced and aired, the follow-up finishing work still needs a little bit..."

  Before Huang Kun finished speaking, Gu Miao couldn't help but interrupted: "Stop, stop! I know you don't have time, so I came to be the director, are you satisfied now?"

   "OK! OK!"

  The choice of director is not controversial. In other words, Gu Miao never planned to let Huang Kun or Ma Kui direct the animation from the very beginning.

   After all, this is the first game in the series, so be careful!

  If it is a sequel, or a work like a rumor, these two people can take over. But for the first game in the series, it is safer for him to do it himself.

  The director candidate has been decided!

  The remaining members of the animation production team, there is nothing to say. Wanbao Animation has hundreds of animation ghosts, and there is no pressure to temporarily transfer hundreds of people.

  As for the production budget, Gu Miao's preliminary estimate is between 8 million and 12 million yuan.

   This is an "estimated" value.

  The actual cost may be higher than this. But there is a high probability that it will still be within his estimated value and will not exceed the budget by much.

   There are two main reasons.

  Firstly, Wanbao has abundant manpower now, and its dependence on the "animation outsourcing" business is not so high, which saves a lot of expenses.

  Second point, Gu Miao's construction period for the "Dragon Fighter" animation reached five and a half months, close to 170 days. And he estimated that the length of the first season of animation is only about 40-45 episodes.

  There is plenty of time and manpower.

  Combining the above two points, the production cost he estimated is actually very "saving", only about two-thirds of "Sailor Moon" in the Neon Division.

  Manpower OK, budget OK!

   After confirming that there was no obstacle to the project, Wanbao Animation’s official Weibo directly released the promotional pictures and copywriting of “The Decision to Produce the Animation of Dragon Fighter”.

  The promotional image is very abstract!

   Probably the official Weibo operation and art lady, in order to flatter the boss, deliberately put Gu Miao's bust in the most conspicuous center of the promotional picture.

   Is this a problem?

  It is perfectly normal for the staff to take care of the feelings of the director and boss, and put him in the C position of the promotional picture.

but…

   "Why is there a Xiaodu holding a climbing dragon sword under me? Excuseme?" Gu Miao asked with a question mark on her face.

   It looks like he is dumb!

  P The artist of this picture, didn't he find that the "sword tip" of Denglong Sword is too close to a certain position of Mr. Gu during the inspection?

   "Then... I'll delete it!"

  Ma Kui also felt that it was inappropriate. Although the P was pretty good, it did damage Mr. Gu's wise image, so it would be better to delete it.

   But he was still one step too late.

  Not long after this promotional image was released, it was taken as a screenshot and saved.

  Even if the official Weibo later deleted the original image and reposted a revised promotional image, it still couldn't stop the original image from spreading wildly on the Internet.

   What's even more outrageous is...

  Someone made a second "creation" on the basis of the original drawing. Xiaodu's Climbing Dragon Sword was also replaced with various strange things.

   There are laser guns!

  Have a feather duster!

   And what adult products...

   In addition, they also accompanied this picture with various text dialogues.

   For example, poke the turtle upstairs to death! Justice is done! Give the boss a fairy stick! Comfortable…

  Gu Miao, who was not known to many people except for his peers and a small number of fans who pay attention to animation works, with the spread of these pictures, instantly became one of the giants of emoji packs.

   Even the fans have increased a lot!

  Is this a good thing?

  For the face-saving Gu Miao, this is definitely not a good thing. Even if he is thick-skinned enough, he will still feel ashamed to see this overwhelming show.

   "Think of the good..."

  He went back to Jiangchuan to relax, and met his old friend Du Hao by the way. He also saw the recent saucy pictures circulating on the Internet, so he suppressed a smile and comforted him.

   "What is the promotional image for?"

   "As long as it has a publicity effect, let everyone know that you are going to make a new animation. This animation is called Shenlong Fighter. The protagonist is Xiaodu who stabbed you with a sword. Isn't that enough?"

  Gu Miao: "..."

   What he said made sense, but he was speechless.

   In a sense, this promotional image not only successfully completed the task of "propaganda", but also performed surprisingly well.

  After all, not only anime fans, but also many people who don't usually watch anime, who don't know Gu Miao or Wanbao, all remember "Xiaodu" and his "Dragon Sword".

what is this?

  Miss Art Worker made a mistake, and actually used five yuan P-picture technology to achieve a "publicity" effect worth tens of millions?

   Do you still have to praise it?

  (end of this chapter)