My Animation Era

  Although "SpongeBob SquarePants" was not born for awards, this animation is really influential in Europe and the United States.

   This also led to the fact that even though Wanbao didn't intend to compete for the awards, and didn't even apply for many small awards, those awards were still awarded to SpongeBob SquarePants.

  Perhaps this is also a manifestation of influence breaking the circle!

  Compared to Dave, who is proud of the spring breeze, Seto, who is far away from Neon, has not had such an easy life recently.

  The producer of the second season of the animation "Date A Live" was exposed by the media to be in business crisis and faced the risk of bankruptcy. This also cast a shadow over the hit "Date A Live 2".

   Fans are worried.

  Although I always like to complain and complain, saying that the second season is the same as the defense, but in fact, the quality of the second season of the battle is already very good.

  If the second season is canceled due to sudden changes in the production company, it may be difficult for everyone to accept this result.

   Not just the general audience.

  The sponsors of the animation, as well as the broadcasting stations of the animation are also full of worries.

Especially the TV station, almost two calls a day to Seto, the core argument is only one: The results of Yuezhan 2 are very good, and the TV station values ​​this animation very much. It doesn’t matter whether the producer goes bankrupt or not, the important thing is the animation Can't be cut in half!

  The pressure from all aspects came to Seto, making him breathless.

   On the one hand, he stabilized the mentality of sponsors, TV stations and fans, and on the other hand, he was also actively communicating with the producer to ensure that the remaining episodes of the animation can be completed smoothly.

   But the situation is really not optimistic.

  The animation company responsible for the production of "Date A Live 2" didn't suddenly explode overnight, but had a serious debt crisis in the first half of this year.

   To be honest, Seto was actually deceived.

  When the other party came into contact with Wanbao, they deliberately concealed some specific conditions of the company, so Seto at the time did not find any problems with the other party.

   Now it is too late to find out.

  The animation has been done for six episodes. It is definitely unrealistic to change the team temporarily, so we can only bite the bullet and let them continue to do it.

  Under the mediation of the Wanbao Neon branch, many creditors and the company's senior management expressed that they would try their best to control the situation and avoid affecting the animation project in production as much as possible.

  Speak human words.

  Seto laid out the bottom line. If you make trouble with you, you should go bankrupt and liquidate, as long as it doesn't affect the ongoing production of "Date A Live 2".

   If it is not possible, the salary and benefits of these animation producers can be paid by Wanbao.

  Wanbao has no choice.

  Compared to halfway through the animation, a little blood is still an acceptable price.

   As for helping the other party clean up the mess, or even get out of the predicament? Stop making trouble, you are Wanbao's own son? Wanbao is not your father, why should he help you like this?

   "I don't take advantage of the fire to rob. I step up and step on them when they are at their worst. It is already very restrained."

  In the email to Gu Miao, the president of the parent company, Seto gritted his teeth and wrote: "This matter can't just be left alone. I have to let them know that the price of deceiving people is very heavy after the completion of Battle of War 2."

   "As you please."

   Gu Miao was not interested in how Seto would deal with the mess in the follow-up of Date War 2.

  Because compared to this, it is obviously the new work of "Yazi Market" and the neon branch mentioned in the email, which makes his eyes shine even more.

  The former need not say much.

  As the first original animation launched by Kyoani Studio after "Ice Fruit", "Tamako Market" caused a sensation in Neon once it was broadcast.

certainly!

  The results are slightly inferior to "Bingguo", but then again, Yuzi Market is a purely original animation after all, and it's normal that it can't compare with the adapted animation.

  The original animation can achieve this result, which has proved many things. Kyoani Studio can finally raise its head and proudly declare that they are not parallel import studios!

  Tamako and Mochikura, the Usagiyama Shopping Street combination, have become an anime character that thousands of boys and girls are obsessed with with the popularity of animation.

   It's just a little annoying.

   Some viewers reported to the production team that the animation paid too much attention to portraying the human atmosphere of the commercial street, but the emotional line between Tamago and Mochizo was rarely promoted.

   Hair candy! Send candy!

  The audience is all a complex of anxious kings and vanguards, jumping up and down in a hurry, and they almost didn't say that they want to watch a sweet love scene.

   Regarding this point, the animation production team did not expect it.

  They didn’t expect so many viewers to pay attention to the emotional line between Tamako and Mochizo after the animation was broadcast. Obviously this is not a romantic comedy in the traditional sense?

It does not matter.

  Since the audience wants to see candy, then give them some candy!

   It’s just that the plot of the animation “Tamako Market” has already been written, and the animation is almost over. It’s unrealistic to distribute candy on TV. We can only try to distribute candy in the second season of TV or the theater version.

   "Theatrical version can be approved!"

  In his reply letter to Seto, Gu Miao elaborated on the necessity of the theatrical version of "Tamako's Love Story".

  Before the project was not established, it was because Kyoani Studio had a weak foothold and could not convince other teams with results.

  Now that "Yamako Market" is doing so well, it's reasonable to launch a theatrical version. There is nothing to hesitate. Anyway, there are so many animated theatrical versions of Neon, and this one is not bad.

  This has nothing to do with eccentricity.

   "Yama Market" is a neon animation launched by Wanbao Neon Division, and most of the main audiences are in the local area of ​​Neon.

  As we all know, Neon is probably the country that likes to watch animation movies the most in the world. There are so many animation theater versions produced every year, but any well-known animation will make a theatrical version to test the waters.

  The conditions in all aspects are very suitable, and the production of "Okja Love Story" does not appear abrupt.

  Probably the only factor that will cause controversy is probably that a lot of well-known animations such as "Dragon Ball" and "Pretty Cure" are still queuing up, and there is no exclusive theatrical version. Why is "Okja Market" an exception?

   Regarding this point, Gu Miao and Seto have also thought up their explanation...

   Nah, I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry, listen to me, for super popular IPs like Dragon Ball and Guangmei, it must be a big deal to make a theatrical version, and you need to keep improving, right?

  Since it is striving for perfection, it must not be done so fast! For an animation like Yuzi Market, is there a problem with the theatrical version being made faster?

  Confused concepts, making everyone think that the reason why Dragon Ball and Guangmei did not have a theatrical version was mainly for the pursuit of perfection, so it took a lot of time to polish and perfect.

  This is not actually an excuse.

  Taking Dragon Ball as an example, the reason why there is no major theatrical version is not because Wanbao doesn’t want to do it, but because TV is set too high, and the theatrical version is hard to satisfy all fans.

  The same is true for Mitsumi.

  The TV version was so successful that the theater version was somewhat difficult to produce.

   Just make a random one, that’s obviously not acceptable, after all, TV is so popular, a bad theatrical version may cause big problems.

   Let’s make a serious one, but I’m afraid that the effect will be unsatisfactory. I invest a lot of money and end up with very little income, even losing my underwear...

no way!

   It is precisely because of the above reasons that the theatrical versions of these super popular animations are so difficult and no one wants to do.

  In addition to "Tamako Market", Seto also reported their recent work to Gu Miao in the email.

  The scale of the neon branch has increased.

   Now that it has a certain scale, it can no longer rely on IP such as "Dragon Ball", "Pretty Cure" and "Sailor Moon" to rely on its old capital. It must create some new animations.

  Developing new themes and exploring new fields, the Wanbao Neon branch, which does not want to stand still, decided to create a super popular animation IP based on the existing IP, so as to take the company's development to another level.

  The last time I visited the headquarters, Gu Miao gave Nishio a project called "Inuyasha", and he brought it back to Wanbao Neon branch.

  After a period of discussion and discussion, Seto and a group of high-level executives finally decided to set up the project as the most important new animation work of the Neon Division this year.

   "Inuyasha?"

  After learning from the email that the animation "Inuyasha" project has been approved by the Neon Division, Gu Miao was a little emotional.

  The plan for this thing, if he remembers correctly, seems to have been written out of his feelings one night five years ago when he accompanied Ke Ke to watch the moon.

  At that time, all he could think about was how to make this animation...

  Unfortunately, he was quite busy at that time, so he quickly put this matter behind him, and the planning of "Inuyasha" also ate ashes in the archives for nearly four years.

  It wasn't until last year, when Xiwei came to Jiangchuan headquarters, that Gu Miao suddenly remembered this very interesting project, and he brought back the neon.

   Another year passed in a flash.

  Just when Gu Miao thought that the "Inuyasha" project had no hope of being implemented, he didn't expect that the Neon branch would actually set it as the most important new work of the year, not one of them!

   This was beyond his expectation.

  …

  In the past year, Seto and Nishio have watched the project of the animation "Inuyasha" countless times.

   Both of them are very optimistic about this work.

  Because it is extremely optimistic, it did not rush to establish a project for production, but spent nearly half a year in preparation, and established it as the only hegemonic new program of the Neon Division this year.

  At the first planning seminar after the establishment of the production team, the branch manager Seto conveyed the news from the Jiangchuan headquarters.

   "Gentlemen, the president has approved the establishment of the "Inuyasha" animation production committee, and gave instructions that we must show 100% determination and do our best to make this animation well."

   "Hi Yi!"

  Everyone nodded in unison.

  Many people even showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, as if they didn't expect the "Inuyasha" project to attract the attention of Jiang Chuan's "Legendary President".

   This is definitely good news!

  The animation that even the president of Legend の pays so much attention to is enough to prove the extraordinaryness of "Inuyasha".

   After all, the last animation that got the attention of the president was "Dragon Ball GT"!

   "So let's not talk nonsense, let's get straight to the point, let's talk about the approximate episode length of the animation first!"

  Seto, as the host and branch leader, took the lead in eliciting the theme: "Judging from the planning content of "Inuyasha", a year series may not be enough..."

   "Indeed, 52 episodes are too few."

   "For this content, at least one hundred episodes are needed to start! Even hundreds of episodes are not impossible."

   "Hundreds of episodes is too exaggerated!"

  As soon as Seto's voice fell, the entire conference room immediately erupted into noisy and disorderly discussions.

  From the sound of quarrels, Seto also heard the general opinions of everyone, that is, "Inuyasha" really cannot be treated according to the standard of the year, and the volume of dozens of episodes cannot hold the planned content at all.

  The mainstream suggestion is still around 100-200 episodes, that is, 2-4 years.

   "Everyone, be quiet."

  Seto knocked on the table, motioning everyone to stop arguing first, and then said: "I have also communicated with the president about this issue, and his suggestion is to do it in quarters, not all at once."

   "Good proposal!"

  When everyone heard this, they nodded immediately.

   This is not flattering Mr. Gu, but in such a long serialization cycle, broadcasting in seasons is indeed the best solution.

   "That's it."

  After writing down the result of this discussion, Seto immediately asked: "Second issue, which of you is willing to be the supervisor of "Inuyasha"?"

   "..."

  The noisy meeting room immediately became quiet.

  Supervision by Inuyasha?

  This position sounds good, after all, it is a new series of hegemony directed by the year, and such opportunities are rare.

   But the problem came again.

  Directing such a hegemonic new show is also under a lot of pressure. This is a work that involves the company's development strategy. If it is messed up, the consequences will be disastrous.

   "Nobody wants to?"

  Seto was very disappointed. I didn't expect that there were so many elites in the club, and none of them dared to take over the "Inuyasha" project. It's just sad.

  If he hadn't been transferred to an administrative management post and no longer personally supervised animation, he would have wanted to sign up for this project.

   "President... can I?"

  Just when Seto thought that everyone had become dumb, someone asked weakly: "President, I want to take over this project."

"you?"

   Seto stared at the person who spoke, and it took a while before he remembered the person's name.

   "Aoki-san, I remember you worked as a supervisor in a mecha-themed anime before you joined the job?"

   "Hi Yi!"

  The young man named Aoki bowed and replied: "That was the first animation I supervised, and unfortunately it failed in the end."

   "It's not bad, at least the word-of-mouth response is very good!"

  Recalling this person's career carefully, Seto sat upright and said: "Can you tell me, if you become a director, how will you make "Inuyasha"?"

"sure!"

  Aoki was waiting for this opportunity. In front of all his colleagues and branch managers, he briefly described his ideas and thoughts on the animation of "Inuyasha".

   Mainly screen design, character image, art style and plot control, etc.

  What he said was actually a supplement to the draft plan, but he added some of his own understanding on the basis of the plan.

  For example, Kagome and Kikyo he understands, one is the image of a lively and kind girl with vitality, and the other is the image of a priestess who is as cold as moonlight, sacred and has a sense of mission...

   Both are different.

   It was these personal understandings that deeply moved Seto and established his supervisory status.