My Animation Era

Chapter 1087 RX-78-2 Gundam

Although the animation production team of "Martin's Morning" has been established, Gu Miao is not in a hurry to start work.

the reason is simple.

 Martin's Morning is the kind of work where creativity outweighs everything else. In other words, the screenwriter is far more important than him as an animation director.

 He can completely wait for the screenwriters to finish writing the script before starting animation production.

As for the period of writing the script, he infiltrated Hou Bin's "Mobile Suit Gundam" production team and provided Hou Bin with some suggestions that were ahead of the times.

 “In my opinion…”

Although Gu Miao claimed that she would never interfere with Hou Bin's work arrangements, she started to point fingers as soon as she joined the team: "There is something very wrong with the design of your Gundam. It does not conform to the realistic style at first glance."

 “Oh? What do you think?”

“Highlight the sense of joints and edges, and give the audience a strong sense of mechanical beauty in appearance.”

 Gu Miao shook her head and said: "It's not that what you made doesn't look good, it's just that it's too round. It doesn't feel like a war weapon, but like a children's toy."

 “I didn’t do this...”

Hou Bin explained with a smile: "I am not a professional body designer. This is a concept drawing of Gundam that one of our screenwriters drew by himself based on the animation settings."

 It’s okay to draw and play!

 Since it was the product of the screenwriter's own drawing, Gu Miao was too embarrassed to criticize it.

 After all, there are a thousand Hamlets in the minds of a thousand readers. Who says Gundam can't look like this?

 Isn’t it okay for people to entertain themselves?

Most of the background and story of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" animation produced by Wanbao are very similar to the "Gundam 0079" in the original time and space.

Because of this, in the Wanbao version of the "Mobile Suit Gundam" animation, the main body that appears is the famous RX-78-2, which fans nicknamed the "Original Gundam".

The name of this Gundam can be said to be well-known in previous lives. Whether you have seen Gundam-related derivative works or not, as long as you think of Gundam, the figure of "Original Gundam" will appear in most people's minds.

 The name of Yuanzu is worthy of its name!

　　However, although RX-78-2 is recognized as the original Gundam, it can be seen from this body code that it is not the only Gundam in the series.

 Before it, there was RX-78-1!

 This is a black-painted Gundam. According to the number, this is the "Original Gundam" in the true sense.

Of course, there are more than just these two Gundams in the RX-78 series. There are seven prototypes in total. The protagonist Amuro uses Unit 2, which is the most well-known RX-78-2.



Speaking of the original Gundam, the RX-78-2, the opportunity to shine is outrageous.

RX-78-1 was discovered and destroyed by the Zaku team of the Zeon Army, while RX-78-2 was discovered and activated by Amuro, and killed two Zeon veterans according to the instructions.

After that, the blue, white and red RX-78-2 Gundam began its journey of killing people and killing gods, becoming a childhood memory for countless people.

The body design of RX-78-2 is actually not very advanced or perverted. After all, it is an early Gundam work, and it has not received many updated patch benefits.

But the performance of this Gundam is still excellent.

 It has excellent firepower, defense, mobility and speed. It even has two indestructible beam swords, one for each child.

 Amuro drove the RX-78-2 Gundam to kill all directions, flying into the sky and into the earth. The performance of the machine has never disappointed the audience.

 After Amuro awakened his new human skills and his reaction speed was greatly improved, the Federation also made a major upgrade to the RX-78-2 body. The original Gundam, which was already very powerful, was even comparable to the Cybertron Autobot.

 “Gundam is such a monster!”

Hou Bin, as an animation director, can't help but think about a question every time he looks up at Gundam's figure, that is, is there really any hope for humans to create such a terrifying machine in the future?

 Too abstract!

 It is hard to imagine what consequences a weapon like Gundam would have if it were added to the war.

This is much more terrifying than any nuclear deterrent. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a walking nuclear weapon.

 “This is the charm of science fiction.”

Gu Miao smiled and then said: "Don't think Gundam is scary. In fact, in my opinion, most of these robot animations are just fighting in the era of cold weapons wearing high-tech skins."

The Gundam has been developed, and yet it can be chopped here and there with fists, feet or weapons. Its nature is the same as Wakanda in Marvel...

 This is not science fiction at all!

I can only say that for this type of robot animation, most of the background technology trees are incorrectly clicked. It's like a group of people from the future slashing each other with laser swords. It's definitely awesome, but it's not necessarily science fiction.

“Then what do you think future science fiction wars should look like?” Hou Bin asked curiously.

 “Fighting beyond visual range.”

Gu Miao summed it up in one sentence: "You didn't even see me, you didn't even know I existed, and you were wiped out by me without knowing it."

 This is the case with technology crushing.

 Why do you have to go out and fight with your real man? Wouldn't it be better to give you a fatal blow directly out of sight, so that you can't even fight back?

Trivia.

The mode of modern warfare is almost always based on line of sight. Generally, in a war between a big country and a small country, you will be blinded and deafened before the war begins. All electronic equipment will fail, all power plants and arsenals will be destroyed, and missiles and rockets will clear the ground and be cleaned by drones. .

How untechnical is it to use ultra-advanced and sci-fi individual armor for soldiers, and then go on a 1V1 duel on the battlefield?

"makes sense."

Hou Bin said thoughtfully: "But the animation or film and television works produced in this way are probably not worth watching."

“Yeah, so it’s okay to watch robot animations like this for fun, but if you have to worry about whether something like Gundam will appear in the future, then I think you’re mentally ill.”

Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said: "The future development of robots will inevitably move towards unmanned operation. What's the point of having a driver? Will it only increase casualties?"

"When you said that, I suddenly felt that Gundam wasn't that interesting anymore. Isn't this just a fantasy fairy tale with a new skin?" Hou Bin couldn't help laughing.

"You can say that."

Gu Miao did not express any objection.

Gundam has such a sci-fi background, but the war is so "primitive". It is indeed a bit like those fantasy fairy tales, where the protagonist is obviously so powerful, but still fights with "fists and kicks".

But then again.

Although Gu Miao criticized this kind of "cold weapon" fighting thinking, she believed that it was not in line with the science fiction story background.

But he also had to admit that this is how robot animations should be done. If you don’t do this kind of cold weapon combat scenes, how can the audience understand it?

“According to statistics, among my country’s more than one billion people, less than 20% have a college degree or above!”

Gu Miao casually said: "I don't know what the situation is abroad, but I estimate it won't be too high. You should understand what this means."

“I understand that most people are limited by their academic qualifications and knowledge and cannot understand anything too profound, so our animations should be more simple and easy to understand.”

Hou Bin understood what Mr. Gu meant.

Gundam is a relatively "esoteric" type. There are many things in it that are hard to understand without some knowledge.

 Mr. Gu wanted to warn him not to get into trouble and continue to explore the so-called "depth". Instead, he should expand the breadth of Gundam and let more people try to understand Gundam, accept and recognize Gundam.

 Small circles are not acceptable.

As a commercial animation, Gundam’s original goal is not to take a deep route. The higher it goes, the more obscure the content will be, which means that the audience for the animation will be rarer. certainly!

 Gu Miao thinks it is okay to retain some depth as much as possible while ensuring the breadth of the animation.

 No one stipulates that every child must be able to understand Gundam, right?

 …

The first person to see the design draft of Yuanzu Gundam was not the animation director Hou Bin, but Lao He, the general manager of Wanbao Toys.

 Lao He was taking a lunch break at that time.

Suddenly, I received an email in my mailbox. The content was exactly the line draft of the body design of the Original Gundam RX-78-2, as well as Mr. Gu’s instructions.

“Huh? Free up a production line?”

 After receiving Mr. Gu's instructions, Lao He was extremely surprised. It has never been done before to open a separate production line for a toy that has not yet come out and has no proven market potential.

But the Gundam design is really good.

As a veteran in the toy industry, Lao He could tell at a glance that simulated movable joint model toys like Gundam would be very popular with their cool and realistic style.

But this is not a reason to open a separate production line for it, nor is it a reason to select a location for it and finalize a new Gundam factory.

 You can’t build it like this even if you have money!

To this day, Lao He still can’t understand why Mr. Gu pays so much attention to an animation that has not yet been broadcast.

The Gundam factory has been located.

It is estimated that Wanbao Toys will invest tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars to build a plastic model production factory in a wasteland on the outskirts of Jiangchuan that can achieve an annual output value of more than 2 billion.

 With this kind of investment, Lao He was really worried that he would lose everything.

 After all, Gundam’s animation is not even broadcast at the moment, and it’s not sure if anyone will buy related toys.

 The annual output value is nearly 2 billion!

 The planned production capacity of the factory far exceeded Lao He's imagination. He feels that even "Yu-Gi-Oh" may not be able to sell 2 billion worth of card peripherals in a year.

“It’s not like we can produce that much right out of the gate. In the first year, we should be conservative and achieve 20% of our production capacity, which is enough.”

Gu Miao comforted Lao He and said: "Build the factory first, and the production capacity can be gradually increased. Otherwise, when Gundam becomes popular, it will be too late to build a temporary factory."

 Production capacity is mainly limited by labor.

 In the early stage, you can hire fewer people and maintain production capacity at about 20%. The Gundam models produced will almost be enough to sell.

 If you really can't sell them all, you can throw them into the warehouse later and use them as discounted products in promotional activities or give them out as benefits in a lottery.

 The factory must be built for sure.

 An annual output value of 2 billion sounds scary, but when converted into production capacity, it is actually not as exaggerated as imagined.

 This is Gundam!

Even the newly launched Gundam cannot be as popular as the original space-time, and the sales volume is not that high. Gu Miao thinks it is not difficult to reach half the level.

As long as the Wanbao version of "Mobile Suit Gundam" can achieve half the influence of the original version, then the production capacity will be full, or even stretched.

  After all...Gundam is sold to the whole world, so we can't just focus on the domestic market!

 “Okay, I’ll believe you for now.”

Although Lao He was full of doubts, he still chose to trust Mr. Gu and honestly arranged manpower to prepare for the construction of a new Gundam factory and opened molds to produce the first batch of Original Gundam model toys.

 That’s right!

　　The animation is still being produced, and while it is still far away from being broadcast, the related model toys of RX-78-2 Original Gundam have already been put into mold production.

 Although it is only a small batch trial production to test the reliability and yield rate of the product, this batch of models is also very memorable.

There are more than 500 experimental Gundam models in this batch. They are all numbered JC006-Gundam1701. The PVC material is 1:60 and about 30 centimeters.

JC is the abbreviation of "Jiangchuan", and 006 is Factory No. 6, which is the internal code of this Gundam factory.

 As for the code Gundam1701, it means that this is a Gundam model produced in batch 01 in 2017.

If nothing else happens, the animation "Mobile Suit Gundam" will not premiere until next year at the earliest.

 This also means…

The batch code of 1701 will become the rarest, most special and most commemorative batch of space-time Gundam models in existence.

There are more than 500 models, but Gu Miao only plans to release 200 for external sales.

At this time, Gundam has not yet been aired. No one knows what this animation means, and no one thinks that these models have any special meaning. Whoever can buy them is out of luck.

  Gu Miao plans to give away the remaining 300 models to company executives, business partners, friends from the TV station... and a lottery!

The Original Gundam 1701 batch number 001 will become his permanent collection, and it will also be the first Gundam model he collects.

This batch of Gundams is undoubtedly special.

Specially, when Hou Bin got a Gundam numbered 002, even though he had been through many battles, he felt flattered.

 “Take it, you are the director of the first Gundam animation, you deserve this.”

 “Do your animation well and don’t let Gundam down!” Gu Miao encouraged Hou Bin by patting him on the shoulder.

 “Well, I will!”

Hou Bin was immediately more confident as he held the original Gundam model that was brand new from the factory and had no traces of fingerprints on its surface.

“By the way, Mr. Gu, you said these gunpla models will be released in advance. Can I grab one?”

“You already have this special number, why are you trying to grab it?” Gu Miao was puzzled.

 “Collect it!”

Hou Bin said with a money-obsessed look on his face: "You don't need to think about it to know that these Gundams must have great potential for appreciation. Can't I collect a few more?"

 “Pull it down!”

 Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said: "There are only 200 units for sale in total. They have been booked long ago. How can you still get your share?"

 Although the pre-sale of this batch of Gunpla models was done without any publicity, it was put on the shelves quietly, and the price is extremely expensive, but there are too many "Wanbao dutiful sons"!

Wanbao’s die-hard fans include many wealthy men. When they saw a new product appearing in Wanbao’s official flagship store, they bought it without even thinking.

 As for what is Gundam?

 Please! Who cares about this! You don’t care what the Gundam is, just buy it if you have money and no brains!

I know a rich guy from Hangzhou. He doesn’t look at any of the buyer’s products. When he sees an IP he likes, he places an order without thinking. I’m so envious...

 (End of this chapter)