My Animation Era

 The latest season of the "Tom and Jerry" animation has received numerous praises.

 But there are also many people who criticize, saying that "Tom and Jerry" has changed!

　　In the past, Tom could at least see some shadow of a cat, and every move he made was not much different from that of a real cat.

 But now Tom, let alone the clichéd things like walking upright, plays golf, plays the piano, wears a suit and tie...

Is this still a cat?

The Big Apple City's "Apple Daily" commented: "For the sake of being funny, the animated "Tom and Jerry" has lost its soul!"

Have you really lost your soul?

Facing the accusations, Dave seemed very calm. He told Gu Miao on the phone that an unknown fact is that the number of viewers of the new version of "Tom and Jerry" is almost twice that of the old version!

 What is losing a soul?

　　Will Tom lose his soul if he plays golf and wears a suit and tie like a human?

 That’s not the case!

 The soul of "Tom and Jerry" has not been lost, and the core is still the various interesting things that happened between the cat and the mouse.

It’s just that the interesting things that happened this time have become more relevant to people’s daily lives, and they are not just stories told from the perspective of animals.

“There is a very strange place. People can accept a crab opening a burger restaurant on the bottom of the sea, but they cannot accept a cat wearing clothes!”

 Dave’s complaint can be said to be on point.

Animations like "Tom and Jerry" have inherently wild plots, and they come up as they come up. No matter what Tom and Jerry do, it's not surprising.

However, a small group of people stood up to oppose it and told you that you can't do this. There are no such smart cats and mice in the world...

 Please!

 You are so good at making excuses, why don’t you complain about Mr. Krabs who runs a burger restaurant in the underwater world?

Mr. Krabs also wears clothes. Why don’t you say that a crab shouldn’t wear clothes?

“As animation becomes famous, it’s natural that there will be people who criticize it.”

Gu Miao smiled, but didn't take this matter to heart.

There are people who criticize any animation.

When "Go Boy" was on the air, there were so-called Go masters who jumped out and said that Jiang Liuer's play was wrong and should be played like this...

Gu Miao almost burst out laughing.

This Go master probably doesn't know that most of the chess games that appear in the animation "Go Boy" are famous games, right?

Of course, this is not the most perverted thing.

The most perverted thing is that when "The Little Master of China" was aired, a group of masters who claimed to have excellent cooking skills gave advice on the Internet and disparaged Liu Pleiades' cooking skills.

 Live in Bengbu!

Every time Gu Miao thinks about this scene, she can't help but want to laugh.

The dishes made by Liu Pleiades can shine, and you will enter a state of fantasy after eating them. This kind of fantasy cooking has appeared, and a group of people still want to analyze the protagonist's knife skills and cooking skills?

Even if your analysis makes sense, so what? The dishes made by the little master will still shine if they should, and they will still taste delicious if they should!

You must apply realistic logic to animated characters. Either you are mentally ill or you are too distracted by watching animations.

 …

 "Tom and Jerry" is out again.

Neon Division is not far behind and has launched a new season of "Pretty Cure".

Everyone has a bright future, even the less conspicuous Jiangchuan headquarters has quietly released the Japanese and English versions of "Mobile Suit Gundam".

 Don’t even say that...

Gundam is indeed quite miserable, and the peripheral models are much more famous than the animation.

Most people have seen the RX-78-2 Gundam model in shopping malls or offline toy stores.

But many people really can’t tell which animation work this Gundam robot comes from and what model it is.

Even the Gundam spin-off game of the same name is much more well-known than the animation, and has many players around the world.

 That’s right!

The FPS game that Gu Miao nicknamed "Gundam Falls" has really achieved good results and has a group of loyal fans all over the world.

pity…

The status of the FPS giants is not so easy to shake. Although the core gameplay of Gundam is based on "Titanfall", it is not the same thing as Titanfall.

 So this thing will only be a small fire at most. If we really want to say that it is a big fire, it is obviously unrealistic.

The flagship work of Wanbao Games is the "Pokémon" series that can steadily sell tens of millions of copies with each new generation.

besides.

As far as Gu Miao knows, Xiao Lin seems to be planning to adapt the recently popular "Superman" into a game to attract a lot of money from superhero fans.

 “It’s a good idea, but…”

 Gu Miao is not optimistic about the idea of ​​adapting superheroes into games, because superhero series characters are more suitable for the screen.

　　It is not that there were no video games based on superhero characters such as Superman, Batman, and Spider-Man in previous lives, but it is obvious that these games did not create much of a splash.

Instead of counting on this, it is better to hope for another animation similar to "The Adventures of Lolo" and make a second generation of "King of Robots"!

 Lao Zhang has arranged all the affairs of Wanbao Group well, which also makes Gu Miao feel confident to devote himself to the production of "Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cat" series.

 In a blink of an eye, it’s September.

 The production of the animation "Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cat" is coming to an end, and Gu Miao has also finished all work and concentrates on being with Coco.

 You can put work aside for now, but your wife is about to give birth to a baby, so you have to take this matter seriously. You must be with her to take good care of her.

 It was also at this time that Gu Miao had a disciple!

 That’s right, Disciple!

His apprentice, Guo Hongwei, a top animation producer who has directed many classic animations, recently accepted an apprentice.

Well, Gu Miao was promoted from master to ancestor in one go.

This disciple is quite young and is only in his first year of college this year. It is said that Guo Hongwei accidentally discovered a good idea when he went to a comic exhibition to participate in an event.

  Why is it said to be a good seedling?

 Because of this little guy, when he just entered college, he got his classmates in the same dormitory and made a short film about 8 minutes of ink-and-wash style martial arts animation.

 And then he won an award...

 This is outrageous! Thinking back to the time when she was this age, besides playing games and falling in love every day, Gu Miao suddenly felt a little ashamed.

 Look at people, this is the mental outlook that the new generation of college students should have!

Such a talented young man, of course, cannot go through the normal recruitment process. With Gu Miao's approval, he was qualified as a Wanbao intern as a college student.

He is not required to come to the company to clock in and work every day. He usually attends classes and studies when he needs to. He only needs to come to Wanbao Animation for an internship on weekends or holidays.

 The salary is still given to him, and the right is to train talents.

Not only that, Guo Hongwei was worried that the child would run away, so he specially accepted him as his disciple, decided on the so-called master-disciple status in advance, and tied him to Wanbao's chariot.

 “Young geniuses are rare!”

 Gu Miao has also seen this child's work, and can only say that it is indeed amazing. Although it is a bit immature, his spirituality and talent can be seen.

This kind of talented young man will become a pillar of Wanbao after being cultivated, and he will not have to worry about having no successors.

 It’s just a pity that…

This kid is a bit over-the-top. He sticks to the so-called ink style animation and is not very interested in other painting styles.

This is not very beneficial to his future development prospects. It can even be said that if he does not change his mind, he will only go further and further in the future. “Guide slowly!”

Guo Hongwei doesn't mind his apprentice's partiality. After all, he is still young and has a lot of trial and error costs.

 After he repeatedly hits the wall and realizes that he is seriously biased, it will be good to guide him to develop in a more comprehensive direction.

 “That’s right, Master!”

Guo Hongwei said with a smile: "Have you seen the new movie "Bear Bears"?"

 “Not yet, what’s wrong?”

“Then I strongly recommend you to go see it. The filming is really good. Within a month of its release, the box office has almost reached one billion.”

oh! so smart?

Upon hearing this, Gu Miao suddenly became interested and said, "If I remember correctly, this theatrical version seems to be called Summer Party?"

 “Yes! Bears Summer Party!”

Guo Hongwei said with excitement: "The filming was really good. It feels no worse than the first film Seizing the Treasure Bear."

 Isn’t it worse than Treasure Hunting Bear Soldier?

Gu Miao's eyes were full of curiosity.

He only knew the title of the latest theatrical version of the "Bear Bears" series, but he really didn't understand the content.

However, as far as he knows, this movie should be original by Wanbao and has nothing to do with the original movie.

　　Because it was released during the summer vacation, it was named "Summer Party".

 “What story did you tell?”

“The story is very simple. Bald Qiang is too hot because he doesn’t have air conditioning and the fan is broken, so he plans to go to the beach to escape the heat.”

“It happened that Jiji Maomao learned about the summer vacation plan, so he called Xiong Daxiong Er and secretly climbed into Bald Qiang’s pickup truck and drove all the way towards the seaside..."

Through Guo Hongwei's description, Gu Miao roughly understood what kind of story "The Bears: Summer Party" tells.

simply put.

The animals in the forest followed Bald Qiang to the beach to escape the summer heat, and happened to meet a foreign illegal fishing team.

So the animals and Bald Qiang joined hands to fight against the criminals in order to save the marine animals, and a series of interesting things happened at the beach.

 The process is still very funny and exciting.

Moreover, the movie was released during the summer vacation, which happened to fit the theme and gave the audience a lot of sense of immersion.

 This is also the main reason why the movie did well at the box office after its release.

 “It doesn’t feel as good as Xueling Xiongfeng…”

Gu Miao muttered to herself, feeling that Guo Hongwei was exaggerating a bit.

Although the movie "Summer Party" sounds interesting, it is probably not as exciting as "Snow Ridge Bear Wind" and "Bear Heart Returns".

But then again.

This is, after all, an original theatrical version of Wanbao. We can’t be too demanding. It’s already pretty good to be able to do this.

 Some originality is better than no originality and simply copying the original version.

 Gu Miao encourages this kind of behavior.

 He ​​hopes that all future theatrical versions will be original. This can also prove from the side that even without his advice, Wanbao Animation and the others can stand alone.

 “How is the reputation of the summer party?”

 Because he was at home with his wife, Gu Miao did not pay attention to this movie, let alone its reputation.

 I heard from Guo Hongwei that the box office is close to one billion, so there is no need to worry about the performance. If the performance is no problem and the reputation is no problem, then it will be considered a big success.

 “Word of mouth...it’s not bad!”

Guo Hongwei hesitated and said: "There will definitely be negative reviews, which is inevitable. But overall, the film's reputation is quite acceptable, with an overall score of 9.4!"

  9.4 points?

Gu Miao was a little surprised.

 The Treasure Bear Soldier only scored 9.1. I didn’t expect Summer Party to be so high, it could actually score 9.4.

 This was beyond his imagination.

But then again.

Whether the score of 9.4 is high or not depends on who it is compared with. If it is compared with the Pleasant Goat Zodiac series of movies, it is indeed a good pass.

 But what if it is compared with "The Lion King" which has a score of 9.8?

 “How can it be compared like this!”

Guo Hongwei rolled his eyes and said: "The Lion King is very powerful, but precisely because of its greatness, it is difficult for us to create similar results again."

 It’s too difficult to surpass “The Lion King”.

At least Guo Hongwei can’t think of any other Wanbao animated film that has the potential to surpass “The Lion King” in terms of ratings and reputation.

 “That’s because you have little knowledge.”

“Although The Lion King is very powerful, it is not unsurpassable.” Gu Miao held a different opinion.

  Not to mention foreign masterpieces such as "Spirited Away" and "Toy Story", even China, which is known as an animation desert, did not have masterpieces such as "Havoc in Heaven" in the early years.

These can be regarded as animated movies on the same level as "The Lion King".

 The Lion King is really awesome.

 But part of the reason for its greatness is indeed inseparable from Hollywood. Without the blessing of Hollywood, it would actually be just a "Revenge of the Prince".

"I do not believe…"

Guo Hongwei still feels that animated films like "The Lion King" are already at the ceiling level and worthy of the title of the world's number one animated film.

Even if the master said that he could surpass it, he felt that the master was bragging.

 Do you think it can be surpassed?

Then come and demonstrate on the spot, how to do it, and what kind of work can surpass the astonishing influence of "The Lion King"?

 “Then I’ll prove it to you!”

“Wait a minute! When I finish making the blue cat, and when your wife gives birth to the child, I will make an animated movie to let you know that the myth of The Lion King is not indestructible.”

Gu Miao is indeed being tough.

However, his tough talk is not without confidence, and his so-called surpassing "The Lion King" does not necessarily mean surpassing it in all aspects.

 To transcend in a certain place, isn’t that transcendence?

Moreover!

He has been working on TV animation for so long, and he is really itching to make an animated movie to warm up his hands.

Just happened to be talking about this topic with his apprentice, so there is no need to hesitate. After the end of "Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cat", his new work will definitely be an animated film.

And it is the kind of animated film that has world-class influence and is not inferior to or even catches up with "The Lion King" in certain aspects.

 For example, the Cars series!

 Cars, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Ratatouille, The Incredibles…

 The Cars animated film series is one of the few film series in the history of animation that has far-reaching global influence and coverage.

It can even be said that this series created Pixar Studio and made Jobs’ animation dream come true.

  Why did Pixar sell for $7.4 billion? The bulk of it is the IP value of the Total Mobilization series! (End of chapter)