My Animation Era

  Chapter 687 Lida animation? (seeking subscription)

   Time came to December.

  The second season of the animation "Things About That Rabbit That Year" aired the finale amidst puzzled discussions.

  Why are you puzzled?

  Because everyone couldn't understand why the rabbit was on TV for such a short time, and it was announced that it was over after only 24 episodes.

   Haven’t watched it yet!

  Compared to the 12 episodes of the first season, the number of episodes in the second season has doubled. It can be said that Wanbao is very sincere.

   But even so, many fans still feel that the rabbit is too short, and 24 episodes are not enough to watch...

  There is no way.

  The plot of the rabbit animation, each episode is determined after countless deliberations, and it is impossible to easily increase or continue filming. If 24 episodes are set, there will only be 24 episodes.

   Still want to watch?

   It’s not impossible, after all, that rabbit is a series of animations, and the third, fourth and even fifth seasons will definitely be produced in the future.

  If you think the sequel is too difficult to wait, you can also watch the webcast version again. This is the "uncut version" appointed by director Guo Hongwei and producer Gu Miao.

   That's right!

  After the broadcast on the TV platform, many viewers watched the second season of the online animation "Things That Rabbit That Year" under the guidance of Wanbao Video.

   It's not a lie...

  The "online version" of the second season of Natu broadcast on Wanbao's video website is indeed more complete than the version broadcast on TV, and many sensitive plots have not been deleted.

   For example, Rabbit and Bear shook hands for the second time.

  In the second season of the TV version of That Rabbit, the production team took the initiative to delete a lot of the plot about Mao Xiong wearing the aura of "Sanzhu" and wanting to integrate into Yingjiang's circle of friends, but was rejected by various kinds.

  But in the online version, this part of the plot was not only not deleted, it was even intensified, adding many parts that were not even filmed in the original version.

   And "Car Dazuo"...

  The TV version pays more attention to influence, and Ka Dazuo didn't exaggerate this part, just a few mentions and it's over.

  In the online version of the rabbit animation, Ka Dazuo has a lot of scenes, and even his "crazy" speech is reproduced.

   There are many more plot differences like this.

  Perhaps this is also the reason why the ratings of the Rabbit TV version remained tepid until the end, and there was no improvement.

   After all, the audience is not blind.

  The TV version has deleted so many plots, why watch the TV version? Wouldn't it be better to go directly to Wanbao Video to watch the online version?

About this question.

  Every time the director Guo Hongwei talks about it, he always shows helplessness and regret. He often complains to Gu Miao that they have compromised too much in order to be on TV...

   Audiences should be dissatisfied.

   Indeed, in this respect, especially the viewing experience of the Rabbit TV version, Wanbao did not do well.

"no way!"

  “In order to be broadcast on TV, you have to make such a compromise. The audience doesn’t understand, so let them go.”

  Gu Miao shrugged and said, "Anyway, in the final analysis, the ratings have no effect on the rabbit animation at all."

  It doesn’t matter if the ratings are higher or lower, after all, Wanbao doesn’t expect to make money from it, and all the proceeds from the rabbit project are donated.

   What's more, the current ratings are not too bad.

   It's just not comparable to popular TV animations such as "Digimon", "Yu-Gi-Oh", and "Pokemon".

  Compared with ordinary TV animations and animations not produced by Wanbao, the average audience rating of 3.5% is already very good.

  …

  The end of the second season of That Rabbit has aroused widespread heated discussions across the Internet.

   And at this moment.

  A piece of news from Zhong Hai not only shocked the entire industry again, but also made Gu Miao take a high look at Ghost Hand Animation.

   Really good!

  It was about to be disbanded, and it was already half a foot in the coffin of Ghost Hand Animation. Suddenly, it announced that the company was acquired by Lida Toys in a package.

   "Lida toys?"

  When Gu Miao heard this name, she subconsciously wanted to laugh. Isn't this the sand sculpture company that came here to ask for the price and wanted to buy Wanbao?

  How to drop?

   The acquisition of Wanbao failed, so you went to buy Ghost Hand Animation? The last time it was hype to raise the stock price, what about this time? Won't come for real?

"it is true…"

  Lao Zhang has more sources of information than Gu Miao, so his information is more reliable. I only heard him explain: "Ghost Hand Animation has changed its name to Lida Animation. It seems that the acquisition has been negotiated."

   "How much did you pay for it?"

   "I don't know. The specific quotation should be a secret among the secrets, and it is unlikely to be leaked. But according to my guess, the price should be in the eight figures."

   Eight digits?

  With so much money, why not buy an animation company that is on the verge of bankruptcy? As expected of a layman, this kind of thing can also be done by a layman!

   "Did they do anything?"

   "Not yet."

   After finishing speaking, Lao Zhang seemed to have thought of something, and quickly added: "But as far as I know, Lida Toys plans to make a toy model under their banner into a TV animation for broadcast."

   "What type of toy?"

   "A dancing chicken product that is very popular among primary school students. I heard that it is selling well."

   It sounds interesting.

   It seems that Lida Toys' acquisition of Guishou Animation is not a whim or malicious hype, but a deeper intention.

   "It's just a dance machine, how can this thing be animated? Do you use dancing to defeat your opponent?"

   "Dancing Machine?!"

  Old Zhang blinked his eyes, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said, "Mr. Gu, did you hear wrong? I'm talking about a dancing chicken, a chicken that can dance, not a dancing machine!"

  Gu Miao: "..."

All right!

  He took back what he just said. This project is meaningless, and Lida Toys has no deep-seated intentions. It is purely a waste of money.

  A dancing chicken?

  Gu Miao's evaluation is that it's not as interesting as...screaming chicken! Instead of doing this, it is better to make the screaming chicken into an animated character, maybe it can create a big IP.

   What puzzled him even more.

  According to what Lao Zhang said, this toy product called Dancing Chicken seems to be selling well? Otherwise, Lida Toys would not think about "animating" it.

  Who would buy this?

   It can only be said that it is difficult to understand.

   "Forget it, leave them alone." Gu Miao said nonchalantly, "Whether it's a dancing chicken or a screaming chicken, it has nothing to do with us."

   "Compared to this, I want to know more about the Yitian Studio we voted for, how is their new work "Spiritual Cage" going?"

  This is the key point?

  As a company in which she has invested money and is still a major shareholder, Gu Miao's emphasis on Yitian Studio has never diminished.

  Some time ago, when Yitian Studio was fighting with Xuanji Animation for publicity, he heard the news that the animation "Ling Cage" was scheduled to be broadcast.

   Count the days, just these few days.

  Then the question is, as the second animation work produced by Yitian Studio after "Crazy Heroes", how is its performance?

   Can you be worthy of investors?

  (end of this chapter)