My Animation Era

  Chapter 702 Puss Gets the Boot! (seeking subscription)

   For the IP of "Yu-Gi-Oh", Gu Miao wants to continue to operate it for a long time to make it prosperous...

   For this reason, he cannot study music beauty.

  Konami's set is too "fishing in the dry lake", and it only cares about the present and ignores the future.

  A new system will be released in one or two years, and in the end, players don’t know where to start to learn if they want to enter the pit.

   What does this lead directly to?

  Fans or players, under the premise that they cannot be supplemented by "newcomers", will only decrease and eventually die out.

No joke!

  With Konami's operating strategy, how long the "Yu-Gi-Oh" IP can survive depends entirely on how long the earliest "hardcore powder" lives.

  If they are all dead, or if they are old and don't have the energy and time to toss about the rules of the card library all day long, will there be a follow-up to "Game of Thrones"? And newcomers?

   Really stop making trouble!

   A hundred years later, there may still be old men and old ladies wearing VR helmets, sleeping in hibernation cabins and playing "Holographic Landlords" and "Holographic Mahjong", but at that time, people still played "Holographic Yu-Gi-Oh"?

  Bloated system is the number one problem of "Yu-Gi-Oh." If this problem is not solved, as time goes by, even if this game is popular now, it is destined to become a niche and unpopular game in the future.

   For this reason, Gu Miao decided to activate the "last elimination" mechanism.

  What is last elimination?

   That is to regularly eliminate or even "remake" those monster cards, magic cards, and trap cards that have the lowest appearance rate and usage rate, and that no one even remembers, based on big data analysis!

   New cards can be released more slowly.

   But maintaining the game environment and ensuring a steady stream of new players to join is his ultimate goal.

   Of course, this doesn’t happen overnight.

  He only had this idea initially. As for how to do it in the future, how to change and maintain the game environment, it still needs to be slowly experimented and explored.

  Speaking of...

   The second season of Temiao’s "Full-time Glory" is out, but the third season of "Yu-Gi-Oh" animation hasn't come yet?

  December 24.

  While Gu Miao was busy solving the damage caused by the rampage of the "Underworld" card group to the duel environment of "Yu-Gi-Oh", Penguin released the preheating promotional PV short film for the second season of "Full-time Glory".

   And Penguin also said that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone will be able to see the second season of full-time glory animation aired.

   "That's outrageous!"

  Gu Miao did not doubt the authenticity of this news, but doubted the reliability of the second season of this animation.

  Although they are both competitors, he must also admit that the animation "Full-time Glory" is an excellent Chinese manga work that he has watched in recent years.

  But for such a top work, the sequel was made so quickly and hastily, which is too eager for quick success.

   "You don't like it?"

"Yes!"

  Gu Miao admitted frankly: "Unless they start producing the second season before the first season airs, there is no way to explain why the second season aired so soon?"

   This possibility cannot be ruled out.

  But Gu Miao felt that this possibility was still too low.

   After all, the first season has not been aired, who can be sure that the results and income will be good? Who dares to rashly start the simultaneous production of the sequel?

   "This is indeed the truth!"

  Lao Zhang nodded and said: "But it can't be too absolute. In case people are very confident, the second season is really prepared in advance?"

   "After all, we are doing this kind of thing ourselves. Isn't the second season of "Super Beast Armed Forces" almost finished?"

  Gu Miao was speechless.

   It makes sense. For the project "Super Beast Armor", Wanbao did finish two seasons of animation in one go, or two parts, before starting to consider broadcasting matters.

   Everything is possible!

  Maybe Penguin's attitude towards "Full-time Glory" is the same as Wanbao's attitude towards "Super Beast Armor". Who can say for sure?

"correct!"

   "You just said that the second season of the animation "Super Beast Armor" is about to be finished? What's the situation now?" Gu Miao asked curiously.

   "What else can happen?"

  Old Zhang wondered: "Literally, it is almost finished when it is almost finished. The animation sample is out, didn't Huang Kun tell you?"

   Fark!

  Huang Kun actually kept such important news from him. Aren't they good brothers who wear the same pair of pants?

  Gu Miao was very angry, and immediately planned to go to Dimension Studio to settle accounts with Huang Kun, but just as he stood up, Lao Zhang stopped him with a word.

   "President Gu, don't worry..."

   "I said it's almost finished, but it's not really finished. There are still some finishing touches!" Lao Zhang said with a smile.

   "Although "Super Beast Armed Forces" has not been finished yet, Dave's team has finished "Tom and Mouse"."

   "What the hell?!"

  Gu Miao froze in place, almost suspecting that she had heard wrong.

   "Tom and Jerry"?

  Is this thing finished? real or fake! When I met Dave in October, hadn't he still had a headache about Tom's coat color? How long has it been before the animation is finished?

   It's not that Gu Miao couldn't believe it, but that what Lao Zhang said shocked him too much.

  For the animation "Tom and Jerry", he was mentally prepared for not receiving any reply for two or three years or even longer.

   As a result, tell him now that they finished it in just half a year?

"real!"

  Old Zhang nodded with a smile and said: "I guarantee with my personality, Dave is indeed done! But..."

   "Only one episode!"

   After Lao Zhang finished the first half of his sentence, Gu Miao, who was about to call Dave and rant, heard the words "only one episode", and her expression turned petrified instantly.

  Only one episode?

   Can this also be called the end?

  Your TV animation only has one episode, right? You're pretty proud of finishing one episode in half a year, right?

   "How about the film?"

   Gu Miao, feeling a little toothache, sat back on the chair again, leaned against the back of the chair and said, "Let me see, Dave sharpens his sword for half a year, how sharp is this sword?"

   "There is no film!"

  Old Zhang shook his head first, and then explained: "There are only samples. Dave said that this version of the sample will have to be refined later, and it is not considered a finished film."

   "Anything goes!"

  Gu Miao said nonchalantly: "Just make a sample, show me first."

  At his request, Lao Zhang walked into the "darkroom" projection room specially set up by the company, turned off all the lights, and played a sample of only 8 minutes to Mr. Gu.

   Seeing the duration of this demo, Gu Miao frowned first, but she didn't rush to say anything, but concentrated on watching the feature film.

   "Puss Gets the Boot"

  In the opening part, in addition to the Wanbao LOGO and the full English name of the North American branch, there is also the English signature of the producer Dave Smith, and a series of title characters with unknown meanings.

"What does it mean?"

   "The cat was fired? The cat got kicked?" Gu Miao frowned and thought, "Why did you come up with such a title?"

It does not matter.

  The title was just a transition, and soon Gu Miao forgot about it, and concentrated on the world shown in the feature film.

  In a residential house…

  The blue-gray, fluffy cat is using various methods to tease and tease a little mouse.

  The mouse ran away desperately, but it still couldn't escape the cat's clutches.

  Until in the process, the cat crashed into the flowerpot decoration at home, and was reprimanded and warned by the owner.

   It's interesting here.

  The owner’s head didn’t appear, nor did he show any expression. He just hit the cat a few times with a broom, and then pointed to the broken flowerpot.

  There was no sound at all.

   In this scene, there is not a single line, and no subtitles are added, but everyone can understand it and guess the meaning of the master.

   Very clever means!

  The effect of this kind of performance is no different from the master showing his face and threatening Tom, saying "If you break XX again, I will throw you out".

   Even better?

  Gu Miao felt that Dave should have referred to his proposal and deleted all the lines where the master had spoken and threatened Tom.

  Before he thought about it, whether it was good or bad, the story went further, and the mouse who caught the handle finally turned around.

  I saw it holding a fragile red wine glass, standing by the table and ready to throw it away, while the chasing cat froze instantly, not daring to move...

  The cat couldn’t stand the aggressive mice. In the process, the cat made a mistake and was kicked out by the owner.

   Simple story.

   Even the duration is very short, only eight minutes.

  But Gu Miao was deeply impressed by the level of painting and production shown in the eight minutes, as well as the movements and demeanor of the cat and mouse.

   Two words summary:

   Absolutely!

  The expressions of the cat and the mouse are so vivid that they seem to be "coming alive", which is really awesome! There are also character movements, which are smoother and silkier than he imagined.

  Maybe this is a work of art?

  PussGetstheBoot is the original name, the specific translation is hard to say, Sweet Home is the translated name.

  (end of this chapter)