My Animation Era

  Chapter 91 Old and New Versions of the American War

   Chatted for a whole morning.

  From the basic character setting, to the art design of the Demon God's body, to the detailed context of the plot, we talked about all aspects.

   After confirming that there was nothing missing, Gu Miao patted Nantong Sensei on the shoulder and handed over the production of "Dragon Fighter" manga to him.

   First the manga, then the animation!

  In the past, Wanbao did not have a comics department. Works like "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" must first produce animations, and then "reverse adaptation" of comics.

  But now that there are comic departments, it is natural to "comics first", followed by animation!

   Of course, the order doesn't matter.

  Compared with "animation animation" and "animation comics", the former must have the largest number. But for Gu Miao, there is no difference between the two.

   They have to come out anyway, so does it matter who comes first?

  The reason why the manga of "Dragon Fighter" was released first, and the animation production was not considered for the time being, was actually because Gu Miao didn't have time.

  The Chinese version of "Sailor Moon" and "Pigman: The Magic of Pigs" will be broadcast.

  In order to negotiate the schedule...

   During this period of time, he was almost as busy as a spinning top. As soon as I hung up the phone of TV station A, I had to call TV station B again to ask if they were interested.

  He asked almost all of the dozens of TV stations in China.

   "Sailor Moon" is easy to say!

  Although the price is not low, there are only 12 episodes in the first season, rounded up, it is almost equal to free. Coupled with the golden signboard of "Jiangchuan Gu Sanshui", everyone is willing to introduce it.

  But "Pig Man" suffered a lot!

  Because the quality of 3D animation is very average, and the "pig head" modeling of the characters in the play is very abstract, very few TV stations are willing to buy.

   Only two!

  One is an old acquaintance of the flamingo cartoon, and the other is the relatively unpopular Qiongnan Children's Channel.

   To be reasonable, this is a bit miserable.

  The original "Pigman 1" animation, the first broadcast platform is "CCTV Kids", and the rebroadcast covers more than 400 TV stations across the country.

   When I came to Wanbao, I begged my grandpa to sue my grandma. No one wanted the right to broadcast the first round of half-sold, half-given. Why?

   "Because the director is not me!"

   Facing Ma Kui's doubts, Gu Miao shook her head and explained: "When many TV stations heard that the director of "Pig Man" was Huang Kun, not me, they immediately lost interest."

   Understandable.

  Compared to Huang Kun, the father of Pleasant Goat, King of Thunderbolts, and the behind-the-scenes driving force behind Falling Stars, Huang Kun, who is a little transparent in the industry and has no masterpiece of a director, is definitely not interested in the TV station.

  Newcomers mean risks!

   Unless there is really no choice, or the quality of the work is excellent, ordinary TV stations will not easily consider new directors.

   After all, it is real money!

  It's better for a new director like Huang Kun, after all, "Jiang Chuan Gu Sanshui" is covering him, he doesn't look at the face of the monk, but at the face of the Buddha, no matter what, there are one or two "provincial" TV stations to give him face.

  If you are a pure newcomer with no background, start with a provincial TV station? Stop dreaming!

  County and city-level TV stations are enough!

   Do you understand the gold content of the five words "Jiangchuan Gu Sanshui"? Without these five words, even the Red Crane Cartoon and Qiongnan Children's Channel would not consider "Pigman".

  Although the words are ugly, they are the truth.

   Gu Miao was not very satisfied with the arrangement of the first broadcast, but there was nothing she could do. After all, Huang Kun is not well-known, and few people are willing to believe him.

   Fortunately...

  Among the two premiere platforms of "Pigman 1", Qiongnan Children's Channel is really optimistic about this animation and gave the best schedule.

   This is good news.

  Although Qiongnan Children's Channel's national ratings share is not high, it still has a good audience base in Qiongnan Province.

   It doesn't matter if the starting point is poor!

  Animation is no better than TV series, highlighting a "tenacious vitality". As long as the follow-up performance is good, it is by no means a problem that the ratings of the replay will be higher than that of the first broadcast.

  …

  New week, Saturday.

  TBS aired the 14th episode of the animation "Sailor Moon" as usual. The villain Jadet regretfully exited, and the new villain Nephrite who replaced him appeared.

   This is also one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of the Kingdom of Darkness!

  An interesting fact is that the so-called Four Heavenly Kings of the Kingdom of Darkness, in the manga and Sailor Moon Crystal, were all Earth Prince Endymiou in their previous lives, that is, the guardian of the field guard.

   It was only after being reincarnated that he was brainwashed by the Kingdom of Darkness and became the "Four Heavenly Kings".

  However, this setting was not used in Toei's first version of the "Sailor Moon" animation adapted in the 1990s.

   While communicating with the animation production team, Gu Miao also considered whether to use some settings from the Crystal version and the comic version to make the animation more in line with the original comic.

   Then he gave up.

  The Crystal version is indeed more in line with the original manga, and the plot settings are more restored, and it is also loved by many audiences.

   But the old version is not all bad.

  At least aside from the inexplicable relationship between Rei Hino and Mamoru Mamoru, and the "magic changes" in the characters' personalities, the overall impression is actually not bad.

   Otherwise, it wouldn't be so popular back then!

  Gu Miao has no prejudice against the Crystal version, and even thinks that this is a highly restored work. Except for the 3D transformation that is slightly inconsistent and the painting that is slightly broken, other works are very good.

  But insisting that the Crystal version crushes the old animation, he doesn't agree.

one's man meat is another man's poison!

  Magic reform also has its highlights, why do you have to make the animation the same as the comic version?

How do you say that…

  Naoko Takeuchi is a manga artist, she knows how to hammer Sailor Moon!

   Well, this is a joke.

  The reason why she insisted on the "Magic Reform" route and refused to include the Crystal version and the original manga's setting was mainly because Gu Miao wanted to earn two shares of money.

  First do the "Magic Change" version.

  Crystal version will be made later.

   One manga and two animation series are equivalent to hiring two people for one salary. Hey, this is very comfortable!

  If you use the Crystal version of the setting, the audience will look back and find that the new version of animation is no different from the old version. Who will watch the new version?

  So, Gu Miao made a final decision.

  Wanbao version of "Sailor Moon" cannot learn from the settings of the Crystal version, but should try to "clear the relationship" as much as possible, and strive to make the difference more obvious.

   In this way, when "Sailor Moon Crystal" is released later, the audience will not be scolded for "changing skins" to cheat money. Because the plot setting and even the painting style are different, how can it be called a skin change?

  By the way...

   Regarding the crazy transformation of the old version of "Sailor Moon" animation, there is a rumor in the market that the plot of the characters is far from the original manga, and there are many "original" episodes.

   roughly means:

   During the broadcast of the animation, there were some unpleasant differences between the original author Naoko Takeuchi, the manga publishing house, and Toei Animation.

  Because it took a long time to solve the problem, the production team was forced to do a lot of original plots and settings.

   Of course, rumors are rumors after all.

  Compared to rumors that have no real hammer, Gu Miao is more inclined that this "transformation and monster-fighting" plot magic modification is actually to cater to the tastes of children.

   Seeking collection monthly ticket support~!

  (end of this chapter)