The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

It is of course unreasonable to judge the quality of an animation simply by its sales volume.

The Wall of Masterpieces is not only another name for "IS", but also a synonym for all high-selling, meaningless, and brainless meat-selling animations. In addition, it expresses more about the good reputation and evaluation Gao Gao's animation works, but their sales are far less than the helplessness and self-deprecation of this kind of butcher harem animation.

But in any case, "IS" is the first and most representative "Wall of Masterpieces", and its terrifying sales are of course beyond doubt.

As if knowing Mu Su Xing's thoughts, 013 hesitated: [Is the host sure that he really wants to buy the right to adapt the light novel animation of "IS"? 】

The achievement points required for the copyright of "IS" are 3000. According to the 2400% discount given by the system mall, the actual payment of achievement points is [-] points.

Shepherd star: "OK."

For the first time, 013 did not carry out his order immediately. After three seconds of silence, 013 finally spoke: [I don't understand. 】

"Don't understand what?"

[The host can obviously choose to adapt animations with existing sales and high-quality works, such as "EVA", "Magic Girl Madoka Magica", and "Rebellious Lelouch" are all pretty good choices. Why choose "IS" This kind of work is actually useless except for sales?If it's just for raising money, Naruto is the better choice. 】

The shepherd star was a little surprised.

But after thinking about it, he still answered 013's question: "You're right, but it's also not right."

"First of all, "IS" is not really useless." Mu Suxing said: "As a commercial animation whose main selling points are cuteness, meat, and harem, "IS" is actually very well done, and the shape is eye-catching. , female characters of various attributes are available, and the design of mechs and special effects is still pleasing to the eye. There is no shortage of cuteness, burningness, and coolness. From the perspective of consumption, it completely hits and satisfies the psychology of the majority of otaku audiences. "

"For commercial animation, it is not difficult to have several consumer elements. The difficulty is that several elements can accurately hit the point in the audience's heart, and at the same time, they can perfectly integrate several elements."

"This is what IS has done."

013 reminded him: [But it still can't be compared with real animations that have both sales and word-of-mouth. 】

"You consider benefits and word-of-mouth, and I consider the cost, risk and cost-effectiveness of an animation."

"The first is the cost issue. Works such as "Naruto" and "One Piece" are not considered for the time being. First, they require more than [-] achievement points. Second, I am not able to control this The ability of a very long animation."

Star Musu continued: "The second is the issue of cultural differences, let's not talk about the copyright of "EVA" and "Magic Girl Madoka", whether I can afford it now, the culture of the world I live in, and these original comics There must be some differences in the culture of the world we belong to.”

"It is impossible for an excellent and widely sought after animation to exist independently of the regional culture and the era it is in." Speaking of this, Mu Suxing shook his head: "The animations you mentioned can be produced in the original plane." Being popular doesn’t mean it can be popular in our world.”

013: [Is there no cultural difference in "IS"? 】

""IS" is special because it is a routine, but it just satisfies the YY psychology of the audience. This kind of psychology is caused by the psychology shared by otaku audiences, and it is universal in any plane," Mu Suxing analyzed. : "More importantly, this kind of routine is exactly what we don't have in this plane."

Although there are commercial animations and artistic animations currently on the market, generally speaking, none of them are as thoroughly commercialized as "IS".

Because of this, Shepherd still has great confidence in the sales of "IS" in this plane.

"To sum up, I think that the cost and risk are relatively low, and the selling point of "IS", which mainly satisfies human psychology, will be more suitable than other excellent animations in terms of making money."

……

When Shepherd Xing returned to the dormitory, Wen Feihang and Fang Lian were already waiting there.

One of the two casually watched the new animation, and the other absent-mindedly played the game, which seemed to be the same thing, but Mu Suxing knew that the two of them had long since stopped thinking about games and animation——

According to their prior bet, the two will join the production team of Shepherd Star from now on. Correspondingly, the long-form animation production that will be launched with the support of the school obviously also has their place.It's just that when they bet earlier, they still thought that the Shepherd Star was a whimsical idea. Now that the dream has come into reality, they suddenly feel a little bit hard to talk about.

Seeing through the two people's minds at a glance, Shepherd Xing couldn't laugh or cry: "It's alright, alright, don't pretend anymore, when you didn't have thighs for hugs before, I begged for your thighs one by one and yelled happily, now I'm hugging you with real thighs, but I know how to be reserved Don't want it anymore?"

Who is Fang Lian? If he knew what it meant to be embarrassed, he would have seen a ghost. Immediately, he dropped his phone and climbed up the pole quickly: "Isn't this not mentally prepared yet? After all, what we want to establish is the world's strongest animation studio!"

He spoke triumphantly and impassionedly, but Shepherd Xing showed a somewhat strange expression. Fang Lian asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Shepherd Star: "...No, nothing."

It’s just that in the system mall comics, there are too many sentence patterns such as “I am the man who wants to be Hokage” and “I am the man who wants to be the One Piece”. When I read the manga, I didn’t feel it. Come out, it sounds really...both middle school and shameful.

Wen Feihang over there also left behind the new animation, turned his head to look at it, and said with great interest: "Since we want to set up a studio, we must have a name, right?"

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of the two fell on Mu Su Xing, obviously planning to hand over the naming rights to him.

Shepherd Xing didn't mean to refuse, in fact, he had thought of the name of the studio a long time ago——

"Let's call it Huaying Animation.""

"Huaying?" Wen Feihang nodded: "This name is good, simple and easy to understand, very suitable."

Fang Lian has no objection, but... He raised his eyebrows and said maliciously: "I remember, there is a pair of ancient swords called Tengkong and Huaying, right? Tell me honestly, are you working for us? What unknown thoughts have been added to Shi's name?"

"Tengkong is mine, and Huaying is also mine," Mu Suxing pretended not to understand his roommate's teasing, and said calmly: "They are also my companies, and the goal I set for Huaying Animation is to become a member of the animation industry. Is there a problem with Tengkong Entertainment?"

Without giving Fang Lianduo a chance to bb, Mu Suxing changed the topic as if nothing had happened: "In short, the school will officially start the original animation support plan in half a month, do you know?"

Wen Feihang and Fang Lian nodded.

This matter has been raging on the school forums since more than half a year ago, and the two of them can't help but want to know.

"For formal animation production, the three of us are definitely not enough. We will need a lot of manpower at that time. The school will handle the venue and equipment for us. I plan to give priority to finding employees from the school. I will retreat for half a month and concentrate on writing. The animation script, and contacting the school will be left to you."

Wen Feihang asked: "What about the funds? Long-form animations cost a lot of money, right?"

Shepherd Xing said calmly: "In terms of funds, except for the 10 credits sponsored by the school, I paid for the other funds alone."

Fang Lian frowned: "Don't you want to find another investor? If you are alone, will the risk be too high? What if..."

Star Musu has money and money, but animation production is very risky after all. If there are several investors together, even if there is an accident, someone will share it. But if Star Musu invests alone, once the animation crashes Street, the loss would be huge.

Shepherd star was silent for a while, and then said solemnly: "If I say that the reason why I contributed alone is because I don't want to be taken advantage of by other investors, do you believe me?"

If it was before, Mu Su Xing told them that the reason why he decided to invest alone was because he believed in the profitability of his own animation and was unwilling to share his profits with others. Wen Feihang and Fang Lian would definitely not believe it, but in After the bizarre counterattack of "The Little Prince"...

Wen Feihang and Fang Lian looked at each other, and then looked at Shepherd Star in doubt.

Although they didn't fully believe it, they didn't directly deny Shepherd Star's arrogant statement. Instead, they asked curiously, "Are you so confident?"