The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

Xingning University of the Arts BBS, January [-]nd.

Title: Is there a new show coming out in January?

Content: Squat down.

Floor 1: Squat together.

Floor 2: It seems that the official broadcast time of Yueqi Video is 12:[-] noon. I just ordered a takeaway, and I squatted down too.

3rd floor:? Didn't the first three episodes of "Blood Rose" and "Immortal Venerable" come out a long time ago?What are you squatting on?

Floor 4: Go, go, who pays attention to "Blood Rose" and "Xianzun".The melon that was so exciting a few months ago, have you forgotten it so quickly?

Floor 5: You are all here to eat melons, am I the only one who is really curious about "InfiniteStratos"?I think that since Mu Suxing can make "The Little Prince", not to mention the technical problems, at least there is no problem with the aesthetics, and director Ji Xinrong's professional ability goes without saying, so why did "Infinite Stratos" cause such a big controversy?

Floor 6: LS add me one, I have been squatting on "InfiniteStratos" since four months ago, will I say it?

……

When Lu Yue noticed this post, everyone in the forum had already started discussing about "IS" in full swing. Because of "The Little Prince", not many people bad-mouthed "IS" anymore, but they were enthusiastic Guess the plot and possible achievements of "IS".

Lu Yue pursed his lips.

His animation is not going well, without the guidance of a senior director like Ji Xinrong, he is just a college student with good grades after all, it is very difficult to be an original artist, let alone a chief director. 's working now.

Because of this, the animation of Shepherd Star has been completed at this moment, and it will be played in the Yueqi video soon, and the progress of the animation in his hand is less than half.

The unwillingness that had been hidden in his heart surged up like a tide, he gritted his teeth, followed the people in the post, opened the Yueqi video app, and waited for the arrival of twelve o'clock like a maniac.

Floor 124: It's started!Wait, the title of this first episode, "All the Girls in the Class"?It's a bit explosive.

Floor 125: I saw it too, and there are also "Class Representative Decisive Battle", "Transfer Student No. "A completely different genre.I seem to understand why Director Ji likes "The Little Prince" but not "IS".

Floor 126: After all, it is a commercial animation, so don't ask too much, as long as the people like it.

Floor 127: Wow!The battle scene at the beginning is okay, and the character design is also very good-looking. It should be able to poke at the idea of ​​the otaku.

……

The building constantly refreshed everyone's impressions and comments on "IS" in real time, but Lu Yue didn't bother to pay attention to these. At this moment, his whole mind was focused on the first episode of "IS" that was playing in front of him:

Fight scene, nine points.Character design, nine points, storytelling, nine points...

How could this be?

Isn't it the animation script that even Ji Xinrong was furious?Why is the technology of the finished product so impeccable?Lu Yue gritted his teeth, and tried his best to find the flaws of "IS". Until the opening battle scene and the opening song ended, the plot directly entered the scene of the male lead fidgeting in a classroom full of girls. A burst of ecstasy!

That's right!This is it!

Having found the defect of "IS", Lu Yue finally had the mood to click on the post on the forum - he was not in the mood to see how other people are doing rainbow farts and his "IS", now he has confirmed "IS" Only then did he feel relieved, and returned to the post with a happy mood to see how others complained about "IS".

Floor 131: emmmmm, isn’t the setting of this IS a bit too brain-dead...Which country holds a sports meeting, and will add a strange sports event such as "machine armor competition" to a series of purely harmless events such as running, long jump and high jump? ...

Floor 132: Why can only women use super mechs like IS?What is the principle?If only women can use it, why can the male protagonist use IS?Isn't the animation going to explain this?

The posts surrounding the debate on the setting of IS went back and forth for several floors, until it reached the 200th floor, and none of the posts came out to speak for the Shepherd Star and "IS".

Noticing this, a schadenfreude smile appeared on the corner of Lu Yue's mouth.

Sure enough, doing a good job of "The Little Prince" and doing a full-length animation with 26 episodes in one season are two different things. There is no reason why his animation is only half done. Let alone Shepherd Star, it has been well received by the audience, right?

He happily watched the posts for an hour. What made him happy and strange was that during this entire hour, all the posts in the building were complaining about "IS", and no one said "IS". half a good word.Why?

Even though he doesn't want to admit it in his heart, "IS" is not so bad that everyone complains about it.

This strange phenomenon made him feel a little uneasy in his heart. He frowned, hesitating whether to continue watching the first episode of "IS". At this moment, a new reply popped up.

Floor 192: ...Finally finished watching the first three episodes. This animation is really poisonous. I can't stop watching it!I now regret that I didn't apply for the production team of Shepherd Star [crying] so that I can finish watching "IS" before everyone!

Floor 193: Regret +1, I just want to kidnap Xing Musu and let him quickly hand over the next 23 episodes of "IS". Although the animation has a lot of slots, it's really good-looking!

Floor 194: The animation department said that in the past, every time I watched animation and movies, I would involuntarily suffer from occupational diseases and couldn’t help paying attention to various shots of animation. But watching "IS" is different, I am immersed in it all the time In the plot, I completely forgot to analyze the camera.

……

Lu Yue's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized that there had been no reason for anyone to speak for Mu Su Xing in the previous hour.

While other people are constantly pinching on the shortcomings of "IS", more people who are attracted by "IS" are completely immersed in the plot, enjoying the fun of chasing the show as an audience, and don't care about it at all. Reposting, I finished watching three episodes in one go, seeing that there are no animations to watch, so I came back to post to exchange thoughts.

Lu Yue's face darkened.

Seeing that "IS" was rehabilitated in the post, and more and more people posted Amway, Lu Yue couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily typed a reply: "??? I don't understand, the main setting logic of "IS" is not What's so good about the problematic garbage animation? Are you blind? How much money did the Shepherd Star give you?"

Floor 206:?Why is it that the upstairs is lit with dynamite? Is it so angry... Is there a conflict between the logic of the main setting of "IS" and the good-looking "IS"?Commercial animations that exist originally to please the audience, why care so much about it, if you don’t like watching it, it’s fine if you don’t watch it?

Lu Yue's eyes were red with anger, he took a deep breath, typed a long paragraph, and prepared to fight with this group of people with aesthetic problems for [-] rounds, but the other party directly ignored his words full of personal attacks On the first floor, I continued to discuss with my colleagues on my own.

Floor 207: I finished watching it too. Do you think this animation is interesting?

For the animation students stationed in the forum all the year round, what they are interested in is not only the animation itself, but also the "game" process of predicting sales by watching certain animations. Excitedly began to predict the results of "IS".

Floor 208: The voice actors selected by Musu Star are pretty good. I think the retention rate of clicks on the three episodes of "IS" so far is also very high. I will definitely be able to get the payment model of Yueqi Video.

There are two charging models for Yueqi Video. One is the payment mode, that is, the animation will be sold to viewers separately, and the other is the monthly subscription mode. As long as you purchase the monthly membership, you can watch it for free.

Floor 209: The payment model must be stable. I would buy "IS" if I were me, but I don't know how many "IS" subscriptions will eventually get.

Floor 210: I guess at least [-]. As a harem fan, "IS" is already pretty good.

Floor 211: I guess more than 20.

Floor 212: Is 20 too much?Don't forget that in January this year there will be such masterpieces as "Blood Rose" and "Immortal God". I think it will be around 15, and I think it will be around 20.

Later, the entire post has completely become a ["IS" Sales Forecast] post, no one complains about the plot of "IS", but puts out a lot of various data to prove themselves The sales forecast is correct, and the only thing they have in common is that everyone agrees that no matter how much the final sales volume is, the basic market of "IS" is absolutely stable, and there is no possibility of hitting the street.

Lu Yue was so angry that he almost dropped his phone.

Unable to bear all kinds of good predictions in the post, Lu Yue angrily closed the post, and the phone page immediately jumped to the forum homepage, and another post attracted Lu Yue's attention.

Title: A Rational Discussion on the Future Trend of "IS" & Tell a Ghost Story.

Lu Yue clicked in.

The first thing that appeared in his eyes was a large section of data and text. He was very upset at the moment, so he immediately chose to skip it and pulled the page to the bottom. The host concluded:

[You may not believe it, but I think "IS" may explode. 】

[Yes, that's right, it's the kind of explosion that punched "Blood Rose", stepped on "Immortal Venerable", and ascended the throne in one fell swoop. 】

The host's tone was firm, as if he firmly believed in his own judgment, Lu Yue couldn't bear it anymore, sneered and replied [The host is an idiot for not explaining], and immediately closed the forum.

As for what the poster said later, many "IS" fans came to worship the poster's god data and god predictions, and picked up the real identity of a certain gangster, which led to the ruin of a certain man's reputation... That is That's another story.

A week is fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, the second Saturday of the fourth episode of "IS" will be updated.

Luo Gaofeng had been waiting for the update of "IS" in front of the computer early, and it was just twelve o'clock at this moment. When the payment prompt for the fourth episode popped up, he paid 15 credits without hesitation, and couldn't wait to watch it .

After he finished watching the fourth episode, he suddenly realized that he hadn’t left any barrage, and hurriedly rewinded to the beginning. At first, there were only sporadic barrage videos, but now they have been covered by the blockbuster “Krypton Gold” and “I, Local tyrants!" After a series of bullet screens were filled, it was clear that Krypton Gold fans were no longer in the minority.

There are also people who are very itchy and plan to look for pirated resources on the Internet as before-but this time, under the high pressure of national policy changes, they are destined to be unable to get what they want.

Some people gave up at this point, and some people finally failed to resist the temptation of "IS", silently rolled back to Yueqi Video, and paid 15 credits.

At this time, "IS" has unknowingly climbed to the sixth place in the comprehensive list of new shows in January.

It was at this time that Gong Yi noticed "IS".

As a well-known cartoon commentary up host of Yueqi Video, in order to make better and more interesting anime commentary videos, he will dabble in various types of animation more or less. After discovering "Blood Rose" After there was nothing worthy of attention with "Immortal Venerable", Gong Yi quickly set his sights on "IS".

At this time, "IS" has been updated to the fourth episode.

In order to avoid being spoiled by the comment area and the barrage, Gong Yi deliberately screened the barrage, and didn't even look at the comment area, but opened the animation and watched it.

When watching the first episode, Gong Yi didn't care much.

The animation is well-produced, and I can imagine the scene where it is widely popular among male audiences. If you want to say how innovative the routine of this animation is, of course it is not enough. The reason why it can receive so many praises is, to put it bluntly, that is The original author of the animation is willing to face down.

Simplify the strategy routine and let all the female characters fall in love with the male protagonist without thinking. Is this kind of routine hard to think of?

Of course not, it’s just that even if most light novel authors can think of it, they are not willing to take the risk to write it. First, they don’t know whether it will be popular, and second, because of such a completely brainless plot, if they really want to write it, yes The author of the original light novel and the face of the screenwriter are also a challenge.

Thinking of this, he glanced at the information of the work.

"InfiniteStratos" is adapted from the light novel "InfiniteStratos" of the same name by Gongxian Yihe.

Director: Shepherd Star

Screenwriter: Shepherd Star

Shepherd star?

Isn't this the animation director of "The Little Prince" half a year ago?

Gong Yi raised his eyebrows in surprise, the contrast is too great, right?

Holding this weird feeling, he finished watching the first three episodes.

...Although the slots are full, what is the feeling that I can watch another 100 episodes?

Thinking of this, his fingertips also hesitantly moved to the purchase button, and was about to click to pay, when suddenly a message popped up from his fan base:

"You said, is it possible for Da Da to make a comic review video of "IS" this time? I think this animation is quite interesting, and I want to read Da Da's comments!"

"Probably not? I feel that Da Da has always had a good taste in watching animation, and the requirements are relatively high. Although "IS" is pretty good-looking, but there are too many flaws. According to Da Da's personality, maybe he won't watch it at all. This kind of animation."

"That's right, "IS" is still too superficial after all. If you are so cold and cold, you definitely won't watch it."

After watching the first three episodes, Gong Yi, who is about to pay to watch the fourth episode: ……………

He took a deep breath, feeling that he could never be sorry for his fans' trust in his taste, thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and quit the paid page of "IS" cruelly.

Humph.

Isn't it just a vulgar, superficial, no-brainer harem fan that requires depth but no depth, and connotation but no connotation?he!After reading thousands of times, Yueqi's popular cartoon commentary up master, the Count of Monte Cristo, how could he pay to watch this kind of stuff?

He calmly forked off the animation page of "IS" and quit the Yueqi video app, but his fan base did not calm down, instead they continued to discuss the topic of "IS".

"I understand the truth, but "IS" is really good."

"I can't wait to watch the fifth episode, ah ah ah ah ah why are the new episodes updated every week, isn't it better every day? QAQ is crying"

"I also……"

"It is said that there will be a new character appearing in the next episode. It seems that besides the male lead, he is the second male who can drive the IS? Looking at the trailer, he is a handsome guy! Curious, I don't know what will happen next~"

Gong Yi's heart was eager to move.

new role?

... a little curious.

No, no, he's just curious. After all, "IS" has been highlighting the particularity that only a male protagonist can drive an IS. Now that a hero who can use an IS pops up out of nowhere, it's natural to be curious. ?

Wonder what this new character looks like?According to the urgency of the plot of "IS", I am afraid that women are more likely to disguise themselves as men. After all, the audience is secretly delighted by the particularity of the hero.If I can see the picture of the new character, based on my own experience, I can definitely make a judgment in the first place...

Wait, what is he thinking? !

Gong Yi rubbed his face, and forced the thoughts related to "IS" to retreat from his mind. Fortunately, he has good self-control, as long as he shifts his attention to other things, it's not too difficult...

The next day, the get out of class bell rang.

Gong Yi packed up his things, and was about to go back to the dormitory, when he inadvertently heard the boys behind whispering:

"By the way, have you watched "IS"? Strong Amway, I promise you won't be able to stop after watching it!"

"Is it really that pretty?"

"Really, the Yueqi video has the first three episodes, you'll know it after watching it."

Gong Yi: ...

Damn, why is this spicy chicken animation still haunting? !

Depressedly, he lowered his head and took out his phone, intending to look at other things to divert his attention, but when he opened the communication software, he saw "IS" chatting in the fan group again.

"Ah! Shui Da posted the comic commentary video of "IS"! It's so beautiful. For me who didn't read "IS", even watching the comic commentary is a kind of joy [humble]"

Gong Yi: ……………

This is so unbearable!

Everyone is an audience, so why should his fans and his college classmates follow "IS", but he can't?It's not fair!

Gong Yi is so angry.

Isn't it just an animation?What's wrong with the lack of connotation?Isn’t it enough to enjoy commercial animation?

Gong Yi thought to himself, and opened the payment page of "IS" again. This time, he no longer hesitated, and decisively chose to pay 15 credits!

Chase!

One month later, Yueqi Video Culture Co., Ltd., meeting room.

Xiao Zhengwen sat in his seat, waiting for this month's income report in dismay.

He still hasn't recovered from the shock of passing the promotion, so his mood can't be called beautiful. Even other employees came over to congratulate him on his outstanding vision, and picked the potential of "IS" at a glance. Xiao Zhengwen just managed to pull out a smile uglier than crying, as a thank you.

His appearance, in the eyes of others, is a proof that he is not satisfied with his work, so he turned around and taught his employees: "Look at the team leader Xiao Zhengwen, who made such a move for our company's sales this month. Even a big contribution is not enough, you should follow suit, don't be so happy after a little achievement."

Xiao Zhengwen: ...

The problem is, he is really dissatisfied!

After finally finding a treasure, but not being able to use it at the most suitable time, can you not feel overwhelmed?

At ten o'clock, the meeting officially began.

Xiao Zhengwen changed his hand to support his chin. This action was not very elegant. Fortunately, the company has never been so particular. He casually listened to the head of the sales department broadcasting the monthly profit of the monthly video on it.

"..."InfiniteStratos", with 273527 subscriptions and a profit of 410 million..."

Before the voice of the person in charge fell, there was a burst of exclamation from below.

Xiao Zhengwen changed his hand again with a cold expression, thinking, what is this? At another time, coupled with the vigorous promotion of the Yueqi video, he will definitely be able to make "IS" create a data that is beyond the reach of other animations.

But the cartoons and broadcasts have all been aired, and it's too late for him to say anything now.

He sighed.

The person in charge who reported the income situation went down complacently amidst the applause of the audience, and then the boss of Yueqi Video came up, that is, the big boss of everyone.

The big BOSS seemed to be in a very happy mood at the moment, his eyes obviously lingered on Xiao Zhengwen for a few more seconds, and then he announced: "...Here, I want to focus on praising Xiao Zhengwen, the head of the purchasing department. It was Team Leader Xiao Zhengwen's keen judgment on the market that allowed us to get "InfiniteStratos", and this is the shame of today. Yes, just now, my assistant told me that in this month's new comprehensive On the ranking list, "InfiniteStratos" has finally surpassed the popular animation "Blood Rose" and reached the top of the list."

When he talked about the front, Xiao Zhengwen didn't respond yet.

It is no surprise that the income is high. When he saw the data of "IS" on the first day, he had already expected the huge income it could bring. Naturally, he was not surprised at the moment, until the boss said, "beyond the popularity." Animation "Blood Rose""——

Xiao Zhengwen was stunned.

Before he could respond, the colleagues on the side applauded in unison.

No wonder the boss of Yueqi Video is so happy.

Unlike other video sites that mainly focus on live-action TV series and movies and supplemented by animation, for Yueqi Video, animation is the core project. Yunsu Video has lost ground in the competition, and the top three animation real-time comprehensive rankings have been dominated by Yunsu Video's animation.

Now there is "The Retired Life of the Demon King" breaking into the top three, Yueqi Video feels that it is already good, it is better than none of the top three in the past two months, but no one thought that it would be the least popular among everyone The "IS", which is optimistic and important, unexpectedly stepped on six animations unknowingly, and made a counterattack from the seventh place to the top!

Although this doesn't mean anything, but for Yueqi Video, who has always been difficult to deal with Yunsu Video, as long as he can step on Yunsu Video's head, it is a very happy thing.

Xiao Zhengwen is still a little unbelievable at the moment.

He endured it, but in the end he couldn't hold it back, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and searched for the leaderboard under the table——

NO.1 "Infinite Stratos"

NO.2 "Blood Rose"

NO.3 "The Retired Life of the Demon King"

NO.4 "Immortal Venerable"

What the fuck?

Actually surpassed "Blood Rose"?

Xiao Zhengwen stared at the leaderboard back and forth, refreshing it several times in a row, but no matter how he refreshed it, the leaderboard did not change in any way.

Until this time, Xiao Zhengwen finally confirmed:

it is true!

The "IS" he bought has really surpassed "Blood Rose", a highly popular animation that has topped the DVD sales list so far!In this way, it is not difficult to understand that "The Retired Life of the Devil" can overtake "The Immortal". When the audience is attracted by "IS", even if one tenth of the audience is attracted by "The Devil "The Retired Life of the Demon King" is attracted, and the two chase together, which is enough to make "The Retired Life of the Demon King" overtake "The Immortal".

Realizing this, Xiao Zhengwen swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Now it seems that he has not only picked up a treasure, he has picked up a treasure!

Just when Xiao Zhengwen was astonished by the rapid growth of "IS", the animation producers in the entire industry who inadvertently clicked on the ranking list of the month were also stunned at "IS", which firmly occupied the first position.

What the hell? It's okay to adapt animations from novels like "Xianzun", but an animation like "Blood Rose" that has already proven its commercial value has turned over?

Where did this animation called InfiniteStratos and the studio called Huaying come from?