Chapter 1042 "Inuyasha"

Although SpongeBob SquarePants was not born to win awards, this animation is too influential in Europe and the United States.

This also led to the fact that even though Wanbao had no intention of winning awards and did not even apply for many small awards, those awards were still awarded to SpongeBob SquarePants.

Perhaps this is also a manifestation of the influence breaking the circle!

Compared with Dave, who is in high spirits, Seto, who is far away in Japan, has not had such a good life recently.

The producer of the second season of the animation "Date A Live" was exposed by the media to be in a business crisis and faced the risk of bankruptcy, which also cast a shadow on the currently popular "Date A Live 2".

Fans are worried.

Although they always like to complain and say that the second season is like a defense, to be honest, the quality of the second season of Date A Live is already very good.

If the second season is cut short because of a sudden change in the production company, it will be difficult for everyone to accept this result.

Not only ordinary audiences.

Those sponsors of the animation and the TV stations that broadcast the animation are also full of worries.

Especially from the TV station, almost two calls a day came to Seto, and the core statement was: Date A Live 2 performed very well, the TV station attached great importance to this animation, it didn't matter whether the producer went bankrupt or not, the important thing was that the animation could not be cut in half!

The pressure from all sides was concentrated on Seto, which made him breathless.

On the one hand, he stabilized the mentality of sponsors, TV stations and fans, and on the other hand, he actively communicated with the producer to ensure that the remaining episodes of the animation could be completed smoothly.

But the situation was really not optimistic.

The animation company responsible for the production of "Date A Live 2" did not suddenly explode overnight, but had a serious debt crisis in the first half of this year.

To be honest, Seto was actually deceived.

When the other party contacted Wanbao, they deliberately concealed some specific conditions of the company, so Seto did not find that the other party had any problems at the time.

Now it's too late to find out.

The animation has been made for six episodes, and it is definitely unrealistic to temporarily change the team. They can only bite the bullet and let them continue to do it.

Under the mediation of Wanbao Neon Branch, many creditors and senior executives of the company have expressed that they will try their best to control the situation and avoid affecting the animation projects in production as much as possible.

Just say it in human language.

Seto has laid out the bottom line. You guys can do whatever you want, go bankrupt if necessary, and liquidate if necessary, as long as it does not affect the "Date A Live 2" that is currently in production.

If it really doesn't work, the salary and benefits of these animation production staff can be paid by Wanbao on their behalf.

Wanbao has no other choice.

Compared with the animation being cut off halfway through, a little bleeding is still an acceptable price.

As for helping the other party clean up the mess, or even get out of the predicament? Stop it, you are Wanbao's biological son? Wanbao is not your father, why should he help you like this?

"I don't take advantage of the fire, and I stepped on them when they were at their most desperate. It's already very restrained."

In an email to Gu Miao, the president of the parent company, Seto gritted his teeth and wrote: "This matter can't be let go. After Date A Live 2 is finished, I have to let them know that the price of deceiving people is heavy."

"It's up to you."

Gu Miao is not interested in how Seto will deal with the mess after Date A Live 2.

Because compared to this, it is obvious that the "Tamako Market" mentioned in the email and the new work of the Neon branch are more eye-catching to him.

There is no need to say more about the former.

As the first original animation launched by Kyoani Studio after "Hyouka", "Tamako Market" caused a sensation in Neon as soon as it was broadcast.

Of course!

The performance is slightly inferior to "Hyouka", but then again, Tamako Market is a pure original animation after all, so it is normal that it cannot compare with the adapted animation.

The original animation can achieve this result, which has proved a lot of things. Kyoani Studio can finally raise its head and proudly declare that they are not a parallel import studio!

Tamako and Mochizo, the pair of Rabbit Mountain Shopping Street, have become the anime characters obsessed by thousands of boys and girls with the popularity of the animation.

There is just one thing that makes people complain.

Some viewers reported to the production team that the animation paid too much attention to depicting the fireworks of the commercial street, but the emotional line between Tamako and Mochizo was rarely promoted.

Give out candy! Give out candy quickly!

The audience was a combination of King Jiji and the Vanguard, jumping up and down in anxiety, and they almost said directly that they wanted to see a sweet love story.

The animation production team was not expecting this.

They didn't expect that after the animation was broadcast, so many viewers would pay attention to the relationship between Tamako and Mochizo, which is obviously not a traditional love comedy.

It doesn't matter.

Since the audience wants to see sweets, then give them some sweets!

It's just that the plot of the animation "Tamako Market" has been written, and the animation is about to end. It's unrealistic to show sweets on TV. We can only try to show sweets in the second season of TV or the theater version.

"The theater version can be launched!"

In his reply to Seto, Gu Miao elaborated on the necessity of the theater version of "Tamako Love Story".

The project was not launched before because Kyoani Studio was not stable and could not produce results to convince other teams.

Now that Tamako Market is doing so well, it makes sense to release a theatrical version. There is nothing to hesitate about. After all, Japan has so many animated theatrical versions, so this one won’t be a big deal.

This has nothing to do with bias.

"Tamako Market" is a neon animation launched by Wanbao Neon Division, and most of its main audiences are in Neon's hometown.

As we all know, Neon is probably the country that likes to watch animated movies the most in the world. There are so many animated theatrical versions produced every year, and any anime with some popularity will make a theatrical version to test the waters.

All conditions were suitable, and the production of "Okja Love Story" was not out of the ordinary.

The only factor that may cause controversy is that a lot of well-known animations such as "Dragon Ball" and "PreCure" are still in the queue. There is no exclusive theatrical version, so why should "Tamaja Market" be an exception?

Regarding this point, Gu Miao and Seto also thought of their words...

Na na, I know you are in a hurry, but don’t be impatient first. Listen to me. For super popular IPs like Dragon Ball and Guangmei, making a theatrical version must be a big deal, and you need to keep improving, right?

Since we are striving for excellence, we must not do it so fast! Is there any problem with making the theatrical version of an animation like Tamago Market faster?

Confusing concepts, everyone thinks that the reason why Dragon Ball and Guangmei did not have a theatrical version is mainly to pursue perfection, so it takes a lot of time to polish and improve.

This is not really an excuse.

Take Dragon Ball as an example. The reason why there is no major theatrical version of the movie yet is not because Wanbao doesn't want to do it, but because TV is too high-profile and it is difficult for the theatrical version to satisfy all fans.

The same is true for Guangmei.

The TV version was so successful that the theatrical version was somewhat difficult to produce.

Just make a random one, but that obviously won't work. After all, the TV version is so popular, and a bad theatrical version might cause big trouble.

Let’s make a movie seriously, but I’m afraid that the result will be unsatisfactory, and I’ll invest a huge amount of money and end up with very little profit, even losing my pants...

no way!

It is for the above reasons that the theatrical versions of these super popular anime are so difficult to make and no one wants to make them.

In addition to "Tamako Market", Seto also reported to Gu Miao on their recent work content in the email.

The Neon Division has grown in size.

Now that it has reached a certain scale, it can no longer rest on its laurels with IPs such as "Dragon Ball", "Pretty Cure" and "Sailor Moon". It must create some new animations.

Wanbao Neon Division, which is exploring new themes and exploring new fields and does not want to stand still, decided to create a super popular animation IP based on the existing IP to take the company's development to a new level.

The last time he visited the headquarters, Gu Miao gave a project called "Inuyasha" to Nishio, who brought it back to Wanbao Neon Branch.

After a period of discussion and discussion, Seto and a group of senior executives finally decided to launch the project and determine it as the most blockbuster new animation work of the Neon Division this year.

"Inuyasha?"

After learning from the email that the animation "Inuyasha" project had been approved by the Neon Branch, Gu Miao felt a little emotional.

If he remembered correctly, the plan for this thing seemed to have been written out of an idea one night five years ago when he was admiring the moon with Coco.

At that time, all he could think about was how to make this animation...

But unfortunately, he was quite busy during that time, and he quickly put the matter behind him, and the plan for "Inuyasha" also ate dust in the archives for almost four years.

It wasn't until last year, when Xiwei came to Jiangchuan headquarters, that Gu Miao suddenly remembered this interesting project and brought Neon back to him.

Another year passed in a flash.

Just when Gu Miao thought that there was no hope of the "InuYasha" project being implemented, he didn't expect that the Neon Division would actually designate it as the most important new work of the year!

This was beyond his expectation.

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In the past year, Seto and Nishio have watched the planning of the anime "Inuyasha" countless times.

Both of them are very optimistic about this work.

Because we were extremely optimistic about it, we did not rush to set up the project. Instead, we spent nearly half a year in preparation and established it as the only hegemonic new show of the Neon Division this year.

At the first planning seminar after the establishment of the production team, branch director Seto conveyed the news from Egawa headquarters.

"Gentlemen, the president has approved the establishment of the "Inuyasha" animation production committee and has given instructions. We must be 100% determined and do our best to make this animation a success."

"Hi Yi!"

Everyone nodded in unison.

There was even a hint of surprise in the eyes of many people, as if they did not expect that the "InuYasha" project would actually attract the attention of the "Legendary President" Jiangchuan.

This is definitely good news!

Even the legendary president is paying so much attention to the animation, which is enough to prove the extraordinary quality of "Inuyasha".

After all, the last animation that got the attention of the president was "Dragon Ball GT"!

"So without further ado, let's get straight to the point. Let's talk about the approximate episode length of the anime first!"

As the host and branch leader, Seto took the lead in introducing the theme: "Judging from the planning content of "Inuyasha", one annual series may not be enough..."

"Indeed, 52 episodes is too few."

"This content needs at least a hundred episodes to start! Even hundreds of episodes are not impossible."

"Hundreds of episodes are too exaggerated!"

As soon as Seto finished speaking, the entire conference room immediately erupted into noisy and disorderly discussions.

From the quarrel, Seto also heard the general opinion of everyone, that is, "Inuyasha" cannot be treated according to the standards of the annual series, and the volume of dozens of episodes cannot contain the planned content.

The mainstream suggestion is still around 100-200 episodes, which means 2-4 years.

"Everyone, be quiet."

Seto knocked on the table, signaling everyone to stop arguing, and then said: "I have also discussed this issue with the president, and his suggestion is to do it in seasons, not all at once."

"This is a good suggestion!"

Everyone nodded immediately after hearing it.

This is not to flatter Mr. Gu, but in such a long serialization cycle, broadcasting in seasons is indeed the best solution.

"Then it's settled."

After noting the results of this discussion, Seto immediately asked: "The second topic, who is willing to be the supervisor of "Inuyasha"?

"..."

The noisy conference room immediately quieted down.

Supervisor of Inuyasha?

This position sounds good, after all, it is to direct a hegemonic new show of the year, and this opportunity is rare.

But the problem is here again.

Directing such a hegemonic new show also faces great pressure. This is a work that involves the company's development strategy. If it is messed up, the consequences will be disastrous.

"No one is willing?"

Seto was very disappointed. He didn't expect that among so many elites in the company, no one dared to take over the "Inuyasha" project. It was really sad.

If he hadn't been transferred to an administrative position and no longer served as an animation supervisor, he would have wanted to sign up for this project.

"President...can I?"

Just when Seto thought that everyone had become mute, someone asked weakly: "President, I want to take over this project."

"You?"

Seto stared at the person who spoke, and after a while he remembered the person's name.

"Mr. Aoki, I remember that before you joined the company, you worked as a supervisor in a mecha-themed anime?"

"Hi!"

The young man named Aoki bowed and replied: "That was my first animation supervisor. Unfortunately, it failed in the end."

"Not bad, at least the word of mouth was very good!"

After carefully recalling this person's career, Seto sat upright and said: "Can you tell me how you would make "Inuyasha" if you became the supervisor?"

"Of course!"

Aoki was waiting for this opportunity. In front of a group of colleagues and branch presidents, he briefly described his conception and ideas for the "Inuyasha" animation.

Mainly the picture design, character image, art style and plot control, etc.

What he said was actually a supplement to the draft plan, but he added some of his own understanding on the basis of the plan.

For example, his understanding of Kagome and Kikyo is that one is a lively and kind energetic girl, and the other is a cold, moonlight-like, sacred and mission-oriented witch image...

The two are different.

It was these personal understandings that deeply touched Seto and established his supervisory position.