Although "SpongeBob SquarePants" was not originally designed to win awards, this animation is so influential in Europe and the United States.

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

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

Compared to the proud Dave, Seto, who is far away in Neon, has not been having such an easy time recently.

The producer of the second season of the animated "Date A Live" was exposed to a business crisis by the media and faced the risk of bankruptcy. This also cast a shadow on the popular "Date A Live 2".

Fans are worried.

Although I usually like to complain and say that the second season is the same as the defense, in fact, to be honest, the quality of the second season is already very good.

If the second season is cut off in half due to sudden changes at the production company, it would be difficult for everyone to accept this result.

Not just ordinary viewers.

The animation sponsors, as well as the animation broadcasters and television stations, are also full of worries.

Especially the TV station, almost two calls a day came to Seto, and the core statement was one: The results of Date 2 are very good, the TV station attaches great importance to this animation, it does not matter whether the producer is bankrupt, what is important is the animation

Can't be cut in half!

Pressure from all aspects gathered on Seto, making him breathless.

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

But the situation is really not optimistic.

The animation company responsible for the production of "Date 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 also deceived.

When the other party contacted Wanbao, they deliberately concealed some specific conditions of the company, so Seto did not find out that there was any problem with the other party at the time.

It's too late to find out now.

The animation has been completed for six episodes. It is definitely unrealistic to change the team temporarily. I can only bite the bullet and let them continue to work.

Under the mediation of Wanbao Neon Division, many creditors and the company's senior executives expressed that they would try their best to control the situation and avoid any impact on animation projects under production.

Just speak human words.

Seto laid out the bottom line, you are making your own troubles, it should go bankrupt, it should be liquidated, as long as it does not affect the ongoing production of "Date Live 2".

If this is not possible, Wanbao can pay the wages and benefits of these animators on their behalf.

There is nothing Wanbao can do.

Compared to an animation that suddenly ends halfway, a little bloodshed is still an acceptable price.

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

"I didn't take advantage of them and stepped on them when they were at their lowest. I was very restrained."

In an email to Gu Miao, the president of the parent company, Seto gritted his teeth and wrote: "We can't just let this matter go. After the Battle 2 is completed, I have to let them know that the price of lying is very heavy."

"It's up to you."

Gu Miao was not interested in how Seto would deal with the mess of the follow-up to Date 2.

Because compared to this, it was obviously the "Tamako Market" and the new work of the Neon Division mentioned in the email that made his eyes brighter.

The former needs no introduction.

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

certainly!

The results are slightly inferior to "Hyouka", but having said that, Tamago Market is a purely original animation after all, so it is normal that it cannot compare with the adapted animation.

The fact that original animation can achieve this result has proven many things, and Kyoani Studio can finally raise its head and proudly declare that they are not a parallel import studio!

With the popularity of animation, Tamako and Mochizo, the duo of Usagiyama Shopping Street, have become anime characters obsessed with thousands of boys and girls.

It's just a little bit annoying.

Some viewers reported to the production team that the animation focused too much on depicting the pyrotechnics of the commercial street, while the emotional line between Tamako and Mochizo was rarely promoted.

Give out sweets! Give out sweets quickly!

The audience was a combination of the anxious king and the vanguard. They were jumping up and down anxiously, but they didn't say directly that they wanted to watch a sweet love scene.

For this, the animation production team was unexpected.

They didn't expect that after the animation was broadcast, so many viewers would pay attention to the relationship between Tamako and Mochizo. Obviously this is not a romantic comedy in the traditional sense?

It's not important.

Since the audience wants to see candy given out, then give them some candy!

It's just that the plot of the animation "Tamako Market" has been written, and the animation is about to be completed. It is unrealistic to broadcast it on TV, so we can only try to broadcast it in the second season of TV or the theatrical version.

“The theatrical version is ready for project approval!”

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

The reason why the project was not approved before was because Kyoani Studio was not on a stable footing and could not produce results to convince other teams.

Now that "Tamako Market" has performed so well, it is logical to release a theatrical version. There is nothing to hesitate about. Anyway, there are so many animated theatrical versions of Neon, so this one is not bad.

This has nothing to do with favoritism.

"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. It produces an overwhelming number of animated theatrical versions every year. Any anime that is somewhat famous will make a theatrical version to test the waters.

The conditions were very suitable in all aspects, and the production of "Okja Love Story" did not seem out of the ordinary.

The only factor that may cause controversy is probably 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 "Tamako 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, producing 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 a problem with an animation like Tamago Market being done faster for the theatrical version?

Confusing the concept, 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 perfect.

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 movie, 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 will invest a huge amount of money and end up with very little profit, even losing my pants...

no way!

It is precisely because of 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 start the project and make it 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 Division, Gu Miao felt a little emotional.

If he remembered correctly, the plan for this thing seemed to have been written out of inspiration 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 soon put the matter behind him, and the plan for "Inuyasha" also ate dust in the archives for almost four years.

It was not 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 implementing the "InuYasha" project, 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.

…

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 didn’t rush into the project and made it. 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 formation of the production team, branch chief Seto conveyed news from the Egawa headquarters.
To be continued...