It’s interesting to say.

Travel adventures in different worlds have actually always been a popular creative theme in the animation circle, with a large number of works emerging every year.

For example...

"Dragon Fighter" previously created by Wanbao Animation falls into this category and has achieved very good results.

But this year is a bit special.

In previous years, the different-world travel adventure animations were at best a small hit, but the animation industry as a whole was flourishing, covering all kinds of themes.

But starting from the first half of this year, the market trend has changed.

The animation theme of "Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom" suddenly changed to "The Sovereignty of Different Worlds". This change is like the change from "A Hundred Schools of Thought Contention" to "The Sovereignty of Confucianism".

It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

Huang Kun told Gu Miao.

The reason why the animation market has changed so suddenly this year is actually very complicated.

On the one hand, Neon has emerged with a number of excellent otherworld anime works, making the genre popular and attracting peers to follow suit.

On the other hand, the focus of the ACG industry is tilted towards the "different world" in order to circumvent the "policy supervision" restrictions of various countries.

This principle is not difficult to understand.

The same two animations, one called "Urban Horse Hunter", tell the story of a super boy who hunts all kinds of "bad guys" in the city and punishes evil and promotes good.

The movie is called "Horse Hunter from Another World", which tells the story of an urban horse hunter who travels to a different world and continues to do his job, hunting down all kinds of bad guys, punishing evil and promoting good.

Here comes the problem...

Of these two animations, which one has a higher probability of passing the review? Which one can be broadcast in the prime time slot, and who will be squeezed into the "late night and early morning slot"?

You know everything with your butt.

For the same sensitive subject matter, if the story is set in a modern city, it can easily be "banned" or "deleted" and corrected.

But if the story is set in a different world, the situation is completely different.

What?

Is there an “age classification” system abroad?

This is true, but can 12+ and 18+ be the same? Which animation producer doesn’t want his work to be seen by more audiences?

not to mention.

Animation producers are basically willing to "go out to make money", but if you want to send your animation to be broadcast abroad, you will face a problem.

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How to pass the review mechanism of other countries?

There are hundreds of countries around the world, and the review standards are not uniform. Maybe the same animation can pass the review in country A, but not in country B.

Therefore.

In order to minimize conflicts and misunderstandings in the review process, it is definitely a smart and "economical" approach to move the story background to a "different world".

Gu Miao understands this deeply.

In order to introduce the first season of the "Sailor Moon" animation, Wanbao Animation and Red Crane Cartoon did their best.

Even so, the censored version of the animation still had some key scenes deleted, and some holy lights were added.

An animation like "Dragon Fighter" was given a green light when it was submitted for review, and there were basically no obstacles.

This example may not be appropriate.

But it can also be proved that in terms of review standards, the "different world" background does have advantages, at least there are not so many taboos.

But then again...

Although the theme of "travel adventure in another world" has many advantages, Gu Miao still doesn't agree with Huang Kun's plan to follow suit.

the reason is simple.

The words "different world, time travel, and adventure" are not bad when taken individually, but when combined together, they become "bad street" stuff.

Damn it!

This year’s new neon series, especially the new ones in the second half of the year, at least eight out of ten are about different worlds, which are really too abstract.

Even more abstract than that is...

This subject matter is so bad, but the audience is still as excited as "watching it for the first time", as if they will never get tired of watching it. Such a weird result is simply speechless.

Gu Miao doesn't plan to follow the trend.

This is what he said and what he did. No matter who asked him, he would always say: "Just be yourself and don't blindly follow the trend."

In his opinion, this "different world travel adventure" trend will probably disappear after a while.

After all, the audience is not blind.

No matter how fresh the subject matter is, you will eventually get tired of it after watching so many homogeneous works, just like the "zombie" movies that became popular back then.

There will be no good results if you just follow the trend.

certainly……

Just because Gu Miao doesn't follow the trend, it doesn't mean that he won't make "different world" animations.

"What difference does it make?"

Guo Hongwei, who was chewing gum, asked in confusion: "You say you don't follow the trend, but your body is very honest?"

"This is not called following the trend."

"When the price of pork increased and people rushed to build pig houses to raise pigs and become rich, I also built a pig house."

Gu Miao raised her eyebrows: "The biggest difference between me and those who follow the trend is that they all raise white pigs, while I raise black pigs!"

Xiao Guo: "..."

He was stunned.

You said you didn’t follow the trend, but you did raise pigs. You said you followed the trend and raised black pigs... So does this count as following the trend?

"As expected of a master."

After a while, Guo Hongwei finally cleared his mind and couldn't help complaining: "Then what do you mean by black pig and white pig?"

"Don't worry about it."

"Anyway, just remember that my master is different from those coquettish bitches who follow the trend." Gu Miao explained.

That's really different.

People always make their stance clear and follow the trend without hesitation at all. Unlike the master, who has been saying it for a long time is as if he has not said it at all.

The master and apprentice chatted for a while around the topic of "should we follow the trend?"

It wasn't until the sun was about to set and it was almost time to get off work that Guo Hongwei told his master the reason for his visit.

The thing is very simple.

After the animation production team of "Legend of Seven Swords" was established, Xiao Guo quickly devoted himself to animation production.

But on the most important and core issue, as a director, he was in trouble and hesitated, so he had to come to ask the master's opinion.

"The depth of the plot?"

"right!"

Xiao Guo hesitated and said: "Either make it more childish and younger, or make it more mature and mature."

Adults provide for children?

This is a rather tricky choice. From the perspective of an animation director, priority must be given to "sub-supply" and mainly to meet the needs of audiences aged 6-16.

After all, reality is before our eyes.

In China, more than 80% of the viewers who watch cartoons are these underage primary and secondary school students. If you don’t serve them well, do you still want ratings?

But there is a problem with doing this.

"Legend of the Seven Swords" is a martial arts theme, and generally speaking, martial arts themes must include content such as "gratitude and hatred", "battles in the rivers and lakes" and "chivalrous tenderness".

If these contents are presented in a "sub-supply" way, it would seem a bit "violating".

The key is……

Even if these plots are created using the child supply method, children may not be able to understand them!
Chapter completed!