Chapter 73 The right of the lesser of two evils
Different from neon.
Domestic TV stations do not have a dedicated "weekly" animation broadcast schedule.
To be precise, there is no such tradition!
Many people think that this is "Soju" behind the scenes. Due to censorship reasons, there are no weekly animations/weekly TV series.
This reason is untenable.
If you are really determined to do weekly broadcasts, the worst case scenario is to shoot the entire episode first, and then broadcast "one episode per week" after passing the review!
The real reason...
In fact, it is very simple. The "drama-watching habit" formed over decades is not so easy to break. The audience is accustomed to the daily broadcast mode, and if you suddenly broadcast it every week, who can accept this?
In a few weeks, other animations have been completed, and you have only aired a few episodes. How can you not be criticized by the audience?
The audience's deep-rooted habit of "watching dramas every day" cannot be shaken so easily. When "Xuanyuan Sword: Traces of the Sky" was broadcast on Xiangnan Satellite TV, it was quite popular, but its ratings were barely around two points.
So Ma Kui is very worried.
If "Sailor Moon" is introduced to China and aired in a "weekly drama" format, will there really be viewers willing to "wait for a week" to catch up?
"This problem does exist..."
Gu Miao does not deny that weekly dramas are not popular in China. Audiences who are used to watching dramas every day may not have the patience to "wait for one episode a week."
But he has already thought of a solution.
Since the weekly broadcast is unreliable and the audience cannot accept it, then broadcast it daily! If the number of episodes broadcast daily is not enough? Then make it a "seasonal broadcast"!
simply put.
After the Neon version aired 12 episodes, the Chinese version released 12 episodes in one go. Then the 12 episodes ended and another 12 episodes were aired in the next quarter.
Brother Xun said.
Chinese people always like to make compromises. For example, if you say, let's broadcast 12 episodes first, and then broadcast another 12 episodes three months later, the audience will probably not allow it.
But if you advocate broadcasting one episode a week and it will take a year to follow the entire animation, they will agree to release 12 episodes at once.
What is this called?
The lesser of two evils!
Although it takes about the same amount of time to watch the entire anime, the feeling of watching 12 episodes in one go is definitely different from watching only one episode a week.
Just right!
The preliminary translation and production work, including publicity and promotion, and adjustments to TV station schedules, all take time. It will be almost February next year when all of this is completed, and the number of episodes will definitely be 12.
besides……
There is another hidden benefit of setting the mid-release version of "Sailor Moon" as a seasonal broadcast, which is to avoid the current "strong" opponents.
"Sheep Games"!
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The 125th Games of the Sheep Tribe, after the "selection of torch bearers", "passing of the torch" and "opening ceremony", finally ushered in the main stage.
The first two games are "football" and "shooting" events.
Sheep tribe "athletes" from various regions and countries gathered in Qingqing Grassland to compete fiercely for medals.
One thing is different from the original version.
The original version is "Olympic themed", so the contestants come from all "continents".
For example, the Tibetan antelope team on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the antelope team on the African grasslands, the goat team on the Western Regions, the argali team on the huge grasslands, the mysterious mechanical sheep team and the black goat team, etc.
Among them, the Antelope team is the key.
Because the Wanbao version of "Sheep and Sheep Games" is "Asian Games themed", the antelope team from the African grasslands in the original version was naturally changed to come from the desert area.
As for the mechanical sheep...
Gu Miao had hesitated before, whether to let Dr. Ti, who appeared in "Battle of the Next Era", make an early appearance?
But then he thought carefully about the setting of "mechanical sheep" from the future, and now was not the time to fill in the holes.
You can mention it!
But Dr. Ti has not yet appeared on the stage. After all, his identity is related to the future direction of the plot. As long as the audience knows that the mechanical sheep comes from the future, why should they care who the inventor is?
Speaking of which...
No matter how you look at it, Mechanical Sheep is the absolute favorite to "take first place in the medal list", and other sheep tribes are simply no match for Mechanical Sheep.
However, the Sheep Team is cheating!
Under the halo of the protagonist, the sheep team, which is obviously a group of "old, weak, sick and disabled", can actually be comparable to the mechanical sheep.
This is not the most outrageous...
The most abstract thing is that they all have the "protagonist halo" blessing, and they are shamelessly "naturalized athletes". Nuan Sheep has argali ancestry, is this fair?
It makes no sense!
As the animation "Sheep and Sheep Games" continues to be popular, many viewers have also been arguing about the ownership of the medals in the show.
The most controversial one is Lazy Sheep.
In the shooting competition, he relied on Big Wolf's assist and reached the final by chance. In the diving competition, he won the championship by "sleeping into the water"...
Some viewers were dissatisfied.
They believe that winning a "funny" character like Lazy Sheep is purely a bad taste of the production team and an insult to other "sheep athletes".
Some viewers also supported Lazy Sheep.
Their reason is very simple. "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" itself is considered a "funny" animation. In this kind of cartoon, discussing the rationality of a funny plot is exhausting.
The two sides were quarreling fiercely.
Even in the end, even Wanbao Animation was alarmed by them. The audience asked the "Father of Pleasant Goat" to stand up and express his position. Who is right and who is wrong?
"Ah this..."
Gu Miao, who was supervising the dubbing work, felt bad after receiving the news.
How come this can reach him?
As the father of Pleasant Goat, how can he personally set the pace? What's more, he has never participated in the animation production of "Sheep and Goat Games". Isn't the person he should be looking for Ma Kui?
"none of my business."
Facing Mr. Gu's questions, Ma Kui waved his hands and said: "I went to bed very early last night. I don't know about this matter and I don't want to get involved."
It's okay to pretend to be stupid.
Normally, there would be absolutely nothing wrong with this attitude. After all, officials cannot leave the scene and follow the rhythm of the characters in the play.
But this time...
Gu Miao smelled a crisis.
He had a vague feeling that there seemed to be a troll force behind the public opinion against "Lazy Sheep" on the Internet, adding fuel to the flames.
"It should be Universal Animation!"
Ma Kui analyzed: "The ratings share of "Haibao Sen" was a bit miserable. It's not surprising that they used this trick."
Gu Miao nodded.
Compared with the "live-action film and television" industry, although the animation industry is relatively clean, there are also similar "dirty" tricks. It is no longer strange to throw dirty water on competitors, set the rhythm, and so on.
Don't think so.
Those who make animation are all "sages", and they all look indifferent to the world.
In fact, as long as "interests" are involved, no matter which industry is clean. For example... do you think there are no "hidden rules" in the second dimension?
Chapter completed!