Best wishes for animation production

The third day after the screening.

It’s also the third day since “Little Witch Academia” was uploaded to YOUTU.

Gu Xue is in her office checking the layout drawings or logos of YUKI Studio that have been handed in these days.

After a few days of calming down, Gu Xue calmed down about not getting the gold reward.

Although I still feel a little unwilling.

But she turned all her unwillingness into motivation.

Gu Xue has been drawing storyboards for the past few days, forgetting sleep and food. She just got out of it today and had time to look at what was handed in.

I have to say that the people who switched jobs with her from her old club Snakehead are all very capable.

Although the styles of the submitted items were different, they were all very good, and every Gu Xue was very satisfied.

Just when Gu Xue was thinking about whether to try drawing one by herself or choose one from here to use as the studio's LOGO.

There was a knock on the office door.

Misawa opened the door and walked in, his face distorted with excitement. When he saw Gu Xue, he said: "Gu Xue! Breaking one million!"

"Ah?" Gu Xue was stunned.

Misawa took out his mobile phone and opened Youtu's red APP. His right hand was trembling. After a while, he turned the phone over and faced Gu Xue with the screen.

"The number of views of "Little Witch Academia" has exceeded one million! The number of thumbs up has exceeded 20,000!"

"Really!?" Gu Xue was pleasantly surprised. She stood up with her hands on the table, moved closer to the phone and took a closer look.

Misawa Hiroshi didn't lie.

It’s really over a million!

It only took three days!

Gu Xue took a moment to digest the information, then sat down again, took out her mobile phone, opened the page, and flipped through the comment area.

Most of the above are words of praise!

“A nostalgic style work! It’s a bit like the Disney animation of the last century! It’s beautiful!”

"Beautiful! The design has a high sense of design, the characters and props are full of details, and the storyboards and paintings are full of excitement and excitement!"

"Riding a broomstick is indeed the first step for all witches to achieve glory! Finally, they are no longer a magical girl!"

"Unexpectedly cute! The characters, paintings, colors, actions, scenes, and storyboards are all amazing! The only pity is that this is not a TV series or a longer theatrical version, so I wonder if there will be a sequel!"

"Sequel, I want to see the sequel!"

"..."

Of course, it was not without its losses. They felt that the story was clichéd and the character of the heroine Akko was problematic.

But only a very small part.

And often after finishing the praise, he would mention the story and the character of the heroine.

Gu Xue just pretended not to see it.

She likes this kind of kingly story, and also likes Akko's character, so... just say it, and she won't change it anyway.

Moreover, someone helped Gu Xue refute this issue.

"So what are those guys who say the plot is simple, what are they looking forward to? A big villain will destroy the world? It's only more than 20 minutes, but the script is actually quite solid! The pacing is spotless, the world view is exciting, and it's less than half an hour The time is fully utilized. Although the plot is a bit cliche, it is a rare breath of fresh air, unlike those coquettish bitches in the current animation industry who are deliberately cute and moaning without any reason."

Gu Xue liked this guy who didn't know who he was, and then browsed the discussion area under the video for a while before quitting and opening Twitter and the commonly used animation forum.

really.

Affected by online broadcasts, domestic popularity has also increased.

Now a hot topic.

Now everyone is talking about the fact that "Little Witch Academia" has been played on the Internet for more than one million times in three days.

Many people said they couldn't believe it and planned to watch "Little Witch Academia" that they were not interested in before.

Gu Xue, as for Gu Xue, had been working on the storyboards for the past few days. As soon as she relaxed, she learned about this happy situation.

This made Gu Xue particularly excited. She arched her eyebrows, hugged her phone to her chest, and jumped on her chair excitedly. Just after jumping twice, she suddenly realized that her movements were too girly. After complaining, "What the hell are you doing?", she quickly sat up straight and coughed...

Misawa Hiroshi didn't pay attention to Gu Xue's actions, still trembling with honey, and said excitedly: "I didn't expect! Three days! One million! An OVA that only lasts more than 20 minutes! It can get such a high number of views , our studio has become famous in a small way! In this case, we may be able to get people and money to actually develop the IP of "Little Witch Academia"! Gu Xue! You really bought the copyright back then. That’s so wise!”

Gu Xue: "..."

this……

Are people nowadays so... unstable?

"Calm down."

Although Gu Xue was very excited just now, her excitement came and went quickly. Now she has calmed down.

Misawa heard this and knew that he was too excited. He took a few deep breaths before slowly calming down and asked: "What should we do now? Are we going to find a production company to discuss planning? For example, a TV animation …”

YUKI Studio must be completely incapable of planning, so Misawa's first thought was to negotiate with others, but he also ignored one issue.

"How can we make TV animations? Can others trust us?" Gu Xue said angrily, "We can't even make OVAs of the same level now, okay? We need to find a production company."

"...Yes." Misawa suddenly understood and smiled awkwardly, "Then let's wait a little longer. Maybe the playback volume and popularity can be higher. After all, it has only been three days. When the playback volume really reaches several million , now that we have the ability, it shouldn’t be too late to talk.”

"Can't wait." Gu Xue shook her head again.

"ah?"

"Let's strike while the iron is hot." Gu Xue said softly, "Although we are not capable of making TV animations, theatrical animations are still possible. It can also allow everyone to get used to each other and train new people...Misawa Hiro, do you know about crowdfunding?"

"Ah?" Misawa Hiroshi once again made a puzzled cry, "You don't want to start a crowdfunding, do you? There are very few animation crowdfunding, and hasn't someone tried it before? In China, then a It seems like more than 10,000 yuan per month..."

Gu Xue nodded and said, "I know, but I still want to give it a try."

She will never forget how on Earth, "Little Witch Academia" went from the animated future version of OVA, to the theatrical version, and finally to the TV animated version.

A very important node is crowdfunding.

This directly led to the birth of the theatrical version and strengthened the confidence of TRIGGER producer Ti Naoko.

Indirectly contributed to Netflix's investment and the launch of the TV version.

Gu Xue's version of "Little Witch Academia" is currently in better condition than it was on Earth at the time, and she wants to give it a try.

This is why she said "Little Witch Academia" can help the studio get through the most difficult period of startup.

She really has hope.

She must get the copyright to "Little Witch Academia" because she wants to win over the audience, train the studio staff, and train new people!

It doesn’t matter if you do it slowly or poorly!

As long as there is growth.

Anyway, it's the wool...

"...Do you really want to do this? It would be embarrassing if you only raised a few thousand yuan. Don't talk about millions of views by then, everything would be empty. And, although many people are praising and saying I want to watch the sequel, but I don’t necessarily love it enough to pay for it. It’s more likely that it will be a hit but not a hit, after all, it’s just over 20 minutes of OVA animation.”

Misawa seemed to feel that it was a bit unreliable, so he whispered some advice.

But Gu Xue had already decided.

"Just give it a try."

…

at the same time.

snakehead animation production company.

Special office.

"Do you know that you sold the copyright of "Little Witch Academia"! Now the number of views on the external Internet has exceeded one million in three days! Also! Didn't you say you sold it to a food company? Why did you come to Misawa Hiroshi again? In their hands, you...are you stupid?"

It was the same managing director who was furious.

But to no avail.

The hand holding the mouse only paused for a moment, and then returned to normal. He said calmly: "It's a small matter."

"You little shit!" The executive was still furious, "Do you know what this means? Originally, this was an IP that could have become a high-quality project, but you sold it! And for such a boring reason!

"I said at the time, don't worry too much! There was no problem with the supervisor named Gu Xue! If you didn't listen, look, you are being criticized! Now they have run away together! You didn't have to be like that at all Harsh! Those people, especially Gu Xue, are damn geniuses! We shouldn’t let them go at all!"

Special Agent stared at the screen intently and saw the number of the winning horse given on the horse racing website. Although the roar was still ringing in his ears, he suddenly laughed.

Executive: "..."

"Genius? Didn't you go last time when I asked you to find a production manager's cell phone and look through the address book?"

The special agent held the mouse, and his smile lasted for several seconds, and finally slowly subsided, "As for why the copyright was in their hands, it was because the general affairs department did not investigate clearly. I have already dismissed the minister, and he will hand in his resignation to me later. .”

"You're really good at shirking responsibility!"

The executive gritted his teeth, and the words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Watch your words!" The special agent leaned back in his chair and said lightly: "Besides, no matter who is right or wrong, what will happen even if we get the copyright for them? Things like the number of views are very important. Xu, do you think they can get any investment by promoting the project on their own? Can others trust them? It is completely useless, let alone the number of views on external networks."

"Then why don't you think about the situation of planning to stay in your own company!? You just know how to avoid the important and take the easy!"

"Whatever is evasive is easy! Enough is enough!"

The special agent slammed the table and roared angrily.

"I am the head of this company! I think that project has no commercial value! That is, it has no commercial value, so I sold it! Just for the company's consideration! This kind of project, grab a lot of it! What kind of broadcast Quantity? What kind of talent? What do you know? Do you understand animation? Then do you understand company operations? How many years have I, Kimura, been in the industry! When have you ever made a mistake? In which round did you get to refute? Who are you!?"

"Get out of here!"

Executive: "..."

At this moment, he finally knew what it meant to be shameless and sad.