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Neon, PD branch.

A meeting related to the fate of the branch is being held. Participants include PD (Neon) President Ono Jiro, Art Director Ishimori Shotaro and a number of senior executives.

Revenue this quarter was dismal...

President Ono said with a heavy heart: After the completion of V3, the production cost of Kamen Rider X was high, but it did not bring equivalent returns.

Belts are hard to sell!

The idea of ​​making huge profits by simply changing the color of the belt and calling it an upgraded model doesn't work now. The new X Knight belt has been on the market for nearly two months, and less than 30,000 copies have been shipped in the neon market.

It’s not that the new model sucks, it’s just that…

The market is almost saturated!

Within three years, the kids purchased two or three belts. Due to too much homogeneity, their interest in new belts has been greatly reduced.

Unless you are short of money, buy it and keep it at home. Otherwise, for daily play, a belt is enough. With the money you save, you can also buy a super bracelet!

Ultraman is very strong in this...

From the Beta Wand to Ultra Glasses to today's Super Bracelet, the designs and gameplay of each generation of Ultraman's transformers are completely different.

The Cavaliers were miserable.

You bought a new X belt, and if you meet a friend who doesn’t know the product, he might just mistake it for a V3 belt or even a first-generation belt. After all, these three belts are too homogeneous in terms of design language.

“The design of the belt will change in the future!”

Ishimori mused: Different design styles will indeed arouse consumers' desire to buy.

For example, Apple...

Previous generations of products completely followed the classic design. Although the X's bangs were criticized on the Internet, the final sales volume proved that after the design overhaul, many people had the urge to change phones.

The X Knight Belt is like the embarrassing Fruit 8. Although the product is excellent, users say that the Fruit 6 in their hands can last another three years. Anyway, they all look the same, so if you put a camouflage shell on the old model, it will look like a new model.

PD needs an Apple X!

The design should be easy for people to understand at a glance that this is a new belt, so as to stimulate sales.

But this is a follow-up arrangement.

The problem now is that X Knight has good ratings, but its spin-offs cannot sell. Without making money, new riders don’t have enough budget.

PD head office?

When Ono thought of this, he felt sad in his heart. When he called Mr. Meng to apply for financial assistance, Mr. Meng asked him: Are you a loser?

PD's various income overseas belong to the local branch. The areas under the jurisdiction of the head office are only Greater China and overseas areas where there are no branches, such as the United States...

Neon is the second largest treasure trove of PD. Meng Lang didn't ask them for money, but they came to Meng Lang for money? What is this if not a bastard?

Ono is very aggrieved!

Branches in other regions just sit and collect money. The income is huge, but the expenses are only salary, rent, water and electricity.

But what about Neon Branch?

We have to make Kamen Rider, complete the neon version dubbing and subtitles of many PD works, and build Kyoto Park... Even if the revenue of the neon region is very high, second only to the Greater China region, it can't sustain it!

If it were during the period when V3 was popular, it would not be difficult for Neon PD to maintain the status quo with the strong appeal of V3. But the current X Knight’s profit is not as impressive as that of V3. It’s normal to be short of money.

Mr. Meng is so ruthless...

The head office of the group was unreliable. All Mr. Meng could think about was his son Ultraman, and he didn't care about the knight's life or death. After Ono understood this, he decisively held this self-rescue meeting.

Gentlemen, Mr. Meng is unreliable!

We can only rely on our own hands to work hard for a better future for Kamen Rider. Everyone, think about it, how to solve the current difficulties?

As soon as President Ono finished speaking, the conference room entered a state of deathly silence that could be heard as a needle dropped.

After waiting for several minutes, Takayuki Taketani from the production department was the first to express his opinion: President, I have noticed that the sales of toy figures of the previous game Kamen Rider V3 are very impressive!

Do you want to make figures?

Ono pondered: It's a very potential market, but the figures that customers like seem to be mainly kawaii girls...

For example, YOYO Girl!

Or, a magical girl?

The sales of Kamen Rider figures have always been low. Even the popular V3 didn’t sell many copies.

Taketani Takayuki smiled: President, I think this is a design problem. The group we want to cater to is not children, but young people aged 16-26.

We have overlooked one group. Many of Kamen Rider's audiences are young men between the ages of 16 and 26. Their consumption potential is no worse than that of children.

They need a Kamen Rider spin-off that is less childish and full of playability.

Ono became interested and asked: Do you have a specific product plan?

some!

Taketani Takayuki turned on the projector, connected it to his laptop, pulled out the manuscript file and introduced to everyone: This is the prototype scrap I created for the Kamen Rider series after communicating with Mr. Ishimori...

Ishimori said in surprise: Mr. Taketani, I remember that the abolition of the case was not like this. Have you made any changes again?

Hi Yi!

Takeya smiled and said: Although the design was not adopted, I didn't want to give up just yet. I revised the proposal based on the knight's shape.

“Great piece of work…”

Compared with the image of the knight in the TV drama, Takeya's knight was modified based on the demon case and the design is very bold. The feel of the leather case is weakened, and many mechanical details that are not found in the prototype are added, and the appearance is quite cool.

Not only the original draft, Takeya also made a 3D rendering model, which made the effect more intuitive. Movable joints, diverse accessory weapons, armor full of alloy elements...

This doll is as good as a real person!

“You can try making a batch!”

Ono made up his mind and said: Mr. Takeya, since this idea was proposed by you, then I leave it to you!

After the self-rescue conference, Takeya Takayuki gained great authority. He led all departments of PD (Neon) Company to complete the mass production of this work.

The product name is confirmed!

Super Imaginative Chogokin, abbreviated as sic, means Super Imaginative Chogokin. Takayuki Taketani is responsible for product styling supervision, Shotaro Ishimori is responsible for scene design, and PD authorizes cooperative companies to produce.

This is a new series!

The SIC movable Kamen Rider doll focuses on coolness. It has many accessories and movable parts and is priced at an affordable price. After the first batch of Kamen Rider X and GOD Mechanic Apollo sets were released, they were quickly snapped up by enthusiastic fans.

The set includes two SIC dolls of Kamen Rider

After all, the product is well made!

The mask of Kamen Rider

PD's conscience work!