My Animation Era

   While chatting in the wine shop, Guan Yu, the last member of Liu Guanzhang, also appeared on the stage.

  The scene of the three being married in Taoyuan, although everyone is familiar with it, the picture presented in the animation still makes many viewers excited.

   Beautiful!

  The text description is just a description. In terms of visual impact, how can it compare to the film and television pictures?

  The beautiful peach blossoms, the three brothers with similar interests, the vow not to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, and the call of a big brother...not only satisfied all the fantasies of the fans about Taoyuan, but also made them look forward to the follow-up plot.

   Judging from the first episode alone, the new version of the Three Kingdoms animation is as good as the old version.

   Even in some aspects, the new version is better than the old version, such as the theme song, which won praise and applause from many audiences.

  The first episode is the Taoyuan knot.

  It mainly tells the story of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, who became brothers with different surnames because of their similar interests.

  The second episode is Dong Zhuo's entry to Beijing.

  If the first episode is just a joke, then the second episode will be considered as the official opening of the Three Kingdoms.

   Various tyrants such as Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, etc., the familiar characters of the original work have appeared on the stage, which makes people enjoy watching.

  But this also attracted a lot of people's complaints.

   "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had an animation, which is commonly known as the old version.

  Compared to the old version, the new version of the Three Kingdoms animation produced by Wanbao seems to have a faster plot rhythm, and many unimportant plots have been skipped.

   For the same plot, take "Taoyuan's Friendship" as an example, the old version spent two episodes to lay the groundwork and tell the story, while the new version only used one episode... oh no, half an episode!

   This is also the focus of controversy.

  The completion quality of the new version of the Three Kingdoms animation is generally recognized by the audience, but the plot rhythm seems to be a little anxious.

  …

   "What do you think, audiences generally question the rhythm of the plot?"

  At the time when the animation "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was on the air, Gu Miao called Ma Kui and Koizumi to the office and chatted about audience feedback.

  Three Kingdoms animation is very popular!

  Thanks to the powerful coverage of the CCTV platform, the popularity of the first two episodes of the animation is obvious to all.

  However, after the first two episodes were broadcast, there have been debates on the Internet about the fast pace of the plot. Although it will not turn into negative reviews, it has also had a certain impact on the animation.

   Therefore, Gu Miao wanted to ask Ma Kui and Koizumi for their opinions.

   "A question of trade-offs."

  In response to Mr. Gu’s question, Ma Kui took the lead in answering: “There are so many original works in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we can’t make them all, we have to make some choices.”

   This is also normal.

  After all, film and television works cannot be as comprehensive as literary works. It is very important for animation to sort out the priorities.

   To put it bluntly...

  If it weren't for the famous scene of "Three Knots in Taoyuan", which is so classic and well-known to all women and children, when it was adapted into animation, maybe even this part was mentioned in one stroke.

   "Yes, it is impossible for us to take care of every detail of the original work. It is even more impossible to add those insignificant event branches like the original work."

  Koizumi also explained: "After all, animation burns money every minute, unlike novels where you can spend a lot of space describing the appearance of a character, introducing his origin and background."

for example.

  In the original book, each character has an appearance description and identity introduction content when they appear on the stage. But in the animation, when a new character appears, you only need to add a series of "subtitles" introductions next to him.

   This is also to save time.

  The reason why the audience felt that the plot of the first two episodes was a bit fast-paced was mainly because, before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, no major events happened.

  If there are really major events, such as the burning of Chibi, the empty city plan, etc., the plot rhythm will definitely slow down.

   This is the same reason that the original animation ended in two hastily episodes after Zhuge Liang’s death in Wuzhangyuan.

   Zhuge Liang is dead, and the follow-up plot becomes irrelevant, so the original animation ends so quickly, giving people the illusion of an unfinished ending.

   "It doesn't really matter..."

   "When they see the back, they probably won't argue about whether the pace of the plot is too fast." Ma Kui said with a smile.

   "That's true."

  Gu Miao nodded and said: "There are only fifty or sixty episodes in the animation, so it's reasonable to choose some plots."

   "And the reason why everyone complains about the rhythm of the plot is because they feel that the length of time is not enough to watch, and they don't mean to criticize the quality of animation."

   Animation reputation is very strong!

  Although it only premiered for one day and the animation only aired two episodes, in the minds of fans all over the Internet, the new version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" animation has already become a god, and it has become a candidate for a masterpiece that is not inferior to the old version.

   This made Gu Miao extremely satisfied.

   As directors, Ma Kui and Koizumi feel extremely proud and excited.

  Especially Koizumi, as a foreigner, when he saw the new version of the Three Kingdoms animation received rave reviews, and even many viewers praised him, his eyes were moist.

  As the only foreign director in the production team, when Koizumi’s name appeared in the title of the cartoon, more than one viewer felt confused and wondered if they had read it wrong.

  Why is there a foreigner?

   But this kind of worry and obsession disappeared immediately when I saw the effect of the animation.

   In the face of the excellent quality of completion, even if there is a foreigner in the production team, the audience thinks it is understandable. After all, as long as the animation is good, who cares which country the director is from?

Moreover.

  Koizumi is only an assistant director, isn’t the chief director still from China?

  Because of this, the scene that Koizumi was worried about did not appear. Although the audience was curious about him, they did not say anything harsh.

   Instead, he praised him a few words.

   This is undoubtedly an unprecedented encouragement and touch for Koizumi. After all, before the animation was broadcast, he and Ma Kui were really worried. Would the production team have a neon man that would disgust the audience?

   "How about... my name will not be posted at the beginning of the film?"

   This is what Koizumi said at the time. He was very worried that the audience would reject the new version of the Three Kingdoms animation because of himself, so he proposed to remove himself.

   "It's not fair to you."

   Gu Miao made a final decision, saying that no matter what, Koizumi is the hero of the production team of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and his name must appear in the title.

   And the ranking is very high.

  After the producer Gu Miao and the chief director Ma Kui, Koizumi's name comes after him, which represents his contribution to animation.

   Not to mention, this move directly brought tears to Koizumi's eyes.

  He thought that he was not worthy to appear in the title credits, but he didn't expect that Mr. Gu not only added him, but also the audience recognized him as an assistant director.

  Koizumi has only one thought now, and that is to be thankful for the choice he made at the beginning, and thankful that he can participate in the production of a project like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

   What if you chose to go it alone?

   It's probably getting cold by now!