My Animation Era

  Chapter 311 Wanbao "Money Printing Machine" (for subscription)

   Saturday, June 7.

   Just in time for the weekend, the Neon ANB TV station and the flamingo cartoon almost followed each other, and released the latest episode of the animation "Sailor Moon R".

  The title of this episode is "新しき変身!うさぎパワーアップ", and the Mandarin version is "A new transformation, the power of the bunny has greatly increased".

  In this episode, everyone saw something different.

   Actually...

  Many old fans of "Sailor Moon" have already discovered from the first few episodes of "Sailor Moon R", that the R version's painting level has improved a lot compared to the first generation.

   It looks more delicate and cute.

  Even the depiction of the fighting scenes, the audience can clearly feel that this season has improved a lot compared to the first season, and the fighting is more intense and exciting.

  A viewer commented:

   "The production level of American War R has obviously reached a new height, and the explosion of funds visible to the naked eye has completely crushed a generation."

  Not to mention...

   Just looking at the fighting scenes and comparing Meizhan R with the first generation of Meizhan, who would believe that this is actually the same animation series?

  The production team is obviously richer, the quality of the painting is better, coupled with the excellent and unbreakable plot, "Sailor Moon R" has not failed the eager expectations of many fans.

Therefore.

  Since it was aired, American War R has received a lot of praise from all over the world, and its ratings are among the best.

  Only the domestic hips are stretched.

  Of course, aside from the low performance factors caused by the "weekly broadcast mode" in China. "Sailor Moon R" was a big success in overseas markets, but Gu Miao was not surprised.

  What's so surprising about this?

  Everyone is boasting that the quality of the painting has improved, the fighting has become smoother and more exciting, and the production level has risen to a higher level...

   Don’t even think about it!

  The generation of Sailor Moon earned so much money for Wanbao Animation, can the sequel of this "money printing machine" level IP be produced without care?

  Wanbao (Neon) branch has 185 people so far, and is in charge of the "Sailor Moon R" project.

  Not including the outsourcing team with hundreds of people.

  Quality is paid for with money!

  According to the work report that Seto just submitted to Gu Miao last week, the total production cost approved by the Neon Division for "Sailor Moon R" reached an astonishing 887 million yen!

  Equivalent to RMB, almost 50 million.

   This is quite an astonishing production cost. You must know that the total number of episodes of "Sailor Moon R" is expected to be only a little over 40 episodes.

  On average, a single episode can instinctively push up to 20-25 million yen, which is equivalent to about RMB 1-1.2 million per episode.

   Terrible numbers!

  If it wasn't for the good foundation laid by the previous work of "Sailor Moon", the Wanbao (Neon) branch has accumulated a lot of wealth in the past two years, Seto and Gu Miao would never have made such a "gamble".

To know…

  The production cost is so high that it is close to 50 million. Then when the animation is produced, how high is the ratings to barely recover the cost?

   It can only be said that thanks to the "American War".

  If it is another IP, if you dare to spend so much money to make a sequel, you may lose money as soon as it is shot, and it will be like losing everything.

   Spending so much money for "Sailor Moon R", Gu Miao thought it was worth it.

  The cost is high!

  At first glance, based on this production cost estimate, it may be difficult to even pay back. But if you consider the amazing influence of the "Sailor Moon" series in overseas markets, this amount of money is nothing.

  After all, in the past 2011, Wanbao Group raked in hundreds of millions of dollars all over the world for just one animation IP, "Sailor Moon".

   Money printing machine, well-deserved reputation.

  …

   With the popularity of "Sailor Moon R", its peripheral derivatives have also become more and more popular.

  Although the popularity of the entire IP has not returned to the astonishing height at the end of the first season. But from an overall point of view, "American War" is definitely a super hot IP that can make a profit without losing money.

  If there is any animation IP in Wanbao that can equal or surpass Sailor Moon in terms of "profit"...

  Gu Miao thought about it seriously.

   "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" may be equal, after all, Pleasant Goat is in China, so it is a well-deserved "first brother".

   But if you want to surpass "Sailor Moon" and become Wanbao's new money printing machine, all of Wanbao's animation IPs are not good enough at present, and "Pokemon", which has not yet been aired, is very promising.

   Don't underestimate "Pokemon"!

  Let’s not talk about the game itself, how brilliant the results are, just take the animation as an example, Pokémon can already be called one of the masterpieces of neon animation.

   Several giants of neon animation, Dragon Ball, One Piece, Detective Conan, Naruto, Slam Dunk, Doraemon and Pokémon, etc.

   Among these giants.

   "Dragon Ball" has the greatest influence, and it is also a well-deserved big brother in the neon animation industry. This is beyond doubt.

  Who is the second brother?

  Some say it’s Hokage, while others say it’s Pirates. After all, under Dragon Ball, the Hokage Pirates are more famous and have enough influence.

  But everyone subconsciously ignored the two works of Doraemon and Pokémon. If I had to say it, both the blue fat man and the yellow skinned mouse are actually qualified to compete for the "Second Brother" throne.

   Fatty Blue has a higher status. After all, this guy has a very high nationality and is more famous all over the world.

   But the yellow mouse is not bad either.

  Under this premise, if Gu Miao had to choose one animation work that could replace "Sailor Moon" as Wanbao's new generation of money printing machines, he could only think of "Pokemon".

   Speak up.

  The yellow-skinned mouse is no longer a money printing machine, but a "lifetime meal ticket". As long as you figure it out, you can make money lying in bed in the future.

  Takahashi Kazuki: Ah yes yes yes! You know what I'm trying to say right?

  As a super IP that is not inferior to "Sailor Moon", and even better in the profit of peripheral derivatives, Gu Miao is also full of expectations for "Pokémon".

  This put Hou Bin under a lot of pressure.

  As the chief animation director of the first season of "Pokémon", he spent eight months patiently polishing the work in order to present an effect that satisfies the audience.

   Judging from the results, it's not bad.

  Gu Miao was invited to Feiyang Animation Studio to review the sample of the first season of "Pokémon".

  After reading it, he has only one feeling.

   There is an internal taste!

  The content of the first season of the animation mainly includes three parts: the Jiangchuan area, the Orange Islands and the China Sea Alliance, with a total of 275 episodes.

  The protagonists are still Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang, and the villains are still the "cute and charming" Team Rocket trio.

   Except for a few "localization" changes, the "original flavor" of the game is basically maintained in other places, which is extremely similar to the original version.

   This should come as no surprise.

  After all, whether it is the original animation or the Wanbao animation, everyone adapts it based on the "game content".

   Different routes lead to the same goal!

  (end of this chapter)