My Animation Era

  Chapter 455 Gu Miao's Weaknesses (Subscribe)

  In animation works, there is a bad behavior called "whip the old opponent".

   It’s not just anime.

   This behavior is more common in live-action film and television dramas, especially those with a lot of fighting scenes.

   So, here comes the problem.

Why do you do that?

  On the one hand, it is to provide a reference and give the audience a standard to measure the combat power of the protagonist and supporting characters. On the other hand, this is also to retain the old audience.

   It's not hard to understand...

  People are nostalgic. Watching the favorite animation works gradually become unfamiliar, and familiar faces disappearing from the screen one by one, it is inevitable that some people will think: "It seems that watching is not as good as before?"

   Give a simple example.

  Suppose that one day, you have been chasing animation works for three seasons, four seasons, five seasons or even longer, and suddenly updated the latest season. As a result, not only did the protagonist change this season, but the story also took place in another parallel world.

  Then what do you feel when you look at it?

  Even if this season is done well and brilliantly, as an old viewer, I am afraid that I will feel regretful in my heart, lamenting that my youth has passed away, right?

   The frequency of changing protagonists in "Yu-Gi-Oh" is quite fast to be honest.

  From DM’s Yugi Muto, to GX’s Youcheng Judai, to 5D’s’ Fudo Yusei, and later Zexal’s Ninety-Nine Yuma…

  Each generation of new works comes out, accompanied by new protagonists and supporting roles.

   I have to admit that the later protagonists are actually pretty good. Especially as the second generation of Yucheng Tenth Generation, it has not lost the prestige of the previous generation of protagonist games.

   But I still can’t stand it anymore, some people miss the old games, the former president of Haima...

   Oh yes!

  You, Haima, Bekas and others actually appeared in the second season of "Yu-Gi-Oh GX", but the roles are too small to be commended.

   Gu Miao didn't want to repeatedly whip the corpses to enhance the presence of the supporting actors. In fact, he also resented this kind of behavior.

  What he wants to do is not flog corpses.

   Instead, give these "marginalized" supporting actors more roles in the scene and design more side plots.

  Try to make the images of these supporting roles plump and three-dimensional, instead of being marginalized by facial makeup...

   This is actually very simple.

  Take President Haima as an example. In fact, the original book has a branch plot about him, and the length is not short. It can be said that in order to shape this character image, Takahashi and Nozomi did put a lot of effort into it.

   But unfortunately...

  Many branch plots in the original manga failed to appear in the animated version. Even the produced side plots have been greatly reduced compared to the original manga.

  What Gu Miao wants to do is to delete the original animation, or add as much content as possible to the original comics that have not been produced at all.

   Uh, by the way!

  The animated version of "Yu-Gi-Oh" is adapted and produced by Toei Animation, that is, Dong Da Ma, which everyone is familiar with. In fact, the plot is quite different from the original manga.

   This is nothing new.

  The "adaptation" works in the animation circle are basically of this nature, it is impossible to completely follow the original work, and can only be produced according to the ideas of the supervisor/director.

  So if the same original manga is filmed by two animation directors with different styles, the final film will be very different.

  Gu Miao knew it very well.

  The animation of "Yu-Gi-Oh" is in his hands, and it is impossible to make it exactly the same as the original version of Toei. After all, what he copied was only the "outline of the novel", not the "finished article".

  …

   Afternoon.

  Gu Miao accompanied his wife to the hospital for a prenatal checkup. On the way home, he received a call from Lao Zhang.

  On the phone, Lao Zhang told him with great excitement that the animation "The Story of Avanti" produced by Puppet Studio won many awards issued by the Huaguo Television Art Association.

   This is the first "national level" official award since "The Story of Avanti" was aired.

   "Okay, okay, it's open!"

   Gu Miao, who hung up the phone, shook her fist excitedly.

  He seems to have expected that for a long time after this, the animation "Avanti's Story" won the award and got soft.

  The awards issued by the Video Association, the gold content is average.

   But no matter how ordinary it is, it is also a national award, and others can't get it if they want to. What's more, the Visual Association Award is just the beginning.

   Don't forget.

  It's only May, and the awards season at the end of the year hasn't come yet! With the arrival of the two awards seasons in autumn and winter, the animation "The Story of Avanti" will definitely have a lot to do.

   "I want to order a big display cabinet in advance, don't get the trophy certificate when the time comes, it will be embarrassing if there is no place to put it."

   "You can pull it down."

  Jiang Keke, who was sitting in the co-pilot, couldn't help but twitched when he heard the words, "Compared to having nowhere to put the trophies and certificates, I think it's obviously more embarrassing for you to make a big display cabinet and it's empty in the end."

   "Nonsense!"

  Gu Miao said confidently: "How could it be empty? Are you a vegetarian in "The Story of Avanti"?"

   "Let me tell you, this animation is very popular with those old antiques, and it will definitely win an award and get soft."

"But…"

  Jiang Keke looked ahead, unmoved, and said: "No matter how good the filming of "The Story of Avanti" is, no matter how many awards it wins, it is also the honor of Liang Xiaodong and Puppet Studio. Does it have anything to do with you?"

  Gu Miao's smile froze.

  Wife's words are harsh, but it is an indisputable fact.

   No matter how many honors "The Story of Avanti" has won, it cannot be assigned to him, the "investor". He may be proud of this, but he really can't be cheeky and attribute Liang Xiaodong's honor to himself.

   "Honey, when can you win an award? For example, the best animation director?"

   "Uh...it depends."

  Gu Miao lost her voice, not knowing how to answer this question.

   In the past few years, he has made a lot of TV animation works, and even made an animation movie, and the box office has exceeded 500 million, creating the best record in history.

   In terms of achievements, it can be said that there is no one in the country.

  He can completely say that he is the first person in domestic commercial animation! No one has achieved better results than him.

   But he also has "short boards"!

  Obviously, Gu Miao, who has just debuted and whose works are clearly commercialized, lacks a lot in terms of personal honor.

   So far.

  In his encyclopedia information, the introduction to him is still one sentence: "Founder of Wanbao Animation, president of Huaguo Animation Industry Association, well-known animation director and producer, with outstanding achievements in his works!"

and then?

Gone!

  The founder of Tangtang Wanbao, Jiang Chuan Gu Sanshui, who was overwhelmed by "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", the whole industry was overwhelmed. As a result, there was only a simple sentence "well-known animation director" in the introduction.

   It's really hard!

  If he had won a few more awards, the column about his personal "Honor of Achievement" in the encyclopedia introduction would not seem so thin.

  (end of this chapter)