My Animation Era

The Penguins are making big moves at the beginning of the year.

The "Into the Wild" animation, which they spent huge sums of money to produce last year, has seen a significant decline in reputation and is a typical example of a high-end but low-end animation, but it still allowed them to make money.

As a result, Penguin decided to reach a new high this year and launched another blockbuster animation adapted from online novels - "Xianfanlian".

Not only that, Penguin also targeted the female market and launched an animation "From the Crown Princess to the Queen Mother" adapted from the female channel's online article.

Good guy!

Shortly after the first month of the year, the hot searches were dominated by these two animations launched by Penguin.

Relying on Penguin's powerful publicity matrix, even people with little information have heard about the names of these two animations, and the entire network has exploded.

There are two animations, one focusing on male audiences and one focusing on female audiences. Both of them are adapted from popular online novels, and the original works have many fans.

Based on this premise, whether it is "Fairy Love" or "From Crown Princess to Empress Dowager", they were both hits immediately after they were aired!

Especially "Xianfanlian".

On the first day the animation premiered, the number of views exceeded 500 million, which made Gu Miao, who was entertaining her children at home, dumbfounded.

500 million views!

Even if there is suspicion of water injection, there should be 300-400 million, right? That's not a small number, it's considered one of the top animation works on the entire Internet.

do not forget……

Wanbao's own "How to Raise a Passerby Heroine" has not yet exceeded 100 million views in total, only over 80 million!

Such a shocking premiere result made Gu Miao sigh with emotion, but also felt a little nervous in her heart.

Penguin rises too fast...

Although it is backed by large capital, the speed of its rise is still beyond imagination. If this momentum continues, it may be on par with Wanbao next year and compete for the so-called top spot in China.

"Guardians of Yangcun need to work harder."

Gu Miao also knows that the general trend alone cannot suppress the rise of Penguin. If he wants to secure his position as the leader, he must release a steady stream of excellent animations.

Guardian of Yangcun is an animation he carefully selected and is also his first work after returning to the Pleasant Goat series.

This can't be messed up.

Under the pressure of Penguin, Gu Miao once again elevated the importance of "Guardian of Yangcun", except that it was the work on which he staked his career.

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"Yang Shou's production is different from previous Pleasant Goat series TV animations."

"This difference refers not only to the style of painting, but also to the positioning of the work."

At the first meeting after the production team was established, Gu Miao said with a serious expression: "What attributes did the previous Pleasant Goat have?"

"Unit drama!"

Since the birth of the Pleasant Goat IP, the impression left on people is that of unit drama animation, with one episode containing a short story.

Even if there is a series like "The Battle of the Weird World", it is just a supplement. Most of the Pleasant Goat TV animations that everyone has watched are single episodes.

Starting from the season of "Yangcun Guardian", Gu Miao asked everyone to change their thoughts and concepts and stop judging the Pleasant series by the standards of unit dramas.

Because starting from this season, the Pleasant Goat TV series is no longer mainly unit dramas, but mainly series.

This change is important!

When switching from a unit drama to a series, the first thing that needs attention is the character issue.

Give a simple example.

Why is Feiyangyang labeled as a "dog licker" by netizens?

Isn't it because his attitude towards Meiyangyang in certain episodes of the animation was too humble to please, so he was ridiculed as a dog licker.

But the previous Pleasant Goat was a unit drama. In different episodes, the character settings of the protagonists would change according to the plot.

Boiling Sheep only licks the dog occasionally, and most of the episodes are quite normal. As for unit dramas, it’s normal for characters to have personality changes occasionally in a few episodes.

But this cannot be the case with TV series.

If Feiyangyang's dog-licking character is confirmed, then he must lick it from beginning to end. There will be no situation where he will please Meiyangyang for one moment and ignore Meiyangyang the next.

certainly!

This is just an example.

There is definitely no description of dog licking in Feiyangyang's character design, and it is impossible for Gu Miao to add it to him.

He just used the example of Boiling Yang to tell everyone the truth, that is, the character of the series cannot collapse and must be maintained from the beginning to the end.

The consequences of the series' collapse of character can be described as devastating...

Fortunately, the main characters in the TV animation "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" are basically simple and distinct, but they are not so easy to collapse.

The only one that is more difficult is probably the Big Gray Wolf.

"The previous Big Big Wolf was basically a villain. But in "Guardian of Yangcun", he needs to undergo a change from a villain to a second male protagonist."

Gu Miao felt a headache when she said this: "This transformation process must be well shaped, and the audience must not misunderstand it."

"Isn't it just to clear your name?"

A screenwriter said disapprovingly: "In the previous big zodiac movies, Big Big Wolf has already pretty much cleared up the character. I don't think it's that difficult."

"No, this is different..."

Gu Miao rubbed her brows and explained: "The previous cleansing was to give Big Wolf a step down so that he could put aside his grudges and cooperate with the lambs."

"But this cleansing is not just a matter of cooperation, but a major change in which Big Wolf completely removes his identity as a villain."

This is a logical question.

Although the former Big Big Wolf worked closely with the lambs, can you say that he completely gave up catching sheep and became a good wolf from then on?

After Yang Shou, Big Big Wolf's identity has indeed changed, from an old enemy who fell in love with each other and killed each other, to a reliable partner who walks hand in hand with the lambs.

To put it more bluntly, Big Gray Wolf's identity change during the Sheep Shou period is equivalent to Bald Qiang changing from a lumberjack to a forest ranger...

"Ah this?"

When everyone heard from Mr. Gu that Big Big Wolf would no longer be the villain, but the second male protagonist, they all showed puzzled expressions.

If Big Big Wolf is not the villain but the second male protagonist, how can the story of the animated series "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" continue?

We can't just invent a new villain every season and let the sheep and the wolf work together to fight, right? Wouldn’t that make it look like a zodiac movie?

"Roughly the same!"

Gu Miao did not deny this speculation, but nodded and admitted: "The future Pleasant Goat TV animation will definitely be closer to big movies, and the main storyline will basically be the cooperation between sheep and wolves."

It doesn’t matter who the villain is.

What's important is that after being a villain for so many years, Big Gray Wolf suddenly sheds his identity as a "bad guy" and becomes a "good guy" in the eyes of children. Can the audience accept this fact?

The Sheep-Wolf collaboration has been talked about for so many years. When it actually comes to fruition, will the audience find it awkward and inconsistent?

Big Big Wolf doesn't play a villain at all, and I forgot which one it is... But in the book, everyone should think it starts with "Guardian of Yangcun"!