My Animation Era

The Three Musketeers of Jelly, also known as the Three Musketeers of Fruit!

As the name suggests.

This domestic animation, which was born in 2007, is the prequel to the well-known animated series "Fruit Attack" and can also be said to be the foundation work.

Despite its short length, the story is far from deeply affecting. But with its different painting style, unique imagination, and cute jelly character settings, "The Three Jelly Musketeers" caused quite a sensation that year.

Born in a family of third-rate swordsmen, he wants to be the pillar of the country. His prototype is orange, and his unique trick is the orange fragrance of "Flying Immortal from the Sky".

Born in an ordinary family, he is greedy for money and dreams of becoming a millionaire. His prototype is a pineapple, and his unique skill is the "Xiao Li Flying Knife" called "Pineapple Blowing Snow".

Lu Xiaoguo comes from a wealthy family, and his words and deeds are quite nonsensical. His prototype is Green Apple, and his unique skill is Lu Xiaoguo's "Lingxi Finger".

These three characters...

In those days, the popularity was unbelievable. I don’t know how many children have remembered the names of Cheng Liuxiang, Pineapple Blowing Snow and Lu Xiaoguo through the animation "Jelly Three Musketeers".

Oh yes!

In the animation "The Three Jelly Musketeers", in addition to the protagonist trio, the supporting characters and even the villains are equally cute and charming, leaving a deep impression on the audience.

Feng Qingyang is the "abbot" of the Jelly Martial Arts Academy who is a coconut. I believe everyone still remembers it, right?

The three teachers, Watermelon Hero, Banana Wuji and Mangosteen Yeyan, are equally unforgettable.

The official heroines of the three protagonists, namely Strawberry Shangguan Ziyi, Peach Pear Blossom Shi, and Purple Grape Blossom Ruyi, are also well portrayed.

certainly!

The most outstanding and memorable supporting characters are the four sugar canes, the "four evil thieves" in the plot.

Boss, there are no thieves in the world!

The second child is a rebellious minister and a thief, the third child recognizes the thief as his father, and the fourth child has a thief's eyebrows...

What?

You ask that dragon fruit, where did Dongfang Qiubei go?

Well! Pitaya, Dongfang Qiu, was a character who appeared in the "Fruit Attack" series later. He did not play a part in the prequel "The Three Jelly Musketeers".

The Four Evil Thieves are so classic!

What is classic is not how many scenes they have, nor what they do, but their name itself is very classic.

To be honest…

When Gu Miao watched "The Three Jelly Musketeers" for the first time, she had no idea that there were people using derogatory terms such as "rebellious ministers and thieves", "recognizing thieves as their fathers" and "thieves with rat eyes" as their names.

All I can say is, it’s amazing!

Not only the names of the four evil thieves are full of gimmicks, but the name of any character in the play is also "strange" when taken alone.

What's the plot?

Of course it’s the stuff of various “martial arts” novels.

There is no need to popularize the origin of the name of the Three Musketeers. Regardless of whether you have read martial arts novels or not, you can basically guess who it is.

But I believe not many people know the origin of the names Shangguan Ziyi, Lihua Shi and Hua Ruyi!

…

"The Three Jelly Musketeers" is a very interesting and classic domestic animation.

Therefore.

When an old classmate came to ask for Wanbao Animation's help in producing a "Jelly" advertisement, Gu Miao immediately thought of this animation.

Isn't this quite appropriate?

No matter from various angles, "The Three Jelly Musketeers" is a work that meets the needs and is of great significance.

Therefore, Gu Miao recommended it to his old classmate Li Zhengyong.

Lao Li doesn’t understand animation.

But after reading the draft plan, he said "Okay, okay, okay" three times in succession.

Especially, after he saw the "line drawings" of Cheng Liuxiang, Pineapple Blowing Snow and Lu Xiaoguo, he became even more satisfied.

This jelly man...

Cool, handsome, and very distinctive!

Fruit shapes such as orange, pineapple and green apple perfectly reflect the different flavors of jelly, making people full of "appetite".

If you print the "Three Jelly Musketeers" on the packaging later, are you still worried that the jelly won't be sold?

The excited Lao Li immediately decided to sponsor the "Jelly Three Musketeers" animation project. The specific amount of sponsorship depends on the production cost.

Gu Miao is quite honest.

For the sake of his old classmates, he did not deliberately set up a trap to trick people. Instead, he honestly analyzed with Li Zhengyong that the entire animation was expected to cost tens of millions of yuan.

This is no small sum of money.

The scale of Lao Li's food factory itself is not that big. Spending so much money on the promotion of a "jelly" product is really a bit too much.

So after negotiation...

Gu Miao only asked him to sponsor 5 million, and the remaining production costs were borne by Wanbao.

In exchange for these five million, not only the "name" of animation sponsors, but also the image authorization and advertising endorsements of the "Three Musketeers" and so on.

Overall, it's pretty good.

Gu Miao raised 5 million in sponsorship for nothing. After the animation was broadcast, she licensed the characters such as "Orange Liuxiang", "Pineapple Blowing Snow" and "Lu Xiaoguo" to her old classmates and put them on jelly products to promote them.

A perfect win-win situation!

As for the problem that five million is not enough for the production cost, Wanbao Animation still needs to subsidize part of it.

Honestly, there's really no need to worry.

"The Three Jelly Musketeers" has two problems. One is that there are not many episodes, and the other is the low cost of 3D.

Gu Miao calculated that in addition to the five million sponsored by her old classmates, Wanbao Animation could at most spend another five million, and it would be enough to collect more than ten million.

It's okay, acceptable.

Compared with Wanbao's other animation projects, which often cost tens of millions to produce, "The Three Jelly Musketeers" only costs a mere five million, which is already ridiculously cheap.

Because it’s 3D animation…

Therefore, after the project was confirmed, Gu Miao handed over the draft plan to the "Dimension Studio" under Wanbao Animation, which is responsible for the 3D animation business.

Just right!

After the second season of "Pig Man" "Olympus Fantasy" ended, Dimension Studio did not make any big moves and had enough manpower to produce "The Three Jelly Musketeers".

The production team doesn’t have to worry.

However, Gu Miao has been unable to decide on the director who will be responsible for taking the helm and supervising the animation production.

Huang Kun?

This guy is on a business trip to Neon!

Judging from the schedule, it is estimated that he will not be able to come back within ten days and a half.

Although Gu Miao didn't quite understand, he went to Neon to open up the "market" for no reason, and what exactly he was trying to open up, but everyone else had left, so there was no point in pursuing this.

Among the remaining Wanbao directors, Guo Hongwei is the only one who is still idle.

But some time ago, Gu Miao had just promised Silly Apprentice that he would give him a holiday after he finished "Sheep and Sheep's Happy Year", and now he was too embarrassed to break his promise.

broken!

No one is available now.

After thinking about it for a long time, there really was no good choice. Considering that the production of the movie "Snake Comes Around" was going smoothly, Gu Miao simply took charge personally.

no way!

Directors like Wanbao are all "single-threaded" pig-brains. If they are asked to play "multi-threaded", they are afraid that their pig-brains will be overloaded halfway through the game.