My Animation Era

Villains are more popular?

It even happened that all the core villains left the show, leading to a sharp drop in ratings?

This may sound a bit unbelievable, especially in cartoons...

But Gu Miao thought about it carefully.

Although it is a bit difficult to understand, it is reasonable to win the love of the audience with the plot of the "Four Evil Thieves".

This is no ordinary animation.

In the "Jelly Three Musketeers" animation, and even in the subsequent "Fruit Strike" series of animations, the villains have always been very popular.

Not to mention the four evil thieves.

Their boss, Dongfang Qiubai, the leader of Pitaya, is hiding behind the scenes and inspiring Xiao Guoding to change from a supporting role to a protagonist...

These villains, in a sense, are even more "charming" than Orange Liuxiang, Pineapple Chuixue and Lu Xiaoguo.

Why is this so?

Obviously they don't have many roles and they belong to the villain camp, so why are these characters so popular?

The answer is simple: character!

Lan Arc is very smart and has great ideas.

In the animated "Jelly Three Musketeers" and "Fruit Strike", the "Jelly" series, they created an ideal worldview with "no bad guys".

That's right!

In the "Jelly" series of animations, there is actually no real villain. What the villains do seems heinous, but everyone is a good person.

for example.

In the first season of "Fruit Attack", Dongfang Qiufei follows the seven evil thieves, who seem to be "evil and overbearing" and rule the fruit world and Huaguo Mountain.

But who would have thought...

The "villain organization" composed of dragon fruit and seven sugar canes turned out to be the guardians of Huaguo Mountain and the pillars that silently supported the fruit world.

Take another example, Daguoding.

The guy who was the first to counterattack, from a marginalized supporting role to the ultimate mini-boss, poisoned a lotus and caused the entire fruit world to collapse. He was definitely a bad guy, right?

But who would have thought...

What Daguoding did was just to play a minor role, hoping to become the protagonist and gain Xiaojia's attention. And my goal is just to be a little villain.

I want to be the good guy “protagonist.”

So first I saved the One Color Lotus, the fruit world, and the Huaguo Mountain.

That's the plot of Guobao 1.

Outside of Fruit Baby 2, Da Guo Ding successfully became a regular member and became the fourth Fruit Baby Special Attacker, a good guy among good guys.

Did you see any?

Counting over and over again, the villains in the entire Jelly series of animations are all decent characters "clothed in villain skin".

The only thing that is not controversial is probably Da Guo Ding.

However, even if it is a big fruit bite, the previous chapter has been cleared up. In addition, my "protagonist dream" is very popular with the audience, so many people think that Da Guoding is a villain who can be forgiven for all his evildoings.

That's where the characters shine.

Now that "The Eight Jelly Musketeers" is coming to an end, I like the Seven Little Thieves even more than the eight protagonists Orange Liuxiang, Pineapple Blowing Snow, and Xiao Guoding. That can be considered a "personality" failure.

To be honest……

Outside of the Jelly, or "Fruit Treasure" series of animations, Gu Miao has always believed that the villain's character creation is much better than that of the protagonist.

Orange fragrance?

A cold-blooded and chivalrous young man, although he is the first heroine, his character is still as vivid and three-dimensional as the seventh heroine "Pineapple Blowing Snow".

The same goes for Xiao Guoding.

Among the Eight Musketeers, only one, "Pineapple Blowing Snow", is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people due to his greed for money and lust.

It has a small fruit bite and orange fragrance. To be honest, it's not that good, it's even as good as Dongfang Qiubai's.

That's Gu Miao talking nonsense...

In fact, before "Guobao Special Attack" became popular, few viewers felt that there was a small problem with the character creation of Xiao Guoding and Cheng Liuxiang.

It is as vivid and boring as pineapple blowing snow!

When mentioning Pineapple Blowing Snow, the impression of "money-grubbing, lustful, and voluptuous" immediately popped into Xiaojia's mind. This character can be summed up in just one word.

But when it comes to Xiao Guoding and Cheng Liuxiang, I know how to summarize those two characters. Because our character creation is as vivid and three-dimensional as a pineapple blowing snow.

Of course, that's the original version.

Gu Miao has been aware of this problem very early, so I am also working hard to seek changes, trying to make the orange fragrance and small fruit bites as vivid as the pineapple blowing snow.

For example, outside of "Eight Jelly Musketeers", I added an iconic "cold-blooded idiot" setting to Cheng Liuxiang.

Liang Ningxin is the "silly son of a landlord".

Unfortunately……

Although I have tried very hard to create a vivid and boring orange fragrance and small fruit bite, the response is still mediocre.

In various small animation communities, forums and social platforms, it can be clearly seen that the young man's recognition of "Pineapple Blowing Snow" is much lower than that of the other two characters.

So forget it.

Cheng Liuxiang and Xiao Guoding met miserably. At most, they were still the protagonists, their roles were not guaranteed, and they still didn't have many fans.

For example, the eight supporting male characters such as Xia Guan Ziyi, Lihua Shi and Hua Ruyi, are there any discussions online...

What's even more interesting is.

"Jelly Eight Musketeers" will be over soon. It stands to reason that after being aired for so long, children should be able to recognize every character with their eyes closed.

But the reality is.

Children have watched animations for so long, but they still remember Guan Ziyi, Lihua Shi and Hua Ruyi. What are your names?

All I can say is, it’s hard to stretch!

From the fact that a very small number of viewers can even remember their names, it is difficult to tell that the "sense of presence" of the eight supporting actors is very thin.

Yes, the problem is small.

Remember it, remember it. Anyway, "Eight Jelly Musketeers" is also based on you. Although you are the core male supporting actor, your role is really small.

Back when "Fruit Boy Attack" aired, when the eight people transformed into Fruit Boy Attack, I doubt Xiaojia would be able to remember their names.

Speaking of "Fruit Attack"...

Gu Miao couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because I realized that I seemed to have led my old classmate out of the trap.

Since Fuda Food Factory sponsored "Eight Jelly Swordsmen" and the animation was broadcast, before Fuda Jelly became a popular snack, Lao Li seemed to have opened a small door to a new world.

That’s good!

Lao Li, who wanted to develop the Fuda Food Factory, tasted the sweetness of "The Eight Jelly Musketeers".

So a long time later, I spent another tens of millions on another cartoon with the theme of "biscuits".

That's still over...

As far as Gu Miao knows, Lao Li also plans to ask Wanbao to help me create animations with the themes of "Chocolate", "Sandwich Cake" and "Bubble Gum".

Good guy!

Gu Miao was stunned at the time.

What does Lao Li want to do? There are so few snack categories, do I plan to produce an animation for each category?

That's too cowardly!

In Gu Miao's opinion, apart from wasting money, there is no seventh possibility at all. After all, "Jelly Eight Musketeers" is a small game, and it can only hope to replicate that kind of success.