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Chapter 263 What went wrong (8000 words)

"The Winner Is Right" is finally on air.

Katsuhito Iwabuchi perked up and held the small book beside him with both hands, ready to criticize him - he usually wouldn't find faults like this, but this time it was different. He wouldn't find something to come up with. The newly grown hair will fall out again.

And both times it was because of Higashinoji.

Of course he was a little bit unwilling.

Accompanied by a burst of simple and lively music, "The Winner Is Justice" started very simply.

There is no fancy theme song, and there are also no various opening song clips. "The Winner is Justice" opened in such a simple and unpretentious way.

This made Katsuto Iwabuchi, who was standing next to the TV, a little surprised.

Originally, he thought that "The Winner Is Justice" would be the same as "Unnatural Death", starting with an outstanding title song like "Lemon" that would make people's eyes shine. After all, Tsukasa Higashino, a genius composer, was also at Higashino Studio.

Katsuhito Iwabuchi shook his head, gathered his mind, and stopped thinking about all these things, but focused on the animation.

Different from the comic version of "The Winner is Justice" by Higashinoji, the animated version of "The Winner is Justice" has many more descriptions of the characters' facial expressions, which also makes the originally flat characters more three-dimensional.

Looking at the overly rich expressions of the characters in the animation, Katsuhito Iwabuchi couldn't help but let out a breath, and was already thinking in his heart - how much did this cost? How many original paintings did it take to reach this point?

Shouldn't Higashikata Studio be short of people? Why doesn't it look like this at all now? There is no sign of looking for an outsourcing company at all.

The so-called outsourcing company is actually a method of asking outside companies to help draw backgrounds or characters when the animation production party is really unable to free up its hands and has insufficient manpower.

Of course, since it is an outsourcing company, its painting is naturally not particularly professional. Many of the ‘stick figures’ in animations or the ‘long man’ in the distance come from here.

In "The Winner Is Justice", there is no such scene of ruining the work. On the contrary, whether it is a close shot or a long shot, the portrayal of the characters' expressions "The Winner is the Justice" can be said to be a top-notch work.

If I really wanted to find a thorn in the side and say something that was not very safe, it would probably be that the voice actor of Tsubokura, the victim in the first episode, used too much force and it didn’t feel right.

Other than that, no flaws can be found.

It can even be said that this is actually not a flaw. At most, it is just a flaw that cannot be faulted. After all, over-dubbing often happens in animation production. As long as it is not emotionally insufficient, it can be accepted. .

Putting aside this overdubbed voice actor, Machiko Dai in "The Winner Is Justice" made Katsuhito Iwabuchi shine. She really brought out the feeling of Machiko Dai who was new to society, naive and ignorant, and longing for justice. Matched.

At the end of the first episode, faced with Machiko Dai’s rhetorical question, Kensuke Komemon said, ‘Don’t be too narcissistic, we are not gods, just simple lawyers. ’ It’s really courageous.

There are almost no flaws in the storyboards, close shots, long shots, painting style, and dubbing.

Katsuhito Iwabuchi watched the entire episode and found no shortcomings. Instead, he wrote a notebook of advantages. He looked at the notebook and felt that as long as it was sorted and polished, it could be published in a magazine tomorrow.

He was speechless for a while, and then he reached out and touched his hair again, feeling that this time his hair seemed to be unkempt.

There is really no way to find anything bad about "The Winner Is Justice".

He can't speak against his will - can't he do it alone when everyone agrees?

Then he must not be criticized by these Higashino fans on the Internet until he becomes autistic?

But there should still be a chance.

Katsuhito Iwabuchi planned to check out the quality of several other animations. After all, October animation was not limited to Higashinoji, but also included MIC Animation Production Company, Westport Pictures, Kawaguchi Studio, Asuka. Well, I won’t mention Asuka. .

As the saying goes, comparison will hurt. If the works of several other production companies are good, he can naturally compare the works of other companies with Higashino Studio's "The Winner is Justice" , can also reasonably point out some shortcomings in "The Winner Is Justified".

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was very effective, so he made a special trip to find the videos from the previous few days.

A few days ago, he made a special trip to record the animation works of MIC Animation Production, Westport Pictures and Kawaguchi Studio, which just came in handy now.

Katsuhito Iwabuchi read each film one by one and made evaluations for three animation production companies: MIC, Nishiko, and Kawaguchi.

"Takagi-kun Next Door" produced by MIC Animation Production Company is a conventional youth daily animation, but to be honest, this theme is nothing more than falling in love and solving the adolescent problems of boys and girls. These routines are too old, although MIC produced it well It's pretty good, but compared to an out-of-the-box animation like "The Winner is Right", it still lacks a lot.

Westport Pictures' "Galaxy Century" focuses on special effects and battle scenes. However, this may be due to the poor sales, screenings, and peripheral results of the previous animated work. Therefore, the funds for this "Galaxy Century" are stretched thin, and some daily scenes are obviously out of stock. The scene is too different from the battle scene. Not to mention compared with "The Winner is Justice", it can't even be compared with "Takagi-kun Next Door".

As a veteran studio, Kawaguchi Studio is really strong. The first episode of "Guns and Fire" has strong momentum. After watching it again, Katsuhito Iwabuchi even feels that it may be "between them" and "Winner is Justice". "The Winner Is Justice" is slightly better than it, but the difference is not particularly big.

But this result will definitely not satisfy Katsuhito Iwabuchi. None of the three well-known animation production companies in the industry can crush "The Winner is Justice"

Of course, there is actually one Asuka Club left, but to be honest, Iwabuchi Katsuto is not very fond of yuri-moe anime.

After all, it is now 2004, a time when Japan's Showa culture is still very strong. Every Japanese man wants to be a macho Showa man, not this kind of cute thing where he watches girls fall in love with each other.

"Let's take a look." Katsuhito Iwabuchi thought that after seeing so much, there is no shortage of Asuka Club.

So I looked for the video and started watching it carefully.

Then

He was fascinated.

The next day, "Moritani" magazine released a photo.

The photo above shows the editor of "Moritani" magazine whose face has been deliberately censored.

Their hair, which had just grown in the past few months, has now been shaved off, and each of them has a 'strong man' hairstyle.

"Moritani" magazine has fulfilled its promise.

When Touyoshi found out about this, he was also amused.

He had some impressions of this magazine. After all, they had made such harsh words in a very big way, making it look like it was impossible.

But honestly, it's pretty good that they're willing to fulfill their promise.

Unlike Iwakaku Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore, who secretly scolded Higashinoji over the re-production of "The Winner Is Justice" some time ago, but now they are shrinking their heads and acting like a tortoise, acting like they dare to do it but dare not admit it. appearance.

The reputation of "The Righteous One" also began to completely reverse immediately after it was officially released on Fuji TV. Now there is basically no dark horse that suddenly appeared.

As the investors of "The Winner is Justice", that is, Fuji TV, they were smiling from ear to ear. They were all thankful that Tonoji had negotiated with them about the specific details of the screening time of "The Winner is the Justice". , they were very polite and did not blindly ask for high compensation.

Now it seems to be completely earned.

As for the ratings, the ratings for Midnight Animation are almost the same everywhere. Even for "Winner is Justice", there won't be much change.

This is not a matter of plot or excitement, but simply a matter of Japanese animation audiences. After all, most Japanese audiences will still watch their favorite TV series instead of watching late-night animations.

Even in Higashinoji's previous life, the only animations that could really reach a ratings of more than 10% were the Japanese national-level animations "Conch-san" and "Chibi Maruko-chan" - Higashino only vaguely remembers even "Dragon Ball" and "Chibi Maruko-chan" "Naruto" doesn't seem to have this qualification.

Of course, many people may not have heard of the name "Miss Conch", but it does deserve to be the first in ratings among Japanese animations. With the carrier of "animation", it once scored 19% in ratings, surpassing many Japanese dramas. , and has been broadcast for almost thousands of episodes, which has a profound impact on the Japanese. Similarly, "Miss Conch" has not been broadcast overseas. In the minds of many Japanese, its influence even exceeds Japan's official news.

Therefore, if we really want to look at the results of "The Winner is Right" from the side, we still have to wait for the results after the Blu-ray disc is sold.

Not only Higashinoji is waiting for this, but also animation production companies such as MIC, Sihanoukville, and Kawaguchi are also waiting.

They are waiting for their results.

Similarly, we are also waiting for the results of the dark horse "Winner is Justice".

Under this waiting situation, except for the special effects engineers and sound effects engineers who were still working in the post-production period, the other employees in Higashino Studio basically had nothing to do. Seeing that they had nothing to do, Higashino Division had nothing to do. Without hesitation, he directly dragged them to play table tennis.

The reason for using it is also very valid. Instead of sitting and waiting for sudden death, it is better to stand up and exercise.

The result of this move made Higashikata completely unexpected. Most of the people in Higashino's studio can play table tennis, and they can play it decently.

So taking this opportunity, Higashino took the racket and killed the employees in Higashino's studio - Higashino's title of Table Tennis Demon King became louder and louder.

At the back, even Yumi Takahashi, Aoi Fujiwara, and Ryoka Konoe, who came to visit, took the initiative to join in the fun and went to the table to have a few fights with Higashinoji.

Among them, Yumi Takahashi has the most athletic talent, but she was defeated in two rounds by Higashinoji. She said angrily: "Teacher Higashino, why don't you teach any martial arts ethics? I haven't watched the ball yet." The Qing Dynasty is over."

When Aoi Fujiwara saw Yumi Takahashi's defeat, she was disdainful. She felt that Yumi Takahashi did not use her IQ to play basketball like her, but only used her athletic talent to challenge. She would definitely not be able to beat Higashinoji.

She is different, she is used to using her brain to think and formulate tactics.

According to Fujiwara Aoi's judgment, Higashinoji is good at forehand smashes, but has not seen many backhands, so his weakness should be on the left side of the table, where he is not good at backhands.

She served directly according to her "high IQ" analysis, and twice pulled Higashinoji's left side of the table with her forehand to force him to return the ball.

Then Fujiwara Aoi was quickly sent off by Higashinoji at 11:2.

Until the end of the game, she was still full of annoyance and confusion - what happened? The result I expected shouldn't be like this.

How did I lose?

Regarding her expression, Higashinoji on the other side couldn't help but shake his head.

His skills come from China. In other words, if you haven't played in China, you don't know what kind of rookie skills you are proud of.

Finally, there is Konoe Ryoka. She has no athletic talent at all. She holds a table tennis racket and doesn’t know what to do. But it is this person who doesn’t know what to do, but she lives the longest, and even fought with Higashino Tsukasa at one time. The score reached 11:9.

Next to them, Takahashi Yumi and Fujiwara Aoi were dumbfounded.

Isn't that how you release water? This directly released a galaxy.

The two of them were really sour in their mouths. Takahashi Yumi was almost so angry that she didn't run out now to find a boyfriend who was a table tennis genius and came back to torture Higashinoji.

Konoe Ryoka also knew that Higashinoji had let off steam, so everyone in the room blushed, and did not dare to speak in the face of the strange looks from her two best friends.

Under this situation, a week passed quickly. Under the command of Higashinoji, the first Blu-ray disc of "The Winner is Justice" was put into the market along with the works of several other companies.

The next step is to wait for the results.

As long as the Blu-ray disc sales of "Winner is Justice" exceed 50,000 copies, it means that "Winner is Justice" is on track to become the hegemonic animation this season.

There is no need to go into details about the entire sales process. Takahashi Yumi and Fujiwara Aoi both paid for a copy of the "Winner is Justice" disc.

Konoe Ryoka, on the other hand, bought three copies with great wealth, spending 15,000 yen, showing off the true character of a rich woman - it really feels like I can support you even if you don't work, Asa.

On the other side, Higashinoji received a notice from Yano Ryuichi at the sales report meeting of "The Winner is Justice"——

The Blu-ray disc sales of "The Righteous One" only exceeded 15,000 units on its first day of sales.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly became depressed.

Because of this result

how to say

It can only be said to be average.

It can really only be said to be average.

So what went wrong?

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