Tokyo life starting with painting

Higashino Tsukasa is not worried that his promotional video for "Spirited Away" will not be able to compete with Tokyo Animation's trailer.

It's just that what's convenient for others is what's convenient for himself. He doesn't feel the need to deliberately compete with Tokyo Animation.

but

"Did you really hit a car?"

Higashinoji was a little surprised, and then a little funny.

no.

What is the situation at Tokyo Animation?

He remembered the time when Tono Studio announced the production of "Spirited Away".

Coincidentally, together with Higashino Studio, Tokyo Animation also announced the production of a theatrical version of "Hymn of June".

At that time, Higashinoji felt that this was too much of a coincidence.

As a result, now they are making a promotional video and they collide with each other again.

This is simply a bad fate.

Higashikata couldn't help but shake his head.

Although it is convenient for others to be convenient for oneself, there is nothing we can do about this situation.

If the car crashes, just crash, and do whatever you want to do.

Things have already happened, and of course Tonoji will not say anything more.

He didn't care much at all, so he put the matter down and turned to look at Yano Ryuichi: "What are the reviews on the Internet for the promotional video of "Spirited Away"?"

"The overall situation is very good, Mr. Higashino."

Yano Ryuu took a look at the situation of the promotional film, and then said to Higashinoji: "Although the evaluation of the promotional film of "Spirited Away" is good, overall it is still not as good as "Hymn of June"."

The promotional video for "Spirited Away" received mixed reviews, while "Hymn of June" performed well overall.

Yano Ryuichi looked worried, feeling that something was not quite right.

But Higashikata just smiled and said nothing more.

This was what he expected.

"Hymn of June" is supported by the popularity of the original animation.

"Spirited Away" is a completely original animated movie script, without any support from popularity. At most, it has the false name of "National Comic Master Higashino Tsukasa script", and the first impression given by the promotional video is that Zi Gongxiang ( It’s natural that animated films aimed at children are not as good as “Hymn of June”.

If "Spirited Away" were replaced by the current "Naoki Hansawa".

Then the situation would be very different again.

Higashinoji is very open-minded and has great expectations for "Spirited Away".

"There is one more thing besides the review of "Hymn to June"."

Yano Ryuichi approached Higashinoji and reported what the market research department had investigated.

It's just that while he was talking, Higashino couldn't help laughing: "Is there such a thing?"

Yano Ryuichi took another look at Higashinoji and was a little speechless.

What he said was not funny.

Because this time Higashino Studio and Tokyo Animation collided again.

This annoyed some of the fanatic fans of "June's Hymn".

This group of people felt that Higashino Studio was deliberately targeting the "Hymn of June" production team, and some people called for the main person in charge of Higashino Studio to kneel down and apologize to the "Hymn of June" production team.

This is not a funny thing.

“Should we produce a proclamation explaining the situation?”

Yano Ryuichi asked worriedly.

Of course it is impossible to kneel down and apologize.

But you can also make a compromise and use the official account of Dongye Studio to display an announcement explaining the specific situation.

Higashikata replied with a smile: "No need."

Also use the official account to explain the situation?

Higashinoji usually gives in, but this time, he doesn't want to spoil this group of people.

Besides, the car crash is something they, Dongye Studio, don’t want to see, so the entire responsibility falls on them.

These people must have no brains.

"But"

Yano Ryuichi wanted to say something else.

He is a veteran of PW Animation Production Company, and Yano Ryuichi has also seen what some mentally retarded fans have done.

PW Animation Production Company was burned down by this kind of people back then.

If I meet this kind of person again

Yano Ryuichi was speechless.

Dongye Studio is like his second home. He is working hard and doesn't want to move anywhere yet.

In fact, he has some kind of persecution delusion.

Is there really the kind of idler who would burn down his studio and send out death notices at every turn?

But on the other hand, Japan is indeed one of the countries where death notice letters are mailed most frequently.

Higashinoji still remembers that it was said that some private TV stations were dissatisfied because they aired a thirty-second commercial during a baseball game and directly sent a death notice threatening them.

To exaggerate, some idols and stars sometimes receive death notice letters.

But this has nothing to do with Higashinoji.

He hasn't received that thing yet.

"That's about it? Is there anything else you want to add? Mr. Higashino?"

Yano Ryuichi recorded Higashinoji's various instructions and asked rhetorically.

"Well, that's it."

Higashikata nodded.

He also participated in the production of the promotional video for "Spirited Away", in which many famous scenes have his own paintings.

Therefore, Higashinoji is very confident in this promotional video and feels that it should be able to exert its own promotional effect.

This has nothing to do with their Dongye Studio.

The matter of the promotional video for "Spirited Away" is now over within Tono Studio.

But what ended inside Dongye Studio has no intention of ending on the Internet, and there is even a trend of getting worse.

Although these discussions did not affect Tokyo Animation, they also surprised some "Hymn of June" production staff.

Especially when they saw another collision with Higashino Studio.

The production team members were indeed surprised.

Among them, the director of "June's Hymn" is Hiramatsu Tokuno.

Because he had a reputation for beating up the person in charge of the sales department in the past, Tokuno Hiramatsu was considered untouchable in Tokyo Animation.

After all, everyone knows that this man is a thorn in the side, and there is no way he can touch his head.

But this prickly guy was watching the promotional video for "Spirited Away" with a somewhat unbelievable expression on his face.

The promotional video that Higashino Studio put on the Internet this time looks unremarkable, it is nothing more than an edit of some shots.

The scene of Chihiro's father catching up with Jinlu and accidentally entering the world of gods, the scene of the rancid river god entering the soup house, and the scene of the water train.

These shots are shown using very ordinary editing techniques, and the editing techniques are not outstanding.

But Hiramatsu Tono watched it very seriously, the kind of person who watched it once and then watched it a second time.

At this time, a young man walked up to him. The young man glanced at the "Spirited Away" promotional video on his computer screen and said hello in a funny way: "Director Hiramatsu, you are still watching "Spirited Away". A promotional video for "Looking for"?"

"But let me tell you, the editing method of Higashino Studio this time is not outstanding, and there is no soundtrack in the whole process. There is only the voice actor's dubbing, which makes me feel half-finished."

Semi-finished products.

Pingsong Deneng raised his head and glanced at the young man.

This young man's name is Ueyama Arata, and he is one of the original painters of "Hymn of June".

What he calls ‘semi-finished product’ is actually understandable.

After all, "Spirited Away" doesn't even have a soundtrack, so just putting up a promotional video like this really feels like a half-finished product that was rushed out.

However, although Yamayama Arata took the initiative to talk to him, Hiramatsu Denou ignored him and just continued to watch on his own.

This made Arata on the mountain feel a little embarrassed. He felt like he was neither standing nor walking.

He could only stay with Hiramatsu Denou.

After playing the "Spirited Away" promotional video about six times like this, Hiramatsu Tokuno finally said: "Yama-kun, do you really think that what Higashino Studio has produced is just a semi-finished product?"

"Um?"

What does this mean?

Arata on the mountain was stunned.

He and several other colleagues have watched the promotional video of "Spirited Away". Those colleagues actually have similar opinions to him. They all feel that "Spirited Away" didn't even do a good job in the promotional video and became a success. The film is probably even less interesting.

But since Ping Songdeneng said so,

"I'm going to the smoking room to smoke a cigarette. You can take a closer look."

Pingsong Deneng left these words and walked to the smoking room with a lighter.

This action made Shanshan Arata a little confused.

But that’s what the boss ordered.

He could only look at it carefully one second at a time.

First time.

Arata on the mountain felt nothing.

Second time.

Arata frowned on the mountain and seemed to have discovered something.

After watching it for the third time, Yamayama Arata finally understood the meaning of Hiramatsu Tokuno's words just now.

"Is this a completely hand-painted painting?!"

Arata on the mountain is a little weird.

The time now is 2005.

The era of computer-generated animation (CG) has already arrived.

Because the use of computers to create animations is fast, can maintain a consistent painting style, and requires very little money, it is now the mainstream of animation production.

Of course, some animation production companies still use hand-painting, but those are only a few places where hand-painting is used.

Most are still made using computers.

After all, there are too many shortcomings in fully hand-drawn animation production.

Not only is it time consuming and requires a lot of money, but also not every original painter can fully adapt to pure hand painting (hand painting requires a long time to hone skills), which can easily lead to inconsistent painting styles. For example, the last second The character still has a round chin, but the next second it becomes a tapered chin.

So this production method is actually behind the times.

But there are also benefits to completely hand-drawn production, which are also benefits that cannot be matched by computer production.

That's the expressive power of hand-drawing.

This is something that the mechanics of computer painting cannot match.

Like this time "Spirited Away".

Although Yamayama Arata felt that "Spirited Away" without even a soundtrack was a simple half-finished product.

But he still recognized the painters of Dongye Studio.

Chihiro and his parents in the promotional video are all very vivid. Even the fat on Chihiro's father gives people an inexplicable sense of roundness and weight.

If this were computer painting, it would definitely be different.

"It's no wonder that we don't have time to add a soundtrack. If we count it based on the workload of full hand-drawing, it's natural that we can't add a soundtrack."

As an industry insider, Yamayama Arata also admired Higashino Studio inexplicably when he thought about this.

All painted by hand.

This is really awesome.

But even after realizing this, Yamayama Arata didn't intend to just admit defeat.

Because their "Hymn of June" is not weak either!

Special effects artists, original paintings, and well-known musicians were invited to help produce soundtracks and theme songs.

There's absolutely no reason to be afraid of Higashino Studio's first animated film.

"We can win!"

Shanshan Arata encouraged himself, then cheered up and decided to work harder!

Last time "June's Hymn" lost to "Unnatural Death".

But not this time!

However, what Yamayama Arata didn’t expect was that it wasn’t that Tono Studio didn’t have time to add a soundtrack to “Spirited Away”.

But Higashinoji had indicated this from the beginning.

He didn't want to simply use the golden song from the previous life "Spirited Away" in the promotional video - what he needed was the shock of hearing it for the first time.

On the other side, just as Higashinoji sat down, Hosokawa Koharu came to the door.

He looked full of joy.

"Teacher Higashino! There should be no problem with the reprint of "The Grudge"!"

"Really? Does that mean that 50,000 volumes have been sold out?"

Higashinoji was busy with the promotional video for "Spirited Away" and felt refreshed when he heard the news.

There is no problem with the reprint of "The Grudge", which means that the first edition of "The Grudge" has sold out 50,000 volumes, and the market research results are also very good, so there is a chance for reprinting.

"That's right! All sold out."

Hosokawa Koharu nodded vigorously: "Teacher Higashino, look at this data."

"good."

Higashinoji took the form handed over by Hosokawa Koharu and glanced at it roughly.

This is a market research report for "The Grudge".

The results of its random sampling survey showed that the release of the first volume of "The Grudge" greatly exceeded expectations, and it is no problem to say that supply exceeds demand.

"It can indeed be reprinted."

Higashikata nodded.

Although this data cannot keep up with the first volume of his previous "Midnight Ring", there is absolutely no problem in reprinting it.

If he continues to perform so well, Nakano Arisa might be able to become a minor figure (average sales of 500,000 to 600,000 volumes) by drawing comics for the first time.

This is already pretty good.

"I will contact the printing factory now. Mr. Higashino is right. How should we decide the additional printing quantity?"

"Let's print another 100,000 volumes."

Higashikata thought for a moment before replying immediately.

"The Grudge" sold so well that as a master, he couldn't be stingy and printed an additional 100,000 volumes.

If 100,000 volumes can still be sold well, then it may be possible to reprint it three times.

That's when that time comes.

Nakano Arisa is really becoming popular.

Maybe people from other comic book publishers will come over to recruit her into the business later.

Thinking of this, Toyoji smiled again.

This is a good thing.

"The Grudge" is really popular.

That can also make some people really pay attention to the development of online comics!

And it was Higashino who really made money when "The Grudge" became popular.

Each volume of "The Grudge" is priced at 400 yen. Arisa Nakano divides each volume into 40 yen, and the remaining 360 yen are all owned by Higashino Studio.

"This is too profitable."

Higashikata sighed a little.

If all 150,000 volumes are sold, Tono Studio will receive 54 million yen (excluding tax).

Just look at this exaggerated split number.

Higashino feels that he can understand those physical publishers who are unwilling to move to online comics.

Thanks to Hell Cat and Fate Qiansheng for the reward! Thank you so much!