Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 435 Who will do the stupid thing that ruins the character (4000 words)

Now that the goal is ambitious, we must pay more attention to the quality of post-processing.

Yano Ryuichi checks the progress of "Spirited Away" almost regularly.

Even if we don’t get the blue ribbon award in the end, the result can’t be too bad.

This is considered worthy of the money and energy invested by Higashinoji.

Time passes like this day by day.

The finishing work of "Spirited Away" is finally almost completed.

But during this time.

Konoe Ryoka fell into an indescribable melancholy.

This is not because she feels that she will not be able to get into Musashino Art University, or that she is depressed about the upcoming college entrance examination.

It's that sudden feeling of melancholy and uneasiness.

This is actually a common problem among many young people.

While walking on the road, I saw falling flowers and felt the rotation of the four seasons. I felt an inexplicable sense of melancholy and uneasiness.

Although Konoe Ryoka hasn't reached that exaggerated level yet, she can't help but sigh softly when she sees Higashinoji busy with his work these days.

This is not about worrying about the quality of Higashinoji's "Spirited Away" and definitely not about whether Higashinoji will feel sad because of the failure of "Spirited Away" - after all, Konoe Ryoka knows that Higashinoji is a person who can do what he says. People who arrive.

But what if...?

"No, that's not right, I want to believe A Si."

Konoe Ryoka cheered up.

That's right! She has to believe Higashinoji!

Thinking of this, Konoe Ryoka stood in front of the lucky cat of Imado Shrine in Tokyo with her hands slightly clasped together, muttering something unknown in her mouth.

If you listen carefully, you can probably hear words such as ""Spirited Away" is a hit" and "Come on, Asi".

certainly.

Praying to the Lucky Cat is not because Konoe Ryoka doesn't have confidence in Higashinoji, but for peace of mind.

But even after praying, Konoe Ryoka felt a little uneasy.

I feel that if I am not sincere, God will not bless me in the end.

So Konoe Ryoka hurriedly stuffed a few 10,000-yen bills into the donation box in front of her, and then she finally felt relieved.

The daughter of the God Lord stood nearby and said nothing when she saw this scene.

But the smile on that face was obviously much brighter, and he even said softly: "Shan Ke is extremely sincere, I believe the cat god will bless you."

"Huh? Is that so?"

Tens of thousands of yen is just a small amount of money for Konoe Ryoka. If Higashinoji can really be blessed by the "Lucky Cat God" and "Spirited Away" becomes a hit, the tens of thousands of yen she invests will be considered well worth it.

But if Higashinoji knew that Konoe Ryoka threw tens of thousands of yen into the shrine, he would probably give Konoe Ryoka a good smack on the head - isn't this stupid?

"That's right, please come here. This shrine is willing to make a few royal guards for you for free. May your family and friends be safe."

The daughter of the God Lord smiled and nodded.

She has professional ethics and knows that the visitors who come to pray to God and worship Buddha mainly want to have peace of mind.

And for generous visitors like Konoe Ryoka, their shrine has even prepared special packages - all free of charge.

The main thing is to make them feel at ease.

But Konoe Ryoka was in a big blush.

Especially the phrase 'family and friends are safe'. The more she heard it, the more strange it became, but in the end she still said a hesitant 'hmm' and followed the daughter of the god.

Konoe Ryoka was relieved, and Higashino Studio on the other side was finally relieved of her worries.

the reason is simple.

It took a whole year.

"Spirited Away" has invested a lot of energy and financial resources in Higashino Studio.

"Finally finished!"

Tonoji stood up and announced.

As soon as he said this, the employees of Dongye Studio below also raised their hands and applauded in unison.

Half of this is due to Higashinoji's extremely high popularity, and the other half is because he feels happy from the bottom of his heart.

Yes.

It’s not just the creative team members like Higashino Tsukasa who have been worried about the production of “Spirited Away”.

The original painters, reverberation engineers, and CG artists who are responsible for physical labor below also feel the same way.

Let’s use a very common metaphor.

"Spirited Away" has always been like a huge stone weighing on their hearts.

The stone is now finally removed.

They certainly have the feeling that the weather has cleared up after the rain.

Not to mention the three giants of Higashino Studio, Yano Ryuichi, Seo Daigo, and Hosokawa Koharu.

When Yano Ryuichi announced the news to Higashinoji, he couldn't stand on his feet and sat down on the bench - mainly because he stayed up too late these days. When he heard the news, his tense nerves relaxed. After taking it off, naturally my eyes darkened and my whole body relaxed.

Seo Daigo and Hosokawa Koharu are pretty good.

After all, one is the person in charge of Station P, and the other is the editor-in-chief of Higashino Webtoon.

Although they were in high spirits, they were not as exaggerated as Yano Ryuichi. They just felt that their help these days was not in vain.

The mood of Higashinoji above is self-evident, and he also feels a lot more relaxed.

Production on Spirited Away is finally over.

He has lived up to expectations and produced an excellent finished product.

If "Spirited Away" was a disaster, Higashinoji would probably scold himself even if he wasn't scolded by others.

After all, this is a classic.

But fortunately, he made it.

"Let's look at the quality of the film first."

Although Higashinoji was very happy, he also knew the priorities, so he simply suppressed the applause, and at the same time asked someone to bring over the projector and put down the white screen - these equipments are all available at Higashino Studio, just to verify the finished film. of.

With the projector beating.

The logo of Higashino Studio popped up on the white screen.

The story begins directly.

To be honest, everyone here is the producer of "Spirited Away".

Likewise, each of them has watched "Spirited Away" no less than ten times.

But when they really saw the finished product with colors filled in, Chihiro Ogino moving on the screen, and the special effects of sunlight and leaf rhythms added by the special effects artist, they still couldn't help but sigh.

Is this still the finished film we made?

I didn't feel anything when I was drawing in the past. After all, the protagonist Chihiro Ogino is too ordinary. They can't feel the aura that they usually feel from the protagonists in comics or animations. So it's hard for them to be involved in it.

It can be used as a film when it is shown.

The surprise in their hearts could not be suppressed.

The plot of "Spirited Away" is smooth, and there are many things to appreciate in detail.

The most important thing is the completely hand-painted production method

This is really brilliant.

The overall animated characters and scene activities are too smooth. There is a huge gap with today's computer production.

Although they were familiar with the plot of "Spirited Away", they still felt dizzy after watching the whole movie.

this.

Do you feel really hopeful that you can win the award?

If nothing else, I would say that none of the animated movies or theatrical animations released this year are as high quality as their "Spirited Away".

This is not a sudden expansion, but a conclusion they came to after comparing it in their hearts.

Anyway, compared to other animated movies, there is no such shocking feeling that makes them dizzy.

Higashinoji is also very satisfied with the performance of this animation.

The hints of Japan's bubble economy era in "Spirited Away" are all reflected in the artistic conception that many people in Japan are still lost in the city like the faceless man.

It's really good.

At first glance, it looks like an animated movie for children.

But the spiritual core and intentions are very high.

"Just keep it like this. There is no need to modify the painting content anymore."

Higashinoji quickly expressed his position.

From his current perspective, this should be the most perfect state of "Spirited Away".

At most, it's just a matter of nitpicking later and tinkering with the soundtrack to make it more suitable.

"I understand. I'll discuss it with them later and let them make the soundtrack more appropriate."

Yano Ryuichi took over the conversation: "By the way, apart from the soundtrack, Mr. Higashino, how do you plan to promote "Spirited Away" next?"

As he spoke, he also took out the promotional process for the animated film "Hymn of June" from the same period.

"Hymn of June" released a promotional video very early, and then released two trailers as it progressed. During the same period, it should be the biggest competitor of "Spirited Away".

As for "Spirited Away", a promotional video was released only two months ago, and it has been silent since then. Now, "Hymn of June" has theatrical posters plastered all over the streets and even on the subway. completely different.

"A promotional video is enough."

Higashinoji already had his own ideas and answered Yano Ryuichi directly.

"Is a promotional video enough?"

"good."

Higashino wanted to keep the "Spirited Away" film secret.

In this way, people can feel the shock for the first time when they step on the screen.

If another trailer were released, it would definitely include shocking scenes such as the water train and the white dragon shedding its scales - Higashinoji didn't want that.

He wanted to maintain the mystery of the entire animated film, and then reveal it in an instant, surprising the audience. This would make him feel comfortable.

Of course, you don’t have to edit these famous scenes.

But if it is not edited, the expected publicity effect will not be achieved.

Rather than promoting it like this, it is better to maintain the overall mystery of "Spirited Away", which will create a greater sense of anticipation.

"I see."

Having cooperated with Higashinoji for a long time, Yano Ryuichi can probably understand what Higashinoji means.

He didn't refute Higashinoji like he did at the beginning. After thinking about it carefully, he nodded, indicating that he would give the order.

Once this was decided, it was naturally time to arrange a release date for Spirited Away.

Unlike "Spirited Away", which has only been decided now, "Hymn of June" has been decided to be released on January 18th.

Since the theatrical version of "Hymn of June" mainly tells the ending of the youth story of the hero and heroine, and also talks about Japan's national unified examination system, it can be regarded as just in time to catch up with the popularity of Japan's national unified examination in January.

This time was chosen very well.

Yano Ryuichi’s advice is to try not to run into the other party’s schedule for “Spirited Away”

After all, it is very irrational to deliberately bump into the other party's schedule, and it is also very harmful to others and not self-interested.

Because this will not only affect the box office of "Hymn of June".

Their Spirited Away will certainly be affected as well.

Losing both character and box office, few people would be willing to do such a stupid thing.

Of course Higashinoji readily agreed to Yano Ryuichi's proposal.

It's not that Higashinoji is afraid of competing with "Hymn of June". It's just that there is really no need to go head-to-head with the opponent with money.

When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured.

Higashino's goal is to create classics. That's enough.

With this in mind, Higashino simply decided to advance the schedule of "Hymn of June" by two weeks and release it on January 3rd.

At that time, the whole country of Japan was still on spring break, most companies had not yet started working, and people still had free time to go out and watch movies.

There shouldn't be much problem with choosing the date.

After discussing with Yano Ryuichi, Higashino decided to set the date on January 3rd.

Then it was handed over to Ryuichi Yano to be responsible for the final promotion - although no clips will be released, poster promotion and promotion on the studio's official website are still acceptable.

Similarly, we must not forget to say hello to theaters across Japan and free up the schedule for "Spirited Away."

The news that "Spirited Away" will be officially released nationwide on January 3rd spread quickly.

After all, animated movies are a small circle, and if a piece of news spreads, others will certainly know about it.

As soon as this news was released, there were a lot of discussions on the Internet about the current progress of "Spirited Away".

Many people are quite rational and think that since this is a work with Higashinoji's name on it, the quality cannot be too bad no matter what. Even if the quality is bad, the box office is probably not bad.

After all, many people should be able to give Higashinoji a face and support him in the past.

But among rational people, there are definitely netizens who are not rational.

Some people also think that Tono Studio didn’t even release a trailer this time, maybe because the production funds are tight. If they don’t come out with a semi-finished product, it will be a joke to the next door Tokyo Animation. After all, strictly speaking , "Spirited Away" and "June's Hymn" can be regarded as competing relationships at the same time.

Since it is a competition at the same time, both sides should not be lenient in terms of box office.

If "Spirited Away" loses, then Tokyo Animation will regain its face.

If "Hymn of June" loses, then Tokyo Animation will be slapped in the face twice by Tono Studio.

Whoever loses here will not look good

So it’s still worth looking forward to.

Compared with the explosive speculation on the Internet.

On the other hand, the production team of Tokyo Animation's "June's Hymn" felt much calmer.

Because they also know that Dongye Studio has given them face, and the schedule has obviously been moved forward, and they don't want to collide with them.

This is considered fair competition.

Let’s see who has the last laugh in January!

Thanks to Hellcat and China Yimin for the reward! Thank you so much!