My Animation Era

In animation works, there is a bad behavior called "whipping the corpse of old rivals".

In fact, it’s not just anime.

This behavior is more common in live-action film and television dramas, especially those with a lot of fighting scenes.

So, here comes the problem.

Why do you do that?

On the one hand, it is to provide a reference and give the audience a standard to measure the combat effectiveness of the protagonist and supporting characters. On the other hand, this is also done to retain the old audiences.

This is not difficult to understand...

People are nostalgic. Watching their favorite animation works gradually becomes unfamiliar, and familiar faces disappear from the screen one by one. It is inevitable that some people will feel: "It seems that it is not as exciting as before?"

Give a simple example.

Suppose that one day, you have been following an anime for three seasons, four seasons, five seasons or even longer, and suddenly the latest season is updated. As a result, this season not only changed the protagonist, but the story also took place in another parallel world.

So what do you feel when you look at it?

No matter how good and outstanding this season is, as an old viewer, I am afraid that I will feel regret in my heart and lament that my youth is gone, right?

The frequency of protagonist changes in "Yu-Gi-Oh!" is quite fast to be honest.

From DM’s Muto Games, to GX’s Yujo Judai, to 5D’s Fudo Yusei, and later Zexal’s Nine-Nine Yuma…

Every time a new game comes out, it will be accompanied by new protagonists and supporting characters.

I have to admit that the subsequent protagonists actually have pretty good images. Especially as the second-generation version of Yujojo Tendai, it has not lost the prestige of the previous generation's protagonist game.

But I still can't stand it. Some people miss the games of the past and the former President Kaiba...

Oh yes!

Yugi, Kaiba, Becas and others actually appeared in the second season of "Yu-Gi-Oh GX", but their roles were too few and not worthy of praise.

Gu Miao enhances the presence of the supporting characters, not because he wants to beat the corpse repeatedly. In fact, he also disliked this kind of behavior.

What he wanted to do was not whip corpses.

Instead, these "marginalized" supporting characters should be given more roles and more side plots.

Try to make the images of these supporting characters as full and three-dimensional as possible, instead of being superficial and marginalized...

This is actually very simple.

Take President Kaiba as an example. In fact, the original work has a subplot about him, and it is quite long. It can be said that in order to create this character, Takahashi Kazuki did put in a lot of effort.

But it's a pity...

Many subplots in the original comics failed to appear in the animated version. Even the side plots produced have been significantly cut compared to the original comics.

What Gu Miao wants to do is to delete the original animation, or to add as much content as possible from the original comic that has not been produced at all.

Uh, by the way!

The animated version of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" produced by Toei Animation, which is adapted from the familiar Aunt Toei. In fact, the plot is very different from the original manga.

This is nothing new either.

"Adaptation" works in the animation circle are basically of this nature. It is impossible to completely follow the original work and can only be produced according to the supervisor/director's ideas.

Therefore, if the same original comic book is shot by two animation directors with different styles, the final film will be completely different.

Gu Miao knew it very well.

With his hands on the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" animation, it's impossible to make it exactly the same as the Toei original. After all, what he copied was only the "novel outline" and not the "finished article."

…

In the afternoon.

Gu Miao accompanied his wife to the hospital for a prenatal check-up. On the way home, he received a call from Lao Zhang.

On the phone, Lao Zhang told him with great excitement that the animation "The Story of Afanti" produced by Puppet Studio had won multiple awards from the Chinese Television Arts Association.

This is the first "national-level" official award received by "Afanti Story" since its broadcast.

"Okay, okay, it's open!"

Gu Miao shook her fist excitedly after hanging up the phone.

He seemed to have anticipated that for a long time after this, the animation "Afanti's Story" would win awards and be soft-hearted.

The awards awarded by the Visual Arts Association are of average value.

But no matter how ordinary it is, it is still a national-level award, and others cannot win it even if they want to. What's more, the TVA Award is just the beginning.

Don't forget it.

It’s only May, and it’s not yet the end of the year awards season! With the arrival of the two award seasons in autumn and winter, the animation "Afanti's Story" will definitely have great achievements.

"I need to order a large display cabinet in advance so that when I get the trophy and certificate back, I won't be embarrassed if I don't have room to put it."

"You can pull him down."

When Jiang Keke, who was sitting in the passenger seat, heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips and complained: "Compared with having no place to put the trophies and certificates, I think it is obviously more embarrassing to build a large display cabinet, only to find it empty..."

"nonsense!"

Gu Miao said confidently: "How can it be empty? Do you think "The Story of Afanti" is vegetarian?"

"Let me tell you, this animation is very popular with those old-timers, and it will definitely win awards and be generous."

"But……"

Jiang Keke stared straight ahead and said unmoved: "No matter how well "The Story of Afanti" is shot and no matter how many awards it wins, it is also the honor of Liang Xiaodong and the Puppet Studio. Does it have anything to do with you?"

Gu Miao's smile froze.

Although my wife’s words are unpleasant to hear, they are an indisputable fact.

No matter how much honor "The Story of Afanti" gets, it can't go to him as an "investor". He may be proud of this, but he really can't be shameless and attribute Liang Xiaodong's honor to himself.

"Honey, when can you win a big award? For example, best animation director?"

"Uh...it depends."

Gu Miao was speechless, not knowing how to answer this question.

In the past few years, he has made a lot of TV animations, and even an animated movie, with the box office exceeding 500 million, setting the best record in history.

In terms of performance, it can be said that no one in the country can rival it.

He can definitely say that he is the first person in domestic commercial animation! No one has achieved better results than him.

But he also has "shortcomings"!

Obviously, Gu Miao, who has just debuted and whose works have obvious commercial labels, lacks a lot in terms of personal honors.

So far.

In his encyclopedia information, the introduction to him is still one sentence: "Founder of Wanbao Animation, President of China Animation Industry Association, well-known animation director and producer, with outstanding achievements in his works!"

Then what?

Gone!

The founder of Wanbao, Jiangchuan Gu Sanshui, whose "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" overwhelmed the entire industry, ended up with only a simple "well-known animation director" in his introduction.

It’s really hard to clam!

If he had won a few more awards, the column about his personal "Achievements and Honors" in the encyclopedia introduction would not look so thin.