My Animation Era

There are also ways to tell stories.

In the animation production process, choosing a suitable narrative genre for the animation will directly affect the completion of the entire work.

Give a simple example.

If the same story of "Ma Liang" is made into a cartoon, will it be a "series" or a "unit drama"?

A TV series is a coherent plot and characters. One character may run through the entire drama, and a plot may take dozens of episodes to tell.

Unit dramas are usually one story per episode, with relatively fixed characters and scenes, but the stories told in each episode are different and not much related to each other.

There is no obvious advantage or disadvantage between the two.

In the field of animation, there are existing animations with excellent unit plots, such as "Tom and Jerry". There are also animations with excellent continuous plots, such as "Dragon Ball" and so on.

The only difference between the two is nothing more than the difference in narrative rhythm.

Theoretically speaking.

Any animation can be switched between "series" and "unit drama". It all depends on the director and screenwriter, whatever genre they want to shoot.

But having said that...

When it comes to actual operations, many times the animation production team must choose the story genre that is more suitable for the theme and plot.

"Adapting measures to local conditions" is important.

Animation that is not suitable for filming as a unit drama. If you insist on filming a unit drama, the final film effect will definitely be unsatisfactory.

And vice versa!

If an animation that is not suitable for being made into a series is forced into a series by the director and screenwriter, it will be a disaster.

no doubt.

"That Rabbit" is more suitable for unit plots.

This is determined by the subject matter and the development direction of the plot, and will not change due to the will of the director and screenwriter.

Why do you say that?

Because in the plot of "That Rabbit", the time span is too big. Usually there is an unknown number of years between the previous plot and the next.

If it is not made into a unit drama, but a series...

That's easy!

At the beginning of each episode, the screen must go black and the words "XX years later" appear.

If you do it this way, the impression will definitely be bad.

As a screenwriter, Zhou Zhou was able to clearly realize that the animation "That Year of the Rabbit" was suitable for a unit drama, which made Gu Miao very happy.

But he was also troubled.

Because of a suggestion made by Zhou Zhou, he fell into deep thought.

Will the first season of Nato have the same narrative style as the fourth season?

…

The project and production of the animation "That Year of the Rabbit" has not affected the popular "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Kingdom".

in the previous plot.

The game led the partners to successfully defeat many powerful enemies. Among them, the most difficult opponent is undoubtedly Feather Moth, who won the championship in the National Duel Competition.

In the original animation.

The reason why Wang Xiang was able to defeat Yu Mo was all due to his magical skill of "mouth whispering".

It rained and soaked the insect monster, and then summoned [Demon's Summon] to attack the monster soaked by the rain with lightning. The attack power instantly soared from 2500 points to 3500 points.

It's quite speechless to hear...

The winning method like the original version can definitely no longer be used. If it continues to be used, wouldn't the duel rule system that Gu Miao spent countless efforts creating become a joke?

So in the Wanbao version.

Yami Yugi finally reversed the situation and the key to defeating Feather Moth was actually relying on a normal magic card called [Cry of the Living Dead].

Didn't you expect that?

Since "talking nonsense" was banned, Wanbao's version of Wang Xiang's strength dropped sharply. After all, he is the protagonist, so his life cannot be too miserable, so it makes sense to give him some new cards.

And this one isn't too strong either.

To be fair, this is just a resurrecting card with high versatility and the same type as [Resurrection of the Dead].

Actually, let’s be serious.

[Resurrection of the Dead] is the "resurrection" card that Wang Yang has used the longest. He relies on this card to turn the situation around and turn defeat into victory time and time again.

It's just...

There are so many cards in the deck.

If An Yuxi could draw [Resurrection of the Dead] at every critical moment to reverse the situation, then he would be suspected of being a "god-drawing dog".

Although Wang Yang has basically confirmed his identity as the "smashing dog", as his fan, Gu Miao still wants to clean up Wang Yang's sanity...

You can't be too straightforward, right?

Occasionally, you still have to change your tricks, otherwise, if you are always crazy, who will play with you?

By the way.

In the Wanbao version of "Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Kingdom", the protagonist's game deck has become different from the original.

The original deck is really "stuck" and difficult to use.

Since this is an animation, it will influence many children after it is broadcast, and even cause them to imitate it, leading them to step into the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" pit.

To put it bluntly, the protagonist game will affect many "new" card groups.

Because they have a good impression of the protagonist after watching the animation, many children will give priority to the cards used by the protagonist when making cards.

Then here comes the problem!

If you continue to use the original deck, many newbies will lose and doubt their lives after entering the game, right?

Why not change the game to a deck that is more suitable for "new players"?

In this way, after the children watch the animation, they can use the protagonist cards to form cards and fight. At least they will not feel so frustrated, and at least they can enjoy the fun of "dueling".

Based on this premise.

In the Manpower version of the "Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Kingdom" animation, except for a few cards such as the Dark Magician and the Dark Magic Girl, basically all other cards have been changed.

Speaking of which, there is another interesting thing.

When making the animation, one of the original animators lamented, if Grandpa Sugoroku’s [Blue Eyes White Dragon] was not torn off by Kaiba, would there be one in the game’s deck?

Good guy!

When Gu Miao heard this sigh, she was instantly stunned.

I have to say, although this sentence sounds ridiculous and outrageous. But the fact is that if grandpa's card had not been torn up, Wang Yang might have had a chance to make a move: "Show up, Blue Eyes White Dragon!"

Damn it!

Wang Xiang summoned [Blue Eyes White Dragon] to attack. How could I have such a dream?

Gu Miao, who patted her forehead and forced herself to regain her senses, rejected this seemingly tempting suggestion without hesitation.

Dama! Damaaah!

President Kaiba must not wear a green hat on his head.

Although he had the intention to trick Wang Xiang, Blue Eyes White Dragon had better forget it, that was only for Kaiba.

But then again.

Although Kaiba is at most a relatively important supporting role in the plot, and may not have as many roles as Jonouchi, his deck is indeed good.

The deck of the game will be jammed.

The dog gambling trap in the city is even more unique, no one should imitate him...

Except for these two people, everyone else's decks are actually quite suitable for novices. At least as a newbie, you can use them as a reference for deck building ideas.