My Animation Era

There is a recognized "card player" within the Wanbao Group who once ranked among the top 100 players in the world in "Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Frontline".

His name is Xu Hong!

After a series of awards activities, Gu Miao, who returned to the company, was still curious about what went wrong with the domestic players of "Yu-Gi-Oh!", so she approached Xu Hong to inquire.

Xu Hong is recognized as Wanbao's number one card player. Not only is he a great card player, he also knows many dueling masters in the circle.

After his narration, Gu Miao barely figured out the reason why domestic players failed in various competitions of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" this year.

simply put.

Domestic players were very good in the first two years, but the competition champion got soft, mainly because of the version bonus. Relying on the understanding of the "Book of Mountains and Seas" and "Chinese Mythology" series of monster cards, he developed many black technology card groups.

However, starting from the second half of last year, "Yu-Gi-Oh!" has officially entered the era of great fusion. The series of fusion cards launched by Yu-Gi-Oh GX are difficult to integrate into the previous Classic of Mountains and Seas and Myth of China card groups.

To put it bluntly, in this era of great integration, domestic players can only bite the bullet and give up their original mainstream decks and build a deck that matches the version from scratch.

This process is painful.

Poker guys, everyone has their own favorite cards, and it’s emotionally difficult to ask them to give up these cards and only use cards with strong versions.

"To put it bluntly, most fusion monsters are not from the Classic of Mountains and Seas or Chinese mythology system, so domestic players are confused?"

"right!"

Xu Hong explained: "There are very few new cards recently released in "Yu-Gi-Oh!" that include the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Mythology of China series. For players who love these two series, it is a headache to build a deck."

"Okay, I know."

After Gu Miao learned the reason, he immediately decided to ask Wanbao Toys to print a few more monster cards that were a fusion of the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Chinese mythology system.

This is actually not difficult to do.

If you really want to design a fusion monster card from the Chinese Mythology and Classic of Mountains and Seas series, it would be easy to come up with.

The fusion of seven fairies, the Seven Star Empress!

The male of thunder and the mother of lightning merge, and the sound of thunder from the nine heavens transforms the heavenly master!

As long as you have a wide imagination, you don't have to worry about not having fusion cards. Whether it's the Chinese mythology system or the Classic of Mountains and Seas system, there are so many characters and beasts that can be used, and you can design dozens of monster cards at will.

But Yinka is Yinka.

The strength of these cards should not be too perverted. A hundred flowers blooming is the best duel environment. Otherwise, if everyone rushes to use the same deck, it will be meaningless.

…

The animations "Hell Girl" and "Super Cool Cat" were popular, and various competitions were successfully held. Gu Miao, who rarely had any free time, went to Feiyang Studio.

Here, he randomly checked the "The Adventures of Little Carp" project supervised by Guo Hongwei.

no problem!

The animation has been initially completed. Judging from the current performance, it is indeed worthy of the money Gu Miao invested and does not disappoint.

only……

While watching the samples, Gu Miao was keenly aware of a problem.

"Will the pressure that the Mangy Snake brings to the protagonist group make the atmosphere of the animation too depressing and heavy?"

The middle and later stages of the animation are better, but in the middle and early stages, especially at the beginning of the animation plot, the overall atmosphere is a bit depressing and sad.

This can be seen from the titles of the first few episodes of the animation.

The first episode is called Bubbles Get into Trouble, the second episode is called Adventures in Dragon Palace, the third episode is called Disaster Is Coming, and the fourth episode is called Tears of Farewell to Relatives...

to be honest.

Gu Miao is not the kind of sentimental person, her tear ducts are particularly developed, and her mental endurance is pretty good.

But even so, when watching the sample film and seeing Paopao getting into trouble and being targeted by Mangy Snake in various ways, he would still feel depressed and his mood would be affected.

"Suppress first and then boost!"

Guo Hongwei shook his head and explained: ""The Adventures of Little Carp" is an inspirational animation. Without these early years of hard work and growth, where would the inspirational transformation come from?"

In online novels, the protagonist's status or identity at the beginning is very miserable. Either the engagement has been broken off, or he is recognized as a good-for-nothing, impoverished, and ridiculed by the people around him.

Why is it designed like this?

Wouldn't it be okay to give the protagonist a genius and rich second-generation status at the beginning?

This is actually to create contrast. As the saying goes, the lower the starting point, the higher the achievement!

The good-for-nothing protagonist goes out and picks up a treasure and suddenly becomes a genius, surprising everyone...

The genius protagonist went out and picked up a treasure. His status and identity did not change at all. He just became more genius and monster. Everyone still praised him the same way.

The same goes for bubbles.

The Mangy Snake put so much pressure on him in the front, which can also be called tempering. Although it was painful to watch, when Bubu grew up and defeated the Mangy Snake later, he felt inspired.

If Bubble has golden dragon scales at the beginning and beats the skinned snake until it crawls away, then what kind of "inspirational" animation is this? Where are the inspirational elements?

"What you said makes sense."

Gu Miao nodded in approval. Although it was cliché and tacky, it was indeed a good way to arrange the plot.

However, there is a certain degree of restraint first and then promotion. You cannot stay in a depressed state for a long time, and you cannot allow the villain to continue to be arrogant.

"There are still problems with the plot."

Gu Miao pointed out the key point: "You are just trying to suppress Paopao and his friends, but you have not given them a chance to show themselves."

With 52 episodes of animation, the main characters can't be frustrated for the whole 50 episodes and only turn around in the last two episodes, right?

This definitely won’t work!

That's not the way to suppress first and then expand. You have to give the audience something to look forward to. You can't suppress it, otherwise the audience will not be able to watch it anymore and run away.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Simple!"

After thinking for a moment, Gu Miao gave her own understanding: "In the process of the protagonist group fighting the mangy snake, they can't always escape or lose. Occasionally, the mangy snake must suffer."

No one likes to watch a crushing game.

If the Mangy Snake had a huge advantage throughout the whole process, but in the end they gathered the Five Elements Dragon Scales and were overturned by Pao Pao and others, to be honest, the plot wouldn't be very good.

What is important is that there is back and forth, and Bubble Aku and others who are on the weaker side can occasionally tease and tease the Mangy Snake and his men, and even make them suffer.

This kind of bridge is not necessarily frequent.

But every time such a plot appears, the audience who has been depressed for a long time will relax for a moment and smile along with the plot.

Do you understand speed bumps?

What Gu Miao asked his apprentice Xiao Guo to add was actually to soothe the audience's mood and reduce the depressing speed bumps.

With this speed bump, the overall look and feel of the animation "The Adventures of Little Carp" will be improved to a higher level. At the same time, it can retain more viewers and entice them to watch until the end, achieving the effect that an "inspirational" animation should have. .

The plot of The Adventures of Little Carp comes from the folklore of Carp Leaping over the Dragon Gate!

The carp leaping over the dragon gate symbolizes the spirit of going against the current and striving to make progress. This is also the deep meaning that the animation wants to express, and it is also the core value of the story.

I was scratched by an electric car while walking on the road, and the skin on my arm was scratched. However, the guy didn't even ask, and just ran away on the car. I was really speechless...