My Animation Era

"Pokémon" should be Wanbao's most comprehensive IP. This comprehensiveness is even better than Dragon Ball.

Not only is the animation very popular every season, the comics are also best-selling at home and abroad, with many readers, and it ranks among the top ten best-selling comic series in the world.

Do you think this is the end?

Excuse me!

As Wanbao's most comprehensive IP, the power of "Pokémon" is not only reflected in comics and animations.

Gaming is also a top priority.

As a derivative game of the "Pokémon" series, each new game is a hit game with sales in the tens of millions. Looking at the entire gaming industry, there are few masterpieces more popular than the "Pokémon" series.

In addition, the peripheral derivatives of the "Pokémon" series are also one of the main sources of income for Wanbao Toys.

Let’s not talk too much about it. Do you know how many “Pikachu” plush dolls Wanbao Toys sells in a year?

million? Ten million levels!

This is just "Pikachu", a Pokémon, and the category is only a small derivative item of "plush doll".

It is not difficult to deduce from the sales of Pikachu dolls that the sales amount of peripheral derivatives of the entire "Pokémon" IP is definitely a jaw-dropping astronomical figure.

There are also stage plays...

Shortly after the movie "The Lion King" was released, the musical adapted from the movie's plot became a global hit and received numerous critical acclaims.

From that time on, Gu Miao gave an instruction to try to adapt all of Wanbao's classic animations into stage plays.

Popular plays will be included in the permanent list; unpopular plays will not be performed after one performance...

What a coincidence!

It is during this wave of stage play adaptations that "Pokémon" is a play that is favored by more audiences, especially children, and the venue was full after the performance.

Animation, comics, games, peripherals, stage plays, theme parks...

People who don't know Wanbao may think that IPs like "Yu-Gi-Oh!" are real money-printing machines, and they are also the most profitable animation series Wanbao has ever produced.

actually not!

When it comes to IP value and revenue creation, "Pokémon" is far better than "Yu-Gi-Oh!". After all, Yu-Gi-Oh can only print cards at most, which is not as comprehensive as Pokémon.

Precisely because "Pokémon" has contributed a lot of profits to Wanbao Group and is also a veritable money printing machine and cash cow, the TV animation of this series has never been interrupted, with sequels one after another.

The first season is the Unprinted Chapter.

Because there is no subtitle, netizens have their own opinions when it comes to calling this season. The more generally accepted name is Mujipian.

This is the beginning of the story of "Pokémon" and the first meeting of the golden pair of Ash and Pikachu, and then the second season of "Super Generation".

Jiangchuan, Zhonghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang...

Although in the animated plot, Xiaozhi still looks like a young boy, in the real world, four years have passed.

With the arrival of the third season of "Diamonds and Pearls", Xiaozhi also left the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and began to venture into southern Fujian.

Season three is interesting.

First of all, the subtitle of this season’s animation directly adopts the name of the original game. This is the first time in the “Pokémon” series.

Secondly, this is also the first time that the "Pokémon" series has tried to change the voice actor for the protagonist Ash, and the production team is facing unprecedented pressure from public opinion.

Why change the voice actor?

This is a long story. First of all, let me be clear. If you can not change, it is definitely best to use the previous dubbing. After all, who has nothing to do and would change Xiaozhi's dubbing actor?

However, the production team decided to change people out of consideration for being responsible to the audience.

After all, the teacher who originally voiced Xiaozhi chose to quit the industry and get married for various reasons, and Wanbao was too embarrassed to bother him again.

Yes!

The teacher who voices Xiaozhi is a young female voice actor. Because of her withdrawal from the show, Wanbao needs to find a suitable replacement.

Interestingly, the voice actor that the production team hired again is also a young woman. Her voice is similar to her predecessor, but slightly more mature.

Then change your age!

Ash was estimated to be only 10 years old when he received new Pokémon and went on adventures around the world with the goal of becoming a Pokémon Master.

Having traveled so many places, it seems reasonable that you are a little older and your voice sounds more mature?

You can't always be 10 years old, right?

To be honest, Gu Miao actually hated the kind of cartoons where the original series had been serialized for many years. The original audience and readers had gone from elementary school to college, and even the children were in elementary school. The protagonists were still the same cartoons.

I have to criticize "Detective Conan" by name here!

I have watched Conan since childhood, even when my children are in elementary school, but Conan has still not grown up. The progress of the main plot is like a turtle crawling, which makes people extremely speechless.

Pokémon can't do this.

Gu Miao feels that Xiaozhi's growth is also an aspect that anime needs to focus on.

It can’t be said that Ash and Pikachu have experienced so many adventures and traveled to so many areas, but they are still young boys in the end, right?

People always grow up, and animated characters also age.

This is a truth that Gu Miao learned from the well-known Hollywood animated film "Toy Story 3".

Toy Story 3 is an animated film that will go down in film history. I don’t know how many people cried after it was released. So why is this happening?

The answer seems simple.

Because in this movie, many people realized for the first time that animated characters will grow up and get older, and they cannot accompany everyone carefree forever.

The children who like to watch animation have grown up, and the animated characters they were once obsessed with have also grown up. The characters grow old with the audience. Isn't this a romantic thing?

Gu Miao hopes that Wanbao’s animations can accompany children as they grow.

This kind of companionship not only continues the laughter, but also allows the animated characters to grow up with the former audiences.

so……

In the now-declined animation series "Thunder and Lightning", Ling Feng Lingyun, who reached the top of the world championship, retired.

In the "Yu-Gi-Oh" series of animations, the game that was once a superb card game has become a "legendary senior" in Judai's mouth.

"Pokémon", which is currently in production, will continue this tradition and implement the spirit of animated characters growing up with the audience, allowing Xiaozhi to grow up slowly.

When he debuted, Xiaozhi was only 10 years old.

Maybe in a few years, Xiaozhi will be 20 years old. At that time, I believe he will have already achieved success, won various championships, and retired from the world with the Skin God.

certainly!

This is something that may happen in the future. Xiaozhi has not won his first heavyweight championship yet, so it is too early to talk about retirement.