My Animation Era

"SpongeBob SquarePants" is an abstract animation that uses abstract thinking and plot to create laughter.

If you can keep up with this abstract thinking and understand the plot, you will gain unexpected happiness.

for example.

Patrick and Spongebob often make all kinds of funny and weird walking postures and shout all kinds of weird slogans. Even Squidward sometimes can't understand them.

At first glance, the audience in front of the TV might be complaining about these weird gestures and slogans?

But when they imitate it subconsciously and suddenly get the abstract truth, their eyes will light up and they will become as happy as Spongebob and Patrick.

That's what animation is all about.

Those who can get the happiness expressed in the abstract of "SpongeBob SquarePants" are the target audience of this animation.

Can't get enough?

It's a pity that the "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation that may be fascinating in the eyes of others will be very boring and confusing in his eyes.

This has nothing to do with age group.

According to information obtained by Gu Miao, since the animation "SpongeBob SquarePants" was broadcast on North American TV stations, the audience includes both children and nearly half of the adult audience.

Dave said that some people may not get the laughter behind the abstract animation, so they don't think "SpongeBob SquarePants" is very interesting and give up after watching it for a few times.

And some people get the fun of animation, so they become more and more excited as they watch it, and they even can’t bear to leave the TV.

This happens regardless of age.

Even adults who don't like to watch cartoons can enjoy watching "SpongeBob SquarePants" once they get the fun of it, and laugh out loud at the antics of characters such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star.

And on the other hand...

Even children who love watching cartoons most will find "SpongeBob SquarePants" boring if they don't get the fun out of it. What's so funny about it?

His arsenic, my honey!

This sentence is quite appropriate when used in the "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation, because the performance of the animation really proves that not everyone likes this style.

certainly!

After all, there are only a few people who don't like it. Most people like "SpongeBob SquarePants" very much, and even watch it like crazy, just like when "Tom and Jerry" came out.

This cute yellow sponge cube became a hit across the United States as soon as it was aired, and is loved by countless children and adults.

"Among the tens of millions of viewers watching, there are actually close to half adults?"

Lao Zhang was shocked. He didn't expect that "SpongeBob SquarePants" could attract so many adult viewers.

I thought that for animations like "Crayon Shin-chan", the proportion of adult viewers would be extremely high and ridiculous.

Never imagined!

There is always a mountain high, and the animated "SpongeBob SquarePants" easily set a record with nearly 50% of the adult audience.

Where does this god Lu Bu come from?

"It's no exaggeration to say that 'SpongeBob SquarePants' is even more popular with adult audiences than 'Tom and Jerry.'"

Gu Miao explained with a smile: "Even "Tom and Jerry" does not have such a high proportion. After all, the audience for cartoons is still mostly children."

"Yes!"

Regarding this point, Lao Zhang nodded in approval. Indeed, in terms of the audience base, it is indeed very puzzling that adult audiences account for such a high proportion.

But considering how abstract the SpongeBob animation is, it seems to make sense.

"Should we introduce it?"

After seeing "SpongeBob SquarePants" become a huge hit after its premiere in North America and attracting tens of millions of viewers, Zhang would be lying if he said he wasn't impressed.

But his heart is still full of excitement, and he still has great doubts about whether to introduce this animation.

"SpongeBob SquarePants" is an animation produced by the North American branch. From the director to the painters and even the branch's cleaners, they are all local North Americans.

Because of this, the animation has a strong "American thinking".

Originally, "SpongeBob SquarePants" was very abstract, and its laughter was more American. Can the laughter of American audiences be the same as that of domestic audiences?

Isn’t it possible that after making great efforts to introduce it, domestic audiences can’t get the laughs?

"That's not the case!"

Gu Miao shook her head: "Although different cultural backgrounds lead to different audiences' laughter, "SpongeBob SquarePants" is not incomprehensible to audiences from other countries."

You can definitely understand it if you look at it.

You can all understand the laugh points, and the laugh points that you really can't understand are actually irrelevant, because putting aside these laugh points and looking at the animation production alone, "SpongeBob SquarePants" is also an outstanding work.

Therefore, SpongeBob SquarePants must be introduced into the country, and the corresponding Mandarin dubbing and subtitles are already in production.

However, in terms of publicity, we really cannot focus the publicity of "SpongeBob SquarePants" on the so-called children...

After testing in the North American market, "SpongeBob SquarePants" has proven its status in the minds of adult audiences. From this point of view, it can definitely win over adult audiences.

"It's very difficult!"

"This is not an animation adapted from a popular online article, nor is it a youth romantic comedy that everyone loves to watch. How can adults be interested in it?"

Lao Zhang feels that it is difficult for "SpongeBob SquarePants" to try to arouse the curiosity of adult audiences through publicity.

No matter how attractive the content is, once everyone hears the title "SpongeBob SquarePants" and takes a look at the yellow sponge square, they won't easily click in to watch your animation!

"Who said that?"

"I think it's very simple for "SpongeBob SquarePants" to attract the attention of domestic audiences. All you need to do is show the title sequence and listen to the magical theme song."

When Gu Miao said this, a wonderful smile suddenly appeared on her face.

"The Pirate and Kids"!

Translated, it means "Pirates and Children". Just mentioning the name of this song, many people may be unfamiliar with it and feel that they have never heard it.

But when you hear the two lines of dialogue between the captain and the children, "Are you ready kids? Aye Aye Captain.", do you think of it immediately?

That's right!

This song "Pirates and Children" is the opening theme song of the classic animation "SpongeBob SquarePants". It is also one of the most magical and brainwashing English songs in many people's childhood memories.

Especially the captain's devilish laughter at the end, it was so brainwashing that I can't even forget it...

In fact, when Gu Miao was a child, she didn't understand English at all. She just thought the melody of the "SpongeBob SquarePants" theme song was a bit pleasant and brainwashing.

I believe this is also the first feeling many people have when they heard this song when they were children, that it was too simple and crude.

As for the lyrics? What lyrics?

Except for the sentence "Are you ready", can anyone really understand the rest of the lyrics when they were young?

It was many years later that Gu Miao learned that the series of words SpongeBob SquarePants that the pirate captain sang with the children actually meant "SpongeBob SquarePants".

To be honest, at that time, he thought that what the captain and the children were moaning was "Wang~Wang~Snow~Cake~"!