My Animation Era

Gu Miao had originally planned to promote the domestic Wanbao Cup Tennis Competition model to the world, but he just struggled with the lack of suitable opportunities.

Now is your chance!

Just as the Wanbao Cup national competition was being held, a North American private high school suddenly came to the door, hoping to play a friendly match with this year's national champion.

This private middle school that came to my door was not an ordinary middle school, but a strong tennis school with a rich heritage that had trained many famous tennis players.

If this year's national champion can defeat them, it will undoubtedly be a big hit around the world, and the Wanbao Cup Tennis Competition can also attract attention overseas...

Therefore, Gu Miao agreed.

But yes, no one has much confidence in whether this year's national champion can defeat this powerful North American school that is here to cause trouble.

the reason is simple.

Judging from the current schedule and performance, if nothing unexpected happens, Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School will definitely be able to defend the championship.

But in the tennis team of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, except for one classmate Shen Chao who can give everyone a little confidence, everyone else seems to be almost uninterested.

One God brings N pits?

This sentence is extremely appropriate when used here.

Gu Miao knew what everyone was thinking, so he didn't explain too much. Instead, he informed Shen Chao of the matter in advance during the game.

"How's it going? Are you sure?"

"Don't worry, Uncle Gu!"

Different from the worries of Wanbao's senior executives, Shen Chao, the person involved, said with great confidence: "We will definitely win and we will not embarrass you."

"That's good."

When Gu Miao heard this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, patted Shen Chao on the shoulder, and said nothing.

The result of the subsequent game was as everyone speculated. Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School burst out with amazing strength, defeated all opponents like autumn leaves, and successfully defended the championship.

Two consecutive championships!

This is the second time that Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School has won the Wanbao Cup national competition championship trophy, and it is also the second time that Shen Chao has been awarded the most valuable player in the national competition.

Three competitions, one runner-up and two championships.

The invincible performance of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School shocked countless netizens, and various media outlets immediately wrote articles and published articles, spreading the news of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School's second consecutive championship throughout the country.

However, before everyone could recover from the surprise of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School winning two consecutive championships, a notice from the Wanbao Cup Organizing Committee immediately made everyone worried.

Tennis exchange match for Chinese and American middle school students?

Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School, which just defended its title, will face off against a traditional tennis powerhouse from North America in a week?

Good guy!

If we say that in the national competition, everyone has their own team to support, and you are unhappy with me and others are unhappy with you, then in this Huamei Exchange Competition, everyone has become extra united.

The enemy is at hand, let’s face it together!

Whether they were fans of Qiushi Middle School, fans of Lele Middle School, or fans of Dongda High School, they all put aside their past grievances and waved the flag to cheer for Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School.

For a time, this nominal exchange match attracted even more attention and popularity across the Internet than the previous national competition finals.

"Although it doesn't have the name of a national team, it has the reality of a national team!"

Lao Zhang worriedly said: "Everyone is happy if they win, but if they lose... can these junior high school students really bear it?"

When it comes to this kind of cross-border competitive competition, the enthusiasm of the Chinese people has always been very high, and they are more united than usual.

But once this kind of game is lost, the pressure of public opinion that the players will bear is not as great as ordinary people can imagine.

This is what Lao Zhang is worried about.

The team members of Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School are generally relatively young and have only just entered junior high school.

It would be too cruel to let these children face and endure such terrible pressure. After all, no matter what, they are still a group of children, not real members of the national team!

"Believe them!"

Gu Miao was relatively calmer than Lao Zhang, and his expression did not fluctuate from beginning to end.

But he was also pretending.

For such a major event, even if he trusts Shen Chao again, he will still be nervous when it comes.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

No matter whether the exchange match results in a win or a loss, at least the Wanbao Cup Tennis Competition model can be successfully promoted to overseas countries, and preparations for the World Championships are also proceeding smoothly.

certainly!

It would definitely be the best to win.

…

When the exchange competition was held, Gu Miao did not go to the scene to watch the competition.

He didn't want to put too much pressure on the team members and just wanted to be normal. If he hadn't received a good news call from Lao Zhang, he would have even forgotten that there was an exchange match today.

"Won?"

"Well, I won!"

Lao Zhang told Gu Miao that he originally thought that the level of tennis in China was very different from that in North America, but after actually playing, he discovered that the levels were actually about the same.

It's hard to say what the professional level competition is at a higher level, but at the level of middle school students, the top middle school students from China and the United States are indeed at about the same level.

Although it is surprising, it is quite normal if you think about it carefully.

After all, in the junior high school stage, children's bodies are still developing, and their ball skills have not yet been honed to the point of perfection. How can the "Prince of Tennis" anime depict it so horribly?

No way?

Is it true that some people regard "Prince of Tennis" as a realistic anime and think that there really is a pervert who mastered world-class skills in junior high school, leaving countless professional players behind?

Stop making trouble!

Gu Miao has always felt that the most outrageous thing about "The Prince of Tennis" is not the Asura divine way, nor the state of selflessness, nor the light hitting and secret hitting...

These skills are certainly outrageous, but the most outrageous thing is not that junior high school students can master these skills?

Reality is not anime.

Geniuses like Echizen Ryoma are destined to only appear in anime. A real junior high school student cannot play too abnormal tennis just because of his physical fitness.

This is also the main reason why Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School won 3:2 in this Huamei Exchange Tournament.

They all have similar foundations. The players from Jiangchuan No. 1 Middle School have more experience in competitions and have experienced more hard battles than their opponents. There is also a pervert like Shen Chao sitting in charge. Why can't they win?

Shaking her head, Gu Miao stopped thinking about matters related to the exchange competition for the time being. She concentrated on it and patiently looked at a document on the table.

[Relevant suggestions on making a new passionate competitive sports animation! 】

"... Even though it has been completed for a long time, the animation "Prince of Tennis" is still full of vitality in different fields, and derivative events and IP peripherals are also becoming more and more popular."

"It can be seen that the vitality of a high-quality sports competition animation is very long, and it is not inferior to other animation types with a wider audience..."

This is an internal document drafted by Wanbao Animation IP Management and Operations Department, soliciting opinions from multiple animation producers, and submitted directly to Mr. Gu.

The content is actually very simple.

Thanks to the popularity of the Wanbao Cup Tennis Competition, the recent China-US Exchange Competition has attracted the attention of the entire Internet, and derivatives related to the animated "Prince of Tennis" have received good responses.

Internet King fans are all over the Internet.

Especially recently, many TV stations have even gone out of their way to purchase the rights to rebroadcast the first and second seasons of "The Prince of Tennis".

This is undoubtedly a very surprising thing for an old animation that has been completed for many years.

After all, TV stations are representatives of those who can't afford to be early because they have no profit. If "Prince of Tennis" wasn't popular enough, why would they come here to buy rebroadcast rights after such a long time?

The popularity and success of "Prince of Tennis" made the copyright operation department think that perhaps a high-quality sports series would also be a good choice?

Although in a short period of time, the income of such animations is not as good as that of works such as "Digimon" and "Pokémon", from the perspective of long-term development, high-quality sports series cannot be underestimated.

for example.

In another twenty years...

Maybe at that time, "Digimon" had been completely buried, no one mentioned it, and young people had forgotten it.

But "Prince of Tennis" will not be forgotten. After all, whenever everyone talks about the sport of tennis, they will definitely think of "The Prince of Tennis", a once-popular anime work.

This is the long vitality of high-quality sports broadcasts and their indelible and far-reaching influence in this field.

Based on this consideration, the copyright operation department sincerely suggested to the company's senior management to launch another passionate sports series based on mainstream sports, similar to "Prince of Tennis".

Gu Miao accepted this suggestion.

He really didn't expect this, but having said that, the life of high-quality sports series is indeed very long. If possible, he can make another one.

The question is what to do?

Tennis has already been done, and football is the largest sport in the world, but this subject is quite popular, and there are endless animation works related to football.

"Basketball might be good?"

Gu Miao thought about it seriously and felt that basketball might be a better choice besides football.

After all, the audience for basketball is actually quite large in China. To put it even more exaggeratedly, there are more people playing basketball than football in China.

There are also many high-quality basketball-related animations, not to mention the pinnacle work "Slam Dunk", such as "Kuroko's Basketball", "Slam Dunk", etc. are all masterpieces that cannot be ignored.

Oh yes...

There is also a film that is relatively less famous, but has equally far-reaching influence in China: "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Victory in the Basket"!

Ahem, don’t laugh.

Although basketball-related animations are a bit abstract when it comes to Pleasant Goat, it is undeniable that "Basket for Victory" is also a masterpiece of basketball-themed animation.

"The future comes from the basket... You can write it down first, and it will be done in two years."

After writing "The Future in a Basket" on the paper with a signature note, Gu Miao looked a little hesitant, not knowing what to write next.

Ping pong tornado?

Football player from the Song Dynasty?

These are Chinese comic sports series that he is familiar with in his previous life. It is impossible to say that he is not interested.

It's just that he had a little idea.

Table tennis and football are not unpopular sports in China. Since he wants to make a sports show, why not promote unpopular sports?

But unpopular projects rarely produce animation works, let alone high-quality works!

Just as Gu Miao was deep in thought, hesitating whether to support unpopular projects or choose a masterpiece from popular projects, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

An unpopular sport, a masterpiece?

There are very few animation works that meet these two requirements. It can be said that there are basically none.

But then again, it’s a sports theme, so do mental sports count as sports? Does brain competition count as competition?

If it counts, then it seems that chess games such as Go and chess can also be included in the selection!

Especially Go...

Gu Miao still can't forget that the reason why she became interested in Go in the first place was because of a CCTV animation called "Go Boy".

In the animation, Jiang Liu'er, a young man with extraordinary talent, who plays chess like a sword and makes the world unified, even gave this newbie a little "Go" shock!

What?

Are you saying that Jiang Liuer is just playing randomly, and that his chess skills are now even inferior to a certain Yingjiang?

fart!

Although Gu Miao doesn't understand Go, he also has the most basic judgment. If nothing else, just because the board and chess pieces glow when Jiang Liu'er plays chess, he knows that this move is good.

Why did it go well?

Don’t ask, just ask and it will shine!

This is just like the food cooked by the little master. Let’s not talk about whether it is delicious or not. At least it will shine. This alone will crush countless people.

Although it attracted a lot of complaints after it was broadcast, and even the classic saying "The Go boy is good at everything except Go", it has to be admitted that "Go boy" is indeed an introductory Go class for many children.

Others don't know it, but Gu Miao became interested in Go through "Go Boy", and later went to buy books to study.

Although the book was discarded after he bought it and he didn't learn it, an animation can arouse children's interest in Go. Isn't this a success?

This is good!

The popularity of Go in China is indeed very low, not even as good as chess and backgammon. After all, the latter has a higher popularity rate and a lower entry barrier.

Gu Miao became more and more excited when he thought about it, and immediately decided that his next new work would be "Go Boy".

In fact, there is also "Soul of Chess" available.

But Gu Miao felt that since he was fulfilling his childhood dream and promoting Go, "Go Boy" was more suitable for him.

After all, if you want to make localized changes to the background and story of Chess Soul, the workload is really too much. Maybe it could be handed over to the Neon Division for production, but he certainly wouldn't be happy with it.

Just a quick mention.

Although "Go Boy" is a classic Go animation in Gu Miao's mind, its influence is extremely far-reaching.

But to be honest, the Go part of this animation is indeed...hard to describe in one word!

The chess game chosen by the screenwriter and director cannot be called a piece of shit, but it is indeed rubbish and unrepresentative.

Otherwise, how could people say that the Go boy is good at everything but Go?

This must definitely be revised.

Gu Miao has already thought about it. If he wants to make the animation "Go Boy", he will first go to the chess academy to find a few world champion chess players as consultants. Then he will carefully screen the chess records to avoid making any stupid mistakes.

certainly!

It is necessary to refer to reality, but "Go Boy" is, after all, an anime with a touch of fantasy and martial arts, and it is impossible for everything to be consistent with reality.

Apart from anything else, as Jiang Liu'er is the protagonist, it's not too much to kill someone in chess, right? He has a chess soul and a portable grandfather. Is Jiang Liu'er worthy of being the protagonist of an animation if he doesn't cheat?

Go Boy is also a relatively classic animation. I wonder if you have seen it?