My Animation Era

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the market value of "Zhonghua Ichiban" or, in other words, "The Little Master of China".

It is clear.

This animation is worthy of developing a sequel. No animation company will leave it alone. They will definitely use it to make ten or eight sequels to completely squeeze out the value.

But why...

You've been holding back for more than 20 years before you start working on a sequel? In the past twenty years, has no one thought about making a sequel?

That's certainly not the case.

Gu Miao believes that in the comic "Zhonghua Ichiban!" Before the birth of "Ji", there may have been many people who wanted to make "Chinese Ichiban 2".

Then why hasn't it been done?

The answer seems simple.

The story of "The Little Master of China" may not be so easy to "continue", even if it is Ogawa Eiji's "Chinese Ichiban!" "Ji", in Gu Miao's opinion, is nothing more than "fried rice".

Yes!

Gu Miao spoke highly of "Chinese Ichiban" written by Etsuji Ogawa and believed it to be a rare masterpiece.

But after many years, he produced "Zhonghua Ichiban!" Extremely" Gu Miao didn't like it, and even thought it was a kind of "frivolous rice" behavior.

Even the original work is like this.

Not to mention other people, the possibility of making "Little Master of China 2" is simply slim.

It's not that it can't be done.

Whether it’s a comic or animation, you can always make a sequel if you want. But the problem is that the story of the little master is really not easy to "continue"!

At the end of the first season, the young master defeated the dark cooking world, cooked a Manchu-Han banquet, and went with A Fei to find the legendary kitchen utensils.

This ending is already very happy.

You can't just forcefully create some "God of Cooking" or "King of Kitchen" positions later on, and develop in a fantasy and outrageous direction, right?

even though……

In the "Little Master of China" animation/comic, "exaggerated" techniques and depictions of cooking are common, and even glowing egg fried rice appears.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is an out-and-out "fantasy" food show.

But it’s really “realistic”!

Whether it's animation or comics, every dish in it is based on "reality" and is not made up randomly.

The cooking techniques, the selection of ingredients, including the taste of the dishes, although there are some exaggerations, they are also slightly adapted based on "realistic" practices.

So to speak.

The Little Master is outrageous, but this story, including the setting, is completely based on reality and does not reach the height of pure "fiction."

Therefore.

The dishes based on reality, including cooking techniques, knife skills and heat, everything that needs to be said is almost covered.

What else can we talk about in Season 2?

Imitate Ogawa Etsuji and inexplicably create a "biological father" for Liu Subaru? And then make it a special edition of "Where Are We Going, Dad"?

Pull it down quickly!

Even if Gu Miao died of starvation and poverty, it would be impossible for her to come up with such a thing. That's not how you cook things for a long time!

Don't do this...

Gu Miao, who had a splitting headache, frowned and asked, "What about you? As the animation director of "The Little Master of China", what do you think?"

"I can't figure it out."

Director Wang smiled bitterly and said: "This is basically the upper limit of the gourmet series. If we insist on making a sequel, then we can only develop in a fantasy and outrageous direction."

Fallen heart inflammation?

Bring me some cooking!

The two masters of cooking competed, using stars as fire, heaven and earth as pots, various elixirs and divine spring spiritual fruits as ingredients, causing the avenue to collapse and the stars to dim...

After a plate of vegetables was fried, even the universe was shattered.

This is definitely not the food show that Director Wang wanted, let alone what Gu Miao wanted. If it really goes in this direction, it would be better not to make a sequel.

"I do have an idea."

While Director Wang smiled bitterly, Gu Miao suddenly had an idea and came up with a very good idea.

The story background of "The Little Master of China" is not the late Qing Dynasty! In that era, I believe there were a lot of exchanges between countries, right?

Go, Liu Pleiades!

With the hope of the Chinese culinary world, conquer the world, challenge the world's top chefs, and win the Master of Kitchen Championship!

"what do you mean……"

Director Wang pondered: "After the end of the first season, Liu Pleiades is basically invincible in China. So in the second season, he will go out and challenge foreign chefs?"

"That's right!"

Gu Miao nodded and said: "It happens to be the end of the Qing Dynasty, and exchanges between countries are frequent and close. Just find a reason to let the young master take his sister abroad."

“Go Neon Season 2!”

"After the little boss arrived in Neon, he learned Neon local cuisine on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also used Chinese cuisine to constantly defeat chefs from all walks of life."

Quack quack!

Let the Chinese characters created by Neon people go to Neon to defeat Neon sushi rice balls with Chinese delicacies. Just thinking about it is very bad!

"Can!"

Director Wang touched his chin and said, "At the end of the first season, didn't the young master take Ah Fei to look for the legendary kitchen utensils?"

"We can do this..."

The legendary kitchen utensils are scattered everywhere. One of the kitchen utensils is in Neon. In order to find this legendary kitchen utensil, Liu Pleiades took his sister to Neon and started to make a name for himself in the Neon cooking world.

"Girl's mouth!"

Gu Miao clapped her hands and said excitedly: "Neon has a legendary kitchen utensil, one in North America, one in Europe... In this way, our "Little Master of China" can still film at least four or five seasons."

It's so awesome.

A season of animation where you travel to a country to recover a legendary kitchen utensil. After the young master recovers all the legendary kitchen utensils, he may have defeated invincible players all over the world and be named the "God of Cooking" on Earth.

This arrangement is obviously better than "Zhonghua Ichiban!" In "Ji", the plot of the young master suddenly having multiple fathers is much better.

In terms of look and feel, there will be no sense of fragmentation.

After all, the young master's search for legendary kitchen utensils has been the "main line" established long ago. Because it is said that the kitchen utensils have been lost in a foreign country, is there any problem for the young master to search for them?

no problem!

This is a matter of bringing glory to the country. Anyone who doesn't support it is Tie Raman and should be taken out for target shooting.

After confirming that the sequel to "The Little Master of China" would be created with the main line of "The Little Master goes abroad to find legendary kitchen utensils", Director Wang was obviously relieved.

It’s good to have direction!

He was afraid that there would be no direction, which would lead to such a popular animation ending after just one season.

That would be a shame.

But just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly thought of another question, which was about the serialization of the "Master Chef Liu Pleiades" comic.

"The Little Master of China" is adapted from the serialized online comic "Master Chef Liu Pleiades". Everyone knows this.

But the problem is...

The plot of the animation has become more and more deviated from the comics. To put it harshly, the later stages of the animation are completely "original" plots and have nothing to do with the comics.

This made the original author very dissatisfied, and he has expressed his dislike for the animated adaptation many times.

What if the sequel does this and the original author doesn't want to cooperate?

Food shows cannot be divorced from reality, because food must be recognized by the audience and create an appetite...