My Animation Era

Designing card effects is definitely an interesting job.

After receiving instructions from Mr. Gu, these idiots from Wanbao Animation, Wanbao Comics and Wanbao Games established a WeChat group called [The Mastermind behind Yu-Gi-Oh!].

The group leader is Gu Miao.

There are 108 group members in total, including dozens of positions including animators, special effects artists, editors, cartoonists, light novel writers, front desk girls, and game planners.

In this group, everyone only needs to do one thing:

If you have any great ideas or thoughts, you can put them forward in the group and everyone will discuss the feasibility.

If you think it’s feasible, OK!

The artists in the group will immediately draw a sample picture of the "card face", and then the screenwriters in the group will add a "cool" effect description copy to the card.

At this point, a "Yu-Gi-Oh" card was born!

Wanbao Toys takes the sample to the factory for printing. The Wanbao comic and animation production team receives the physical card, and then creates content based on the effect and instructions of the card.

Blanch!

It is simply a complete "industrial chain"!

As the leader of this group, he is also the number one mastermind behind "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Gu Miao also saw many interesting suggestions in the group.

For example.

A numerical planner from Wanbao Games proposed to produce nine mythical beast cards including "Prisoner Ox", "Yaiju" and "Suanni" based on the Chinese legend of "nine sons born from a dragon".

OK!

This proposal was approved, and soon a Wanbao artist drew the "Nine Sons of the Dragon" card surface, and then a Wanbao screenwriter set the effects and attributes of these nine monster cards.

Take the card [Dragon Six: Bixi] as an example.

Bixi is a legendary beast that looks like a turtle, has teeth, and likes to carry heavy loads. Therefore, the "defense power" assigned to him is particularly high.

And this card also has a special effect, that is, when there is only [Dragon Six: Bixi] on the field, Bixi's defense will be increased according to the number of "Dragon Cards" in the graveyard.

Except for "the dragon gives birth to nine sons".

The Chinese classic "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is also the main target of this group of menial men. Almost all the strange beasts mentioned in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" have been made into Yu-Gi-Oh monster cards.

What kind of fish, Qiongqi, Feiyi, Tengu, Kunpeng, Gudiao, Nine-tailed Fox, Spinner Turtle, etc...

A copy of "The Book of Mountains and Seas" was in the hands of Wanbao, a group of men like Wanbao, and it was a fool's errand. All kinds of weird "monster cards" appeared in an endless stream, which made Gu Miao speechless.

Do not misunderstand!

Doesn't he think this is bad? After all, monster cards are designed to be monsters anyway, so it doesn't matter if they are designed with reference to "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".

He just thought of a question.

Chinese people may not be able to pronounce and write names like Biyi and Yaizhen, so how can they be translated into foreign languages? How do foreigners remember their cards?

Isn’t this embarrassing!

Could it be translated as Canthus angular? Well! This doesn’t seem to work!

"Why do you have to accommodate foreigners?"

For this issue, the people behind the scenes have different views.

Their idea is simple, "Yu-Gi-Oh" itself is a card battle gameplay. In this kind of gameplay, the most important thing is not the "name" of this card, but the "attributes" and "effects" of this card.

simply put.

Everyone only needs to know what the attack power and defense value of this monster card is, and what the card effect is.

As for the name of this card...

If you can’t remember it, you can’t remember it! It doesn’t affect the battle anyway, so you can’t summon monsters because you can’t remember the card name?

Isn’t that just nonsense?

From this perspective, it doesn't really matter what the names of these strange beasts from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" are, as long as they are powerful.

Think boldly.

Suppose a certain alien beast card from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is particularly effective and popular, and is considered a commonly used card in competitions, then players will definitely learn the pronunciation and writing of the name of the "alien beast".

Is this considered cultural export?

"That makes sense."

Gu Miao was convinced by them. Since they felt that names like Bixi and Yaizhen would not affect the normal game, it didn't matter.

But he also had a request.

That is, if there are particularly uncommon words, try to add Pinyin notes in the "Effect Description" column at the bottom of the card.

This is considered a small detail.

The age and educational level of the poker players range from high to low. Not everyone can recognize those rare words, so it would be much easier to add pinyin.

…

Just when Gu Miao went to Neon to lead employees in team building, the animation "Legend of Seven Swords" also continued to be popular on the Shonan Children's Channel.

The plot has reached episode 16.

In previous episodes, Changhong Sword Master, Yuhua Sword Master and Ice Soul Sword Master all appeared, namely Xiao Ling, Doctor Dou and Sister Xiaoyu respectively.

It was also at this time that the audience had a question.

The three divine swords that have appeared, including the three sword masters, are actually inextricably related to the "previous generation sword master".

Needless to say, the protagonist Xiaoling is the son of the previous generation Changhong Sword Master Li Changfeng.

Doctor Dou is a descendant of Yaowang Valley and the apprentice of the previous Yuhua Sword Master. Sister Xiaoyu is the previous Ice Soul Sword Master and the nephew of Xiaoling’s mother.

After working on it for a long time, everyone has a background?

Are the seven divine swords passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson, from generation to generation?

That's too disgusting!

The magic weapons that people in the world, princes of the imperial court, and giants of the Demon Sect are all fighting for. If it is really this kind of "bloodline inheritance" system, what are they still fighting for?

Just when everyone was wondering whether the next sword master of the Divine Sword would also be the child and apprentice of the previous sword master, Ben Lei Sword appeared.

This generation of Ben Lei Sword Master has nothing to do with the previous generation of Ben Lei Sword Master, and his age is also far different from Xiao Ling Xiaoyu and others.

This generation of Ben Lei Sword Master is named Qian Kun. Ben is the shopkeeper of a restaurant in Jiangning City and has a son and a daughter.

Unexpectedly, his son joined the Demon Sect and in order to learn magical skills, he revealed to his master the secret of his father's "Thunder Sword".

There is also some foreplay here.

Qian Kun sensed that his son had evil intentions and did not want to teach him martial arts for fear that he would cause trouble. He only hoped that his son and daughter could live their lives in peace.

Unexpectedly, the son became jealous because of this, ran away from home and became a demon, and revealed the secret that his father had hidden for many years.

This is just great.

The Ben Lei Sword was born, and the imperial army and demons from the Demon Sect swarmed in. Qian Kun tried his best but failed to protect his wife and daughter. In the end, his wife and daughter died tragically in front of him.

On a rainy night, Qian Kun burst into tears while holding his daughter's body.

Facing the three thousand cavalry sent by King Wuwei, Qian Kun, who had not drawn a sword for more than ten years, resolutely broke his promise to his wife and drew the Ben Lei Sword.

On this day, the master of Benlei Sword, who had been away from home for more than ten years, re-entered the world because his wife and daughter were killed!

One person and one sword, facing three thousand cavalry!

Does anyone know how to translate words like 豑屃 and 睚禦?