My Animation Era

The broadcast of the first episode of the animated "Tom and Jerry" did not cause much sensation at home or even abroad.

Don't ask why.

The question is, it’s too short, so short that many people didn’t understand it. What did Wanbao want to do by suddenly releasing this “trailer”?

That’s right, a trailer!

After the episode titled "Puss Gets the Boot" aired, many Wanbao fans thought it was a "trailer" for Wanbao's latest work.

They are quite curious...

Why is this trailer so smooth, with a beginning and an end, and no other clips interspersed in the middle, telling a relatively complete story?

Why does this trailer have a unique opening and ending, and even a separate "title"?

Netizens are talking a lot.

Some passers-by said that Wanbao's new work looks like the type of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" at first glance. It has upgraded from a wolf catching a sheep to a "cat catching a mouse".

A famous detective also questioned, is this really a trailer? Why do all the signs indicate that this is the feature film series of the animation?

There are also people who are extremely looking forward to it and asking everywhere when this animation called "Tom and Jerry" will be launched? What story does it mainly tell?

"This is not a trailer..."

Faced with repeated questions from fans, Gu Miao had to take time to answer some of the more popular questions on Weibo.

"This is the first feature episode of the Tom and Jerry animation produced by Dave Smith's team under Wanbao Animation (North America) Branch. Yes, it is a feature film!"

Cool!

After getting Gu Sanshui's answer, netizens were surprised. I never expected that the animation that everyone regarded as a "trailer" would actually be the first feature film!

After surprise comes surprise.

The quality of the first episode of the animated "Tom and Jerry" is obvious to all. After watching it, everyone thought it was a very good-looking and interesting work.

So since this is the first episode, it means there will be more episodes to follow...

Everyone was happy when they thought that Wanbao would secretly release such a surprising animation at the end of the year without saying a word.

But when everyone was sitting in front of the TV, quietly waiting for the second episode of the animated "Tom and Jerry" to air, they discovered that "Tom and Jerry" was not broadcast on the TV station today.

What happened?

Why isn't the second episode airing today? Did Gu Sanshui lie to everyone? Or is it that the TV station made a mistake and forgot to include it in the program schedule?

Everyone was puzzled.

Just when they were about to go to the TV station or ask Gu Sanshui for an explanation, Gu Miao took the initiative and revealed the fact that "the second episode is still in production" on Weibo in advance.

…

"What would they do if they knew that the interval between the broadcast of the first and second episodes is likely to be a quarter or even half a year?"

"Maybe someone will kill someone!"

Huang Kun said with a speechless expression: "I've heard of daily and weekly broadcasts, but I haven't heard of any animation being broadcast quarterly or even annually."

What an eye-opener!

Only one episode aired every quarter or even half a year? The update is so slow, why do you have the nerve to release it?

"You can't blame me!"

Gu Miao coughed and chose to defend herself: "I don't want updates to be so slow. I wish I could broadcast ten or twenty episodes a day! The problem is, Dave can't do it."

He admits.

After releasing one episode first to arouse everyone's curiosity, and then telling everyone that they may have to wait half a year to watch the second episode, this is really a stupid thing to do.

But there is no way!

If he doesn't do this, will he promise the audience that it will be broadcast daily or even weekly? Impossible, this kind of thing definitely cannot be done.

Now, netizens are already attacking his family tree, right?

"Tsk tsk!"

Gu Miao grinned: "Let's not talk about it for now, what's going on with your "Super Beast Arms"? Get out of here as soon as you're done, don't waste my time here."

"Not yet! Just wait a few more days."

Huang Kun explained: "Most of the animation work has been completed, and the rest is just finishing and checking for omissions."

Up to 20 days!

He promised Gu Miao that he would leave in 20 days at most and hand over Dimension Studio to Gu Miao and the "Bear Infested" project.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

After Gu Miao finished speaking, he stood up and was about to leave, but as soon as he stood up, Huang Kun grabbed him.

"Don't leave in a hurry..."

"Come on, let me show you the animation clip we just made. Please give me your opinions." Huang Kun pulled Gu Miao to the screen and started playing the sample clip.

Seven parallel universes!

The animation clips that Huang Kun showed to Gu Miao were exactly the seven parallel universes that existed within the framework of the entire worldview in the background settings.

First, the first parallel universe.

This section is actually a fragment of the daily life of Huo Linfei, Miao Shangjun and others. The scene is no different from that of an ordinary city.

When it comes to the second parallel universe, the world where Long Jian lives, it instantly becomes that "tribal" style, dominated by the characteristic buildings of the White Dragon Clan and the Qinglong Clan.

The third parallel universe is a desert world, with yellow sand all over the sky, and most of the buildings are in the "ancient architectural" style unique to desert areas, including pyramids.

The fourth parallel universe, which is the world where Ye Lingyun lives, has an extremely special magnetic field layout and cloud bat army, as well as a blue-black dark night sky, which looks very eerie.

The fifth parallel universe, the world where Pluto lives, has a harsh environment and an astonishing gravity. The setting of the scene here immediately reminded Gu Miao of the term "The Frozen Throne" from Warcraft.

All I can say is, it’s so awesome!

Just by looking at the construction of this scene, you can tell that the animation production team really put a lot of thought into shaping the character of Pluto.

It's a pity that Gu Miao is dissatisfied with one thing, that is, the "throne" where Pluto sits is not the "golden toilet"?

It's not perfect.

Let’s talk about the sixth parallel universe and the seventh parallel universe. The Baboo family lives in the former, and the scene is very beautiful, just like being in a fairy tale world.

The latter is the world where Snow Emperor lives. The scenes in this world are relatively rich, and Gu Miao doesn't know how to define them for a while.

Because the Seventh Parallel Universe has both a relatively normal desert environment and a strange palace like the Snow Palace in a world of ice and snow...

Well, that's not important.

Ignoring the situation of the seventh parallel universe for the time being, and only considering the scene construction, climate environment, etc. of the first six parallel universes, Gu Miao prefers the first, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth parallel universes.

certainly!

This is his subjective opinion...

Although he doesn't like the environment shaping and scene construction of the second parallel universe, he also recognizes the efforts of Huang Kun and others.

"not bad."

Gu Miao coughed, thought for a moment and then said: "If I have to make suggestions, then I can only say, how about trying to match different parallel universes with a piece of music that matches the style?"

BGM?

Huang Kun's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly: "It's really good to use BGM to present the unique charm of each parallel universe, but..."

Seven universes, seven soundtracks?

It seems a bit difficult!

It seems that I have rhinitis, I will go check it out some other time...