My Animation Era

"The Adventures of Lolo" continues to be popular, and the plot is getting better.

From the perspective of the protagonist Luo Luo, the audience not only witnessed the shocking world of robots, but also got to know each of the flesh-and-blood biker/beast warriors with different personalities.

certainly!

The most popular animations include the Human Torch, Vanguard, Hot Wheels and other natives of the Robot World, as well as their own unique tricks.

As an animated work that has firmly topped the ratings for the same period since its launch, the biggest impact of "The Adventures of Lolo" may be that it has made children all memorize the names of the second move such as "Shocking Wave Kill" and "Thunder Half Moon Slash" .

What does it mean to memorize things backwards and forwards like a stream?

Children may not be able to memorize the entire text of ancient poems and prose that are smelly and long, but if you want to memorize the unique name of "The Adventures of Luoluo", then everyone will not be sleepy...

It is worth mentioning that.

Although "The Adventures of Lolo", which had just launched, still maintained a high viewership share during the period from the end of November to the beginning of December, there was also one animation that performed well.

"Yu-Gi-Oh GX"?

no!

The main battlefield of this animation is on the Internet. Just look at the ratings and viewership share of the TV platform. There is no need to take it too seriously.

Gu Miao is talking about a silent stop-motion comedy TV animation called "Shaun the Sheep" produced by Puppet Studio and produced by Liang Xiaodong as the chief director.

After puppet animation, clay animation, and shadow puppet animation, Liang Xiaodong and his team began to delve into the field of "stop motion animation" and launched a work with a very different style.

The story told by the animation "Shaun the Sheep" is actually very simple. It's just about the weird daily life of a little sheep, Shaun, and his friends on the farm.

Very simple story!

But often the simplest stories can bring the purest happiness to the audience.

As a "dumb" animation with no lines throughout, Shaun the Sheep is a relatively rare stop-motion animation. It stands to reason that not many people will like it. After all, the subject matter is relatively unpopular and niche.

Liang Xiaodong thought so too.

So when arranging the broadcast of the "Shaun the Sheep" animation, he didn't even dare to ask for a prime time slot or a high price.

As long as a TV station is willing to buy it and a TV station is willing to broadcast it, the entire Puppet Studio will be satisfied.

Schedule? price?

Liang Xiaodong did not have the qualifications to choose the schedule or set the price. No matter what schedule or how much money the TV station offered, he could only nod and accept.

The director is lying flat on his back, so Wanbao Animation's attitude towards this work is naturally unconventional...

For this reason.

The broadcast of the animated "Shaun the Sheep" not only did not create any waves, but few people even knew about it.

But no one expected it.

It is precisely this kind of "stop-motion animation" that even the director and production team had little confidence in, thinking that not many people would watch it, but the ratings are getting higher day by day.

Liang Xiaodong himself was dumbfounded.

…

Gu Miao had heard of the name Shaun the Sheep. After all, it would be difficult to forget this unique sheep once you see it.

But he really doesn’t know much about this animation. After all, Shaun the Sheep’s main audience is still preschoolers and kindergarten children.

It's a bit like the cartoon "Thomas and Friends".

Many people must know the animated character, after all, this classic image is often seen on TV. But to tell you how great this animation is, probably nine out of ten people will be confused...

no way!

Everyone knows animated characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine and Shaun the Sheep, but after watching all seasons of the animation, there are not many adults who have a deep understanding of this series.

Don't ask why.

The problem is that in the eyes of many teenagers over the age of 10, this kind of animation is a bit too young and childish, and is far less exciting than animations such as "Digimon" and "The Adventures of Lolo".

Does Peppa Pig know that?

But how many adults have watched the entire "Peppa Pig" animation?

The principle is the same.

Gu Miao knew "Shaun the Sheep", but he only glanced at it occasionally. Let alone finishing it, he only watched it for a few minutes at most, and then changed the channel to watch other animations.

Therefore.

Not only Liang Xiaodong was surprised by the miraculous popularity of "Shaun the Sheep", but Gu Miao was also confused.

What happened?

Don't children like to watch "The Adventures of Lolo" the most? Why do we see that the ratings of "Shaun the Sheep" are not bad when we look at the data?

“Children under the age of 10 watch it more often, accounting for even more than half!”

As an insider, Lao Zhang flipped through the documents and explained to Gu Miao: "For children of that age, "Shaun the Sheep" is much more exciting and better-looking than "The Adventures of Lolo."

"Uh! Is there such a thing?"

Gu Miao was startled at first, doubting the authenticity of Lao Zhang's words, but he quickly realized that he was wrong.

Under 10 years old!

Children in this range are not young boys and girls, and their thoughts are still at the stage of ignorance.

From their perspective, "The Adventures of Lolo" is good to watch, but the threshold for understanding is too high.

Shaun the Sheep is better...

There are no lines in the whole process, just all kinds of "baa baa baa" sheep sounds. You don't need to think too much at all. You can devote yourself to Sean, use all kinds of strange ideas, and just toss around as much as you like.

This is not the same as "Tom and Jerry".

Although the combination of Tom and Jerry is also mute, they can hardly find any lines and rely entirely on their movements and expressions to interpret the plot.

However, the plot of "Tom and Jerry" at least retains the dramatic elements, the so-called starting and turning points, the ups and downs of the process, and the lack of lines cannot conceal the excellence of the plot.

"Shaun the Sheep" doesn't have this characteristic. The plot can usually be summarized in one sentence, or even five or six words, and it can't be simpler.

The sheep play with cabbage as a football, the sheep want to take a hot bath, Shirley wants to lose weight, Sean wants to get the doll back, the sheep want to pick apples, the sheep draw...

Sounds a lot like a running account, right?

But if I told you that each of these sentences represents a plot summary of an episode of the "Shaun the Sheep" animation, what kind of expression would you make?

You must be very surprised!

Such a "running account" plot has simply subverted people's understanding of an animation. The last time I saw this kind of plot was when I was watching "Teletubbies" and "Garden Babies".

No wonder it’s under 10 years old…

Children over the age of 10 have long been crazy about "The Adventures of Lolo" and have begun to dance with knives and guns, and practice eighteen stunts.

Only preschool children under 10 years old, including kindergarten children, have a soft spot for "Shaun the Sheep" because they cannot understand the too complicated plot.

From this point of view, the success of "Shaun the Sheep" is no accident.

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