My Animation Era

Guangmei is almost finished.

As an alternative magical girl-themed animation, the first season has finally come to an end from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Nishio breathed a sigh of relief.

When the president visited Neon last year and told him to make a cool and special "magical girl" animation, no one expected how much impact this animation would eventually have.

All right……

At that time, the influence of "Sailor Moon S" was still exaggerated.

Everyone generally feels that if the animated "Pretty Cure" project can be half as good as Sailor Moon, it will be considered a great success.

As for being comparable to or even surpassing the famous "Sailor Moon" series, becoming a new landmark work in the "Magical Girl" theme?

Stop it!

Even the most optimistic and confident people would not dare to have such a dream.

Before Mitsumi was born, "Sailor Moon" was recognized as a benchmark for magical girls, and there was no rival in similar works.

How can you just leave the novice village and challenge the final boss with the "best wooden sword in the village" given by the village chief?

Not to mention, the person in charge appointed by the president for the "Pretty Cure" project is Nishio, who has never been exposed to this type of subject before and knows nothing about magical girls...

Honestly.

When Nishio received the appointment, his first reaction was not "Can I complete the task satisfactorily?" but "Why would the president choose me?"

What the hell!

The only thing that Nishio can do well is the fighting portrayal that was praised by countless viewers during the production of the animation "Dragon Ball".

Can this also be used to film magical girls?

Was it because he didn't wake up, or was the president out of his mind? Let a person who is good at hot-blooded fighting series play a magical girl. Isn't that a layman guiding an expert?

Fear, uneasiness...

During that time, Nishio, including the entire "Pretty Cure" animation production team, was actually full of worries.

After all, this is nonsense!

Fortunately, the president told everyone that "Pretty Cure" is just an experimental animation, and it is not expected to be too long. If the results are not good, then we will break up after 26 episodes.

26 episodes? Simple!

After learning that this was only an "experimental" work, Nishio and his colleagues were immediately less stressed and more courageous, no longer as constrained as before.

Then Guangmei started broadcasting.

With its excellent production standards, excellent plot narrative, and "fighting style" that is considered innovative in the entire industry, Guangmei became an instant hit.

Everyone is happy!

After all, it is a work that I have worked hard to create, and it is definitely a happy thing to be recognized by the audience collectively.

But as "Pretty Cure" continues to be popular, the second week, the third week, the fourth week...

Almost every episode aired and every week passed, the topic and popularity of animation reached a new level. After causing widespread discussion, Nishio, the director, began to panic.

Why is it so popular?

I thought it would fail miserably and everyone's expectations were very low. It was a good thing that the project became popular, but it was too popular.

Generally, animations are popular and only make people excited and excited, giving them a sense of achievement when their efforts are recognized.

But the work is so popular that it has even become a "national-level" animation in the neon area, and its popularity has surpassed the completed "Sailor Moon" series. Then a good thing turns into a bad thing, which makes people feel numb.

Not easy to understand?

Let's put it another way.

Suppose you are the owner of a barbecue restaurant and run an ordinary barbecue business in the night market. As a result, one day, your barbecue stall suddenly became popular, and business was much better than usual.

As long as you are a normal person, you will probably feel excited at this time and work harder.

But your barbecue stall is getting more and more popular, and even attracted CTV reports. The chef of the state banquet came all the way to visit the restaurant, and it has become an iconic delicacy in the city and even the province. Countless tourists flocked here and asked you if you were worried. ?

Nishio has this mentality.

When Guangmei first became popular, he was very happy, but when Guangmei became more popular day by day, he felt a suffocating pressure.

Isn't it?

Is the animation really as good as everyone says? With so many people paying attention and so many pairs of eyes staring at you, should you be more attentive in the following episodes?

Nishio was very afraid that he would mess up Mitsumi, so after completing 26 episodes of the animation, he couldn’t wait to apply for "completion".

Unfortunately, the president vetoed it.

Guangmei is so popular, no matter what the reason is, it is unacceptable to end it in 26 episodes in a hurry.

Therefore, Nishio could only bite the bullet and continue shooting.

Starting from the 26th episode, he shot every animation episode very carefully and carefully, fearing that if he was not careful, he would ruin this work that was expected to be comparable to or even surpass "Sailor Moon".

This process is very painful.

Staying highly focused for a long time, especially under high workload and psychological pressure, can easily lead to breakdown.

Thanks to Nishio’s strong psychological quality.

With the broadcast of the 50th episode of Guangmei Animation, the torturous days are finally over. I can finally take a vacation and relax my tense nerves.

Don’t ask why it’s 50 chapters!

This has to do with the particularity of the first season of Guangmei. As an animation originally planned for 26 episodes, it was actually produced according to the standard of "half-year series".

As the show continued, due to the popularity of the animation, the president requested that Guangmei be upgraded from a "semi-annual show" to a "annual show", so some additional plots were temporarily added.

But the plot cannot be added randomly.

The first 26 episodes were foreshadowing or hidden clues. After sorting through them again, I found that the plot can only be continued for about 20 episodes...

This is not enough for the annual standard!

So Nishio thought of an unlikely solution, which was to add one or two additional "special episodes" in addition to the main plot and side plots.

This special chapter is easy to understand.

Many men watch otaku-style animations, especially harem, campus, and love seasons. They often add a "swimsuit episode" full of benefits in the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, etc. episodes, allowing the male and female protagonists to go together. Playing at the beach...

This is the special chapter.

Because this scene design actually does not play a particularly big role in promoting the main line or branch lines. The same interaction occurs, so why go to the beach?

In addition, there are some classic "daily specials".

In hot-blooded battle series, after a thrilling battle, one or two episodes of "daily drama" will be interspersed with a more soothing and heart-warming one.

This is also often complained by many viewers as "water time".

But complaints are complaints.

If you ask the audience whether they like this kind of special episode, there is a high probability that most people will like it.

After all, swimsuits have benefits, and daily dramas can also relieve tense nerves. You can't fight all day long and have high energy throughout the whole process, right?