Chapter 76 Breaking the perception of animation, Conch Company seeks help

Author: Yamata Earthworm

Chapter 76 Breaking the perception of animation, Conch Company seeks help

Wu Da has been deeply involved in the animation industry for nearly ten years. Finally, after bankrupting four animation companies, he suddenly realized that the industry was in recession and he seemed to need to change careers!

Then he worked as a screenwriter in the film industry for several years.

It can be said that he has an extremely deep understanding of animation, and he is a graduate of Inazuma New Tokyo Animation Art Academy.

I have read and studied countless classics.

Among them, there are some anime about fighting beasts, but they are all extremely passionate, with constant life-and-death fights.

There has never been anything like Pokémon that is more cartoonish and even looks heartwarming.

Because no one would think that there would be a market for a hot-blooded anime that is relatively cartoony and for younger audiences.

But Shen Lang's works completely broke the perception of beast-controlling animations.

Who said fighting requires a fight to the death? Who said a pet beast must be mighty and domineering?

These are all stereotypes, and only by breaking them can further development be achieved.

"Pokémon" is qualified both in terms of plot and scale.

Wu Da had always believed that substandard animation was a matter of review, but now he saw that Shen Langyun had calmly come up with a wonderful setting and plot that he and countless animation people couldn't even think of.

He couldn't help but doubt himself, are we really too good at it?

Shen Lang looked at his expression and knew how surprised the unlucky screenwriter was.

But what Shen Lang said later broke his understanding of anime even more.

Wu Da showed the things to others, and soon the same surprised expressions appeared on their faces.

Perhaps, with Pokémon, the company can really gain a foothold in the animation industry.

Shen Lang sat down and slowly asked everyone.

"Animation for 12+ can reach the largest audience."

Wu Da blurted out directly: "The range is about 8-14 years old, because most children have to prepare for the high school entrance examination at the age of fifteen, so the number of views in this age group is relatively small.

There is a bit of depth and content in the 12+ animations, which may not be understandable to children who are too young.

So the approximate range is right here.”

Shen Lang shook his head: "No, this range is too small. We have to continue to expand. My goal is to make anime that can be watched by people between 6 and 25 years old, so that even those young people will like to watch it, like to watch it, and actively follow it instead of

Passive acceptance on television.”

Wu Da and everyone looked at each other in confusion, wondering if his ears were not working well and he heard wrongly, or if he, the great leader, was just wishful thinking.

How is this possible? Any film and television work has an audience age range. The wider the range, the more difficult it is to produce.

Especially during the process from adolescence to adolescence, children grow rapidly during this period, and what they receive is like cramming.

No matter what they are, they will soon get tired of it, but as their worldview continues to take shape, they will gradually mature in accepting things.

Therefore, there are many restrictions on the age of the work. From childhood to adulthood, there are at least four or five spans.

However, Shen Lang actually wants to include them all directly. Isn't it just a fantasy?

But how could they know how influential this "Pokémon" is? Even many people in their thirties and forties will buy some small Pokémon pendants, and they won't even feel it is against the rules.

This shows how tolerant Pokémon is.

Shen Lang said slowly: "You don't have to be so surprised, I'm not talking nonsense, we just want to break the traditional concept.

Your beast-controlling anime will all focus on the battle of pet beasts, which will of course fail.

If the background is placed in an imaginary world, there will be no sense of immersion, and our animation mainly focuses on travel and the interaction with Pokémon.

And in an urban setting, in this fast-paced era of materialistic desires, traveling and having a soul partner are people's two ideals.

However, we can satisfy just that, and we can also satisfy the children's need for novel experiences.

You just think "Pokémon" is very novel, but this is only the first level, and you are far from seeing its true value!

Satisfy everyone’s needs for a fantasy world, that’s what anime should be!”

After listening to this, Wu Da felt like he was struck by lightning. He suddenly felt that all his years of study had been in vain.

This is how an animation should be. Under the influence of the secular world, even he unknowingly thinks that animation is for children. With tinted glasses, how can he make a decent work?

And being able to include social factors in it, Wu Da once again showed a wry smile on his face.

Anime can actually do this?

With a few words, everyone instantly changed from being listless to being in high spirits.

Because they saw the future and saw development.

Shen Lang then sat down and said to Wu Da: "From now on you will be the company's animation director, you have rich experience.

Others assist Wu Da and their salary is doubled."

These words raised everyone's emotions to a climax.

Then he told them about the specific setting and the image of the Pokémon and the protagonist in the early missions.

A classic image of a baseball cap with a hedgehog head, holding a Poké ball, and carrying Pikachu on his shoulders was born.

Wu Da will be responsible for the subsequent storyboard production, painters and others. They need to make a short film first to see the effect.

With the information provided by Shen Lang, they were immediately eager to try and show off their talents.

They are not stupid, but they are unable to break the inherent thinking, a process of transformation from 0 to 1.

As long as you get familiar with it, you might be able to create better plots than the original Pokémon.

But if others want to imitate and transcend, it is absolutely impossible.

Because there is only one of them, any similar anime that appears in the future will be labeled as a copycat of "Pokémon" no matter what. This is also an inherent impression.

And his real confidence lies in the fact that after the appearance of Pokémon in the original world until he left, there was still no classic of the same type that could be surpassed.

When Wu Da and the others were rolling up their sleeves and working hard, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Shen Lang turned around and saw a man with dark gray skin standing at the door.

After looking at it for a while, he recognized it as the mixed-race man who was anxious to give himself a check to buy the copyright to "Young and Dangerous".

It seems to be Russell from Conch Company. Why does he have time to come here?

It’s not the fault of Shen Lang’s bad memory. The main reason is that Russell gave the check too quickly and didn’t give him a chance to remember it.

Unexpectedly, Russell walked in while applauding, and said with admiration in his eyes: "Your understanding of animation is beyond my imagination. It seems that I made the right decision to find you as a partner."

Shen Lang knew the principle of not going to the Three Treasures Palace for no reason. Even if these words were true, he would not take them seriously. He asked tentatively: "Are you worried?"

Russell didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, so he simply nodded.

"Since you're doing this, I won't hide it anymore. Our "Young and Dangerous" animation production is in trouble and we need your help.

I was still a little nervous at first, but after listening to your explanation just now, I feel that no one is more suitable to help us than you."
Chapter completed!