As November begins, the temperature difference between day and night gradually increases. Meng Lang, who was afraid of the cold, wrapped himself in velvet and thick clothes early.

Today, he's going out.

As the New Year approaches, the Neon Division's Kamen Rider Amazons and the North American Division's Ultraman Jonias are coming to an end. The construction and development of the Bolton Club and the Aries Park in Paris have also entered a new stage.

So, for the next month, his itinerary is Egawa - Kyoto - Los Angeles - Bolton - Paris - Egawa.

Obviously, everything was normal, but after the plane took off, Meng Lang suddenly had a sense of foreboding.

It's a bad feeling.

For some reason, he always felt that this trip would not go well. But he couldn't tell the reason, so he could only comfort himself that he was thinking too much.

The plane landed smoothly, and Jiro Ono, president of PD Neon (Branch), came to greet him with a number of executives.

After greeting for a while, Meng Lang took his accompanying secretary Yang Ping, accompanied by President Ono, to the branch for inspection.

The Neon Division is rich!

The office is located in the center of Kyoto, and a small building was directly bought, employing more than 210 people. In the parking lot downstairs, you can see BBA models everywhere.

"It's ......"

Meng Lang walked into the office area and immediately saw a lot of painters working at the desk. Judging by the drawings they draw, it should be a comic work.

Do you still do comics?

"President, this is a peripheral derivative manga work we made for the Kamen Rider series. ”

Ono casually took out a printed comic book, handed it to Meng Lang and introduced: "This kind of comic book is very popular among students. ”

"Do you sell a lot?"

Meng Lang opened the comic book and asked.

Ono said proudly, "June was the best seller, with 800,000 sales. The entire series has an average monthly sales volume of about 500,000. ”

That's pretty good!

The animation industry is worthy of being a pillar industry of neon. With such a high sales volume, it is unimaginable in China.

Through Ono's narration, Meng Lang roughly understood their ideas.

To put it simply, around the core IP of "Kamen Rider", we develop products such as comics, animations, and games. Create a full ACGN product chain to cover more consumer groups.

"Well done!"

After complimenting him, Meng Lang asked casually: "What about live-action dramas, and what is the situation with Amazon?"

"Amazon ......"

Ono looked embarrassed, and said with a stiff expression: "Amazon's ratings have indeed restored the glory of the V3 period. In the peripheral derivative market, the performance is very average. ”

SIC Amazon figures, the total sales of the whole series, are not as good as the "hate" form of V3.

It's hard.

Meng Lang, who knew this, did not blame Ono. He shook his head and said, "The momentary embarrassment can't prove anything. Believe me, the future of Kamen Rider must be bright. ”

It's good to boil until the Heisei sequence!

Showa Knights, the ratings are fiercer than the other. When it comes to peripheral profits, even the V3, which performs well, can't compare to the Heisei Knights.

The Amazon set, located in a rented ANB special studio.

When Meng Lang came here, Shi Sen was filming the fourth season of Amazon. Amazon α join forces with Amazon to fight against biochemical modifiers made by Panda.

Shi Sen's brain hole is really big!

Panda has absorbed the experience of Ω and α to create the most terrifying Amazon cells. These cells are infectious, and infected humans undergo mutations.

And the protagonist Amazon and Amazon α, entrusted by the 4C organization, to shoulder the heavy responsibility of eradicating these deviants. In addition to the government, 4C also receives funding from Panda.

Intricate story.

Probably due to the limited space, after taking on the story of the third season, the fourth season seems to have been pressed the fast-forward button, and the plot of each episode is quite brain-burning.

"Not enough space!"

Ishimori explains, "If I have time in the future, I will make two theatrical versions to explain the story in detail. ”

"It's a shame......"

Meng Lang can see that the Amazon in the fourth season is completely different from the first three seasons. Ishimori wanted to tell a better story, but he couldn't take care of the details due to space.

There is only one pit to be buried.

Or many years later, when Shi Mori is dying. He finally remembered his unfinished story and picked up the guide tube again to make a side story for Amazon......

"Amazon still has five episodes left unaired, probably ending during the carnival. This is a stronger project, so you can take a look at it, president. ”

"I won't look at it. ”

Stronger's story, typical of Showa chivalry. In Meng Lang's memory, about the plot of the strongman, I only remember that the classic appearance and the glory of the end of the seven people gathered.

"The heavens are calling, the earth is calling, the people are calling, calling me to defeat evil! I am a warrior of justice - Kamen Rider stronger!"

Oh yes, and whistles!

It's a soul soundtrack......

Compared with the plot, the real highlight of the strongman is the novel setting, which is what attracts the audience the most.

Electrical remodeler, eh!

I don't know how it works, but it sounds cool and it's over. Not to mention, the radio wave girl Tackle.

By the way, the real name of the radio wave girl is Yuriko, and after the transformation, she is called Tackle, and she is not the "tank" translated in many subtitles.

This is an extremely rare female hero among the Showa macho men.

Although she is a weak chicken, she is often captured by the enemy, and she has to be rescued by a strong man. But the audience doesn't hate this character, and even loves it very much.

The reason is very simple.

I'm used to seeing the plot of Tachibana's father being arrested and the knight going to the rescue. After becoming a radio wave girl and being caught, and the strongman went to the rescue, the nature changed suddenly.

This is a hero saving beauty!

Anyway, the knight always has to save people, save a beautiful woman or a bad old man, who do you guess the audience will choose?

It's a pity that Toei belongs to a straight male company. The attitude towards the female character is more ruthless than that of the round valley next door, and he directly killed him.

To be honest, this one didn't handle well.

Even if you don't like this character, you won't be killed, right?

In this way, the audience is somewhat nostalgic in their hearts. Directly spicy hands to destroy flowers, Aunt Dong, you can be a person!

Radio wave girl, electrical remodeler.

From these two names, you can see that the theme of the strongman will revolve around "electricity".

This is also the first time in the Kamen Rider series that the theme of "electricity" has been used. The protagonist is strong, from the tricks, transformation methods and even the shape of the holster, there are "electrical" elements everywhere.

"This is a work of the new era!"

Ishimori explains: "In the past, my works were shrouded in a strange circle of pathos, revenge, and fate. It's not just that I'm tired of watching it, but the audience is also tired of watching it. ”

"The return of Amazon to the beginning does not mean that we have given up on the exploration of new routes for knights. The strongman will explore more route possibilities for us. ”

It's strange to believe you!

Meng Lang rolled his eyes and said, "If I'm not mistaken, when I was an X-knight, you also said something similar. ”

"It was an accident......"

Shi Mori's expression was embarrassed.