The protagonist's name is Ouyang Xiaofeng.

According to Guoman's law of "name determines attributes", it can be seen from the word "maple" that this guy belongs to the "wind" attribute.

What hair color does the wind attribute go with?

Normally, red and blue are the standard for the protagonists. After all, the animation should always highlight the protagonist, and if you make a passerby's hair color, maybe the audience will ignore the protagonist.

That's the mainstream!

However, "The Legend of Pinballs" is an "anti-mainstream" anime. What bullshit red and blue standard, the master uses brown and black, and he is not convinced!

Here's an interesting fact!

In "The Legend of Marbles", whether it is a supporting character or a villain, the hairstyle and hair color are quite "exaggerated". Only the protagonist Xiaofeng, whose hairstyle and hair color are very "passerby-like".

In a sense......

Everyone is very pompous, only you look like a passerby, which also achieves the role of "highlighting the protagonist" in disguise.

The production team is really amazing!

There is still something about the beauty, and this kind of operation is more practical than the traditional routine of "the protagonist is fancy, and the supporting role is humanized".

Xiao Feng is a wind attribute!

According to the setting, there are so-called "marble spirits" in this "marble world". And Xiao Feng's marble elf is the well-known "Babu Bird" for many people.

"Soar!

Perhaps every marble boy has imagined that he can also fly the sacred marble fighter with the Babu Bird to save the world.

I don't want to admit it, but I ......

Meng Lang also had a similar dream!

Babu Bird is so handsome, so handsome that it falls off the scum. At that time, when watching the anime, his favorite among the marble elves was the Babu Bird.

Iceskin frogs are pretty good, too!

After all, it is the marble elf of Hai Xiaomei, and there is a little BUFF blessing of "goddess pet", and the more I look at it, the more pleasing it feels to the eye.

Of course, the villain's is not bad.

Although elves such as praying mantises, poisonous snakes, and wolves are easy to scare people, in terms of styling design, the production team really put a lot of effort into it.

It's a pity that the toys don't sell well......

This is not that Meng Lang is blind, but an obvious fact. The original version of "The Legend of Marbles" was created by Yangcheng Tianbei Toy Company and Shimei, and it went to "sell toys" at the beginning.

As a result, the anime went viral!

Not many toys were sold!

Because it was too long, Meng Lang couldn't remember the situation at that time. Anyway, he only remembered that when the marble legend was at its hottest, everyone was playing marbles, but few people bought "marble fighters".

This phenomenon illustrates......

This work was indeed a success, but the producer did not eat it alone, and cheapened other "marble" manufacturers in vain. The "marbles fighter" promoted by his own family, no one bought it at all.

Probably, the marble legend is obviously very popular, but it has not been released for a long time, and it is also for this reason.

After all, it's a terrible feeling to make a wedding dress for someone else after a hard time. If you're an investor, you don't want to shoot a second season.

The anime has a good reputation and good ratings!

But what's the use of that?

If the toys can't be sold, who will shoot the second season?

Similar examples abound.

"The Legend of Pinballs", "Song Dynasty Football Player", "Go Boy", "Cosmic Star God" and countless other works have achieved good results. However, the surrounding toys could not be developed, and the investors were discouraged, resulting in a difficult birth for the sequel.

At the end of the day, it's because of money.

If you can make money, even if you make less money, there will be people who will work on the sequel with enthusiasm. It's not profitable, and it's even upside down, who will do it?

Feelings can't be eaten as food!

The original Pinball Legends, which did run into this problem. It is also true that the investors did not make any money and were discouraged.

But the PD version is different.

The difference here does not mean that the "setting" and "plot" are different, but that the "market environment" is different.

Copyright protection in this world is perfect, and PD has registered the trademark "Marble" and intellectual property rights. Other manufacturers can also make "glass balls", but you can't call them "marbles".

The same glass ball, you can call it "popping beads", "rolling balls" or even "Meng Heizhu", no matter how strange it is, no one cares about you. But you can't call it "marbles" because "marbles" are exclusive to PD.

This is where Meng Lang's confidence lies.

Although marbles cannot be registered as patents, restricting others from imitating them. After all, small glass beads have no technical content at all, PD can do it, and other manufacturers can naturally do it.

But he got the name "Marble"!

And, one more point is crucial. In this world, glass beads have no other achievements in the field of toys except "checkers".

That gave him a chance.

As long as he takes the lead in making a name for himself, he will operate the brand of "marbles". When peers realized it and began to engage in "popping balls", marbles had already become popular.

Make a time difference!

This time difference is not too long, maybe a month is enough. After all, a toy is on fire, and the speed is really amazing.

Losing money is out of the question.

For the project "The Legend of Pinballs", Meng Lang is very confident. After discussion at the meeting, he gave an SS rating.

Quite a high level!

Since this year, PD has implemented the "SSS~D" project rating mechanism. The higher the rating, the more capital budget, group resource tilt, and manpower support can be obtained, and the higher the level of confidentiality.

Generally speaking, there are only two or three SSS grades a year. Yu-Gi-Oh GX, for example, is the first SSS-level project this year.

SS level is already a regular project, the highest level that can be evaluated! Judging from this rating, the group will definitely do its best to support it, and funding and manpower are not a problem.

Of course, PD animation is not lacking in these.

Whether it's manpower or funding, they can solve it themselves. The biggest benefit of the project being determined to be SS is mainly from the later publicity.

In addition to "Pinball Legend", another work was discussed in this conference - "Ultra Monster Girl".

Compared with the legend of marbles, Ott Niang's rating is much lower, only A-grade. After all, this work is mainly a "fan-oriented" welfare, not for money, so the priority is not high.

But......

Although it is only A-level, the resources obtained by Ott Niang are no worse than those of S-level projects. It is the same as asking for money for money, asking people to give to people, and there is still what should be there.

After all, this is a project that Mr. Meng cares about.

In his original words, although "Ultra Monster Girl" can't make a lot of money, he can only sell figurines. But this work can attract a lot of two-dimensional audiences and expand the influence of "Ultraman" IP.

So, it's still very important.

PD Animation's work this year roughly revolves around "Yu-Gi-Oh GX", "Pinball Legend" and "Ultra Monster Girl".

On the side of PD Film and Television, the situation is a bit complicated......

Except for the soon-to-be-completed "Ultraman Dinah" and the soon-to-be-launched "Metal Hero Gibon", in the new year, PD Film and Television doesn't seem to have any blockbusters.

It's embarrassing!