Neon, PD Branch.

A meeting is taking place to determine the fate of the branch, with PD President Jiro Ono, Art Director Shotaro Ishimori, and a number of senior executives.

"Revenue for the quarter was dismal......"

President Ono said with a heavy heart, "After the end of V3, Kamen Rider X was expensive to make, but it didn't bring an equivalent return. ”

The belt is not selling!

The practice of changing the color of the belt to say that it is an "upgrade" can make a big profit, but now it does not work. The new X-Knight Belt has been on the market for nearly two months, and less than 30,000 copies have been shipped in the neon market.

It's not that the new one sucks, but it's ......

The market is almost saturated!

Within three years, the children bought two or three belts. Due to the homogenization of the system, their interest in the new belt has been greatly reduced.

Unless there is no shortage of money, buy it and put it in the collection at home. Otherwise, it is enough to have a belt for normal play. The money you save can also buy a super bracelet!

Ultraman is very strong at this......

From β magic wands to Ultra glasses to today's super bracelets, each generation of Ultraman's transformers has a very different design and gameplay.

The knight was miserable.

If you buy a new X belt and meet a friend who doesn't know the goods, it might be a V3 belt or even a first-generation belt. After all, these three belts, in terms of design language, are too homogeneous.

"The design of the belt will change in the future!"

"Different design styles will indeed arouse consumers' desire to buy. ”

For example, Apple......

The previous generations of the product completely followed the classic design. Although X's bangs complained on the Internet, the final sales proved that after the design was overhauled, many people had the urge to "change the phone".

The X-Knight Belt is like the embarrassing Fruit 8, although the product is excellent, users say that the Fruit 6 in their hands can fight for another three years. Anyway, they all look similar, and the old model is considered to be a new model with a "camouflage shell".

PD needs an Apple X!

The design should be understandable at a glance, and you have a new belt, so as to stimulate sales.

But that's a follow-up arrangement.

The problem now is that the X-Knight has good ratings, but the spin-offs don't sell. If you can't make money, new knights don't have enough budget.

PD Head Office?

Ono thought of this, and his heart was sour. When he called Mr. Meng to apply for "financial aid", Mr. Meng asked him: "Are you a rice bucket?"

All of PD's overseas income belongs to the local branch. The area under the jurisdiction of the head office is only "Greater China" and overseas regions that have not opened branches, such as the country......

Neon is the second largest cornucopia of PD, Meng Lang didn't ask them for money, but they came to Meng Lang to ask for money?

Ono is very aggrieved!

Branches in other regions are completely sitting and collecting money. There is a lot of income, but the expenditure is only "salary, rent, water and electricity".

But what about the neon branch?

In order to make Kamen Rider and complete the neon version dubbing subtitles of many PD works, it is also necessary to repair Kyoto Paradise...... Even if the revenue of the neon region is very high, second only to Greater China, it can't hold it!

If it is the popular period of V3, with the strong appeal of V3, it is not difficult for Neon PD to maintain the status quo. But the current X Knight, the profit is not as good as V3, and it is normal to lack money.

Mr. Meng is too ruthless......

The head office of the group is unreliable, and Mr. Meng is full of thoughts about his own son Ultraman, and he doesn't care about the life or death of the knight. After Ono understood this, he decisively convened this "self-help" meeting.

"Gentlemen, Mr. Meng is unreliable!"

"We can only rely on our own hands to fight for a bright future for Kamen Rider. Everyone thinks about it, how to solve the dilemma in front of us?"

As soon as President Ono's words fell, the conference room entered a dead silence where "the needle could be heard".

After waiting for a few minutes, Takayuki Takeya from the production department was the first to express his opinion: "President, I noticed that the toy figure of the previous work "Kamen Rider V3" is selling very well!"

Do you make figurines?

Ono muttered, "There is a lot of potential in the market, but the figures that customers like seem to be dominated by kawaii girls......"

For example, "YOYO Niang"!

Or, a magical girl?

Kamen Rider's figurines have always been sold down. Even the popular king V3 didn't sell many figures.

Takayuki Takeya smiled, "President, I think it's a design issue. The demographic we want to cater to is not children, but young people aged 16-26. ”

"We ignored one group, the audience of Kamen Rider, quite a few young men between the ages of 16 and 26. Their consumption potential is no worse than that of children. ”

"They needed a Kamen Rider spin-off that seemed less childish and at the same time full of playability. ”

Ono became interested and asked, "Do you have a specific product plan?"

"Yes!"

Takayuki Takeya turned on the projector, connected his laptop, and pulled up the original document to introduce it to everyone: "This is the prototype scrap case I created for the Kamen Rider series after communicating with Ishimori-sensei......"

Shi Sen was surprised: "Zhugu-kun, I remember that the scrapped case is not like this, have you made another amendment?"

"Hi Yi!"

Takeya smiles, "Even though the design wasn't adopted, I didn't want to give it up. I reworked the scrap according to the knight's shape. ”

"Great work......"

Compared with the image of the knight in the TV drama, Takeya has a very bold design based on the knight after the abolition of the demon. The leather case feel has been weakened, and many mechanical details have been added that were not found in the prototype, and the shape is quite cool.

Not only the original manuscript, Takeya also made a 3D rendering model, and the effect is more intuitive. Movable joints, a variety of accessory weapons, and armor full of alloys......

This doll is comparable to a real person!

"You can make a batch and try it!"

Ono made up his mind and said, "Takeya-kun, since this idea was proposed by you, then please leave it to you!"

After the end of the "self-help" conference, Takayuki Takeya gained great authority. He led the various departments of PD (Neon) to complete the mass production of the work.

The name of the product has been decided!

SuperImaginativeChogokin, abbreviated as sic, means "Flashy Situational Chogokin". Takayuki Takeya is the product modeling supervisor, Shotaro Ishimori is responsible for the scene design, and PD authorizes the cooperative company to produce.

It's a new series!

The main "cool" SIC movable Kamen Rider doll has a lot of accessories and moving parts, and the price is affordable. After the first Kamen Rider X and GOD Agency Cadre Apollo sets were released, they were quickly snapped up by enthusiastic fans.

The set includes two SIC figures, Kamen Rider X and Apollo, and comes with a "Volcano" scene and an "Accessory Weapon Pack", which are cool and detailed, and 5,000 yen is really not expensive!

After all, the product is well done!

Kamen Rider X's mask, which can be removed, can be put on the face of the villain "Apollo Geist", which perfectly embodies the premise of "friend or foe".

"PD Conscience!"