Chapter 175: Pokemon is animated
Wu Ming's three animation companies have different focuses and strengths.
Among them, Sunrise is the strongest, with the most technology and experience, and is very good at original animation. Before Wu Ming became the owner, only one of the animations produced by Sunrise Society, "Jonias Ultraman", was co-produced with Tsuburaya Productions, and the other animations were original robot animations.
After Wu Ming became the owner, Sunrise Club had sufficient production funds, and it was no longer limited to robot animation, but also developed into other types of animation. At the same time, it continues to recruit talents, and now it can support the production of eight cartoons at the same time.
On the road of original animation, Sunrise Club is also going further and further. Except for the two teams that have been helping the Sun Moon Society produce adapted animations all year round, the animations produced by the other teams are all original animations.
Studio DEEN Animation ranks second among the three animation companies, and after more than a year of development, it also has eight production teams, but the experience is not as rich as that of Sunrise Society.
Unlike Sunrise Society, Studio DEEN Animation never produces original animations, only adapted animations. Now, most of the animation tasks of the Sun Moon Society comics are handed over to Studio DEEN animation.
Tianmei Animation is the weakest because it started the late. And unlike the two brother companies, the animation market produced by TiMi Animation is relatively small.
Most of the anime produced by TiMi is an anime adaptation for the Order of the Phoenix, which is not popular in the island nation. Although it is popular in Wanwan, there is no copyright law at all. TiMi has never received a penny from Wanwan for the screening.
Although Star TV has always been more generous because it is rich and a brother company, it is only enough for the production cost of animation.
The real profit of TiMi is only the peripheral income and the broadcast fee given by the mainland TV station. However, although the mainland has a vast market, its economic level is still relatively poor. The combined broadcast fee of all TV stations is not as much as that of Star TV.
Therefore, everyone in Tianmei is eager to get the right to adapt Wu Ming's comics. Because Wu Ming's works can enter the island market, and even the global market. The animation "Transformers" alone has brought more profits to TiMi than all the other animations in production combined.
Last time, "Four-wheel Drive Brothers" slipped away from their hands, and the top management of Tianmei were all very sad. Immediately after the fact, new employees were recruited, and TiMi can now support the production of seven cartoons at the same time.
Seeing Li Mingfeng looking at himself with a blank eye, Wu Mingwan smiled and said what Li Mingfeng wanted to hear, "I'm going to make "Pokemon" into a cartoon, and this task will be handed over to you Tianmei." β
The reason why the cartoon of "Pokemon" was made at this time was entirely because Wu Ming wanted to use the cartoon to boost the sales of Pokemon pet machines.
Now that the Pokemon pet machine has been on sale for almost two years, it has sold more than 56 million units worldwide. It's just that the sales report recently taken from Xingchen Entertainment shows that the sales of pet machines have continued to decline, and the monthly sales volume last month has fallen to 1.4 million.
If you want to continue to maintain the sales of pet machines, you can only use cartoons to expand the influence of Pokemon.
"Really?" asked Li Mingfeng in disbelief.
"Pokemon" can be ranked in the top three among all Wu Ming's works. Not to mention, its merchandise is also far easier to develop than other anime. Dolls, videotapes, stickers, stationery, clothing, ...... It can be said that it is all-encompassing.
Happiness came so suddenly, Li Mingfeng couldn't believe it all of a sudden.
Wu Ming nodded affirmatively and said, "Of course it's true." β
"Great!" Li Mingfeng said happily.
Wu Ming smiled slightly, and said: "By the way, when you make "Pokemon", you must carefully and carefully figure it out. In the future, this series of cartoons will be handed over to you. β
"A series?!" Li Mingfeng's eyes widened.
"Yes, it's a series. Wu Ming nodded and said, "The work "Pokemon" is not a plot to win, the main attraction is all kinds of elves. As long as new pokemon are designed, this work can be made forever. β
"Definitely. Li Mingfeng nodded in agreement.
Then he fell into ecstasy, it was a series of works, according to Wu Ming, "Pokemon" could be made for at least ten years.
What Li Mingfeng didn't expect was that "Pokemon" was completely a "lifetime" series of works, and until he stepped down from the position of general manager, this work was not finished.
Also, the first part of "Pokemon" will be serialized in the monthly magazine for five more issues, and it will be over. Wu Ming said lightly, "After that, I don't plan to continue drawing this comic." So then the cartoon has to be original, and you have to be ready in the process of making the first animation. β
"What?" Li Mingfeng immediately stood up from his seat in shock.
It's no wonder that Li Mingfeng is like this, obviously Wu Ming just said that "Pokemon" can be produced forever, but now he actually said that after the first part is over, he will not continue to draw.
After Li Mingfeng calmed down, he couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Boss, why don't you continue to paint?"
"The main reason is that the plot of Pokemon is too simple, and I get a little bored with drawing and don't want to continue drawing. Wu Ming scratched his head and replied.
In fact, in Wu Ming's original plan, there was no comic of "Pokemon" at all, but only the animation of "Pokemon". It was only at that time that the Sun and Moon Club had just been established, and in order to start the fame of the company and "Weekly Boy Sun", Wu Ming wanted to borrow the Pokemon pet machine that was popular in the island country.
Now that the Sun Moon Club is on the right track, and it still has a number of popular comics to support it, there is no need to force the number of "Pokemon" comics.
The reason why the Pokemon manga is still relatively popular now is because it is still relatively novel. But cartoons are many times better than comics.
For example, in cartoons, elves have a variety of cute and cute voices, which cannot appear in comics. After the anime is broadcast, I am afraid that the number of people willing to watch this manga will gradually decrease.
In the previous life, Pokemon only had animations, not original animations. The related manga "PokΓ©mon Special" is another world view and another plot, which has fully illustrated the problem.
Wu Ming didn't want to wait until the Pokemon comic was unpopular to end the work. When the comics are at their peak, the best result is to retreat from the rapids.
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