Hiroshi Wakao made a statement about his analysis of the animation market, and then said, "Toei has two enduring animation themes, that is, robots and magical girls. A giant robot that can transform into a body and use super handsome nirvana is a boy's favorite. And wielding a magic wand, wearing a gorgeous dress, defeating the evil forces, and talking about a prince and princess love is also the dream of many girls. Not only girls, but even boys, many of them grew up watching magical girls. ”

Shinfang Akiyuki suddenly interjected: "Especially in the magical girl animation, the transformation process of just a few tens of seconds per episode is the enlightenment of women for many boys." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, many men present, including Qin Han, showed a subtle smile of "I understand, I understand".

Qin Han would not say that his first two-dimensional wife was Rei Huoye in "Sailor Moon".

"Why don't we watch magical girl anime anymore when we grow up?" Wakao Hiroshi asked a question, and then gave his own answer.

"Because, as we get older, the plot content is younger, and the magical girl animation with a fixed story mode can no longer satisfy those of us who have watched hundreds or even thousands of animations. ”

Qin Han cleared his throat and added: "I want to ask, as an animation insider, have you ever had such an impulse in your mind, or the idea: Lao Tzu is tired of these cookie-cutter magical girl animations on the market, and Lao Tzu wants to participate in making a unique one-of-a-kind!"

"Or, from the standpoint of the average anime viewer, have you ever had the desire to see a magical girl anime that is really fun and suited to the tastes of veteran anime, rather than Toei's toys for kids. ”

Everyone here, you look at me, I look at you, nodded one after another, admitting that Qin Han had the idea.

The theme of magical girls is really too national in Dongying. Animation nerds have more or less some feelings about this.

has a broad mass base, and there is a need for innovation and change to watch dramas, and this is the confidence that "Madoka Magical Girl" can be accepted by the audience of this era and sell well.

After some discussion, the creators no longer have any doubts about the prospects of "Madoka Magical Girl".

Next, it's a matter of working together to make the animation.

This time, SHAFT produced a 20-minute feature film.,Serious animation.,It's not instant noodles.。 So even if the project starts in April, I'm afraid it won't be released until October. And by then, the animation production will definitely not be completed, and it will have to be produced while playing.

They also don't have much time to waste at all.

Now, the script of "Madoka Magical Girl" has been made and has been approved by the creators. Next, the story should be adapted into a twelve-episode animation script.

Typically, animation scripts are written by multiple scriptwriters, with one person working on one or several episodes. Then the series is composed to plan the script of each episode as a whole to form a complete story. It is important that the beginning and end of the story are smooth and exciting.

However, like Qin Han, if he is both the original and responsible for the script of each episode of animation, he doesn't need the glue-like position of series composition. Or to put it another way, he's a series make-up himself.

However, the script writing of "Madoka Magical Girl" has not yet begun in Qin Han. Fortunately, he is just a porter in this animation, and he only needs to restore the finished animation in his memory into a script. Even if he can't completely restore the plot of the animation because of a deviation in his memory, he can make it up by himself with his ability.

The skill of "screenwriting narrative" in the cartoonist profession, Qin Han has reached level 10. In terms of the strength of storytelling, he is no weaker than the original author of "Madoka Magical Girl" in another world, the warrior of love.

Another focus of Qin and Han's work is character design.

There are many similarities and differences between anime and manga in character setting.

The biggest difference is that anime is moving, while manga is static.

Therefore, one of the key points that must be considered in the animation character design is how to design the character so that he can move, and when he moves, he has charm.

Another factor that must be considered is the workload of animators and concept artists.

If the characters are designed to be aesthetically pleasing, such as hairstyles, costumes, weapons and props, etc., are so complicated that the workload of animators and concept artists is greatly increased, and even the quality of the drawing is sacrificed as a result, and finally the painting collapses in the broadcast accident, then it will be troublesome.

Although the "Magical Girl Madoka" in this world has a reference to the original work in another world, Qin Han still decided to add some of his own improvements, so that this classic magical girl animation can achieve more brilliant achievements in this world.

"I already have the original manuscript of the character, but I still need some time to polish and revise it. If you take it out in a week, it should be no problem, right?" Qin Han asked.

"No problem! There's still a lot of preliminary work to be done on this project anyway. Besides, for your story, Mr. Qin Han, I still need to read it a few more times and digest those wonderful plots!" "As the overseer, the helmsman of this animation, Shinbo Akiyuki naturally has the most say in the production progress.

"I can take the opportunity to push the artists to finish the rest of the animation work this week. After that, I was able to devote myself to the production of "Madoka Magical Girl". Miyoko Kanazawa, the director of painting, also nodded.

Character design and script, after the completion of the two tasks in the hands of Qin Han, the entire animation project can be officially launched.

But before that, there is some work that can be done in advance.

Hiroshi Wakao instructed sound supervisor Yoichi Tsuruoka: "Tsuruoka, the selection of voice actors, the selection of sound teams, as well as the production of background music and theme songs, can be carried out in advance. ”

"I understand that. Hegang Yang said, "Let's talk about the most important voice actor candidates first." Are we going to use big-name voice actors, or strong backbones, or do we simply use pure newcomers?"

The idea of using a pure newcomer was first ruled out by Hiroshi Wakao.

If a large company uses a well-known supervisor and screenwriter, and it has a high reputation in itself, then it doesn't matter if you use a pure newcomer voice actor, you can also get a reputation for promoting the future.

However, SHAFT is a small company that is trying to produce animation independently for the first time, and there is no one else in the production team except Qin Han who is not well-known, which is exactly the case of a selling point. Finding a few more unknown newcomer voice actors is simply self-defeating.

But with a famous big-name voice actor, I'm afraid the budget is not enough.