"My name is Wu Lan. ”

"My name is Su Yi. We are all international students from Huaxia, and we are currently students in the Department of Image Design at Musashino Art University. ”

In this era, it is not uncommon for Chinese students and residents to be found in Dongying, so after Wu Lan and Su also introduced themselves, no one made a fuss about their foreigner status.

Moreover, I heard that the two of them were from Musashino, one of the three major art universities in Toei, and many people showed admiration.

For example, Hideaki Anno.

Although the Osaka University of the Arts, where he is currently studying, is also a relatively well-known art university, the educational resources of Kansai are incomparable to those of Tokyo, which gathers elites from all over the country and even the world. Second, he doesn't need to take cultural courses, but only professional courses.

Compared to the admissions of Musashino Midai, which is stricter, it always feels a little worse.

Hideaki Anno and Dou Sifu Okada, among a group of people who attended the party, were unremarkable, and Wu Lan and Su Yi didn't look at them a few times.

However, if Qin Han was present, I am afraid that he would be happy to see the two celebrities again.

In his previous life, Okada Doushio was known as the "King of Otaku", and it was he who systematically summarized the concept of "otaku" and carried it forward.

In that era when the entire society criticized the otaku group because of the Miyazaki killing, and the entire anime industry suffered a huge blow, it was Okada Dousio who stood up and spoke out for the otaku, a minority group that was excluded and disliked by society.

It can be said that after that, otaku culture was able to gradually get rid of the prejudice and discrimination of the mainstream of society, and even became a popular subculture that was sought after, and Okada Dousio had his own unique contribution to it.

Of course, in addition to this, Okada was also one of the founders of the well-known animation company GAINAX, and was also a like-minded partner of Hideaki Anno during the start-up period.

Although, in the future, due to the difference in business philosophy and the accumulation of various contradictions, Okada Dou Sifu was kicked out of GAINAX by Hideaki Anno and Hiroyuki Yamaga, which is known as the "Okada Dou Sifu Chase Incident".

Well, it's all the history of another world.

Now it seems that Okada Dousio, who is still very young, has a very good relationship with the famous EVA father Hideaki Anno. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to Kanto from Kansai together.

After ordering drinks and snacks, a group of young people talked freely about "Madoka Magi" and other favorite anime comics.

The first time I met, I guess there are no common topics.

Later, when they talked about their future work plans, everyone was even more interested.

"Su Yiyi and I are both going to work in the animation club after graduation. After all, the ultimate goal of our lives is to become animation supervisors. Miyazaki's achievements are unlikely to be achieved in a lifetime. As long as you can make a few animations that thirty years later, they will be taken out from time to time by old otaku to talk about their remembrance, it is enough. Wu Lan said.

"Thirty years later, there will be people talking about animation, and this standard is not low......," Okada Dou Sifu laughed, "but the ideals of the two of you are similar to that of Anno." He also wants to be an animation supervisor. And, this time, he seems to be going further ahead than the two of you. ”

"Okada, don't talk about everything?" said Hideaki Anno.

"It's a good thing, what's not to talk about?"

Everyone immediately became interested and looked at Okada Doujio: "What's the matter?"

Okada Dousio said in an Osaka accent: "This time, Anno and I came to Tokyo to participate in the Toei Science Fiction Convention. Second, Anno received an invitation from Ghibli to participate in the production of "Valley of the Wind". ”

"Ghibli, that Ghibli!?" everyone's eyes widened, staring at Hideaki Anno.

Even if a group of senior otaku are familiar with well-known superintendents and can tell the historical allusions of major animation companies, the real insiders do not.

For the industry that they yearn for and love, these people have a sense of reverence.

"It's that Ghibli. "Hideaki Anno was stared at by so many people, and he was a little embarrassed. He grabbed his hair and said, "I hope this job can be done, because I'm ready to drop out." ”

The determination revealed in these words made Wu Lan and Su also speechless.

As Chinese people, the two of them value diplomas, which is incomprehensible to young artists like Hideaki Anno. No matter how much you want to chase your dreams, you have to wait until you graduate from college.

OTHERWISE, WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AND QIN HAN IS QUITE FAMILIAR, IT WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A JOB AS AN ORIGINAL ARTIST IN SHAFT IF THEY DROP OUT OF SCHOOL NOW. If you work hard for a few more years, you may be able to work your way up to senior positions such as photography and painting supervision. And then with a little luck, it is also possible to seize an opportunity and become an overseer.

Hideaki Anno felt the envy of everyone and said, "I still have to attend an interview to go to Ghibli this time, and I can only become a full member after the internship period. ”

"Anno, you have to have faith. Everyone says that your painting is good, and there will be no problem. ”

However, some people said with some concern: "But Ghibli is not easy to enter." And I heard that Hayao Miyazaki acted arbitrarily and arbitrarily. Anno has dropped out of school, and if you don't get hired by Ghibli, won't it be very troublesome?"

"I guess I'll be working part-time in Tokyo and applying for a job at another anime club. I won't be going back to Osaka anyway. Hideaki Anno said, leaning on the frame.

At this time, Wu Lan had an idea and proposed: "If Ghibli can't do it, why don't you go to SHAFT and try it?"

"SHAFT?" HE SAID TO STARTLE EVERYONE.

Today, whether in the eyes of Toei animation industry insiders or the majority of otaku fans, SHAFT is undoubtedly the most popular animation company this year.

The first time I independently produced a TV animation, I came up with a stunning work like "Madoka Magical Girl", which made the entire industry tremble.

Today's gathering is held in the name of the "Magical Girl Madoka Club", and in their minds, FT is as sacred as Jerusalem in the eyes of the followers of the Abrahamic religions.

"As far as I know, SHAFT doesn't have any plans to hire people anytime soon, right?" said Douji Okada, who is well-informed in the industry.

"ALTHOUGH SHAFT HASN'T RELEASED THE NEWS OF RECRUITMENT YET, SU YI AND I KNOW SOME INSIDE STORIES. Wu Lan couldn't help but say.

He took out his mobile phone, showed a photo of himself and Qin Han to everyone, and said: "SHAFT is preparing a sci-fi animation with a robot theme. It is said to be an annual series. For this, a large number of manpower is naturally needed. ”