Speaking of comics,The real dominance in Asia is still Japan,I believe everyone knows how strong Japanese comics are,Even now in 1981, Hong Kong is Hong Kong comics occupy an absolute hegemony,But in the seventies a few years ago, Japanese comics once occupied Hong Kong。

If it weren't for the rise of a group of local cartoonists in Hong Kong, such as Huang Yulang and Shangguan Xiaobao, I am afraid that the most popular cartoons in Hong Kong now would be Japanese comics.

At the same time, Huang Yulang was able to achieve great success and dominate the Hong Kong comic industry, and one of the most important points is that he was able to actively learn the essence of Japanese comics and bring them to Hong Kong comics.

Later, with his identity as a Hong Kong person, he created comics that everyone was more familiar with and accepted, defeated Japanese comics, squeezed them out of Hong Kong, and led Hong Kong comics into a golden age.

But in general, the advantages of Japanese comics are still great, after all, Japan has developed the animation industry into a mature industrial system, and even become a pillar industry of the national economy, and the development of its animation industry can be seen.

Although Hong Kong comics are somewhat deficient compared to Japanese comics,But in Asia, only Hong Kong comics can really challenge Japanese comics,In the competition for the Southeast Asian market,The two sides are also inseparable。

The Japanese comic system is more mature, and the high-quality products emerge in an endless stream, while the martial arts action and other themes of Hong Kong comics are closer to the cultural atmosphere of the Chinese in Southeast Asia, so both sides are very familiar with each other and are very concerned about the changes in each other's comic industry.

The appearance of the comic "Zhu Xian" has caused a great shock in the Hong Kong comic industry, and its delicate and gorgeous painting style has undoubtedly been greatly sought after by comic fans in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and the sales of 300,000 copies in just one week shocked everyone, among which the Japanese comic industry is naturally included.

There are many anime companies in Japan, and in 1981 there were many well-known ones, such as Toei Animation, Sunrise, Studiodeen, Kyoto Animation, Madhouse, Pierrot, etc., and there are many famous companies that have not yet been established.

Among these companies, everyone is probably most familiar with Toei Animation and Sunrise.

Founded in Japan in 1956, Toei Animation is the equivalent of China's Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, and has been a production site for traditional animation.

At the beginning of the company's establishment, under the leadership of President Hiroshi Ogawa, all the members of the company opened a new page for the Japanese animation industry.

The "God of Anime" Osamu Tezuka, the "Head of Ghibli" Hayao Miyazaki, and the "Father of the Masked Superman" Shotaro Ishimori have all joined Toei and created a glorious era together.

The Japanese animated films imported and broadcast in Chinese mainland are all produced by "Toei Animation", and more than half of the best-selling Japanese animation (including movies and TV) audio and video products in China in later generations are produced by "Toei Animation".

It has countless masterpieces such as: "Clever Ikyu", "Aralei", "Dragon Ball", "Sailor Moon", "Fist of the North Dipper", "Saint Seiya", "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", "Meteor Garden", "Kanedaichi Shonen Incident Book", "Slam Dunk", "Digital Tyrannosaurus" series, Yu-Gi-Oh, "One Piece" and many more.

Sunrise is one of the Japanese companies involved in the production of animation, and is part of Bandai, which is known for its robot animation.

In 1972, some employees of the insect production company (founded in 1968 by Osamu Tezuka, the "god of anime" of Japan), started a business under the name of "Sunrise Art Studio".

In the same year, Sunrise founders and Tohoku Shinsha jointly founded "Soeisha Co., Ltd." The works published at that time were marked with the words "C Northeast News Agency", which indicates that the copyright belongs to the Northeast News Agency.

It wasn't until 1976 that Sunrise Studios officially entered the Japanese anime stage under the name "Sunrise Co., Ltd."

When it comes to Sunrise's works, the key lies in the word "big", big production, big pen, big length, "Gundam" not to mention, "Inuyasha", "Frog Conan", and "Gintama" are all quite long works (really thanks to them for having this energy...... ）。

And the cost of music and voice actors is absolutely not sparing, if you want the best voice actor, you want the most popular musician, this is called identity.

In terms of storyline, ups and downs and obvious contradictions are one of its major characteristics, so the preference for the SF genre is also its obvious feature.

His representative works include: "Mobile Suit Gundam" series, "Gintama", "Cowboy Bebop", "The Legend of the Demon God", "Frog Gun", "City Hunter", "S.Cry.ed", "Infinite Unknown", "Sky Escaflowne", "Inuyasha", "Dance Hime", "Mobile Police", etc.

The representative works of Sunrise and Studiodeen include: "Young Onmyoji", "Hell Girl", "A Moment of Together", "Arrest Warrant", "Rogue Kenshin", "Romance of the Gods of the Fairy World", "Mobile Police", "Gravity", "Holy Stone Kid", "King of Thieves Jing", "Ghost Eye Knife", "Fruit Basket" and so on.

The representative of "slow work and meticulous work", Kyoto Animation, which is "like the Blizzard of the animation industry", has lucky stars, genius babies, fantasy games, and useless heaven and earth! Air, the melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kanon, etc.

Madhouse's representative works that are good at adapting comic book masterpieces are: "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", "Red Hot Chili Peppers", "Nana", "Deathnote", "Humanoid Computer Angel Heart", "Song of the Sheep", "Monster", "Tokyo Godfather", "Delusional Agent", "Heaven's Kiss", "Tooth", "Galactic Angels", "Rhodes Island War", "Card Girl Sakura", "Ten Soldiers Guard ~ The Secret of the Love Eye Patch", "Gun God", "X-Men", " Vampire Hunter D", "Mirage of Fire", etc.

Pierrot, one of the mainstay companies in the Japanese animation industry, has made some of its most famous works: "The Adventures of Riding a Goose", "Lucky Star Kid", "I Am Britney", "Orange Road", "Good Boy in the Forest", "Yuyu Hakusho", "Clamp School Detective Group", "Spicy Teacher GTO", "Incredible Game", "The Most Travelogue", "Chess Soul", "Tale of the Twelve Kingdoms", "Tokyo Meow", "Naruto", "Detective Academy Q", "Death", "Diary of a Beautiful Bird", "Blue Dragon", etc.

These are Japanese animation companies that have been established for a long time and have achieved a certain amount of success and fame, and they have obviously noticed this Hong Kong comic "Zhu Xian", but they have all adopted a wait-and-see strategy.

In fact, the delicate and gorgeous painting style of "Zhu Xian" is derived from Japanese comics, and Japanese comics at this time have already had such a painting style, but they do not have the theme of Xianxia, which is a strong theme of Chinese culture, neither comics nor novels, unless they come to Hong Kong to buy the copyright of the novel, otherwise I am afraid that Japanese writers will not be able to write similar works.

And these companies have their own plans, and they don't have time to take care of Xianxia-themed comics like "Zhu Xian". However, there is indeed a discussion going on within Daiconfilm about the "Zhu Xian" manga.

You may not be too familiar with the name Daiconfilm, this company was only established in 1980, and there are no works yet, and it is still in obscurity. But it would be renamed GAINAX in 1984, and of course the masterpiece that really made them widely known was Neon Genesis Evangelion many years later.

"You're saying you want to introduce this manga and sell it in Japan?" Hiroyuki Yamaga asked with a frown, and the other company's main creators, Takami Akai, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Masa Yuki, and Yuki Sato, all looked at the comics in their hands and bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Yes, this manga is excellent even in Japan, and its hot sales in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia have proved its worth.

Since the establishment of our company, there are no other plans other than the production of the opening animated short film at the 20th Japan Science Fiction Convention held in Osaka, which I think is a waste, and the distribution of manga is indispensable if our company wants to grow.

Now while other big-name companies haven't made a move, we still have hope, but if it's any later, I'm afraid we will lose this good work. Hideaki Anno said to everyone present.

"But there is no precedent for a Hong Kong comic to be a big hit in Japan so far." Mosa Xue clearly felt a little risky.

"What do you think of this work?" Hideaki Anno asked.

"It's really a masterpiece, no less than a lot of manga in Japan." Everyone unanimously affirmed the level of "Zhu Xian".

"Since it's a good work, what are you afraid of? It's because there is no Hong Kong comic that sells well in Japan, so we have to try, and we can release a small amount first, if it really doesn't sell well, then give up, and the loss is not big.

But if it can sell well, it will also bring income and a certain reputation to our company, and if this work sells well, then we will stand out among many animation companies and become famous. The more Hideaki Anno spoke, the more excited he became.

Everyone saw Hideaki Anno's excited expression, and his words were all in deep thought, and then everyone raised their hands to vote 4:3 to pass the resolution, and finally Hideaki Anno went to Hong Kong with the company's entrustment and hope.

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