Chapter 90: Oda Shinna's Action Plan (I)
If it's just about cooperation, it's actually enough to send a request directly to the Hibiscus Society in the name of G Society. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
But no.
Although it is a cooperation, the relationship between the Hibiscus Society and the G Society is far from being "intimate", and after getting the investment from the Hibiscus Society, the G Society is not very much their main investor.
In particular, the people of the Hibiscus Society are always pointing fingers at their budget control.
Moreover, Yasuhiro Takeda had resolutely refused the Hibiscus Society's request for the right to use the EVA character once, and probably President Miyahara would be hurt by this matter.
In fact, Miyahara didn't feel hurt, but felt that G Society was a little ignorant at the time.
In short, based on the dirty interests of both parties, if you want to talk about continuing cooperation, you have to have some emotional foundation, so there is a special trip by Yasuhiro Takeda.
Apologize first, then talk about the dilemma, and then talk about cooperation, the process is there, although it is a little hypocritical.
But that's the way it is, for G Society, the meaning conveyed through Takeda's actions is that their hearts have arrived.
For the Hibiscus Society, it should also feel that the other party's heart has arrived, let's reveal the previous things, and then it's time to talk about new cooperation.
"I don't know what to do" is just what Miyahara Jing felt at that time, and the business club talks about feelings between companies? His mind is not so funny, and in hindsight, he should understand that it is understandable that G Society refused to give him authorization at that time, after all, he was in charge of others to authorize him without saying a word......
G Society has been losing money for so many years, and it was almost out to sell itself to pay off its debts, and now it is finally possible to have an EVA project, this is their hope in life, of course, they will look at the copyright tightly, and of course people will not participate in Miyahara Shizu's inexplicable and unexplained project.
About any wind and grass about EVA, G Society is very nervous, not to mention that the PV they cut out and broadcast now has no expected response and attention.
G Society is very worried about the future of EVA.,If this animation hits the street.,Then the entire G Society will also hit the street.。
Looking at the entanglement on the other party's old face, Miyahara Jing actually wanted to imitate a well-known comedian and say, "You will be red half the sky......
"Hibiscus is the main funder of EVA, so in this situation, the uncertainty of the animation is likely to cause losses to everyone...... So at this time, in order to avoid this situation, we hope to get the help of the Hibiscus Society. ”
Hibiscus Society is indeed the largest funder, but they only have a 30% profit share, Takeda only talks about the former, but does not mention the latter, as if if the project hits the street, the worst loss is the Hibiscus Society, this kind of statement similar to the concept of stealing is to tell Miyahara Jing, you still have to do a good favor in this matter.
In terms of investment, if EVA hits the street, the Hibiscus Society will indeed lose more, but from the meaning of this project, it is not the case, the loss of 400 million yen is actually nothing for the current Hibiscus Society, and it doesn't even matter if it loses the long-term income of EVA, because now the Hibiscus Society has moved towards a healthy development.
For G Society, it is different, they are struggling on the line of life and death, EVA can live, they can live, the two are tied together.
"We weren't worried about the quality of the anime, and if President Miyahara had seen our finished film, I wouldn't have been worried, but the only thing we were worried about was the lack of response to the work due to the lack of early publicity......
This statement really made Miyahara Shizune look sideways, yes, Miyahara Shizune didn't doubt the quality of EVA, but the animation project has been going on for a year, except for the first one, G Society has not invited Hibiscus Society to see the animation they made.
This attitude towards the management is embarrassing to say.
"That's why we want to have a cooperation with the Hibiscus Society, which is very important to us, and I ask President Miyahara to agree to it."
Yasuhiro Takeda looked at Miyahara with a slightly nervous look, not knowing whether he was really worried or pretending.
"Of course, we are very concerned about the EVA thing, and we hope that the animation can be successful, in fact, we are also very optimistic about this project, otherwise we would not have contributed 60% of the funds and only 30% of the copyright income ......"
Miyahara emphasized the ratio of his contribution to income, and then observed Takeda's expression.
But at this time, "just right" Takeda lowered his head.
"Cooperation...... How can we work together on this? ”
Helplessly, Miyahara Jing still asked this question.
This is a bit of a knowingly questioned, for him, cooperation is not impossible.
At present, on the weekly Shonen ME, EVA is serialized every other week.,After all, you can't ask Yoshiyuki Sadamoto to update it every week like a professional manga artist.,He doesn't have that time - in fact, Sadamoto draws a monthly magazine.,It's just that the ME editorial department will split a sentence into two words and serialize it every other week.。
So people who watch comic serializations sometimes find that the EVA of a certain sentence is very weird.
However, this kind of stream-of-consciousness work,After all, it's not a traditional shonen manga method.,So the current response to EVA's serialization is a bit tepid.。
If you really want to skyrocket in popularity, you have to wait for the anime to play.
Hibiscus Club has the comic copyright of EVA, and the anime hit must be very helpful to the sales of the single book of the comics, and those loyal fans will definitely support the sales of the single book.
For example, the average sales of a single volume before the animation of "Red Lotus Bow Arrow" was only a little over 1 million, but after the end of the first season of animation, the average sales of the volume immediately fell like a pill, and it quickly soared to the order of 3 million.
The influence of animation can be seen, and the role of animation in manga is like this.
Therefore, if done in the right way, Miyahara has no reason to refuse such cooperation.
Yasuhiro Takeda probably also knew that it was impossible for Miyahara Shizune not to understand what cooperation meant in his statement, but the other party just pretended not to understand......
Takeda can't complain about Miyahara's knowingly questioning reaction, and from the perspective of being a requester, he must also explain "cooperation" in detail and tirelessly.
"The cooperation we are talking about is a bit similar to the previous cooperation between the Hibiscus Society and the Shogakukan, that is, the way of the song 'Don't Throw in the Defeat'."
Don't admit defeat and the resurgence of the popularity of ODA and NOBUNA in this month or so, it is impossible for Yasuhiro Takeda not to know. In fact, the G club already has some understanding of why the Hibiscus Society wants to make a virtual combination, this thing is used in animation promotion, and the lethality of animation lovers is huge.
But to make such an impactful virtual combination, the opportunity is hard to come by, after all, earthquakes of that magnitude are not common.
Now that the EVA that G Society is entangled in has no heat, it is a no-brainer for the Hibiscus Society.
"The difference is that this time you obtained the one-time use rights of Minami Asakura, and this time, our plan is to ask 'ODA NOBUNA' to sing the OP of EVA."
"Singing OP?"
Miyahara asked rhetorically.
He doesn't remember if Hideaki Anno, the op supervisor of EVA, but the 90-second intro is quite classic.
"The Program of the Cruel Angels" is a 90-second OP, the sound and picture are perfectly matched, the fast-switching image is matched with the fast beat of the song, and the short 90 seconds are composed of 89cut, and the mystery and volt line in the entire animation are buried in this 90-second image with subconscious techniques.
Op's religious consciousness and stream-of-consciousness techniques are strong, such as the cross, the SEELE symbol, the first machine with 12 wings of light, the Kabbalah in Jewish Esotericism, and the Kabbalah Tree of Life...... This kind of fast-switching image uses the phenomenon of visual persistence to stimulate the viewer's subconscious and make a deep impression on the work.
Does Yasuhiro Takeda mean to replace this classic OP?
Because if you want to change ODA to sing the Cruel Angel Action Plan, let's not talk about what will happen to Yoko Takahashi, in essence, ODA and NOBUNA are not "singing", but with the help of these four characters, in which case the coordination of the OP will definitely be damaged to varying degrees.
But immediately Miyahara Shizune reacted, and they asked ODA Nobuna to sing that song, but it was impossible to put other anime characters into EVA's OP.
On the side of G Agency, I will probably use the image of ODA to re-make a 4-minute animated short film, which will not overlap with the work itself, and I just want that publicity effect.