There is a very classic saying in the industry: since ancient times, miscellaneous fish have been produced in January, and masterpieces have been produced in October. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoJanuary is often the most burnout period in the entire industry, coinciding with the Spring Festival, whether it is the animation production company itself or the outsourcing company's production process is prone to errors, after the Spring Festival, the audience's desire to consume declines and other factors, resulting in many animation production companies believe that spring is a gloomy period, so the Spring Festival launched in January is often a test of the water or animation without much commercial value.

On the contrary, October has become the main animation appearance time for many animation production companies.

However, this year's January drama really surprised anime lovers in District 11, mainly because two animation production companies synonymous with boutique launched their main animations in this quarter at the same time.

[Oriental] animation production company, established more than 40 years ago, but from the hands of this animation production company can be only more than 20 animation works, these from the [Oriental] animation production company animation style is very clear, the style is biased towards tradition and serious, belongs to the type of good storytelling.

The [Oriental] animation production company cannot be said to have strong capital, but as one of the most senior companies in the industry, the manpower, material resources and even connections are not comparable to the [Fate of the Void] animation production company.

In January this year, the new work "Legend of the Galaxy" launched by [Oriental] after two years is the same original animation as "Rebellious Lelouch", and the script and series composition of the animation are well-known in the industry and are also the special personnel of the [Oriental] animation production company.

No matter how you look at it, the [Oriental] animation production company and the [Yuanzhikong] animation production company are very incompatible.

[Oriental] animation production company is known for its tradition, only more than 20 works produced no less than 10 were phenomenal works in those years, many veteran animation viewers still think that it is because of the existence of [Oriental] animation production company, 11 area animation can survive now, there is a widely spread saying that "Japan's animation production company is only Oriental is enough." ”

[Edge] animation production company also pays attention to the plot, but from "Rwby" to "Magical Girl Madoka" or "Fate/zero", [Edge] animation production company has always focused on the name of innovation, subverting the traditional setting, and successively launched several animations that are regarded as classics, "Magical Girl Madoka" is even more subverted the normal of the industry, reversing the deep black remnants from healing to animation, detonating the industry and causing [Magical Girl Syndrome], In terms of IP level and social impact, it stands firmly at the top of the industry pyramid today.

The work of the two companies also seems to represent the difference in the style of animation produced by the two companies.

The traditional space song "Legend of the Galaxy" and the Gundam-themed animation "Lelouch the Rebellious" are a showdown between orthodoxy and unorthodoxy.

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"[January Double Wall], "Rebellious Lelouch" has been very popular since its inception, and the rebellious protagonist and the worldview based on reality have been well received, well~ Of course, it will also be warned by the Broadcast Ethics Association."

"Legend of the Galaxy", worthy of being from the work of a veteran animation production company, is slightly inferior to "Rebellious Lelouch" in terms of painting, because the picture performance is based on the grand scene of the universe, the shock and appeal are more than "Rebellious Lelouch", the protagonist is the complete opposite of Lelouch The decent protagonist, although not hot-blooded. Obviously, the popularity of the broadcast is not as good as "Rebellious Lelouch", but now after the second episode is broadcast, isn't it completely flat? ”

"Animation New Issue" animation media magazine is holding an editorial meeting to decide the content of the next issue, and the conference room uses a projector to show the popularity trend of the two animations at the beginning, "Rebellious Lelouch" started in popularity, and then maintained a steady upward trend, "Legend of the Galaxy" started second only to "Rebellious Lelouch", but the popularity rose higher, and as the plot unfolded, there was a tendency to catch up with "Rebellious Lelouch".

A total of four editors attended the animation evaluation meeting, including the magazine's editor-in-chief, Shigeru Banto, who looked thoughtful and thoughtful.

Shigeru Bandong knocked his fingers on the desk and sighed in embarrassment: "How should I score it?" ”

The young male editor couldn't stand the silence and raised his hand to speak weakly: "Sure enough, it's better to have "Lelouch the Rebellious"? Anyway, this animation is produced by the superintendent of Kamiya, and the popularity is also the first now. ”

"What do you think?" Shigeru Banto looked around at the other editors.

A mature and steady middle-aged editor shook his head and said: "It's not good to jump to such a rash conclusion, the potential of "Legend of the Galaxy" is not low, from animation production to footsteps followed the team of "Journey to Saturn", "Journey to Saturn" was the only animation in Japan that received high ratings from Europe and the United States at that time, and its influence in China was not low. ”

"Ah~yes." The young male editor responded disappointed that his opinion was not adopted.

After a pause, the middle-aged editor suggested: "In the end, one is an orthodox space song, and the other one seems to be a bit commercialized, at least now, but under the banner of innovation, it can give a better rating to "Legend of the Galaxy", and "Lelouch the Rebellious" is more suitable for the audience." ”

Another senior male editor who has not spoken much has said categorically in an angry tone: "What's wrong with innovation, "Madoka Magical Girl" is not also innovation, and now it has become an unsurpassable miracle in China, and there are many praises abroad, and we don't know if Superintendent Kamiya will create such a miracle again, "Lelouch the Rebellious" is longer and has more possibilities. ”

"What's going on with your rating mechanism.,Animation is animation.,Whether it's suitable for the audience to watch is also a part of the rating.,Don't forget who our magazine is for.,It's not those serious awards.,It's all animation audiences.。 If we can't satisfy this part of the audience, we all have to resign. ”

The young male editor, sitting in his seat, agreed: "It's true that all animation magazines are not as popular as they are every year. ""Animation New Magazine" is in a good situation now, seizing several works of the [Edge of the Void] animation production company to increase performance, with the popularity of electronic publications, the other two that are now both physical animation magazines are not in a very good situation, one has given up treatment and is waiting to announce the closure of publication.

The steady editor frowned and said: ""Lelouch the Rebellious" will broadcast two episodes every week, no matter how long the length is, it can't explain the quality, what is the purpose of playing two episodes a week, it must be catching up with the production schedule, which means that even the superintendent of Kamiya himself may not be optimistic about this drama." ”

"Don't jump to conclusions, Editor-in-Chief Banto, what is your opinion?"

"Hmm~ That's right." Bandong-in-chief pondered for a long time: "I'm thinking that since we all have differences of opinion internally, then this time the rating section will be canceled, and this month's content will be dominated by these two animations, and the statement of [January Double Wall] should also be of interest to many audiences." ”

The young editor suddenly realized: "Ah~ This is also a good idea. ”

"No way, agree with this approach first." The two senior editors looked at each other, knowing that no one could convince anyone to simply agree with Banto's proposal. The content of the magazine next month will be dominated by two animations, which will not offend the audience of the two animations, and can give an objective evaluation, which will do no harm to the magazine.