The thirteenth episode of "Fate/Zero" has not yet aired, and Yu Kamiya is immersed in drawing the original storyboard. www.biquge.info The first episode of the animation "Knight's Twilight", which is a biography novel written by him, is scheduled to be 24 episodes, and the last 12 episodes will be broadcast in April next year. A novel of 300,000 words is not long in a light novel, but the amount of information contained in the 300,000 words of "Knight's Twilight" will seem too hasty and compact even if it is made into 24 episodes of animation, and the effect of animation depends on the ability of animation supervision.

"Knight's Twilight" is not a serious historical animation, but a fantasy work that blends elements of Japanese fantasy with English legends and epics. The novel is acceptable, but if the animation effect is not good, then it is likely to be reduced to four dislikes, Japanese fantasy is not like Japanese fantasy, history is not history, epic is not epic, plus a mother-in-law King Arthur, and the disobedience and embarrassing atmosphere are crowded with pictures.

In view of the particularity of the novel "Knight's Twilight", the animation shooting technique adopted by Shuichi Kitagawa is very special.

Similar to the composite shooting method of character biographies, the timeline runs through the plot of the entire anime, allowing the audience to always stand as a spectator to watch the legendary life of Artoria. This animation production method is suitable for more serious works, which can well connect the plot with a large time span, and the overall style of the animation can be maintained steadily.

The disadvantages are also obvious, for example, the most serious one is the lack of subjective visual substitution.

Yu Kamiya himself was surprised after watching the first episode of "Knight's Twilight", as the original author, he just gave advice, but he didn't expect Beichuan Shuichi to be so bold and adopt innovative animation shooting techniques. This kind of shooting technique is basically only used in some large-scale biographical films, and no one knows what effect it will have when used in animation, and even in the last world, there are rare animation works of the same type, and it is impossible to give a clear comparison.

On closer inspection, this particular shooting method may also be very suitable for "Knight's Twilight".

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October is still the month of magical girls, but it is also the perfect time for the animation "Madoka Magical Girl", which is connected to many major projects of the animation production company [Yuanzhikong].

In October, the second season of the "Fate/Zero" anime, the animated novel "Knight's Twilight", the novel "The Gate of Mystery" by Ruri Kirikagami, the manga created by Matsumoto Zang, Naoki Irie, and Akito Yoshitomi, and the [Valhalla" project, the general project really includes the three major industries of ACG (A=Animation Animation C=IC Manga G=Game Game) and the novel industry.

How do you lose by riding face?

After the animation of "Knight's Twilight" was broadcast, the audience's evaluation was not as good as "Fate/Zero" for the time being, and the excellent painting of the first episode did not ruin the name of the original novel, and the specific judgment still needs to see the animation effect after the plot is deepened. "Knight's Twilight" is one of the prequels to "Fate/Zero", inheriting some of the popularity of "Fate/Zero", and from the beginning of the anime's broadcast, the ratings have surpassed all the new animated dramas released in October, and the popularity ranking is second only to "Fate/Zero", which is about to broadcast the second season.

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【Sunrise】Animation production company

Fujiwara Tiger pushed the door into the conference room, looked around the indoor environment and shook his head in disappointment: "Didn't that guy from Kamiya come again?" ”

"It's estimated that the second season of FZ has already started to be produced over there, and with the big money that Superintendent Kamiya has been spending, it's strange that he took the time to join our meeting." "Knight's Twilight" animation director Kitagawa Shuichi sat on the conference chair and said helplessly, he himself is an animation director, of course he understands the pain of animation supervision, and he has not had a good day of rest himself during this time when he is busy producing "Knight's Twilight".

"Haha, that's right."

The relevant personnel entered one after another, and when the senior management of the production department of the [Sunrise] animation production company arrived, the producer Towa Kenji stood up first, took a deep breath and solemnly announced: "Everyone has worked hard during this time, and the ratings report of the first episode of "Knight's Twilight" has come out. ”

"Wait~ Wait! It makes me catch my breath and feel so nervous all the time. The painting superintendent Suzuki Yang hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, pressed his chest to adjust his breath before nervously saying, "It's okay." "It's not like Uehara Eizuki who only needs to be in charge of the original painting part of the [Sunrise] animation production company, but it's strange to say that the assembly line production structure of [Yuanzhikong] animation production company with Yu Kamiya as the core is very strange.

Suzuki Yang also needs to be in charge of acting, original painting, single episode general painting, single episode supervision, etc., the first episode is okay, because the first and last episodes of animation are usually in charge of Kitagawa Shuichi himself, which is convenient for unifying the animation style. Most of the animations in the middle are handled by different art supervisors, so it's not a surprise that one animation supervisor is changed from episode to episode.

"Then I will continue to announce that according to the report given by TV Asahi, the ratings of "Knight's Twilight", which was broadcast at half past one in the middle of the night, are 9%, and the market share is 18%." A smile appeared at the corner of Towa Kenji's mouth.

Ratings 9%!

Hearing this data, the production staff who are doing it all showed surprise on their faces, and they were still surprised by this achievement when they were prepared. This is only the first episode of "Knight's Twilight" ratings, and the late-night animation has achieved animation ratings that are not inferior to those of the prime time. In addition to being happy, the animation production staff present also felt a little heavy, this is the best achievement achieved by the [Sunrise] animation production company in the past ten years, and they also know what the root cause is.

"Smack!"

Kitagawa Shuichi clapped his hands vigorously, looked around at everyone and smiled, "Aren't the results very good?" Then we still need to continue to work hard, and we must not live up to the expectations of the original Mr. Kamiya. ”

Suzuki Yang patted his chest, took a breath and said with relief: "That's right, just like what the supervisor said, after that is the beginning of our battle, if this 8% rating represents the basic popularity of the work, then we just need to surpass it!" ”

"Haha, young people should be so ambitious! F... No, I should be aiming for "Madoka Magical Girl"! The middle-aged president of the animation production company stood up and laughed.

Fujiwara Tiger next to him was dumbfounded, and the lines he just wanted to say were snatched away.

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[Sunrise] animation production company and animation committee smiled from ear to ear, as long as the animation does not die, the position of the sales supremacy is basically stable, next to the light of "fate/zero", after the production committee obtains the animation copyright, the character of Saber itself will become a cash cow.

On the other hand, the popularity of the manga of Matsumoto Zang, Naoki Irie, and Akito Yoshitomi has increased a lot in a short period of time, due to the [Ennoku] animation production company's announcement of the "Valhalla" project and the "Moon World Setting Collection", although the manga story does not intersect with "Fate/Zero", because there are many readers who are interested in the specific content of the [Moon World Setting Collection] to watch the manga.

Fate/Zero is the stage of the Heroic Soul.

Mystic Gate is the world of magicians.

In addition to the comic works of "Mysterious Gate", the other two comics are similar to "The Realm of the Void", which explains the story about the roots, and the other is related to the setting of the true ancestor.

The setting context is intricate, and a large net is slowly woven around the [Moon World Setting Set].