【Edge-no-Kong】Animation production company

conference room

The number of people in the conference room, which was not very spacious, was gathered at the top of the animation production department, including original art supervisor Uehara Ezuki, animation supervisor Ruri Gosara, 3D supervisor Chixia Yuuki, supervisory assistant Kamiya Doku, production director Aoi Morishita, and new art director Akisa Chishima. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the new hall division of the sound department does not need to participate, first, he still has a job there, and secondly, this meeting has nothing to do with the sound department to a large extent.

"Please." A calm and gentle voice sounded, and Uehara put the prepared hot tea in front of everyone before sitting quietly back in his place, wearing an elegant black kimono full of harmony and looking calm and elegant all the time, and the long hair was coiled up and fixed with a classical hairpin, Yamato Nadeshiko's bearing was favorable.

"Thank you, I don't know what the Overseer called us for this time. Dome, you know what? Wumore Liuli elegantly picked up the hot tea with both hands and took a sip, obviously wearing a gothic-style long skirt, but the action of drinking tea was completely Japanese, and there was no sense of disobedience in subtlety.

Kamiya Qiongping shook his head flatly: "No, I never ask about the company. ”

"Sister Aoi, how are you doing over there?" Everyone's eyes are on Aoi Morishita, who is sorting out the information, they all know that Aoi Morishita is the secretary of Yu Kamiya, if anyone can understand the important dynamics of the [Edge-no-Kong] animation production company for the first time, that person must be Aoi Morishita.

She stopped what she was doing, frowned and nodded: "Well, but it's better to announce this matter yourself." ”

Uehara said in a shallow voice, "Be patient." ”

The new art director, Akisa Chishima, is a woman with black-rimmed glasses, who wears glasses but has no intellectual temperament, and her eyes are timidly observing the conference room, like a frightened rabbit. Her dress is the opposite of Aoi Morishita, if Aoi Morishita wears delicate light makeup, she belongs to the type that doesn't take care of herself very well, and her long black hair makes her look gloomy and sluggish, and anyone who sees her at first glance will feel unreliable.

A month ago, she was also a member of the art department.,It's also because of her good performance in "Madoka Magical Girl" that she was selected as the art supervisor by Yuu Kamiya.,Although it looks unstable on the outside.,The actual ability is still relatively good.。 The art department is usually responsible for the background of an animation, including the artistic atmosphere, the overall style of the animation, the structural layout, etc., and the requirements for relevant knowledge and experience are very strict. Why the art department is responsible for drawing the background of the animation does not need to be recalled, here is an explanation of a question that many people will have when watching animation, most of the animation fight scenes can be seen when the scene is destroyed, and the destroyed scene does not match the background color.

For example, if you see a wall with different shades of color, you know that the wall is going to collapse next, which is the disadvantage of the inconsistent background of animation production. The background drawn by the art department is static, and the scene that has collapsed will be drawn in advance, and the wall that will be knocked down will leave a big gap, and then this part of the dynamic of the collapsed wall will be filled by the original art department.

Qiandao Akisa watched the gathering of many company executives in the conference room, and waited cautiously and did not dare to speak.

"Whatever, it's okay, it's been ten minutes before the meeting starts, why hasn't that guy come yet, if he doesn't come again, I'll have to go back to play games." Yuuki Chixia sat on the conference chair and yawned to herself.

The office door was pushed open.

"I'm asking you to come back to do animation, not to play games." Yu Kamiya heard Yuuki Chinatsu's complaint just now, and knocked her head angrily and funny as he passed by her.

Yuki Chixia touched his head in pain, stared at Kamiya Yu with dissatisfaction and said, "It's obvious that I'm late." ”

"Oversight."

"Oversight."

"Yo." The others stood up one after another to say hello.

"I've been waiting for a long time, I'll apologize for being late, I'm busy wrapping up the sixteen episodes, and it's hard to find the feeling when I stop and draw the next storyboard." Kamiya Yu sat down in his place, looked around at the conference room and nodded, "The main leaders of the various production departments have arrived, and I'm quite busy here, so it's a long story short." Having you in the conference room this time is actually another planning decision for our company. This decision can affect the production level of the entire company, which is why everyone has a meeting. ”

Yu Kamiya nodded to Aoi Morishita, and asked her to distribute the information in her hand and explained: "This is the specific timetable for the production of "fate/zero" by various departments of our company during this time, and it can be seen from this schedule that the efficiency of each department is compared. ”

Wugen Liuli put down the teacup in his hand and asked hesitantly: "Does the superintendent mean that he wants to lay off employees?" ”

"It's too early to conclude that it's not a layoff, but considering the imbalance in the development of each production department, I want to readjust the personnel situation of each production department and establish a sub-animation production company affiliated with [Yuanzhikong]." Yu Kamiya said with his hands folded and muttered.

"Sub-animation production company?"

"Yes, for the time being, it's named [Yuno Sora], and it's also in charge of animation production." Yu Kamiya nodded and looked at the heads of each department: "What you need to do is to complete a personnel report belonging to your own department as soon as possible after returning to your own department, and then recommend a member with better ability." ”

"The personnel report will be submitted on the first of next month at the latest, and at that time, I will transfer some members of the company to the subsidiary according to the personnel evaluation report, and I need to tell you that this is not a demotion, but rather that the treatment may be better in the subsidiary due to various circumstances. In addition, the art department does not need to submit personnel reports for the time being, and the art department is already short of talents. ”

Art supervisor Chishima Akisa was stunned, lowered her head and replied in a voice the size of a mosquito, "Okay." ”

"Aoi, please find a new company address during this time, preferably close to our company, and the relevant animation production equipment should also be prepared. There is no surprise that [Yu-no-Kong] will be officially established tomorrow during the buffer time when "fate/zero" ends. ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it."

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The planning and operation of Valhalla was very successful, the solid foundation had been laid, and it was only a matter of time before the skyscraper was built. After Yu Kamiya let go of the burden of planning, he began to focus on another important point, which can also be said to be a small change to the animation production company of [Edge's Void].

Establishment of a subsidiary【Yunoku】

[Yu's Space] is still an animation production department centered around Kamiya Yu, the difference is that the main animation produced by [Yu's Space] is not a TV animation but a theatrical version, whether it is an original animation similar to "RWBY" or an extension of the works of [Yuan's Space], it can also be used as a support for [Yuan's Space], when the [Yuan's Space] animation production company encounters a tight production cycle again, [Yu's Space] can stop the animation production work in hand first and share the pressure of [Yuan's Space].

Yu Kamiya has always had the idea of establishing [Yuu no Kong] in his mind.,The animation industry is not only composed of TV animation.,Theatrical animation is also a big market.,And it's more than one level better than TV animation in terms of market freedom.。

The second installment of "RWBY", "5 Centimeters per Second", "The Matrix" animated version, or Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece as "Disney in 11 District", etc., such animated films can be brought to the big screen.

The original intention of the establishment of [Yu's Space] was not to cater to the market.,Originally, [Yu's Sky] was quite weird compared to the overall animation industry.,[Yu's Sky] is more maverick compared to [Yu's Sky], and the first animation that Kamiya Yu intends to make after the establishment of [Yu's Sky] is "Five Centimeters per Second".

This animation has always been considered by Yu Kamiya to be the last world-famous animation director, and he has the same ghost name as Makoto Shinkai's peak work, even if the animated film "Your Name", which created a box office miracle in the 11th district in China, is inferior, the difference is that "Five Centimeters per Second" is more niche, "Your Name" is more commercialized or based on Makoto Shinkai's style to cater to the public's taste, and even the ending is a good ending.

The tragedy is even more profound, and Makoto Shinkai's understanding of this is deeply embedded in all of his previous works.

If [Yuu no Kong] wants to produce the animation "Five Centimeters per Second", what will happen to Yuu Kamiya, he knows it, and it is definitely a street type on the market, and no matter how good the animation is, it can't become popular. The subject matter is too niche.,It's so niche that it's not an innovative problem that can be solved.,The definition of the animation itself.、Style、The goal is niche.,If it's not a niche,Then this animation wouldn't be "Five Centimeters per Second"。

At the beginning, Makoto Shinkai said in an interview: "He watched "Five Centimeters per Second" as crazy as he was looking at the notes he wrote during the second period. Perhaps many viewers don't know that "Five Centimeters per Second" is a story written by Makoto Shinkai based on his first love. There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people, and "Five Centimeters per Second" in the eyes of Yu Kamiya and "Five Centimeters per Second" in the eyes of Makoto Shinkai, the original author, can be said to be not the same work, and what Yuu Kamiya wants to make is the part that belongs to him.

In addition, leaving aside the commercial part, in fact, "Your Name" as an animated film has a familiar flavor of Makoto Shinkai, the animation director, but many places are not perfect, and Yu Kamiya left an impression of lack of sincerity when he watched it for the first time. "Your Name" has great drawing, a good story, and a unique style, why is this animation insincere? "Your Name" is more suitable for TV animation, the information in the original animated movie is messy, and many places that should be explained are blurred, such as why the two protagonists didn't find that the timelines of the two worlds are different.

Here Makoto Shinkai adopts a rather clever setting, which inevitably leaves a half-baked impression on Yu Kamiya - a vague memory.

When the two of them exchanged bodies, they had a blurred memory, and they didn't remember anything when they went back.

But where is there no time reminder on the phone, on the calendar, even on the TV, on the blackboard in the classroom? If you find yourself in a different timeline, you won't go out to find out what happened? Vague memory? Write the information to the male owner.,And then when the male owner crosses the identity of the female owner, it's good to write it down in the form of a diary.。

The emotional development of the male and female protagonists is quite abrupt, with a lengthy opening, but the emotional development of the male and female protagonists is summarized in less than ten minutes of footage, and the changes in the scene timeline are not obvious, so that the audience can't feel the emotional development of the male and female protagonists. The plot of the two exchanging bodies is limited by space, and it is summarized with many lens changes.,Here, it would be much better if the timeline changes were used to highlight the changes in the emotional line.,That's why it's better to make this animation a feature-length TV.。

In addition, the setting of the crossing is very subtle.,Needless to say, the front is chewing wine in the back...

The setting of "Your Name" should be the reason for the special physique of the heroine, because her mother-in-law has also experienced similar things, and in this regard, it may be better to give the audience a hint at the beginning, for example, when the mother-in-law sees the male protagonist, she reacts to a stunned and acts as if nothing happened, and this shot alone can confirm the words of the mother-in-law later.

As a result, the mother-in-law explained in the original work that her memory was vague, and she didn't even have any memory of the time crossing itself.

If his previous works were fantasies, this time he had to be close to the public to conceive works that fit the thinking of the public, and this is obviously the failure of his transformation.

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Time flies

New episodes have been broadcast in October,The second season of "fate/zero" was finally broadcast on the night of the nineth,The plot is getting better,The outbreak of the twelfth episode of the plot has greatly increased the total popularity of the animation,The showdown between Lancer Zhao Yun and the conquering king Iskandar has been listed by many animation lovers as the best picture in the history of animation,The shocking scene of [King's Army] and Zhao Yun riding a thousand, the picture of a million troops have convinced countless audiences.

No one could have imagined that 2D animation could produce such a shocking effect.

There were only a lot more viewers waiting in front of the TV waiting for episode 13 than when they watched episode 12, and episode 13 did not disappoint these viewers, although the duel between [Wang Zhijun] and Zhao Yun was forced to end, and the deep sea monster summoned by Catser surprised them again, judging from the epilogue novel and the way Caster appeared, it is clear that he plays a related and weird role in the animation, and presents a "hymn to God" with Ryunosuke Yusheng to make the atmosphere structure of the whole animation more subtle.

Some viewers who have read the third volume of the novel are quite excited, and they know that the next step should be Saber's use of the Noble Phantasm [Sword of Oath of Victory] and Lancelot's battle against Gilgamesh. The novel's version of the [King's Army] duel is very exciting and specific, and the general reader is worried that the animation will not be able to express the atmosphere of the novel, but the [Yuanzhikong] animation production company has done it, not only fully showing the [King's Army] effect depicted in the novel, but also the visual effects on the animation have reached a higher level, so all readers are looking forward to the next [Sword of Oath Victory].

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