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An unknown creature as cute as a white cat stood on a high platform, and when it slowly turned its head to look at the camera, it looked particularly strange under the cold full moon behind it.

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Shuichi Kitagawa sat on his office chair and stared at the promotional PV of the new work "Madoka Magical Girl" that was about to be broadcast by the animation production company [Yuanzhikong], and felt an indescribable weirdness and depression in his heart after watching it. He bit the cap of the pen in his mouth and continued to click to play and replay the two-minute promotional animation, and he always liked to bite something every time he was highly focused: "Is this use of slow motion deliberate or unintentional?" And the scenes related to the protagonist that appeared just now always feel like this is not an animation with a magical girl genre theme.,It's more like a youth animation with a dark atmosphere.,But how should the cute painting style be explained? ”

Shuichi Kitagawa looks like an ordinary office worker, but in fact, he is the animation supervisor of the industry's well-known animation production company [Sunrise], and has directed many excellent animations that are well-known in the industry and sought after by the audience, and now a new animation director has caught his attention.

Yu Kamiya, a young director who was not famous before but relied on "Magical Girl Naye" to become famous in the Japanese animation industry, and at the same time, he directed "Magical Girl Naye" is also the animation that beat the animation "Magical Girl Meow Meow" directed by Shuichi Kitagawa in popularity that season. As the industry's own supervisor, Shuichi Kitagawa is more of an admirer of the young supervisor than unwilling, and he himself is watching the animation of "Magical Girl Naye", so he can naturally see that the popularity of "Magical Girl Naye" can beat "Magical Girl Meow Meow" is not relying on painting and special effects, but more essentially, the "soul" of the work.

The commercial animation he produced "Magical Girl Meow Meow" can make people shout wonderful and make people feel funny, but after all, it will not give people the excitement that bursts from the bottom of their hearts.

After the [Edge-no-Kong] animation production company announced that it would broadcast the new work "Madoka Magical Girl" in January, Kitagawa Shuichi followed up the news as soon as possible, in order to see what kind of surprises Yuu Kamiya, the newly rising animation director, would bring to people? Or maybe "Magical Girl Naye" is just a work of his luck, he has reached the point where Jiang Lang is exhausted.

Shuichi Kitagawa feels that "Magical Girl Naye" is already the pinnacle of the magical girl series, and the interpretation of friendship and hope has reached an unsurpassable level. So why did Yu Kamiya choose to continue making magical girl-themed animations? Is he confident that he can break through the limitations of the magical girl theme and do something that Shuichi Kitagawa can't do himself?

The promotional PV of "Madoka Magical Girl" looks similar to the average magical girl-themed animation.,Five-color team-like heroines with different colors,A rebellious and actually very kind "villain magical girl"? Another said, "Sign a contract with me to become a magical girl." Cute mascot.

This is the royal setting of the magical girl theme, which is inferior to the unique Magister setting of "Magical Girl Naye". I can't imagine that such an unoriginal work could come from the genius animation supervisor who created "RWBY" and "Magical Girl Naye".

Shuichi Kitagawa was the first to disbelieve it, he felt how much from "Magical Girl Naye" the principle of animation by Yu Kamiya, he must be proud, he must be confident in his ability, and he must achieve perfection in the pursuit of quality, even if the work is not well received by the audience, it will not let the work be labeled as mediocre. Since Yu Kamiya intends to continue to create magical girl-themed animations, there will inevitably be something that he thinks is more exciting and groundbreaking than his predecessor "Magical Girl Naha".

With such suspicions, he watched the anime PV several times, although the promotional PV of "Madoka Magi" was only two minutes, and it looked more like a character introduction for the main characters to show their faces. But from the weird painting style and lines, Kitagawa Shuichi caught some clues.

-- There are many places where he seems to have foreshadowing, but I can't think of where he will express it and where he will use it.

――The white cat has a childlike and sweet voice without a trace of emotion, is it the voice actor's unfamiliar skills or deliberate?

Shuichi Kitagawa has a hunch that this animation may really surpass the limitations of "Magical Girl Naye" and even the magical girl theme.

"I said that I was really old, and I had no creative experience but lacked the imagination that I needed most to make animation, so it's no wonder I lost so badly last time." Kitagawa Shuichi took off the cap of the pen in his mouth and put it on the pen, muttering to himself.

Fujiwara Tora, who also belongs to Sunrise Company, has come to his side at some point, his sturdy body covers the office lights, he laughed and patted Kitagawa Shuichi on the shoulder: "I said you were watching the animation promotional PV made by that guy in Kamiya, and sure enough, "Magical Girl Meow Meow Dew" lost in popularity and praise and was very unwilling? ”

Kitagawa Shuichi felt the heavy blow on his shoulder and smiled bitterly: "What I said just now was to say that I have already admitted defeat, well~ Since that Kamiya overseer also has an animation in January, it is not too late to score again this time." ”

Fujiwara Tiger clasped his hands and pouted: "Isn't the work you are responsible for this quarter "Mobile Suit 007", this is a popular theme for teenagers, how can it not be surpassed by works with a magical girl theme, even if the comprehensive popularity of "Magical Girl Naye" is only one-third of the previous work "Mobile Suit 006". ”

"Who is right, I said this with the idea that I would lose." Kitagawa Shuichi spread his hands and said frankly.

"Haha, do you want to bet on something? I went to talk to Kamiya, and whoever lost would have a treat at that underground sushi restaurant, and I had admired the god of sushi for a long time. "The Fujiwara tiger's eyes lit up, like a tiger seeing a delicious prey.

"That underground sushi restaurant!? Do you want to kill me, the three of you together can pay me a month's salary! Kitagawa was so shocked that he almost didn't jump out of his chair, and he had only visited the sushi restaurant when the company was rewarding, where the average cost per person was more than 50,000 yen.

"Didn't you say you wanted to get to know Kamiya a long time ago, this is a good opportunity." Fujiwara Tiger smiled and shrugged his shoulders casually, looking like he had already eaten Kitagawa Shuichi. As for Yu Kamiya, connections in the animation industry are very important, and he believes that Yu Kamiya will be more than happy to invite him to dinner there even in order to meet Shuichi Kitagawa as a veteran animation director.

Kitagawa Xiuyi turned his head, looked Fujiwara Tiger up and down seriously, and sighed speechlessly: "Fujiwara, you are not worthy of being a muscular man who looks simple-minded. (To be continued.) )