The history of animation in the Celestial Empire is less than 100 years now, and to look back on this process, the first and most worthy of special mention in animation is Sun Fuqing and their old club Shangmei Film and its founders, the Wan brothers. (Shangmeiying's paper-cuts, puppets, and ink-style cartoons are beautiful, and even now the artistic standard is quite high.)

Although Sun Fuqing and the others have also inherited the technology of ink animation, but at present, it is a dragon-slaying technique, and it seems that it is useless, and this matter has to be planned carefully, and it is not in a hurry.

can be on the United States Film has now been reduced to a foundry, and Sun Fuqing and others have no choice but to leave and stand on their own. Although Shangmei Film is worthy of being mentioned with great pride, looking at the entire history of Celestial Animation Animation, there is nothing worth talking about except Shangmeiying.

Many people compare Hope Studio to the second Shangmei Film, not only because of Sun Fuqing's origin, but also because their current momentum is like the heyday of Shangmei Film. It's just that a few decades ago, Shangmei Film was mainly unattainable in terms of artistic achievements, and its commercial operation was actually quite a failure for various reasons.

And now under the leadership of Zhang Qiuxi, the commercial success is unprecedented, only from this point of view, they are stronger than Shangmeiying, but this is not to say that they are stronger than the people who were on Meiying at the beginning, but the relationship between the times. If the original Shangmei Film was placed in this era, the work could also sweep the world and earn hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, which would not be worse than Hollywood blockbusters.

"I don't have confidence in keeping up with Meiying, the commercial aspect is the advantage of the times, and we can't catch up with the artistic achievements." Shangmeiying's excellent works are so strong that any screenshot of a picture is a work of art. Ye Qingqing is very aware of this gap, and at the same time, she has always admired Shangmeiying.

But Hongdou thought it was incredible and said, "Is it so exaggerated?" I saw those works when I was a kid, but I don't remember them very much. ”

"I told you before, in fact, the most award-winning genre of Celestial Empire films in the world is animation, and the contribution is of course Shangmei Film. Don't talk about those awards, you go over the wall to YouTube to see what those foreigners say after decades. ”

"Forget it, the higher the evaluation of foreigners, the more congestion it will be. In any case, Shangmei Ying has been lonely, so she can only recall it when she turns the pages of history. Hongdou was quite excited after hearing this, and gave up after thinking about it. Then he said: "Now I'm wondering, will we become the current Shangmei Movie after many years?" ”

If there is no Zhang Qiuxi, I hope that the studio will really hang in the air, although their technology is now perfect. But technology alone is not enough. Again, that's the same sentence. Success is 1 percent inspiration plus 99 percent perspiration, but this 1 percent inspiration is more important than all perspiration.

If there is technology, there must also be an excellent story to bear, which is why ink animation can only be put on hold for the time being. If you don't have a good story, only animation professionals will be interested, and the audience will not be interested in studying how high the system is, and they won't spend money on it.

"Don't bother yourself, do a good job now. On the good side, even if it falls, at least it has left a strong mark in history. "I can't care about this kind of thing. Zhang Qiuxi felt that it was not up to him to have the final say.

"The animation has a bright meteor at this moment, and the comic seems to be much more miserable, and the development time is shorter, and it seems that there is no work at all." Shangguan Jin is still quite interested in these histories.

In most people's memory, domestic comics should have only started to develop in the first decade of the last century, Zhang Qiuxi thought about it and said: "If you want to talk about domestic comics, I have to mention of course the king of picture books, but it's a pity that some people who can decide the magazine industry are really unreasonable, and the director zhì This magazine died young, which also made domestic comics miss the golden age of development." ”

"In fact, the development of domestic comics was not so late, as early as the war-torn era in the thirties of the last century, it had already started, and the most famous work was the old master. Because of the environment at the time, this work is biased towards satirizing the current situation and has a strong critical nature, but it is difficult to see now. Ye Qingqing said leisurely again, Zhang Qiuxi really didn't know as much about these things as she did.

Speaking of which, Zhang Qiuxi also remembered that in the original time and space, "Old Master" was still very popular, but it was no longer the original, but the work of Hong Kong cartoonist Wang Ze after plagiarism and modification, this unprecedented plagiarism case in the history of domestic comics seems to be over, and she doesn't know what happened next.

"I see, but it's embarrassing to dig deeper." There are too many fucking things, and Shangguan Jin can only express his helplessness, it is useless to say anything now, and he can only remember these pioneers.

In fact, even if "The King of Picture Books" was not banned for that absurd reason, it would still encounter the same trouble in the future. In the beginning, Japanese anime was everywhere on domestic TV stations, but now it can only be watched on online platforms.

Regarding the history of domestic animation, few people will open it, and most people will only pay attention to the current boom of the "Solo Singer" magazine, although there is only one "Machine Qì Cat" in serialization, but it is already an unprecedented work.

Ye Qingqing's creation of two to three episodes a month has published five single books so far, and the total sales in China and Japan have approached 30 million copies. Although Japan's population is far from being comparable to that of the Celestial Empire, almost everyone is an anime lover, and sales are not much lower than that of a market with a population of more than a billion.

The sales of more than 2 million in a single volume are also considered to be the level of national comics in Japan, and now the top 10 or so manga sales in Japan are recorded in 100 million, which is not worth mentioning in comparison. However, those works are piled up with dozens of volumes, and "Machine Qì Cat" will be able to catch up sooner or later, otherwise some Japanese media will not shout that the wolf is coming.

The theatrical version of "Slam Dunk" was released in Japan, and it also swept away more than 2 billion yen at the box office, making it the box office champion of this schedule. The combination of the two, there are a lot of media outlets, many complaining that Zhang Qiuxi is crazy about making money in Japan, but the Celestial Empire is just closing the door and not allowing their works to enter, which is unfair.

Not only does Japanese comics have no chance of serial publication in China, but the theatrical version cannot enter domestic theaters, otherwise it is actually very easy for some popular works to gain hundreds of millions of box office. Many people shouted that this situation was unfair, and advocated that Japan should also limit the flow of Celestial Empire manga works, and for a long time this topic was a big buzz.

However, for fans, they are not too lazy to talk about birds, just as Celestial Anime fans are also dissatisfied with the restriction of Japanese anime. As the publisher, Kawasaki Bookstore has made a lot of money both in serialization of its magazines and in the distribution of single books, although it has not been scolded and even labeled as a collaborator and traitor by radicals.

But this kind of scolding doesn't affect anything, on the contrary, because Zhang Qiuxi's works have made more and more people support Kawasaki Bookstore, and there are so many benefits Of course, I don't care about this kind of argument at all, it's just red-eyed.

Even if Japan is about to introduce some restrictive bills, Kawasaki Shoten, as a publishing giant, can completely push it back, and the system is different, but it is not just what it is.

"Capitalism is evil, but I like it." There is a lot of turmoil in Japan, but for China, it is an interesting thing to be proud of and happy to see, and Zhang Qiuxi is not worried about being restricted at all. Whether it is "Machine Qì Cat" or "Slam Dunk", the theme is positive and uplifting, without any sensitive elements, and I can't find a suitable reason to ban it.

"Taking a step back, even if we really want to ban it, we can enter the Japanese market in the name of cooperating with Kawasaki Shoten." Red beans are also not worried, no matter how happy they are, it is just a toss among the people, but the Japanese government has always regarded it as not seeing.

"I can't stand it, what kind of expressions do they have to put on when the TV animation starts." Zhang Qiuxi, like many people, the happier the trouble over there, the happier his heart is, can this be said to be a master of Yi skills to control Yi?

Ye Qingqing took it up when she heard the "brush", and said: "Yes, now that the theater version of the slam dunk has been completed, the animation of the machine qì cat can be started." ”

Hope Studio now has two production teams, one is responsible for the TV animation of "Slam Dunk", and the other is the theatrical version and now has no tasks, and there is no problem with personnel.

Zhang Qiuxi said: "That's why I said this, the ratings of Slam Dunk in Japan are not low, and the single book of the machine qì cat can sell more than two million, and the market for animation is bigger than that of comics, and the success is already predictable." ”

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and start, I've been living by this all my life." Ye Qingqing couldn't wait for a long time, and it took a few years of serialization to catch up.

Hongdou said: "You've been waiting for a few years, and you're still missing this moment?" You know more about anime than any of us, so if you start it, it's just a foreplay. ”

"It's like you've done it, and it's foreplay." Ye Qingqing pursed her lips disdainfully.

Shangguan Jin and Hongdou both looked at Zhang Qiuxi, their expressions were a little inexplicable, the atmosphere of the magazine became a little strange for a while, Zhang Qiuxi straightened his back, coughed dryly and said twice: "This, let's talk about it in the evening, now it's about animation, can you think of something healthy in the daytime?" ”

"You don't mess around during the day." Ye Qingqing said: "Forget it, no jokes." I mean, since the studio already has time, it's time to make arrangements, and it's not like starting to make zuò right away. (To be continued......) R752