""Recorded Horizon" is broadcast on NHK TV, and it is not a late-night file, so you can't expect a kill or death scene!"

This is an online comment on the TV anime "Recorded Horizon", which aired on NHK-E this quarter. However, if you think about it, since you have already paid for NHK's viewing, it is only natural that the anime broadcast by NHK TV will become "paid programs". Whether you or I are watching it or not, at this moment we are all paying for NHK's anime. So, is it a good thing or a bad thing for the majority of anime fans to broadcast anime on NHK? Let's look at the various aspects.

The disadvantages of NHK anime are......

There are many seal works and fan works

The 1979 TV anime "The Adventures of Marco Polo" is a creative work that mixes overseas location filming and animation scripts. However, at that time, the original broadcast disk had been lost, and the director could not be replayed or softwareized. The 1982 anime "Mysterious Golden City", which was co-produced with Hitoshi and Zuò, was a popular work that was proposed to be sequel and gamified overseas, but due to the deletion of the number of the original sound discs, only the sound remastered version can be seen now. and the SF anime "Space Commando" broadcast in 1978, the protagonist of this work is the late Taiichiro Hirokawa. Although the quality of the work was good, it was not software-saved, and it was only rebroadcast on NHK-BS in 2001 (DVD-BOX was released overseas). NHK has a lot of animations that have cooperated with overseas, but due to copyright management issues and the long period of production, the loss of the director zhì should not be underestimated.

Is the production fee much lower than that of commercial TV animation?

Although it is impossible to generalize, it is an indisputable fact that it is difficult for NHK TV to obtain funding from corporate sponsors for its productions compared to commercial TV stations. In fact, this problem was pointed out in the animated series "Future Shonen Conan", which was first broadcast on NHK TV 35 years ago. While commercial TV stations do not use guò to cover the deficit of their animation productions by inserting advertisements into their TV programs, promoting products, and using software, NHK does not cover the deficit by means of guò (not by not selling goods at the same time as broadcasting). And, according to an industry source, NHK used a satellite signal to broadcast HDTV until it moved to digital in 2012, so it used expensive 35-centimeter film. Compared to the 16 cm film or digital painting used in anime broadcast before 2001 (such as "Gakuen Senki Wumei", etc.), it required a lot of expenses, and in the end, the cost of producing NHK animation was slightly insufficient.

The advantages of NHK anime are......

It is broadcast nationwide and can be watched simultaneously anywhere in Japan

Compared to late-night animations, which are limited to certain areas where the signal is not covered, NHK animations that are broadcast nationwide at the same time have the advantage of being "more likely to cause topics in the country". ATAPORU READERS WILL HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DISCUSSING MAX, HEROHERO, OR KAGEMAN THE DETECTIVE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. Older viewers may have been talking about works such as "Sakura of Change" and "Cooking Idol" with their friends all night long.

Popular works are easy to be serialized for a long time

"Ninja Rantaro" and "The Little Prince" broadcast continuously on NHK-E TV in the evening are the kings of children's animation after "Anpanman". "Familiar TV comics can be seen at the same time every day" This sense of security has seeped into the hearts of children.

It is not easy to have the embarrassment of the original being cut off on the way

Since NHK TV is not a ratings-driven production system, there is a good chance that original novels and manga like Taiga dramas will be animated until the end. For example, "The Tale of the Twelve Kingdoms" (?) ), "The Tale of Caiyun Country", "MAJOR", "Demon Series", "Variety Sakura" and other works have become long-term works that have lasted for several seasons and years. This is something that is unimaginable for commercial TV stations with frequent cuts and uncertain times. I hope that NHK's current broadcast of "King of the World" and "Horizon of Record" will be broadcast smoothly to the end.

Innovative animation works are often broadcast

The writer-style works "The Garden of Youth", "The Legend of Moby Dick", and "The Snow Queen" supervised by Toshi Izusaki, as well as the masterpiece "Computer Coil Coil" by teenagers, are really thanks to the project of NHK TV. On the other hand, NHK TV was also able to accommodate "Mary Galry" and "Study! and other strange works that he is full of.

Based on the above arguments, you will surely realize that NHK is not an enemy of anime fans, but a partner who can reassure everyone. NHK's animation works have left a lot of topics in the history of TV animation and have left a deep impression on audiences of all ages. I believe that NHK TV will continue to bring high-quality works to everyone in the future!