Chapter 105: The East Shines and the West Shines
The car that Iwami Mai is driving now is just ordinary in all respects...... At best, it's a mid-range car, but it's worth noting that she sold her car to raise money — a money she paid to Miyadai when Mad Poihat did the split.
However, now the senior sister has a new one, which is said to be a gift she received on her 20th birthday.
So why bother to make such a "hard" choice...... Maybe after going around like this, there will be a little bit of "self-reliance" rush.
Now the two are heading south in the car, just towards Nara, but their destination is not there, and they won't leave Kyoto Prefecture - Miyashiro and Iwami Mai will stop in Uji City between Kyoto and Nara later.
The city is home to one of the most famous animation companies outside of Tokyo, Kyoto Animation, which translates to "Kyoto Ani Girl".
So there's nothing wrong with removing the word "one".
Of course, from a bystander's point of view, this time they had to recruit two calamities.
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IS's unexpected success also brought about another benefit, which can also be called a "chain reaction": it prompted the "Little Forest" animation project, which was in its hesitation stage, to enter the preparatory stage.
The "Flying Witch" style of storytelling won Aomori's favor and proved that Mad Poihat had the ability to produce "pastoral" animations; And then the truth that IS expressed is hard and simple - the animation company called Mad Poihat is profitable.
Speaking of IS alone, they have a strong profitability.
Although "Little Forest" is not a commercial project, it is not expected to make much profit at the box office. But as long as he is an investor, he will definitely have profit expectations for the projects he invests in. So now the "upsurge" of Mad Poihat has strengthened some of the confidence of the other side in this regard. After a meeting with the parties involved, the project took shape.
Now several parties are coordinating and discussing the entire project budget and funding ratio, but these are the seats at the conference table that only the "big guys" can sit on, and Mad Poihat, who is only the producer and at most makes a small share of capital investment, has no say in it.
But after the signing of the letter of intent for cooperation, some preparatory work can already be started by Mad Poihat...... This is not talking about supervising the work of Yukiko Ryugen, she has not been idle since she was about to make a project. It refers to more co-ordinated work, such as selecting and assembling production crews.
At the very least, it is necessary to select a suitable performer to assist and assist in the work of supervision.
It's always inevitable to make an anime, but this time Mad Poihat chose not the usual kind of anime "free man" who does not belong to the company, but the employees of "Kyoto Animation".
Of course, this kind of thing can't be discussed directly with an individual at the corporate level, which is a bit unruly, and Mad Poihat's current purpose is not to simply poach people, so he will not do things that are of a torn nature - this is not to say that someone has a conscience, mainly because he feels that he is not 100% sure of success in digging into the corner, otherwise he will definitely round his arms when it is time to swing his hoe.
The reason is simple, if you clearly put the "yes" and "no" options in front of a person, once the other person answers "no", then your position will become more difficult in an instant.
So sometimes the palace plays a more secure "slow picture...... This also illustrates how "dangerous" the current situation of some predecessors of the opposite sex is.
After this "request" was sent to Kyoto Animation's corporate level, it was delegated to the employee level without too much hindrance. As long as the other party does not refuse such a job, then KyoAni will not put obstacles in the way.
The reason for this was that Mad Poihat's requester was a young concept artist, and the purpose was to invite him to do the work on the animated film...... Although I don't know what Mad Poihat's selection criteria are, Kyoto Animation feels that it is a good thing for them to let their employees go out to take on higher-level jobs, and the skills they have improved after training should be used for themselves.
As for the worse consequences, if the employee doesn't come back...... So what, will Kyoto Animation be short of young concept artists? Even if this original artist is better?
Because they don't have a shortage of talent, the difficulty of these things is not high.
Then Mad Poihat's goal is self-evident: the original artist, Naoko Sugita.
There is no doubt that Mad Poihat will definitely start the K-ON or K-ON-like animation project first...... Not just one step ahead of Kyoto Animation, but one step ahead of Hobunsha...... There is no reason for anyone to let go of such a super-scale project.
One of K-ON's main strengths or characteristics is that it doesn't have the same strong multimedia linkage as idol anime, but the aftermath shows that it doesn't need that much linkage to achieve that kind of sensational effect.
From "cuteness is justice" to "cuteness is justice", the market will make choices about the development direction of the industry.
Although it is impossible to make an anime without anyone, Mad Poihat itself lacks talent, so if he can, he will naturally recruit.
Mai Iwami came here today to meet with Sugita and hear what the other party thinks and whether he will accept the invitation to make "Little Forest".
This is the job of the producer, and Miyadai is just following the soy sauce, but in terms of probability, he thinks that the other party is more likely to take over such a job.
There are two sides to everything, and while a company like Kyoto Animation has a lot of talent, it also means that the internal competition will be a bit fiercer. Even if it is not so rigid "seniority", even if it pays special attention to cultivating new talents, the opportunities left for young people are not so sufficient.
Sugita is a female original artist who is not yet 22 years old, and she has been working on concept art from AIR, Full Metal Mania TSR, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Kanon, and Lucky Star, which is currently being produced in Kyoto.
According to the original trajectory, her first time as a storyboard and performance was in Clannad, just after Mr. Kan left Kyoto Animation with a group of people.
And now this group of people is still the backbone of Kyoto Animation's production, and it belongs to the part that is pressing on the newcomers, and now Kyoto is relatively stable, and no one thinks that people's minds have changed, and no one knows that Kyoto Animation will vacate many opportunities to choose from so quickly...... In addition to the Miyadai play.
So from this point of view, Uncle Kuan is such a great person, he should continue to stay in Kyoto Animation.
After one group left, another group of people was able to quickly support the company, which shows the strength of Kyoto Animation, but unfortunately someone already knew in advance who the "rising star" was.
Even he still has no guilt, after the loss of a rising star, there will be a new rising star in Kyoto Animation, right?