Saturday, June 7.

On the weekend, Neon ANB TV and Flamingo Cartoon almost put their front feet on the ground and released the latest episode of the anime "Sailor Moon R".

The title of this episode is "新しき Transformation! うさぎパワーアップ", and the Chinese version is "New Transformation, Little Rabbit's Power Increases".

In this episode, everyone sees something different.

Actually......

Many old fans of "Sailor Moon" have discovered from the first few episodes of "Sailor Moon R" that the painting level of the R version has improved a lot compared to the first generation.

It looks more delicate and cute.

Even the depiction of the fight scenes, the audience can clearly feel that this season has improved a lot compared to the first season, and the fights are more tense and exciting.

Someone even commented:

The production level of the American War R has obviously come to a new height, and the explosion of funds visible to the naked eye has completely crushed a generation.

Don't say anything else......

Just looking at the fight scenes, comparing the American War R with the first generation of American War, who would dare to believe that this is the same animated series?

The production team is significantly richer, the quality of the art is better, and with an excellent and unbroken plot, Sailor Moon R has lived up to the eager expectations of many fans.

That's why.

Since its broadcast, Meizhan R has received many praises around the world, and the ratings have been unbeatable.

Only the country pulled the crotch.

Of course, aside from the sluggish domestic performance caused by the "weekly broadcast mode". "Sailor Moon R" was a great success in overseas markets, in fact, Gu Miao was not surprised.

What's so surprising about this?

Everyone is blowing about the improvement of the quality of the paintings, the fights are becoming smoother and more exciting, and the production level has risen to a higher level......

Don't think about it!

The Sailor Moon generation has earned so much money for Wanbao Animation, can this "money printer" level IP be made without care?

The Wanbao (Neon) division, which has a total of 185 people to date, is in charge of the "Sailor Moon R" project.

And that's not even counting the outsourced team of up to hundreds of people.

Quality is made with money!

According to the work report that Seto just submitted to Gu Miao last week, the total production cost approved by the Neon Division for "Sailor Moon R" reached a staggering 887 million yen!

Equivalent to RMB, it is almost 50 million.

This is a rather staggering production cost, considering that the estimated total number of episodes of "Sailor Moon R" is only in the early 40s.

On average, the instinct of a single episode has risen to 20 million to 25 million yen, which is equivalent to about 100-1.2 million yuan per episode.

Very scary numbers!

If it weren't for the good foundation laid by the previous work of "Sailor Moon", so that the Wanbao (Neon) branch has saved a lot of money in the past two years, Seto and Gu Miao would never have "gambled" so much.

To know......

The production cost is so high, it is close to 50 million. Then when the animation is made, how high are the ratings to barely recover the cost?

It can only be said that fortunately it was the "American War".

If it is another IP, I dare to spend so much money to make a sequel, I am afraid that I will lose money as soon as it is filmed, and it is the kind of loss that has no return.

Spending so much money for "Sailor Moon R", Gu Miao thinks it's worth it.

The cost is high!

At first glance, with this production cost estimate, I am afraid that it is difficult to even return to the cost. But if you consider the amazing influence of the Sailor Moon franchise in overseas markets, this amount of money is nothing.

After all, in the past 2011, Wanbao Group only won hundreds of millions of yuan in the animation IP of "Sailor Moon" all over the world.

Money printing machine, worthy of its name.

……

With the popularity of "Sailor Moon R", its peripheral derivatives have become more and more popular.

Although the popularity of the entire IP has not yet returned to the amazing height at the end of the first season. But on the whole, "American War" is definitely a super explosive IP that makes sure to make money without losing money.

If there is any animation IP in Wanbao that can equal or surpass "Sailor Moon" in the area of "profitability", it will be equal or surpassed......

Gu Miao thought about it seriously.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" may be equal, after all, Pleasant Goat is in China, and it is a well-deserved "first brother".

But if you want to surpass "Sailor Moon" and become Wanbao's new money printing machine, all of Wanbao's animation IPs are not good at present, and "Pokémon", which has not yet been broadcast, is very promising.

Don't underestimate Pokémon!

Let's not talk about the game itself, how brilliant the results are, just take animation as an example, Pokémon can already be called, one of the masterpieces of neon anime.

Several giants of neon anime, Dragon Ball, One Piece, Detective Conan, Naruto, Slam Dunk, Doraemon and Pokémon and many more.

Among these giants.

"Dragon Ball" is the most influential, and it is also a well-deserved brother in the neon anime industry, there is no doubt about that.

So who is the second brother?

Some people say it's the Hokage, others say it's the Pirates, after all, under Dragon Ball, the Hokage Pirates are more famous, and their influence is enough.

But everyone subconsciously ignored the two works of Doraemon and Pokémon. If you have to say it, whether it is a blue fat man or a yellow-skinned mouse, they are actually qualified to compete for the "second brother" throne.

The blue fat man has a higher status, after all, this commodity is indeed very popular, and it is more well-known in the world.

But the yellow-skinned rat is not bad.

Under this premise, if Gu Miao had to pick one that could replace "Sailor Moon" as the animation work of Wanbao's new generation of money printing machine, he could only come up with "Pokémon".

Speaking of which.

The yellow-skinned mouse is no longer a money printing machine, but a "lifetime meal ticket". As long as you get it out, you can earn money in bed in the future.

Kazuki Takahashi: Ah, yes, yes, yes! You know what I'm trying to say, right?

As a super IP that is not inferior to "Sailor Moon", and even better in the profitability of peripheral derivatives, Gu Miao is also full of expectations for "Pokémon".

This made Hou Bin feel a lot of pressure.

As the chief animation director of the first season of "Pokémon", he spent eight months patiently polishing his work in order to present an effect that satisfies the audience.

Judging by the results, it's not bad.

Gu Miao was invited to Feiyang Animation Studio to review the sample film of the first season of "Pokémon".

After reading it, he only had one feeling.

It's got an inner taste!

The content of the first season of the animation mainly includes three parts: the Jiangchuan region, the orange islands and the China Shipping Alliance, with a total of 275 episodes.

The protagonists are still Ash, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang, and the villains are still the "cute and charming" Team Rocket trio.

Five Generations of Rivers, Mountains and Moons

Except for a few "localized" changes, the rest of the game basically maintains the "original" flavor of the game, which is very similar to the original.

This is not surprising.

After all, whether it's the original animation or the Wanbao version of the animation, everyone is adapted from the "game content".

Different paths lead to the same end!