March 28, 1996.

Qing Jiyuan and Nao Tsuda are lying on the sofa, leisurely eating fruit while watching TV.

The TV is playing the anime "Neon Genesis Evangelion" directed by Hideaki Anno

This anime tells the story of Shinji Ikari, a 14-year-old boy who pilots a giant humanoid robot called "EVA" left behind by his father Ikari Gendo to fight against an unknown "apostle" against the earth after the "second impact" disaster.

Now it's come to the last word of Eva, the name is simple and crude but very meaningful, called-

【Beast of Love Calling at the Center of the World】

When she saw the title, Nao Tsuda laughed.

"The beast of love is really interesting."

These two seem to be contradictory and contradictory, but when put together, they give people an infinite tension.

In the middle of the TV, a candle appeared on the black screen, burning with a faint light.

The monologue of the actor Shinji Ikari sounds:

[I'm going to disappear]

[However, it doesn't matter if I disappear like this]

Rei Ayana: "Why? ”

Hearing Rei Ayaami's voice, the corners of Qing Zhiyuan's mouth rose slightly.

Ah~ Emi Hayashihara's voice is really pleasant, the kind of voice that is cool and infinitely pitiful is like a kitten scratching in the bottom of my heart.

It was precisely because Lin Yuan and Kotono Mishi agreed to dub this EVA that they resigned from the work of "To the Moon".

Thinking of this, Qing Zhiyuan still had a little itchy teeth.

"Because, I'm a child that no one wants."

"No one cares what I become."

Shinji Ikari roared.

In the final episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, the focus of the plot shifts to Shinji Ikari.

Director Hideaki Anno uses the technique of stream of consciousness to use others as mirrors to reflect the different images of a person in the eyes of each person, and in the final episode, he focuses on the portrait of Shinji Ikari in the hearts of others.

In addition, the ending finally arranged by director Hideaki Anno is that Shinji completes the characters in the play one by one with sincerity, driving the first machine against the father who drives the thirteenth, one holding the gun of hope Cassius, and the other holding the spear of killing gods, Longinus.

This ending is a sublimation of the theme of the whole story.

"Why did you suddenly start to stream your mind?" Nao Tsuda said with a smile.

His eyes were filled with endless doubts.

Seriously, anyone else would have the same doubts.

At the end of last year, when "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was launched, countless viewers saw several important labels for it -

[Science Fiction] [Mecha] [Combat] [Hot Blood]

will feel that this cartoon must be a very wonderful hot-blooded mecha.

Before watching: Sci-Fi, Mecha, Combat! All right!!!

After watching: Is this really for children?

From the beginning of the human completion plan, Nao Tsuda fell into deep self-doubt.

Should this cartoon be so profound?

Qing Zhiyuan blinked malchievously and said silently, "Maybe it's because of the lack of funds, right?" ”

It's one of the very early mecha anime.

The influence is very large, but the ratings are not very ideal.

At least sorry for its big production costs.

Maybe it's because the proposition of this cartoon is a little too profound, and Hideaki Anno's stream-of-consciousness shooting technique really makes the audience see it in a fog.

But in the future, when people look back on this animation, pull out the various details in it, and analyze and interpret it, EVA will stand on the altar in one fell swoop and become a masterpiece in Hideaki Anno's directorial career.

Blockbuster work.

Qing Zhiyuan, who had already seen it several times in his previous life, still watched it with relish this time.

There is even a very new feeling of viewing.

"Why live?"

"What do you live for?"

"For yourself?"

After watching this episode, Nao Tsuda's mind was full of these questions.

"It's terrible, director Hideaki Anno has succeeded in making me not want to work with him." Nao Tsuda said, hugging her legs.

The brain is buzzing.

This proposition is not suitable for children to think about at all, right?

Even after thousands of years, there is still no way to find the answer.

"But the results are good, aren't they?"

Qing Zhiyuan looked at the desperate expression on Nao Tsuda's face and smiled, "Human beings are great because they are complex, and what is not perfect is perfection, and the future needs everyone to create together."

Even in the midst of despair, there is hope.

That's probably what director Hideaki Anno wants to tell us. ”

Nao Tsuda rolled her eyes silently, "Thank you for thinking so much." ”

No matter what Qing Zhiyuan said, Nao Tsuda felt that he couldn't sleep well tonight.

……

"So you men just like mechas, don't you?" Nao Tsuda said with a wicked smile.

"Hmm."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded silently, "It's not just mechas, we also like others." ”

"For example?" Nao Tsuda looked at him with a smile.

"For example, firearms," Qing Zhiyuan said, "mechas, guns, artillery fire, the universe, these are all men's romance." ”

"Yo, what you like is a bit cold." Tsuda sneered with a wide eye.

"And, of course, you." Qing Zhiyuan laughed.

Nao Tsuda sneered and waved her hand, "No, I'm not cold at all. ”

"It's kind of weird to put me with mechs, guns, the universe, or whatever."

Qing Zhiyuan was also amused.

It's kind of weird.

But he wasn't lying.

War and women are the themes and elements that are constantly used in anime film and television works, even in games.

"But seriously, these are not things engraved in human DNA, killing, war or something." Nao Tsuda asked suspiciously.

Qing Zhiyuan thought for a moment and shook his head slowly.

"Isn't the purpose of war for peace?"

"On the other hand, human beings actually like peace, tranquility, happiness and beauty in their bones."

"emmm......" Nao Tsuda held her chin and thought silently.

It seems to be right.

"Ahh Speaking of mechs, guns, and women......"

A light came from the sky and flickered in Qing Zhiyuan's brain.

Qing Zhiyuan stood up from the sofa with a pout.

He suddenly remembered something.

"Thank you, wife!"

Qing Zhiyuan quickly kissed Nao Tsuda on the lips, and then jumped into the study.

Only Tsuda, who was stunned, was left to sit in place.

"I ......"

What's going on?

She silently touched her mouth, and her cheeks became hot.

……

Qing Zhiyuan remembered a very interesting, but iron-blooded and anti-war anime masterpiece.

And now he wants to make it into a game.

The name of this masterpiece is called—

《86》

……

“86？”

Mika Ishino looked surprised.

The name of the game sounds really weird.

Is 86 a vintage?

Will the children born in '86 thank you?

"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

86 - The War Zone That Doesn't Exist is a cartoon that aired on April 10, 2021.

It tells the story of an overhead world with highly developed technology, where humans have been able to craft combat weapons to fight.

The Empire has developed a series of weapons of war, the Robot Corps.

And so—

In response to the invasion of the "Legion", a completely independent unmanned combat weapon developed by Giadi, the neighboring Republic of Santa Gnoria developed the power of destruction of unmanned combat weapons.

However, unmanned fighter jets are just empty names, and in fact they are piloted by people who are not recognized as "people" - 86 - and are used as props.

The Empire does use a group of cold mechanical warfare without flesh and blood, and the Republic of Santa Gnolia has this group of humans in Area 86 driving mechs to fight each other with flesh and blood.

Because of this, these fighters in Area 86 are uniformly called 86.

86 Among them, war is extremely cruel.

And those in power don't take the people at the bottom seriously at all.

In particular, the humans living in Area 86 were forcibly conscripted to the battlefield to become death squads, but they lied internally that 86 were all robots and there were no living people.

In the eyes of the higher-ups, 86 is indeed not a human being, just a group of ants dying to death.

……

After reading the setting and script outline, Mika Ishino was a little surprised.

"Huh? Is it actually a war-themed game? ”

Seriously, apart from a little combat in the very beginning of the Onmyoji series, she had never been exposed to such a bloody war game.

It's strange how you look at it, but the president actually gave her such a game to make it.

"Do you want to make a war chess game?"

Mika Ishino's whole person is not good.

"President, I've never done a war chess game before."

"Don't talk about you, and neither do I." Qing Zhiyuan comforted.

Ah......h

Mika Ishino had nothing to say.

Wouldn't it be worse if neither you nor I had any experience?

I wanted to say this, but Ishino Mika thought about it carefully, and it seems that the company has made a lot of games that she has never experienced before.

For example, Diablo, for example, the Pokémon series.

She had little experience with the president when she first started tinkering with "Onmyoji".

However, Qing Zhiyuan thinks that he has never eaten pork and never seen a pig run?

Compared to Diablo and 3D Pokémon, which need to start from scratch, making 86 a war game is not too simple.

There are too many wargames on the market now.

The most typical is the Fire Emblem series.

It's a pity that Shozo Kaga hasn't left Ren Heaven yet, otherwise Qing Zhiyuan would have wanted to poach him.

After thinking about it, Qing Zhiyuan finally decided to make 86 a war chess game, and then interspersed with CG to fill in the plot, because only in this way can the essence of the entire animation be clearly expressed.

And, as Mika Ishino said, the wargame genre is an area that Pokeni has not yet set foot in.

It is necessary to wedge a nail in this field and use it to open up new territory.

So 86 is even more strategic.

"Why a war chess game?" Mika Ishino thought and said, "Isn't this game more suitable for Mikami to make shooting games for them?" I think the 3D graphics card on Nvidia's side is also coming out soon. ”

"Well, I've been thinking about this question for a long time."

Qing Zhiyuan thought about it, it was better to make a war chess game.

"Make it a shooting game, you can only highlight the male protagonist, and the role of the other people in the corps will be diluted a lot.

Among the 86, there are many characters, although there are male and female protagonists, but in terms of narrative components, in the battlefield, 86 is fought in the way of corps cooperation.

But 86 is a very anti-war game, and once the description of the friends is missing, then when they are destroyed by the ruthless war, the sense of experience that players get will be much less. ”

Oh, my God......

Mika Ishino was shocked.

What am I hearing?

She quickly flipped over the project in her hand......

Sure enough, there are a lot of [sacrifices] in it

President, can you be a human being?!

In the past, the hero and heroine of the knife were also counted.,After all, the number of people is still relatively small.,This wave is directly to almost every character who will appear in the game.。

Yes, now the project that Qing Zhiyuan shows to Mika Ishino only has the first content of 86.

In the end, the protagonists leave the battlefield and embark on a walk-and-go trip, choosing their favorite place to die.

This kind of death is tragic and gorgeous, but because it is the self-will choice of the protagonists, it is full of infinite romance.

Mika Ishino covered her face with her hands, feeling unusually uncomfortable.

"I don't dare to take this game......"

Qing Zhiyuan's eyes widened, "Pick it up, you have to take it!" ”

If you don't answer, I won't have anyone left.

"President's ......"

"But "The Marriage Proposal" hasn't been released yet." Mika Ishino felt bitter in her heart.

In the past, it was only after the game was completed that the project was started to make a new one.

Now it's going to open a new pit before it goes on sale.

"But it's done, isn't it?" Qing Zhiyuan asked rhetorically.

The Proposal is complete, just waiting for release, and the rest of the time will be much less stressful for the development team, with little to no work.

The pressure is on the operations team's side.

Ishino, you use this as an excuse to think that the president doesn't know anything about the game?

"Hmm...... This one is. Mika Ishino nodded obediently.

"Find a planner who is good at numbers to help." Qing Zhiyuan said, "You are the producer yourself, and let him be the executive planner for you." ”

"Oh, good. That's no problem. ”

Mika Ishino was immediately happy.

"You've been a producer for so long, haven't you ever thought about being promoted to superintendent?"

"Huh?" Mika Ishino looked up in horror.

The supervisor is a higher level than the producer, equivalent to the boss of the studio group, who can open his own studio and set up projects.

As for the producer, he is basically responsible for the game, which is equivalent to the director, and he needs to control the overall quality and progress of each game.

Overseers don't have to spend a lot of time on that.

……

"After 86 is completed, there will be more game projects that need to be opened," Qing Zhiyuan said, "When the time comes, you can take over as the supervisor, and then train a few more new people." ”

Otherwise, there are really not enough producers.

"Okay, okay, President."

Mika Ishino's cheeks were flushed, which was caused by excitement.

She didn't expect that she would be promoted to overseer one day.

……

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There is one more chapter in the evening

(End of chapter)