For a long time, many fans of the film and television industry have a sense of superiority in their hearts.
Looking at every animation produced by Huaying Animation since its establishment, no matter it is the "IS" which has no nutritional value but has achieved super high sales, or the "My Hero Academia" which is popular among both men and women, or the "Cardcaptor Sakura" which has recently set off a magical girl craze among anime fans of all ages as a "children's animation", almost all of them represent the top existence in various types of animation.
What about other animation companies
It is either a fantasy novel adaptation or a trend-following work, without any innovation or imagination. It is OK to watch one or two such animations. It is the same theme and routine all year round. Ordinary comic fans may enjoy it, but for old comic fans who have read countless comics, such as Huaying fans, this is not enough.
Because of this, fans of animation and animation don’t really take the magical girl animation that has sprung up like mushrooms after the hit of Cardcaptor Sakura very seriously.
You said that the next animation of Huaying will also be about magical girls
But this is an animated film!
Based on Huaying's consistent style of selecting materials, although the name "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" looks cliché, it is easy to imagine that this seemingly silly and sweet animation name is actually not that simple in essence. Can Huaying's magical girl animation be compared with those mindless copycat works on the market
The first follow-up magical girl anime has begun airing.
Huaying's fans looked calm and even yawned.
As expected, following the trend means following the trend. Although the main line has been changed to saving the world, but in the final analysis, the specific plot still follows the usual routine of magical girl themes and there is nothing new to speak of.
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4…
Seeing that more and more animations with the same theme are aired before Puella Magi Madoka Magica, fans of Puella Magi Madoka Magica are finally getting a little uneasy.
It is true that they have confidence in Huaying, but the problem is that the things that can be excavated from the same subject are limited. If the same thing has been used by someone else, the effect on the audience will be much worse when it is used by other animations. The most important thing is that even if they are following the trend, these follow-up works obviously have their own highlights.
No matter how novel, interesting and unique Huaying's new animation is, it cannot withstand the seven or eight animations with the same theme that were broadcast before it.
This vague worry gradually became a reality in the hearts of fans of the film as more and more animations with the same theme were broadcast.
—Especially after the magical "girl" animation "I'm Really Not a Magical Girl", produced by Luofeng Company and directed by the well-known animation director Ho Hung-fung, was officially launched!
Unlike the other seven or eight magical girl animations that were complained by the majority of anime fans for "still being bound by the shackles of art and shadow", "I'm Really Not a Magical Girl" directed by Stanley Ho was generally given very high praise by the audience. It directly ranked first on the animation subscription list of that month on the first day of its broadcast!
"I've been watching magical girls for almost a month and was about to get tired of it. I didn't expect Director He to be so good at it and even come up with the cliché of magical boy. The scene where the contracted angel found out that the protagonist was a man made me laugh to death, hahahaha!"
"Am I the only one who likes the setting that the Contract Angel is a cute girl? The male and female protagonists are so cute! The plot is also very interesting. It is definitely the most interesting comedy show I have seen this year."
One week after "I'm Really Not a Magical Girl" topped the charts.
A well-known animation forum on Blue Star.
When most of the comic fans were discussing the plot of "I'm Really Not a Magical Girl" as usual, a post classified as gossip suddenly jumped into their sight -
Title: Is this my illusion? Is Huaying in a difficult situation this time
Content: As the title says, let me first make it clear that the author is not a fan of Huaying, nor an insider. I just saw it by chance while flipping through an old magazine.
The animations you are watching now were originally scheduled to be broadcast next month or even next year. However, after Huaying announced that the next animation would be called "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", several animation companies accelerated their progress and deliberately started broadcasting it before Puella Magi Madoka Magica was broadcast.
Although I don't have any other evidence, it doesn't seem like a coincidence...
1st floor: It really doesn't seem like a coincidence. The animation company must have wanted to avoid Huaying, so they deliberately moved the time forward, right? But what does it mean to be in a dilemma
Second floor: I know what the original poster means. Maybe other animation companies want to avoid Huaying, so they moved up the time. But in this way, Huaying is the one who suffers. For example, there are eight magical girl animations being serialized now. Many interesting plots have been used up by these animations. It is difficult for Huaying to come up with new ideas.
Floor 3: It is Huaying who is more miserable, being surrounded by the craze that he himself created.
Floor 4: This is too tragic... I feel sorry for Huaying, she is really in a difficult situation.
5th floor: Why should I feel bad about this? You guys are overthinking it... I would say that even if Madoka Magica doesn't have anything innovative, with the consistent quality of the Animation Studios, it can't be that bad. To put it bluntly, even if the new work of Animation Studios is a cliché, it's better than the flops that are currently playing next door.
Floor 6: +1 to the above. After all, Huaying’s level is there, and since "IS", Huaying can be said to have never looked back. I think Madoka Magica should not be that simple, and it is too early to draw a conclusion now.
7th Floor: I think there will definitely be an impact on Huaying. It may be a bit difficult to reach the heights of the previous animations. Now there is also the popular "I'm Really Not a Magical Girl" by Director He. But no matter what, with Huaying's ability, I think there will be no problem in easily killing 90% of the current serialized animations.
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When people on the forum began to irresponsibly speculate about the possible plot of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", the animation review departments of major video websites received the complete works of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" sent by Huaying as early as the morning of the same day.
Yueqi Video Headquarters, seventh floor, office lobby.
As the hour hand on the wall clock gradually pointed to four o'clock, the employees on site gradually became idle and began to put the final touches on their day's work. The faster ones had already completed their tasks for the day and were now sitting in their respective seats, playing with their phones while occasionally looking up and casting a curious glance at a closed room opposite.
“How long has it been?” Someone asked, “Hasn’t the review been completed yet?”
"I calculated that we started watching at about nine in the morning. Excluding the lunch break, we should have watched for at least six hours now." Another person pointed in the direction of the other person's room and said, "They say it's an audit, but in fact, they are just using work time to justify watching the show. I mean, do animations from Huaying need to be audited? At most, they can check whether there is any illegal content. However, it's been six hours now. I think the group next door is addicted to it and really doesn't want to come out."
In fact, these employees' guesses were not wrong.
At this stage of animation, the so-called "animation quality review" has basically ceased to exist. To put it simply, the so-called review is that the team responsible for the review takes advantage of the opportunity of work to blatantly follow the series in advance.
As for why it hasn't come out yet,
In the small playback room separated by a wall, a silver-gray LCD screen was quietly hung on the wall. The employees of the review team pulled up a chair and sat in front of the screen with an excellent experience... to catch up on the anime.
As the final ending song finished playing, the screen that ended all the plots quickly jumped back to the initial page.
silence.
No words.
On the unattended display screen, the chart representing the manufacturer bounced around on the screen like a ball, then gradually dimmed and entered automatic power-saving mode.
After a minute of silence, someone finally spoke.
“Awesome.”
"Too rude." Lin Hanhai sighed: "Coach Mu really played this trick, leaving no chance for the people behind him to survive."
"I think strictly speaking, he may have already given it," Xiao Zhengwen reminded, "otherwise Huaying Animation would not have gone against its norm and released the name of the new animation so quickly, and also hinted at the theme of the animation."
"Honestly, before today, I would never have thought that Magical Girl could be played like this, even if you killed me," Lin Hanhai sighed, "Too cruel, isn't this obviously to give the audience a fatal blow at the best time?" As he spoke, he suddenly had a strange thought: "Hey, do you think that the current market situation is also a good thing for him?"
"I don't know if this is a good idea on his part," Xiao Zhengwen wiped his face, looking serious, "I only know that I can't wait for everyone to come and watch this animation."
Just do it.
Without caring about the time when he was about to get off work, Xiao Zhengwen informed his superiors. After getting permission from them, he did a rare job outside of work - he announced the specific broadcast time of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" in advance on behalf of the official Weibo account lady who had already left work.
Yueqi Video v: "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" produced by Huaying Animation has been confirmed to start serialization next Saturday. Friends are welcome to pre-order and follow the show. See you next Saturday~
This is the first Weibo post.
After posting this formulaic Weibo, Xiao Zhengwen always felt as if something was missing in his heart. He looked at the excited messages from the audience in the comment section on his computer for a while, thought about it, and logged into his personal Weibo account.
As the head of Yueqi Video Animation Purchasing Department, Xiao Zhengwen also has his own personal Weibo account. However, compared with the official Weibo account, this personal Weibo account is obviously not very popular. Including zombie fans, it only has over a thousand followers.
Of course, Xiao Zhengwen didn't care about this.
With a subtle sense of anticipation and a sense of superiority as if he had seen the ending in advance, he resolutely ignored the comments under the official blog expressing his anticipation for following the show, and resisted the urge to spoil the plot. He used his personal account to post a nonsensical Weibo post that was later considered a spoiler but did not attract any attention at the moment.
Xiao Zhengwen v: Too cruel.
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