My Animation Era

Nantong is a quick shooter!

Gu Miao can testify to this point.

It only took him two short weeks from proposing the planning idea to publishing the first chapter of the manga. At this speed, Gu Miao was so frightened that she almost choked on her saliva.

Why so fast?

Suspecting that Nantong was cutting corners, Gu Miao picked up the manuscript of the first chapter of the manga and checked it carefully.

One night.

A dragon from another world dropped a piece of light jade and merged into the body of a child.

Geng Xiaodu!

He lives in Jiangchuan. He just entered the fourth grade of elementary school this year. When he was passing by Shenlong Lake after school, he accidentally picked up a strange "Jade Huang".

Because in the manual class, he made a clay robot "Dragon God", so he put Yuhuang on the robot casually.

Unexpectedly, his unintentional act summoned the legendary "Shenlong" from Shenlong Lake, which made him faint on the spot.

When Xiaodu woke up again, he found himself in a village that looked like a "costume drama" filming set.

Because the name is the same as the "legendary" savior, he was regarded by the villagers as the savior from heaven, and they gave him the best sword in the village—Denglong Sword...

The first chapter doesn't have much content.

It mainly tells the ins and outs of Xiaodu's journey through different worlds. By the way, through the explanations of "Grandpa Gu" and "Grandmother Demon", the background of "Chuangjie Mountain" is briefly introduced.

Oh yes!

There is also a "battle" scene in the first episode.

The first miscellaneous fish villain in this game, Schwarzenegger's younger brother, Schwarzenegger, driving the Demon God's body - Combat Orangutan No. 1, debuted!

Schwaneger 8 is too good...

Reloading the ammunition is all "manual", and emptying the ammunition means that there is no combat capability. The "crumb" villain who was split in half by the novice Xiao Du with a sword is nothing more.

There's something special about this guy!

As the first villain of the original animation of "Dragon Fighter", after his first failure, he was able to make a comeback in the battle gorilla 2, and he exclusively occupied two episodes.

All I can say is, it's awesome!

However, although Schwanegg is very special, and the fighting orangutan is also very handsome, Gu Miao's focus is always on the core protagonist of this work - the Dragon God.

The redesigned Dragon God retains the classic "dragon claw" and "dragon print" designs on the shoulders, and the "dragon horn" on the top of the head is also retained.

But other parts vary widely.

The first is the figure. Compared with the original "neckless" and "thick head and thighs" versions, the Wanbao version has a more balanced figure and looks more like a "knight".

Instead of the original "Samurai"!

The armor has also been optimized and adjusted to make it more of a "knight-errant" atmosphere. When people first see the Dragon God, they will unconsciously associate it with characters such as "swordsman" and "knight-errant".

In art design...

Gu Miao may not be an expert, but he has seen many well-designed "robots" and "mechas". In terms of horizontal comparison, he feels that the Montblanc version of Dragon God is not much worse than the original version.

The difference is that one is in the shape of "Huaguo Knight" and the other is in the shape of "Neon Warrior"!

Can't talk about which is better.

"Who designed this?"

Gu Miao pointed to the Longshen Pill in the drawing and asked Nantong.

"An art designer named Lu."

Nan Tong said with a smile: "He not only provided the sketch design of the Dragon God, but also built a 3D model for my reference."

3D modeling of Dragon God?

Gu Miao was a little surprised. She didn't expect this group of people to have such a big brain, and they even came up with 3D modeling.

This gave him an inspiration.

Animations with the theme of "robots/mechas" like "Dragon Fighter" seem to be able to be made into 3D animations. After all, the theme is "Robot Wars"!

But if you want to do it well, you have to spend a lot of money.

For example, Transformers!

The early 2D version of Transformers animation was limited by the age, and it didn't cost much. However, a lot of money was spent on the 3D version of "The Proof of the Leader" in the later stage.

Not that 3D is more expensive than 2D...

It's just that the theme of "robot" is very special, and the quality of modeling and the smoothness of fighting have a great impact on the look and feel of animation. Therefore, the cost of 3D animation of this theme is generally higher than that of 2D.

of course there are exceptions.

Because "Dragon Fighter" has more "playing scenes", once it is changed to a 3D version, the cost will definitely be slightly higher than that of 2D.

So Gu Miao thought about it and gave up this plan.

There is no need to change to 3D for now!

In two years...

After Wanbao has accumulated a certain amount of wealth and "Dragon Fighter" has a certain popularity foundation, it is not too late to consider making a 3D version of TV animation, or even a 3D version of a big movie.

Going to the 3D version now, with the accumulated 3D animation technology of Wanbao Animation, even if it is really done, the modeling is probably very rough and bad, and the movements are also very stiff.

Can such 3D animation still be seen?

Be pragmatic!

Wanbao is an animation company that started out in 2D. It has not yet understood the technical concept of 3D animation. It is thankful that it can do a good job in 2D.

"The manga will start serialization next week!"

Nantong didn't know what Mr. Gu was thinking, so he said to himself: "The first season is about 45 episodes, and it is expected to be finished in mid-July this year."

high speed.

According to this progress, he must serialize at least two episodes a week. For ordinary cartoonists, this is a lot of pressure, but for Mr. Nantong...

Two words a week, is it difficult?

Don't forget, he is the cartoonist who once created the miracle of "one volume in ten days" delivery. Two words a week is really not a problem for him.

The pressure came to Gu Miao's side.

Nantong Sensei is so powerful, he can't lose the chain, and he can't come up with an animation adaptation plan for a long time, right?

"It's time."

Gu Miao thought for a while, and gave an answer: "About mid-April, when I come back from Neon, I will start the animation adaptation of "Dragon Fighter" immediately."

In two days, he has to go to Neon.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Usagi Tsukino, the protagonist of the hit "Sailor Moon", won the first place in the annual "Most Popular" animation character voting held by TBS.

But Gu Miao didn't go to the awards ceremony.

TBS is very arrogant, if Gu Sang doesn't come, does he look down on me? What does it mean to ask Seto to take the lead?

Red Bean Paste Intimate Masai!

If the "supervisor" doesn't come in person, no one can take this trophy today!

If you don’t send it, you won’t send it. Who will send it? It’s rare for TBS’s broken trophy? It's true that Brother Gu has never won an award. The bookshelf lacks your trophy decoration, right?

Gu Miao originally thought so.

But when he learned that this was a veiled message from the top management of TBS that he wanted to have "in-depth exchanges" and cooperation with him, he immediately booked a ticket to Neon.

Who can say no?

Don't be embarrassed! Gu Miao never said that he was not interested in "trophies". He had never touched a trophy before.

TBS kindly invites people, and there are benefits to be gained, so why not go?