Chapter 107 11. The IF line of "Onmyoji"

Author: Pure Mi Wan

Chapter 107 11. The IF line of "Onmyoji"

If there is no script for the animation production of Neon, the preliminary preparations can be as long as half a year to indefinitely.

Fortunately, Onmyoji is a game-changing animation. The main storyline and skeleton have been set up. It will not take that long to create on this basis.

After almost two months of preparation, Kyoto Animation has completed all scripts and storyboards.

Qing Zhiyuan has also read the storyboard script they wrote, and will start production after confirming that there is not much problem.

Many of Neon's animations are not delivered to the TV station after they are completely produced, but are broadcast while doing them.

The production cycle of one episode is about 1 month.

The playback rules are one episode a week. If it is 13 episodes, all of them will be played for exactly 3 months. This kind of episode is also called the seasonal episode.

The half-year episode is about 26 episodes.

In terms of production, it looks like a team of 20 people, divided into 4 to 5 groups, and each group produces a chapter of content.

For example, the first group produces episodes 1, 6, and 11.

The second set of productions episodes 2, 7, and 12.

And so on.

Then, according to the difference of one week, it will be made.

The advantage of this production is that the difference between each episode is about a week, which can just catch up with the playback time, and will not delay too long, and it can also leave a fault tolerance for the production.

Making an animation is no less than making a game, and it even takes more manpower and time than making a game.

Games mainly use electronic performance instead of time experience, but animation requires people to produce every frame.

After the supervision decides the general direction of the game, the rest of the work will be completed by the original artist, character setting, color design, small object setting, art supervision, coloring, photography supervision, music, sound supervision...

Kyoani now has insufficient staff, so some of them have to be outsourced and then take them back and make some modifications.

In this case, Kyoani basically produces storyboards and scripts, then controls the picture style of the theme, and lists the requirements for outsourcing companies in detail, and then distributes them for outsourcing production.

After the work is done, it will be handed over to Kyoani for post-editing and integration processing.

...

Although it was a bold and active attempt, it still exposed the problem that Kyoani's personnel has not yet been trained and is still in the initial stage of development.

Qing Zhiyuan had nothing to say, after all, he chose Party B himself.

Just think it was spending money to give them some money to gain experience.

According to Kyoani's normal development trajectory, he actually had the ability to produce independently in 1992. He began to emerge in 1994 and then gradually became a newcomer.

Qing Zhiyuan’s philosophy is that no matter what genius you are, you always have to have a growth process.

However, if you don’t do it, you will definitely not grow.

Giving Kyoani the opportunity to make Onmyoji is also a process that helps them grow rapidly and build confidence.

...

Jiji Kikami brought the video of the first episode to Pokeni Co., Ltd.

The content of the first chapter is about 25 minutes, and the rhythm is quite compact.

After the playback, neither Aochigen nor Tsuda Nao did not speak.

Kikami Maiji explains why this design is and what kind of viewing experience it can bring.

"We have tried our best to control the quality, but the final result failed to meet expectations. I am deeply sorry for this!"

After Mu Shang finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Qing Zhiyuan.

The latter rubbed his chin and did not express anything.

After two seconds, I comforted me, "Well, nothing is wrong. Thank you for your hard work in Supervisor Kiku. It's already pretty good that Kyoto Animation can do this. I hope you can continue to work hard!"

Qing Zhiyuan is not a complete compliment either.

There is no big problem with storyboards, and the quality must be uneven. Fortunately, there are supervised gods like Kisaka Yizhi to control it, which should be said to be unsatisfactory.

The first chapter can achieve this level. Although it is even worse than Qing Zhiyuan imagined, the storyboard is already quite beautiful and has the style of Kyo-ani in the future.

It is not an exaggeration to say it is a prototype.

If there are a few more episodes, it will be much better.

"Kyoto Animation has been doing outsourcing before. It was the first time I took on the main production work of cartoons. It was quite good to be able to do this level," said Nao Tsuda.

"The script is excellent enough and the storyboard is good. In fact, it can lay the foundation. Let's slowly improve the rest."

"Thank you very much for your support. We will continue to work hard and work hard to do the Onmyoji well." Kikami said firmly.

...

Seeing that "Onmyoji" was about to be aired, Qing Zhiyuan suddenly thought of a question.

Players who have purchased Onmyoji FC cassettes before will definitely not buy them on MD again, even if the image quality has been improved.

But what?

If a new IF line can be released on MD, players may not necessarily buy it.

In his previous life, Qing Zhiyuan was like this. He tried his best to find a version of Ling'er. Whether it was a remake of the Fairy Sword or a newly released on SS, it made players look forward to it.

All I expected was a less heartbreaking ending.

Although tragedy can make people unforgettable, it can make up for regrets and fulfill their long-cherished wishes is not a touching feeling?

...

"Didn't there be many players who say that the ending of Onmyoji is too heartbreaking? Is there a happy ending?"

"If Yumu is flexible, how about making an IF line?"

The next day, as the end of the year approached, Qing Zhiyuan proposed to arrive at the planning meeting.

"The Onmyoji animation has a total of 13 episodes, and it just happened to be played in just one quarter. It was almost April, and we had enough time to add content to this part."

Hey?

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

"Oppose!" Uruzumari Kyū raised his right hand and stood up.

"This will destroy the beauty of Onmyoji. Love is beauty, and loss is beauty. How great it is to sacrifice oneself to save the people of the world. But if Youmu becomes flexible, this greatness will disappear."

"The objection is invalid, you sit down." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"President!"

Xu Yuan's cheeks were flushed.

How could anyone be so unreasonable and rely on the title of president to suppress others?

"Of course I know," Qing Zhiyuan smiled and explained:

"Parallel world, parallel world, do you know what IF line is? Wata Sang."

Xuyuan Xuan glared at him with red eyes, but did not answer immediately.

"Maybe in other parallel worlds, you are not working in pokeni, but you set up a studio yourself and are doing strange games?"

"It's not necessarily true that you have become a master in the gaming industry, but are there countless fans who want to kill you?"

"These are all possible, but they are all called parallel worlds."

Qing Zhiyuan said, "But these fantasies give us endless motivation and make people fascinated. As long as you think of different lives brought by different choices, don't you find it interesting?"

"I regret stays in the main line. Whether it is an IF line as a parallel world or a dream, it just gives players a small spiritual support, and it has no impact on the main line."

"Can you accept this?"

...

Xuyuan Chiang didn't speak, but thought quietly.

The others also lowered their heads, thinking about the [parallel world] that Qing Zhiyuan said

After about a minute, Xu Yuan Xuan lowered his proud head with some relief.

"Since that's the case, I can accept it."

...
Chapter completed!