Animated movies, if generally referred to, are movies made with animation. If the division is not so strict, what we call Naruto, Conan, Dragon Ball The Movie and OVA are actually a branch of animated movies.

But if we want to strictly classify them, then animated movies refer to large-scale movies produced in the form of animation, namely Japan's "Castle in the Sky", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Your Name", China's "Havoc in Heaven", European and American movies

"Toy Story", "Ice Age"... Only this kind of production can be regarded as an animated film in the strict sense.

The animated film that Koharu Hosokawa is talking about here is naturally not a theatrical version or an OVA.

It is a strict division between "Castle in the Sky" and "My Neighbor Totoro" below.

Originally, Higashinoji thought that he would have to work harder to make "Midnight Ring" really appear on the screen and harm Japanese friends.

As a result, it seems that... the hope is about to be achieved ahead of schedule?

It is conceivable that if it succeeds this time, countless people in Japan will tremble under the image of Sadako.

Moreover, the benefits brought by animated films and the fame they will ultimately gain are also immeasurable.

Don’t you see that later animated films such as “Castle in the Sky”, “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” are all very popular in China?

So this is indeed a good thing to cheer up Tonoji.

However, Tonoji was not dazzled by this sudden surprise.

He just pondered and asked: "Has the project been approved? Editor Hosokawa?"

In Japan, there are many such things.

Submitting a business plan is only the first step. If the business case cannot be approved, then the business plan is actually just empty words and pure waste paper.

"The news came from Editor-in-Chief Urashima, so there shouldn't be anything wrong."

Over there, Hosokawa Koharu answered Higashinoji excitedly.

In fact, when Hosokawa Koharu received the news today, she was completely confused.

Because Urashima Publishing was only promoting the OVA version of "The Ring" before, many of the editors below were also thinking about what would happen after "The Ring" was made into an OVA.

So when the news about the animated film version of "The Ring" came out, many editors in the editorial department were stunned, and then looked at Hosokawa Koharu with envy.

Hosokawa Koharu has only been employed for more than half a year, which is about eight or nine months.

But her performance is unmatched by many senior editors. Now if she wins the animated film sponsored by Sharp...

Then the Higashino Division under her... Higashino Printer... feels like they can be renamed.

It would be safer to change it to a Tono money printing machine.

However, Hosokawa Koharu did not exaggerate during her phone call with Higashinoji. She thought for a while before adding:

"Indeed, now we are just showing the project to editors. Whether it will succeed or not depends on how the people above it work. Well, I will ask the chief editor Urashima tomorrow."

and...

"Teacher Higashikata...are you too calm?"

Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help coughing twice.

As an adult, she couldn't help but be extremely excited when she heard such news.

As a result, when Higashinoji came to the client's side, there was only silence for a while, and his tone of voice was still the same as before.

This made her a little envious.

"It's not that you are calm." Higashino laughed twice: "Before the contract is signed, no matter how good your words are, they are all empty words."

He had seen several friends suffer this kind of lesson in his previous life.

Several people came to them, hoping they could help design some gadgets.

These people talked nice and said they would definitely sign the contract. I hope they can help first.

At that time, several good friends of Higashinoji had just entered this industry and were not familiar with this kind of thing, so they made some designs and waited for them to come back.

But in the end, those people didn't come back. They just called and said that the client had given up.

Therefore, until we have a solid legal basis, no matter how powerful the rumors are, it is actually just a fantasy.

Hosokawa Koharu over there quickly hung up the phone, while Tonoji couldn't help but shook his head, and then glanced out the window.

Animated movie...

If only it could really be accomplished.

Who knows how many TV sets will be murdered by that time?

Higashinoji felt inexplicably looking forward to it as he thought about it.

But expectations are expectations, and work is work.

Higashinoji just thought about it, then lowered his head and continued drawing the comic "The Winner Is Justice".

To be honest, this comic is adapted from a Japanese drama, and its rhythm is very similar to that of a Japanese drama.

It's definitely not difficult to adapt it into a Japanese drama... After it's completed, maybe someone will ask Urashima Publishing House to produce a Japanese drama?

"Thinking too much." Higashino smiled and shook his head.

This must be the result of what Koharu Hosokawa said before about the animated film version of "The Ring", which makes him uneasy now.

After all, Tonoji is just an ordinary person who knows a little bit about comics, so it is quite normal for him to be a little distracted when he hears this kind of news.

He threw all these thoughts out of his mind, slapped his face again, and then concentrated on painting "The Winner Is Justice" in his hand.

...

The next day.

Hosokawa Koharu set out from home with dark circles under her eyes.

Her face was quite swollen, she must have stayed up all night.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

Ever since she learned about Higashinoji's "Midnight Bell" animated film project, she had no intention of sleeping. Her mind was filled with 'animated movies' and 'animated movies'.

She quickly walked out the door and drove to Urashima Publishing House - this was the first time she had gone to work so quickly.

Hosokawa Koharu got on the elevator and soon arrived at the entrance of the editorial department.

Then, without saying a word, she walked past the desks of each editor and walked in the direction of Editor-in-Chief Urashima.

Editor-in-chief Urashima, who had his head lowered and didn't know what to look at, raised his head.

Then...

"Well..."

Looking at Editor-in-Chief Urashima, who had a similar complexion to his own, with dark circles under his eyes and a swollen face, Hosokawa Koharu had questions on his lips that he couldn't even formulate.

But just because she didn't say anything, it didn't mean that Editor-in-Chief Urashima didn't say anything.

"Editor Hosokawa, you came here to ask about the animated movie "The Ring", right?"

Editor-in-chief Urashima saw Hosokawa Koharu’s thoughts at a glance.

To be more precise... basically everyone can see what Hosokawa Koharu is thinking.

After all, the dark circles under his eyes were so thick that it was scary... almost the same as himself.

but...

"Unfortunately, I have not received any news yet, but the good news is that the project was proposed by Sharp Corporation. If we take the initiative to negotiate, the success rate will be very high."

"Sharp Corporation again?"

Hosokawa Koharu was really speechless.

This... why do you, a leader who mainly sells TVs, always miss Mr. Higashino's Sadako?

You must know that the character Yamamura Sadako written by Higashinoji has a very famous title among Japanese youth.

She was called the 'TV Killer'.

In other words, the contrast between an electronics company that mainly makes profits from the television industry...and in turn needs to cooperate with a "TV killer" is too great.

Is it mainly to create a contrasting cuteness effect? ​​Let the image of Sadako be used to advertise their TV sets?

"There should be news this afternoon." Editor-in-chief Urashima didn't pay attention to Hosokawa Koharu's idea, although he himself was a little confused.

When a project is submitted, whether it is approved or not, and whether to negotiate, these decisions are not only made by him as the editor-in-chief, but there are actually people above him as the editor-in-chief.

In response, Hosokawa Koharu, who received this result, also nodded and stopped asking about this matter.

Everything depends on whether there is news in the afternoon.

She sat back in her seat and began to work absentmindedly.

This situation lasted until about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the landline phone that had been idle all morning on Editor-in-Chief Urashima's desk suddenly rang.

All the editors stopped what they were doing almost at the same time and looked curiously at the situation at Editor-in-Chief Urashima.

"Midnight Ring" is a national horror comic that is still very popular today...how will it turn out...?

Should we follow Urashima Publishing's original plan to just release a few episodes of OVA and then end it mediocrely, or should we put it on the big screen and bring a feast of horror to the people across the country?
To be continued...