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Chapter 52 Animation finalized

"Tono, what do you think is the most distant love?"

Higashino raised his head, he thought it was Nishimura who was talking, but he didn't expect it to be the normally serious Kitamoto.

Here comes the interest.

He asked, "Bei Ben, do you know about the Andromeda galaxy?"

Bei Ben said, "Of course."

Higashino nodded, "The most distant love I know is probably the Andromeda Galaxy's feelings for the Milky Way. She is approaching the Milky Way at a speed of 120 kilometers per second, and it will be possible to embrace together after 37.5 billion years. "

"This is probably the most distant love I know."

Kitamoto: (ー_ー)!!
"Tono, are you awake?"

Higashino laughed, and put his arms around Bei Ben's shoulders, "So what do you think, what is it?"

He became curious, who is he in love with?so pessimistic.

"Age," Kitamoto said.

"You gave birth to me before I was born, but I am already old when I gave birth to you!" Higashino was stunned, "Is there such a big age gap between you and the person you love?"

"It's only 13 years old!" Beiben retorted, but when he realized it, he said, "This is about my friend."

"The friend you're talking about—" Higashino looked at his nervous expression, and had already reached a conclusion, "Could it be Nishimura?"

"Yeah, it's Nishimura!"

Looking at the back of Kitamoto leaving in a panic, Higashino shook his head speechlessly.

"It's really dizzy, not as shrewd as usual."

He suddenly became curious, who is Beiben's favorite aunt?
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On Tuesday, Sasaki called in advance, and he would bring the supervisor to "Yoshihara-so" at six o'clock in the afternoon.

Higashino is drawing in the living room, so he doesn't have to wait.

They arrived just two hours after entering work with Yoshii Yamahisa and Akimiya Akemi.

"You really worked hard, Mr. Akino Tori." Supervisor Endo Tetsuya glanced at the studio in the hall, and bowed very politely.

He was born in 1960, 16 years older than Higashino Hibiki, and he was in the prime of life.

He has just completed Gosho Aoyama's "Nine Dragon Balls" and participated in Rumiko Takahashi's "Ranma 1/2: Hot Fight" before. He is a very talented director.

Hearing Sasaki's introduction, Higashino shook hands with him politely. It seems that the Clown Club has not been perfunctory and has made sufficient preparations.

Higashino then talked with him about the details of "Soul of Chess", and he answered fluently and was fully prepared.

"In Go, it's not spring to stand alone," Endo Tetsuya said eloquently, "Two outstanding young people can achieve higher skills only when they achieve each other. Shinto Hikari and Toya Ryo are like this, presumably in the future The story will also revolve around these two people."

Higashino nodded, he agreed with this statement.

Afterwards, Tetsuya Endo introduced other situations one by one.

The three directors, three screenwriters, producers and painting supervisors are all elites in the industry, with a sufficient budget. The current plan for one episode is 1350w yen.

This is within the general category. Considering that "Soul of Chess" does not require special effects and big battle scenes, it is already very good.

It is tentatively scheduled to be 24 episodes, half a year. From the start of the project to the broadcast of the show, more than half a year of preparation is required.

When it starts broadcasting, it will be January next year.

Higashino has a general understanding, and as far as these points are concerned, there is no problem.

However, he was about to make a suggestion.

"Can you add a 2-minute Go class after the animation ed is over? Use it to teach some Go knowledge."

When Higashino watched the animation of "Soul of Chess", he was very interested in the small class in the back. Yurika Umezawa was very beautiful, so he was very impressed.

It would be a pity if this point is left behind.

"Teaching Go? What a good idea!" Endo Tetsuya slapped his thigh and stood up, "It can even stimulate the interest in learning Go, and the most important thing is that it can shorten the production content by 2 minutes!"

"You are a genius, Mr. Akino Bird!"

Pacing back and forth in a hurry, Endo Tetsuya was very excited, wishing to start implementing it now.

"The progress of the manga is still very low. If the content of the animation is shortened, there is no need to carry out the original plot."

"It's killing three birds with one stone."

Higashino raised his forehead, sure enough, the supervisors have no conscience.

The main idea is to compress the content.

When he watched "One Piece" before, what he hated the most was the recap of the last episode. Before he saw any new content, more than 5 minutes had passed.

Repeatedly, and again and again, watching non-stop, and there are quite a few stop-motion animations.

It manifests as shock and emotion, one person at a time, and several people take turns for half a minute before disappearing.

That is to say, I waited for a week with great difficulty, and waited for a loneliness.

Sasaki understood that Higashino agreed to the animation, so he took out the authorization letter.

Before Higashino had time to look, he heard a surprised voice.

"Supervisor Endo Tetsuya!"

Sasaki who was explaining the terms to Higashino was interrupted.

Higashino looked up, it was Yuko Asahina.

He never thought that there would be such a loud voice coming from Asahina Yuko's mouth.

At this moment, she was covering her mouth with a slightly surprised expression.

"You are?" Endo Tetsuya asked suspiciously.

He didn't know the little girl in front of him.

"I... I am Yuko Asahina," she explained: "My dream is to become an animation director, so I have read your interview and benefited a lot. I am really happy now."

"Entering the animation industry?" Endo Tetsuya was a little surprised. Although he liked this industry very much, he had to admit that animation was already synonymous with vulgar and spoiled children.A despised occupation that hides the entertainment that criminals love and brings bad vibes to society.

"Thank you very much," he said.

There are fewer and fewer newcomers, and the industry also has low benefits, low wages, and high working hours. Women are used as men, and men are used as Gundams.

Facing the high school student who said he wanted to enter the animation industry, he immediately felt grateful.

"Why do you want to be a supervisor?" He asked curiously.

"When I was young, I saw the cartoon "Macross" on TV, and I was attracted to it." Asahina Yuko talked endlessly, completely destroying her character design that is not good at talking.

"Extremely fanciful and imaginative. My mother told me that it was a work of art created by animation supervisors, so I also wanted to be a supervisor. To this day, I still think so."

Endo Tetsuya nodded. He has seen many newcomers in this industry, and those who can persist are all with a lot of love.

He handed out his business card, and Asahina Yuko took it with both hands.

"If you have any questions, you can call me at any time," he laughed while holding the back of his head. "Of course it's best not at night."

"I really appreciate it!" Yuko Asahina burst into tears of gratitude.

Higashino and Sasaki's first stage ended, Higashino rejected the party invitation, and they left.

　My mind is swollen today, like a machine without oil, unable to run.

　　There may be some problems, let's look at the revision tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)