Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 109 11. The IF Line of "Onmyoji"

For the animation production of Neon, if there is no script, the preparatory work can take as long as half a year to indefinitely.

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

After almost 2 months of preparation, Kyoto Animation has prepared all the scripts and storyboards.

Qing Zhiyuan has also read the storyboard script written by them, and will start production only after confirming that there are no major problems.

Many of Neon's animations are not delivered to TV stations after they are fully produced, but broadcast while they are being made.

The production cycle of a chapter is about 1 month.

The broadcasting rule is one episode a week. If there are 13 episodes, it will take exactly 3 months to finish broadcasting all of them. This kind of series is also called season series.

Half a year is about 26 episodes.

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

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

The second group produced episodes 2, 7, and 12.

And so on.

Then make it according to the difference of one week.

The advantage of this kind of production is that there is a difference of about a week between each episode, which can just catch up with the broadcast time without too much delay, and at the same time, it can leave a fault tolerance rate for the production.

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

Games mainly use electronic performance to replace time experience, but animation requires humans to make every frame.

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

KyoAni is currently short of manpower, so some parts have to be outsourced, and then brought back to make some modifications.

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

After finishing, it will be handed over to KyoAni for post-editing and integration processing.

……

Although it was a bold and positive attempt, it still exposed the problem that JingAni has not yet trained its personnel and is still in the initial development stage.

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

Think of it as spending money to increase their experience.

According to the normal development trajectory of KyoAni, in 92, it actually had the ability to produce independently, and it began to emerge in 94, and then gradually became a rising star.

Qingzhiyuan's philosophy is that no matter what kind of genius you are, there is always a process of growth.

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

Giving KyoAni the opportunity to make Onmyoji is also a process of helping them grow quickly and build self-confidence.

……

Kigami Masaharu brought the videotape of the first episode to Pokeni Co., Ltd.

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

After the broadcast, neither Qing Zhiyuan nor Tsuda Nao spoke.

Masaharu Kigami explained why it was designed in this way, and what kind of viewing experience this design can bring.

"In terms of quality, we have tried our best to control it, and 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, but didn't say anything.

It took two seconds to comfort me, "Well, it's nothing, Director Kinogami has worked hard, Kyoto Animation is already pretty good at doing this, I hope to continue to work hard!"

Qing Zhiyuan wasn't exactly flattering either.

There is no big problem with the storyboard, and the quality must be uneven. Fortunately, there is a fairy supervisor like Kigami Masaharu to control it. It should be said that it is not satisfactory.

The first chapter can achieve this level, although it is not as far as Qing Zhiyuan imagined, but the storyboard is already quite beautiful, quite in the style of future KyoAni.

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

A few more words, it should be much better.

"Kyoto Animation has been doing outsourcing work before, and it is the first time to take on the main production work of animation. It is quite good to be able to do this." Nao Tsuda said.

"The script is good enough, and the storyboards are not bad. In fact, the foundation has been laid, and the rest can be improved slowly."

"Thank you very much for your support. We will definitely make persistent efforts and strive to make Onmyoji a good one." Masaharu Kigami said firmly.

……

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

Players who bought the Onmyoji FC cassette before will definitely not buy it again on MD, even if the picture quality has improved.

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

In the previous life, Qing Zhiyuan was like this. He desperately wanted to find a version that was still alive. Whether it was a remake of the fairy sword or a new release on SS, players were looking forward to it.

Looking forward to nothing more than a less heart-wrenching ending.

Although it is said that tragedy can make people unforgettable, is it not a kind of moving to make up for regrets and fulfill long-cherished wishes?

……

"Didn't many players report that the ending of Onmyoji was too heartbreaking? Is there a happy ending?"

"If you can make Yuuki flexible, how about making it an IF cable?"

The next day, as the year approached, Qing Zhiyuan proposed it at the planning meeting.

"Onmyoji's animation has a total of 13 episodes, and it just finished broadcasting in one quarter, which is almost April. We have enough time to increase the content of this part."

Eh?
Everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

"Objection!" Urobuchi raised his right hand and stood up.

"In this way, the beauty of Onmyoji will be destroyed. Love is beauty, and loss is also beauty. How great it is to sacrifice oneself to save the world, but if Yuuki survives, this greatness will disappear."

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

"President!"

Xu Yuanxuan's cheeks flushed red.

How can there be such an unreasonable person who relies on the title of president to overwhelm others?

"Of course I know," Qing Zhiyuan smiled and explained:
"Parallel world, parallel world, do you know what an IF line is? Wada-san."

Xu Yuanxuan stared at him with red eyes, but did not answer immediately.

"Maybe in other parallel worlds, you didn't work in pokeni, but you founded a studio by yourself, making strange games?"

"Not necessarily, you have become a great god in the game industry, but there are countless fans who want to hack you to death?"

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

Qing Zhiyuan said, "But it is these fantasies that give us endless motivation and fascination. As long as you think of the different lives brought about by different choices, don't you think it is very interesting?"

"It's a pity to stay in the main line. Whether the IF line is a parallel world or a dream, it's just a small sustenance for the players, and it doesn't have much impact on the main line."

"Can you accept this?"

……

Xu Yuanxuan didn't speak, but thought quietly.

Others also lowered their heads, thinking about the [parallel worlds] that Qing Zhiyuan said

After about a minute, Xu Yuanxuan lowered his haughty head in some relief.

"Since this is the case, I can accept it."

……

(End of this chapter)