Is it not a galgame?

Chapter 91 91. Who should I find to make animations?

After finishing the copywriting and planning of Pokémon, coupled with the memory and guidance of Qing Zhiyuan's previous life, the Pokémon project is basically stable.

It's just that we can't enter the development yet, we have to wait for Sony and Sega to develop the handheld.

At least there must be a trial machine, and they must set the encoding format to facilitate the development and debugging of pokeni.

Fortunately, Qing Zhiyuan is not in a hurry, because there are some other things that need to be paved before making Pokémon.

Several conditions for Pokémon to succeed:

First, it is a handy handheld that is easy to carry and provides battle and exchange functions.

Second, there is a well-known company doing publicity. In the previous life, it was Ren Tiantang, and in this life, it is Sega's thigh, plus Pokeni himself.

In the previous life, Ren Tiantang had a hard time doing it, but now Qing Zhiyuan doesn't know how confident he is.

Third, the game is animated to increase popularity.

Animation is very important. Many games have mediocre sales, or they are not popular at all in the early stage, but once they are animated, they become gods.

The most classic is Pokémon, and later Fate.

Now, it's just a matter of animating.

……

"Nani? Invest in animation production?" Nao Tsuda was dumbfounded when he heard Qing Zhiyuan's request.

This is using DUN as a cash machine, right?

"Ah."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded, and pushed the project proposal in front of Tsuda Nao.

"Animation is a very good way of publicity. The animation content itself can make money, and at the same time it can increase the popularity of the game and open up new markets. I think this is very necessary."

"Then why don't you make pokeni yourself?"

Nao Tsuda flipped through the project proposal and gave him an annoyed look.

"This in itself is a game project that DUN and pokeni collaborated with. If it is done well, DUN will also be the beneficiary." Qing Zhiyuan said.

Pokeni is going to start bidding for the entire Neon animation company, but the content produced is not Pokémon.

After all, Pokémon doesn’t even have a shadow now, and the script content must be filled in to create it, and then adjusted according to the game content in the future.

The animation produced is the "Onmyoji" series.

As an onmyoji, Qing Zhiyuan has his own considerations. On the one hand, it is to increase the popularity of onmyoji through animation, and at the same time, it can also promote the sales of onmyoji.

Another aspect is to find a stable partner to lay the foundation for the next step in the production of the "Pokémon" series.

The plot of Onmyoji itself is exciting enough, and it has the potential for animation.

As long as the script is well done, Qing Zhiyuan feels that after the broadcast of Onmyoji, it can completely trigger a wave of galgame craze.

"Didn't Rentiantang ban pokeni, how will your cassettes be sold then?" Nao Tsuda wondered.

"It's enough to issue MD, and it can be made into an improved version, the picture will be better." Qing Zhiyuan said lightly.

This seems to be OK.

Anyway, offending Lao Ren, it is better to offend him more thoroughly.

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The production cost of animation in the island country is actually not low, and it can even be said to be ridiculously expensive.

The production cost of an episode of animation is about 1000 million to 2000 million. If the quality explodes, the production cost of an episode can even reach 5000 million.

It is higher than the development cost of some games.

Moreover, the risk is actually very high. If the broadcasting effect is not satisfactory, and even the video tape does not sell a few hundred copies, it is entirely possible that an animation production company will go bankrupt.

Even the cost of animation production for 10 episodes may exceed 2 million yen.

This is not something a company can eat.

In this case, in order to avoid risks, there are often several companies that will [produce] at the same time

This production means the sponsor.

After 96, generally as long as several companies jointly funded the project, a so-called production committee would be established.

Before the animation is released, no one knows how the sales will be. Multiple companies jointly invest in it, which can reduce risks. This is also a very common phenomenon in Neon.

Therefore, in the OP of many animations, the names of multiple investment companies can often be seen.

It is also based on this principle that Qing Zhiyuan approached DUN. We all work together to share risks and benefits.

Qing Zhiyuan also wanted to do it alone, but he didn't have that much money.

Even if there is, the risk of eating pokeni is too high.

"And the most important thing is, DUN itself has its own distribution channels, don't you also have an animation industry?" Qing Zhiyuan said bluntly.

The animation is made to be distributed, and the broadcasting fee of the TV station actually only accounts for a small part of the animation revenue.Selling videotapes is the big deal.

It is now 1991, and VCDs have not yet been released. Whether it is the blue industry or the animation industry, it is mainly sold on videotapes.

In fact, selling video tapes is not bad, Qing Zhiyuan now has some channels.

In addition, the animation production company also has partners, so there should be no big problem.

But if you want to get it to broadcast on the TV station, it is a bit difficult.

Either find a large-scale animation production company, such as Toei, Toho, Kadokawa Film...even Tatsunoko, etc., are closely related to the TV station.

The problem is that if you find these big companies to produce, the price is likely to be raised, and there is no advantage in the production schedule.

If DUN can be brought together to make animations, then DUN has enough contacts and channels to ensure that the animations will be broadcast on TV stations.

In this way, Qing Zhiyuan can find some favorite animation production companies that are not so well-known for the time being to cooperate with.

Let's put it this way, what Neon lacks most is a cartoonist and an animation production company.

Qing Zhiyuan controls the quality of art by himself, and the final painting will not be bad.

"Hmm... that's reasonable." Tsuda Nao probably understood Qing Zhiyuan's appeal.

"but……"

Nao Tsuda blinked, a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"DUN has an additional condition."

Uh……

Sure enough, with a thump in Qing Zhiyuan's heart, he knew that there was no such cheap thing.

"If it's divided, DUN can get more, pokeni doesn't matter."

"It's not a matter of sharing." Tsuda Nao said with a smile, "DUN has the intention to develop a new game, and wants to entrust pokeni to make it."

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan looked surprised, "Where do we have people?"

"Besides, pokeni is not an outsourcing company."

"Not now." Tsuda Nao looked at him with a smile, "Or, if DUN establishes a game department at that time, it's not too much to ask Qingsang to be a consultant, right?"

Qing Zhiyuan figured it out quickly.

Yes, DUN seems to have the intention to develop in the direction of the game from the very beginning, otherwise he would not have invested in pokeni at the beginning.

Since it is going to develop a new handheld, Sony is sharpening their knives and making new games. If DUN just invests and does not enter the market, it is too unreasonable.

"Okay, it's okay to be a consultant. I will try to spare as much time as possible." Qing Zhiyuan said.

But... Judging by Tsuda's expression, this guy doesn't want to develop blue games, does he?

……

There is no problem with the funder, so now there is only one problem to be solved——

Who should I hire to make the animation?
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(End of this chapter)