Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 91 91. Who should I look for to make animations?

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

It's just that we can't start developing it yet. We have to wait for Sony and Sega to develop the handheld console.

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

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

Several conditions for Pokémon success:

First, it is a portable handheld console that provides battle and exchange functions.

Second, there are well-known companies doing promotions. In the previous life, it was Rentendo, and in this life, it is Sega's thigh, plus pokeni himself.

In the previous life, Rentian was quite difficult to do, but now Qing Zhiyuan doesn't know how sure he is.

Third, the game is animated to increase its popularity.

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

The most classic ones are Pokémon and later Fate.

Now, all that's left is the animation part.

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

Is this treating DUN as a cash machine?

"Um."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded and pushed the project 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 pokeni make it yourself?"

Nao Tsuda flipped through the plan and glared at him angrily.

"This is a game project that DUN and pokeni collaborate on. Once it's done, DUN will also be the beneficiary," Qing Zhiyuan said.

pokeni is preparing to start bidding for animation companies throughout Neon, but the content produced is not Pokémon.

After all, Pokémon doesn’t even have a shadow now, so you have to fill in the script content before creating it, and then adjust it according to the game content in the future.

The animation produced is the "Onmyoji" series.

Qing Zhiyuan has his own considerations when it comes to becoming Onmyoji. On the one hand, it is to enhance the popularity of Onmyoji through animation, and at the same time, it can also promote the sales of Onmyoji.

On the other hand, we need to find stable partners to lay the foundation for the next step in the production of the "Pokémon" series.

The plot of Onmyoji itself is exciting enough and has the potential to be animated.

As long as the script is done well, Qing Zhiyuan feels that after Onmyoji is aired, it will definitely trigger a wave of galgame craze.

"Didn't Rentendo ban pokeni? How will you sell your cassettes then?" Nao Tsuda wondered.

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

This seems okay.

Anyway, I offended Lao Ren, so why not offend him more thoroughly?

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

The production cost of an episode of animation is about 10 million to 20 million. If the quality is explosive, the production cost of an episode can even reach 50 million.

The research and development cost is higher than that of some games.

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

The animation production cost for even 10 episodes may exceed 200 million yen.

This is not something a company can afford.

In this case, in order to avoid risks, there are often several companies producing at the same time.

This production means the funder.

After 1996, usually as long as several companies jointly invest, a so-called production committee will be established.

Before the animation is released, no one knows how the sales will be. Joint funding by multiple companies can reduce risks, which is also a very common phenomenon in neon.

Therefore, among the OPs of many animations, you can often see the names of multiple investment companies.

Qing Zhiyuan approached DUN based on this principle. We all work together to share risks and profits equally.

Qing Zhiyuan also wanted to go 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 that DUN itself has its own distribution channels. Don't you also have an animation industry?" Qing Zhiyuan said bluntly.

Animation must be distributed once it is produced, and the broadcasting fees of TV stations actually only account for a small part of the animation revenue. Selling video tapes is the big deal.

It is now 1991, and VCDs have not yet come out. Whether it is the blue industry or the animation industry, the market mainly relies on video tape sales.

In fact, selling video tapes is okay, Qing Zhiyuan now has some channels.

In addition, the animation production company also has its own partners, so there shouldn't be much of a problem.

But it would be a bit difficult to get it to be broadcast on a TV station.

Or find a large animation production company, such as Toei, Toho, Kadokawa Pictures... Even Tatsunoko has close ties with TV stations.

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

If DUN can be brought together to produce animation, then DUN itself will have enough connections and channels to ensure that the animation will be broadcast on TV stations.

In this way, Qing Zhiyuan can find some favorite animation production companies that are not so famous yet to cooperate.

Let’s put it this way, Neon is in short supply of cartoonists and animation production companies.

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

"Hmm... This is reasonable." Tsuda Nao roughly understood Qing Zhiyuan's request.

"but……"

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

"DUN has an additional condition."

Well……

Sure enough, Qing Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that things were not that cheap.

"If we split it, DUN can get more, pokeni doesn't care."

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

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

"Besides, pokeni is not an outsourcing company."

"Not now." Nao Tsuda looked at him with a smile, "In other words, when DUN establishes a game department, ask Qingsang to be a consultant. Isn't this condition too much?"

Qing Zhiyuan quickly figured this out.

Yes, DUN seems to have had the intention to develop in the direction of games from the beginning, otherwise it would not have invested in pokeni in the first place.

Since a new handheld console is to be developed, Sony is busy sharpening its skills and making new games. It would be unreasonable for DUN to just invest but not enter the market.

"Okay, it's okay to be a consultant. I will try my best to make time when the time comes." Qing Zhiyuan said.

But... Judging from Tsuda's expression, this guy isn't going to develop a blue game, is he?

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There is no problem with the funder, so now there is only one thing left to solve——

Who should I find to make the animation?

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