John UM
It is said that George Lucas once responded to the criticism that “there is no sound in the universe”: “There is a voice in my universe.” This sentence has made many creators deeply touched. .
The cartoonist OYSTER is one of them. He said that in this case, if someone criticizes that “real girls don’t touch each other’s chests”, he can also answer in an upright manner: “In my universe, I will touch each other.”
(.https://twitter.com/OYSTER_tenten/status/1034200448415059968).
So, how can I go to my universe? .
The Japan Basketball Association (JBA) officially recognized and supported the world’s first female seiyuu 3×3 basketball league “Seiyuu Jr Basketball 3×3 (SJ3.LEAGUE)” will start activities this fall. 81 Produce President Nanze Daoyi is the chairman of the board. The league will participate in local celebrations and live events, launching comics, games, animation and other media and surrounding goods, and will also participate in local 3×3 games, and sports associations and schools to revitalize basketball. .
Director Nanze said at the press conference: “I have been imagining basketball for two years. In recent years, the seiyuu industry is changing rapidly. Some people may have questions, why do seiyuu play basketball? What I want to say is that The seiyuu can’t rely on one skill, but two. The league is born in this kind of thinking.”
Currently, there are 8 teams participating in the league, including the “Beidou” team consisting of 4 voice actors from the dubbing studio “Beidou Penguin” in Beijing, China. .
(.https://mantan-web.jp/article/20180829dog00m200002000c.html).
Light novelist Miki said that just as an editor can’t be a writer, a writer can’t be an editor. It is very impersonal to let writers have the same skills as editors to supervise the development of other media. The writer himself knows the hardships of creation, so when he criticizes other creators, he will be soft and he will not see the problems in other media. .
And the meaning of the existence of the editor is nothing else, that is, the vision of the subsidized writer being obscured by compassion. Therefore, Miki should try to be more familiar with the works he created than the writer himself. In this way, the editor as a representative may be able to perform the supervision obligation better than the original author. Miki believes that this may also be one of the ideal editorial images. .
(.https://twitter.com/kazuma_miki2016).
IG Port, the holding company of Production I.G, XEBEC, WIT STUDIO and other animation studios, held a shareholders’ meeting on August 28th. Netizens attended as individual shareholders and reported the contents of the shareholders’ meeting on Twitter and blog. .
Although the success of IG Port’s fiscal year 2017 has increased by about 650 million compared to last year due to the success of “strategic work” and “The Magic of the Bride”, the audience’s demands are increasing due to the sluggish production budget. As a result, the cost of production of CG in the video production business is high, and the production time is long-term, resulting in high animation production costs. In addition, the overseas income of overseas works such as “FLCL” was included in the next fiscal year, and the loss reserve for several works. In FY2017, IG Port’s final income was lower than expected. .
And looking at the 2018 fiscal year, the number of IG Port deliveries increased, and sales should increase. However, due to the completion of the works such as “The Magical Bride”, “The Black Basketball” and “Volleyball Boy”, copyright revenue will usher in a trough. Coupled with advance investments such as mobile apps and comics sites, IG Port is expected to lose money in FY18. President Ishikawa has long hoped to cooperate with platforms such as Netflix and NTT Plala to create an original IP such as “B: The Beginning” and save the deficit.
In FY2017, IG Group published its original comic book, and its company invested 60% of its “strategic work” in the animation, “The Magical Bride”, which accounted for a large proportion of copyright revenue. Most of this income is brought to the sale of broadcasting rights overseas. Director Shi Ganxiong revealed in the Q&A session that China has the largest proportion of overseas income. Generally speaking, when they sell their works to the broadcast platform, they all go with the plan book; however, when they sell the “Magic Bride”, they make the PV, which makes the broadcast platform know the quality of the work. Willing to buy the right to play at a high price. In addition, copyright income is often paid for a long time, but “Magic Bride” is a one-time payment. .
And in terms of comics, MAC GARDEN President Paula Hiroka said that not only the “Magic Bride”, “Girls in the Outer Country” and “PSYCHO-PASS” are very popular among overseas readers in South Korea and France. Also sold very well. .
Although the 2018 financial year is scheduled to be a loss, IG PORT’s business plan for the next five years is quite optimistic. The director of the county department said that although the original price of the copyright business seems to be deteriorating, it will bring benefits once delivered. President Ishikawa said that it is also an important factor to undertake the “Fate/Grand Order” theatrical version. In addition, although they can’t disclose the date of publication, they still want to play a few cards of this level. At the same time, the income of the production of the works depends on whether the works can be sold well, and the instability is too great. They also attach great importance to businesses such as smart phone applications that can bring stable income. .
Some shareholders criticized the “BLOOD” live-action version of “Ashura Girl ~ BLOOD-C” is too bad. President Ishikawa argued that IG now only owns the original rights of BLOOD, and the copyright was once transferred overseas, so the license of this live-action version is not sold by IG. .
In addition to the high cost of animation production mentioned above, IG is now facing the problem of insufficient manpower for business management and administrative investor relationship management. They are also taking measures. In addition, they also participated in the live-action film industry, invested in and produced “Ya Ren” and “April Long Dream” and made the “PSYCHO-PASS” general supervisor Ben Guangke a member, trying to complete a work in his own company. All forms of visualization. .
(.https://michsuzuki.hatenablog.com/entry/2018/08/28/001347)