Chapter 1825 Born in Sorrow, Died in Peace.
It wasn't the bigwigs in the publishing industry present who knelt down to the young richest man in the new world, but what Andy Smith said was indeed very exciting, and the analysis was very in place.
With the bloodbath of "Dragon Ball" being released, it has attracted a lot of criticism, and Hollywood's adaptations have failed again and again, which seems to prove that apart from those girly manga, the manga with weight is basically only suitable for 2D or full CG. Come on, the live-action manga is doomed to fail.
You must know that the manga "Dragon Ball" is an extremely popular Japanese manga in the West, and almost all the hard-core fans of that kind are in Europe and the United States, and even the foot basin can't compare with so many crazy Dragon Ball fans in Europe and the United States. Bandai's number one sales of animation peripherals is enough to show the influence of Dragon Ball in the world.
From the very beginning, Fox shot the American version of "Dragon Ball" with the mentality of being able to cheat one by one. "I hope everyone will appreciate this movie as a story of a parallel world," euphemistically expressing the hope that the work will be separated from his work.
Not to mention no matter how much investment is made nowadays, it is basically impossible to explode if the plot is not good. As far as this film is basically destined to lose the bottom, it would be good if it can guarantee that it will not lose money. However, Fox of Chicken Thieves only invested 40 million US dollars in the beginning, plus a lot of publicity and distribution expenses. The global box office needs to be at least 3.5 times to pay back.
In a word, this movie can be regarded as a sap for both Hollywood and the animation industry.
Next, foot basin animation will fall into a low tide period in the United States, and will continue to decline in the foreseeable future.
Andy will not miss this opportunity to stock up on bargains! According to the survey, big data shows that the golden age of foot basin animation in the United States was around the beginning of the century around 2000. That is to say, for the post-90s and post-95s generation, in fact, at that time, the popular things among teenagers in China and the United States were very close, such as Yu-Gi-Oh, Digimon, Pokémon, Dragon Ball, GBA, etc. were also phenomenal in the United States. The presence.
Dragon Ball and Pokémon are the two benchmarks of this era, and their popularity in the United States is by no means lower than that of Transformers and Marvel. Others such as Sailor Moon, Evangelion, Slam Dunk, Digimon, etc. are also strong second-tier players.
But this prosperity was fragile from the start. There have been more and more Native American film and television works suitable for teenagers since the release of Spider-Man in 2001. And foot basin animation was forced to become a subculture for many reasons.
"In the United States, since TV is the only way to watch anime other than videotapes, this passive acceptance mode gives the middlemen who own animation copyrights too much power. The reasons that caused the decline in the popularity of foot basin anime in the United States, such as the censorship mechanism, Has been in the industry from the very beginning.
to be frank,
The American film and television market is a market that is extremely exclusive of foreign cultures. For a non-English work, no dubbing means a minority. This is very different from Tianchao's proficiency in reading subtitles. There was a problem with the positioning of animation in the United States from the very beginning. American publishers believed that the audience of animation was children, so all age classifications are a red line that must never be touched.
American censorship is the self-censorship of the distribution companies to please America's old-fashioned parents. In this case, Pokémon and Dragon Ball struggled to stand up with good dubbing standards, but the dubbing and censorship of subsequent One Piece and Naruto were abysmal”
Andy faced Shueisha's president, Horiuchi Marue, Kodansha's president, Noma Sawako, and Shogakukan's president, Aiga Masahiro, three big names in the publishing industry. With a complexion, he continued to shake his head and said with a smile.
"Can you imagine that in One Piece, the cigarette in Sanji's hand turns into a lollipop? Can you imagine Naruto holding a kunai to pierce the back of his hand in Naruto, turning into a toolbox with a red apple in one hand and Doraemon in the other?" ?"
"Pfft—"
"cough cough"
"Heh cough cough cough"
At this time, the president of Shueisha, Horiuchi Marue, was a little staring. He vaguely saw ten thousand beasts running past him, spitting KOU water at him, looking like he didn't know whether to cry or laugh, a little like a glow on his back Looking at the surroundings laughing but holding back, holding back very uncomfortable, colleagues in the industry who kept coughing lightly, at this moment his heart is extremely ghostly, really wishing to strangle the American middleman, he knows, After tonight, these two stalks will become classic jokes in the industry.
"Hehe, it's funny, but this is reality, so in the eyes of ordinary Americans today, the inherent impression of foot basin animation has become TAI, Asian culture is so difficult to understand, the AT force field of culture It was erected again. The failure of One Piece and Naruto made the footbath animation, which was already walking a tightrope on the edge of popular culture, fall to the bottom, and it could no longer climb up in the US market.
Of course, the failure of the two works is superficial. The core problem of animation lies in its weak subcultural status in the United States and the emergence of competitors with the same position as the United States. For example, the mainstream and niche of my Marvel Group and Warner's DC Comics have always been controversial topics.
Mainstream is an attribute, in fact, it is a specific creative criterion, and it is the greatest common divisor from children to old people. For mainstream music, art, and film and television works, YAN must cut off many characteristics to satisfy the appetite of the mainstream. Minority also has its disadvantages. The homogenization of foot basin animation is popular today because the local audience you want to cater to is too single and the tastes are not varied enough.
I actually hope that the American market will have an impact on the single Japanese animation industry, making animation more diverse. Otherwise, the American version of Dragon Ball's live-action movie will be the last remaining BO of that golden age. "
When the voice fell, the people around him couldn't help being a little uproarious, and began to whisper to each other with serious and ugly faces, but Andy just smiled and looked sideways, blinking a pair of innocent big eyes, always looking at him with curiosity and admiration from time to time. His Sasaki Nozomi smiled slightly.
Don't look at Andy being surrounded by this group of foot basin people, he can calmly point out the country, and leave everyone present with the appearance that he may be the savior of foot basin animation in the US market. Faced with the real dilemma, only by letting them think that the IP in their hands has no market in the United States can Andy obtain the greatest IP power at the most appropriate price.
With the rise of Marvel, Andy knows better than anyone that in the future, DC and Marvel will monopolize the live-action TV series in the United States. It is foreseeable that DC and Marvel have their own ownership, and other film companies will inevitably seek to break through the monopoly situation, and more and more American production companies will inevitably focus on foot basin animation, and even buy Japanese manga at a high price. copyright and remake it into a live-action film and television drama to compete against Marvel and DC.
Born in sorrow, but died in peace.
For Andy, the sense of urgency and sense of crisis are more and more serious aspects as time goes on. The sense of urgency makes him have to grasp all possible future advantages in advance. Marvel can make his The entertainment empire can easily eat ten years, but after ten years, everything will become unknown. He has already tasted the happiness from the perspective of God, and one can imagine the impact of the unknown on him.
In the previous life, many media were very popular with superhero movies, satirizing and questioning the exhaustion of creativity in Hollywood movies, and it was difficult to open new IPs. The problem of "script shortage" became more and more prominent, so there were more and more sequels, remakes, and live-action movies. Continuously launched, "fried cold rice" cases abound, although this is undoubtedly the safest choice for Hollywood movies with a high degree of commercialization.
But after all, it can't change the fact that Hollywood lacks creativity, and Riman's brain hole will inevitably become a new way out for Hollywood. Now is undoubtedly the most suitable time to buy the bottom.
No, what Andy thinks is not just to buy the bottom, but to catch them all!