My Animation Era

　　The name of the TV animation of the remake of Superman is officially named "Superman: Returns".

 This word has two meanings.

  As a noun, it can be understood as the return of Superman or the return of Superman. As a verb, it can also be understood as Superman returning to his peak, Superman reborn from the ashes.

 The Chinese translation of the animation has not yet been determined.

 Gu Miao thinks that the word Returns would be more accurately translated as "return". The name of the entire animation is "Return of Superman"!

 But other people felt that the name was too mediocre and failed to reflect the significance of the animation. It would be much better to change the name to "Superman: Heroes Rises".

certainly!

 It doesn’t make much sense to delve deeper into this translation, because no one cares about the subtitle of the animation. What everyone cares about is always the main title of “Superman”.

 The animation is available in multiple languages.

 Superman is a superhero character that is famous all over the world, and its animated version cannot only be in one language.

 However, the English version will be aired first, and versions in other languages ​​including Mandarin dubbing will have to wait.

  Nick Cartoon Channel, which previously reached a cooperation with Wanbao Animation to premiere the "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation in North America, may have tasted the sweetness, and this time it also won the right to premiere the "Superman" animation remake.

Naifly won the online version.

 So this time the "Superman" remake animation is a TV + network parallel broadcast model.

Since Nick Cartoon Channel is not available in China, Gu Miao can only go to the Naifly website to watch the online version, and understand the situation of the TV version through Dave's real-time report.

 There is no difference between the online version and the TV version.

Perhaps the only special feature of the online version is the sponsor advertisements and previews at the beginning, which are not available in the TV version.

 The first episode is still about the survivors of Krypton.

 He ​​had already seen the sample clip of this episode and knew the plot well, so he chose to skip the first episode and start watching the second episode.

One night, the great and ordinary Kent couple were driving in the suburbs and accidentally discovered the Kryptonian spaceship falling from the sky and the little boy in the spacecraft...

More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The little boy who was picked up by the Kents and named Clark Kent in the past has grown up and is still a god-level scholar who gets distracted in class but always gets perfect marks on exams.

When Clark grew up, he had already demonstrated "extraordinary" strange abilities. He told Lana his troubles: he could hear other people's whispers from a long distance, he could also see very far away places, and he could even See through walls…

 Super hearing, super vision!

The young Superman seems to have awakened extraordinary abilities, but he is troubled by this because he is afraid that someone will think he is an alien.

 There was a car accident at a gas station.

 A car that lost control due to a flat tire crashed into a gas station and collided with a tanker parked inside. After a violent explosion, raging fire covered the entire car accident scene.

Clark showed an extraordinary side. In Lana's surprised eyes, he rushed to the scene like a whirlwind, opened the car door, and rescued the family of three trapped in the car.

　　When Lana rushed to the scene anxiously, she saw a scene that shocked her for the rest of her life.

Under the blazing fire, Clark was unharmed and walked out with a little girl in his arms...

  Clark's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and he can easily twist a steel bar. Not only that, his eyes can also release rays that melt steel.

 “It’s time to let him know, Martha.”

After learning about Clark's troubles, the Kents looked at each other and chose to tell him the secret of the year, and took him to see the spaceship at that time.

Through the information receiver in the spacecraft, Clark finally met his biological parents and solved the mystery of his life experience.

 At this point, Superman has finally completed his evolution and taken the first step to become a superhero!

 “This transition is too fast...”

Gu Miao muttered, Clark was still a baby at the beginning, and in the blink of an eye he became a high school student, and then in the blink of an eye, he applied for a reporter job at Planet Daily?

It can be said that Superman’s previous twenty years of life were all condensed into the second episode. In just ten minutes, Clark experienced two rounds of growth.

 Luckily it’s Superman!

 Everyone knows the era and background of Superman’s life, as well as Clark’s character setting, so these can be skipped.

  If it were any other animation, if you dared to omit the plot like this, what would the audience understand? I guess the production team has already started spraying!

I can only say that for a work like Superman, there is really no need to spend too much time and energy introducing his origin and growth experience.

 Don’t ask why.

　　It is the story of Superman. Everyone has read it for decades and is already familiar with it.

Repeating the introduction will only make it cumbersome. It is better to skip it and evolve directly from infancy to adulthood. Anyway, everyone knows what happens in the middle.

 “The music is pretty good.”

 Mr. Gu’s complaint about Superman was too fast, and the rhythm of the plot was like riding a rocket, but the focus of Lao Zhang’s attention was on the music and pictures.

“The soundtrack is very epic, the painting style is tough but not crude, and it has a heroic feel unique to American comics.”

“I have noticed that Superman’s figure is actually an inverted triangle, and the head-to-body ratio is very uncoordinated. However, such an uncoordinated figure feels inexplicably appropriate when placed on Superman.”

Inverted triangle?

Hearing this, Gu Miao took a serious look at Clark Kent on the screen and couldn't help laughing.

It really is!

 Clark's figure, if you look closely, is really an inverted triangle. His upper body and lower body are simply too unbalanced. At first glance, he looks "burly and strong".

 In fact, this issue was complained about decades ago, when "Superman" was first born.

  But it has to be said that excellent animation characters often have the ability to cultivate the audience's aesthetics. This kind of figure is unreasonable for an ordinary character. It is simply inhuman?

 But if it were Superman, wouldn’t it be immediately more pleasing to the eye?

By the way…

Superman’s inverted triangle figure is actually very common in early heroic comics and animations, so it is not surprising.

 Early heroic anime characters are basically all drawn in this style. In order to highlight the hero’s strength and heroic appearance, the stature is generally exaggerated.

 This is relatively good.

If you know more about it, you will find that the figure of the hero is nothing compared to the vicious villains.

The villain’s size is really exaggerated!

 Some villains can tower over the two protagonists just by their height, and they are covered in tendons. Just standing there can give readers and viewers a great sense of oppression.

If you have to complain, having an inverted triangle figure is really not a problem. Being twice as tall as an average person is the biggest problem...

 "Superman Returns" is updated daily.

 Because only the first two episodes have been released, it is difficult for the audience to judge whether this animation is good or not.

I can only say that, judging from the first two episodes that have been aired, "Superman Returns" is indeed good, and it is significantly improved compared to the old version of the animation.

certainly!

It’s really not fair to compare the old version of the animation. After all, how old were the old versions? To compare, we should still compare it with new animations!

 But even compared with the latest animations, the animation "Superman Returns" is not inferior, and in a certain sense, it is even better than many animations.

"96.31% positive rating?" Gu Miao smiled and asked, "How did you calculate this positive rating? There are still two decimal places?"

“Naifly conducted online voting. I heard that more than 500,000 people participated, so there are two decimal places.”

Dave also smiled happily on the phone, only to hear him explain: "Of course, you don't need to take this praise rating too seriously. The key is the number of viewers given by Nick Cartoon Channel."

 7.41 million people!

This is the statistics of the highest number of viewers after the animation "Superman Returns" premiered on the TV platform.

 Of course, this is the maximum number of people.

The average number of viewers is only about 5 million, and this viewership statistic is also somewhat inaccurate. There may not necessarily be so many viewers.

Even so, the performance of the first two episodes of "Superman Returns" still shocked countless practitioners.

I can only say that he is indeed a superman!

Superman's huge influence is clearly reflected at this moment. If it were an original character, it would be impossible to have so much audience support after the premiere.

 “Don’t be too happy too early!”

Seeing that Dave was getting carried away, Gu Miao couldn't help pouring cold water on him and said, "This is just the beginning. It seems like the plot of Superman has only gotten on track in the third episode, right?"

In other words, the first two episodes are at best a warm-up, and the real test of Superman Returns is actually the third episode.

 Because starting from this episode, "Superman Returns" begins to get down to business and tell a new story. Whether the new story can win the support of the audience is the key factor that determines the survival of the "Remastered Superman".

 …

 Superman aired in North America, making Superman fans in other regions eager to watch.

Fans who know some English can go to Naifly to watch the online version to have a quick look, but those fans who don’t understand English and can only eat cooked meat will have a hard time.

 When will the national version be released?

Nearly every day, people come to Gu Miao’s Weibo and comment in private messages urging him to quickly make an official dub of “Superman Returns”.

Gu Miao was also annoyed.

He told everyone that the Mandarin dubbing has actually been recorded a long time ago. The reason why it has not been broadcast online is mainly because he has not thought about the Chinese translation and is still discussing the broadcast platform.

 The matter of translation is easy to solve.

 But the broadcast platform is not easy to handle!

 Limited by policy reasons, domestic TV stations are generally cautious about introducing foreign animations.

Although the backstage capital of "Superman Returns" is a domestic company, the producer is a real North American company, so this is also a foreign animation.

 For many TV stations, the introduction of such animation is not a question of willingness, but a question of whether they dare to introduce it.

The policy is here to stay!

  Supporting domestic animation is the right way. If you always think about introducing excellent animation from abroad, the superior management will definitely give you a warning.

 But "Superman Returns" is not an outsider!

This is an animation produced by the North American branch of Wanbao Animation. It is like a family. It would be a pity if this cannot be introduced for broadcast.

 The TV station didn’t want to let go of the influential work “Superman Returns” and felt that this animation would definitely become popular, so it wanted to introduce it to the broadcast.

 But they are afraid of breaking the law. After all, introducing foreign animation is a very serious matter. Every TV station dare not be careless for fear of getting themselves into trouble.

So someone carefully inquired about the views of the higher-level management.

Are the animations produced by Wanbao North America Division treated equally with those of other foreign manufacturers?

Or…

Since Wanbao Animation is the parent company, and the copyright of this animation is also owned by Wanbao, can we open a backdoor to Wanbao?

 There is currently no progress on this matter.

 Gu Miao actually also wants to know whether the animations produced by the Neon Division and the North American Division will be cut across the board?

If it is true that one size fits all, then in the future animations produced by the North American Division and the Neon Division will basically not need to consider Chinese dubbing, and just focus on overseas markets!

  If there is a certain amount of room for maneuver, that is still a very good thing.

After all, it would be a pity if the animation produced by oneself cannot be broadcast on domestic TV stations and can only be broadcast online.

 That’s right!

 The online version is not affected.

 The main issue is whether it can be broadcast on domestic TV stations. If it is just an online version, then the introduction is not a problem.

Gu Miao and the fans did not have to wait too long. Soon, good news came from the Red Crane Cartoon Channel that they could broadcast the "Superman Returns" animation.

 “This should be the back door!”

“Let me just say, Wanbao Animation is still very respectable. The leaders probably opened the back door for us because of Wanbao’s contribution to cultural output for so many years.”

Gu Miao chuckled and said: "Of course, the main reason is that Wanbao owns the copyright of the entire "Superman" series."

 Having copyright and not having copyright are two different things.

If Wanbao does not have the copyright of Superman, and Superman is still a foreigner's IP after all, then it will be extremely difficult to broadcast it on domestic TV stations.

 “That’s true…”

 Lao Zhang deeply agreed: “In recent years, domestic TV stations have basically stopped introducing foreign animation. This can be regarded as protecting our domestic animation industry.”

 There is nothing to complain about.

 After all, Wanbao is also one of the beneficiaries of this policy.

If foreign animation continues to be popular and dominate domestic TV schedules, it will probably be difficult for many domestic animation manufacturers, including Wanbao, to compete.

　　This is just like the "Domestic Film Protection Month". As a movie fan, it's okay to complain a few words, but as a practitioner, if you complain about this, is your **** a little crooked?

  No matter what.

It is definitely a good thing that "Superman Returns" can be broadcast on TV. Gu Miao was also the first to convey the good news to fans.

The flamingo cartoon is faster.

  Almost as soon as the introduction was confirmed, they inserted a pre-promotional advertisement about the "Superman Returns" animation during the prime time of their own channel.

 “I can see it, they are in a hurry!”

“Can you not be in a hurry? Many TV stations are watching the Superman animation! If they don’t hurry up, what if someone cuts it off?”

 Lao Zhang shook his head and said: "It's not their fault. Honghe Cartoon has indeed had a difficult time in the past two years, and its viewership share has dropped again and again..."

How glorious was it when it was renamed from Jiangchuan Children’s Channel to Red Crane Cartoon?

 But since Director Wang was transferred and left, the former king of children's cartoons has gradually fallen from the altar and has lost his former glory.

I can only say that this time "Superman Returns" is indeed an opportunity. I can’t say that it will definitely be a big hit, but at least it can help them consolidate their viewership share.

 This is enough!

 In today's Internet information age, it is difficult for TV platforms to go further, unless... there is another "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"!