[299] Production Issues

"..."

In the JOJO Animation's office, when looking at the first episode of the freshly produced anime "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion," Kazuya couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.

"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" has temporarily concluded.

Currently, Part Four is still ongoing in the manga, and the production of Part Four's anime will have to wait until the manga serialization is completed. Within the company, several teams have been formed, working on multiple projects simultaneously.

However...

When faced with the anime that Kazuya wanted to see the most, the elite members were still concentrated to burn a significant amount of funds to achieve the ideal animation.

Among them, "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion" is undoubtedly one.

Indeed...

"Um... I thought I was watching Code Geass, not JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?"

"Uh..." Hideaki Anno twitched his mouth slightly and said, "Well... yes, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion... right?"

In reality, he wasn't entirely sure!

Previously, there was just too much JoJo content.

Originally, if they were only making a few anime, it wouldn't be like this. Still, Kazuya's insistence was a bit too severe.

"This is unacceptable."

"Redo this part."

"This episode is completely wrong, start over."

Such things made their dreams at night full of thoughts like

"How to fully express JoJo intact."

"How to achieve the president's expected effect."

And so, before they could recover, they directly produced "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion," even though they tried to avoid it, it still seemed to retain many JoJo characteristics.

Not in the plot.

But in the portrayal of the visuals.

Music, poses... onomatopoeia.

Although the production was excellent, it always felt a bit off.

Yes, at this moment, Kazuya came back and said he wanted to see the progress of their work over the past month.

What to do?

Of course, bring it out!

The result turned out to be like this.

"This is not the Lelouch I remember!" Kazuya roared in his heart, but he just sighed a bit, "Forget it, take a short break for now. Take two days off to adjust and come back to continue."

He didn't think about changing the staff. After all, anime is not something you can just change personnel for; talent is crucial, and experience is equally important. For people like them who have both experience and talent, they are not so easy to find. Although the company's departments have expanded quite a bit, they still need to produce Kazuya's anime, take on JUMP's anime, and also work on some anime they want to do and enjoy.

Many tasks to handle.

"By the way, President, according to our cooperation with JUMP, we should produce a JUMP manga soon. Any ideas?"

"Umm...

Kazuya flipped through some manga...

There are many he wants to do...

"Slam Dunk," "Yuyu Hakusho"... Both of these haven't started production yet.

If possible, he wants to see something different from the original...

Especially the "Slam Dunk" anime.

This can be said to be one of his childhood memories.

The manga is without question, but for the anime...

When he watched it as a child, it wasn't much. He just felt, "Basketball is cool" and "I want to play basketball too." But when he watched it as an adult, he felt like there were so many flaws. Suddenly, he felt, "Childhood is not so beautiful; it's just the memory embellishing it."

It must be said that the "Slam Dunk" anime has many problems.

For example, some original plotlines that almost completely deviate from the trajectory of the plot, such as the original plotlines between Rukawa and Sendoh. Undoubtedly, this affected the coherence of the original work.

Even the original author of "Slam Dunk," Takehiko Inoue, mentioned in "REAL" that "it takes a few minutes to run from one end of the basketball court to the other, what the hell is this..."

Of course, this kind of thing is unavoidable for Kazuya.

Just like JoJo, you can't just say time stops for ten seconds and finish the entire animation in ten seconds, it's nonsense! Even Kazuya sometimes thinks, does he have anything to do with not drawing the later plot of Slam Dunk?

If he knew that later sponsors even withdrew their funding for the Slam Dunk anime, the reason is unclear, but considering Japan's current situation, it's not something he can't understand.

Economic crisis, no money in hand, of course, withdraw funding.

Although there is also dissatisfaction from the editorial department, there should be reasons in this regard.

After all, JUMP now...

Shigeru Mizuki's work was cut off shortly after serialization, completely ignoring the emotions of this old mangaka who once brought glory to JUMP.

So...

"Well, let's do this one, Slam Dunk. Let's make this into an anime... But, for this matter, you still need to discuss with the original author, try to make an anime that satisfies everyone."

"..." Hideaki Anno was slightly stunned, "Is it okay to let the original author participate like this..."

"Well, I don't have the idea of ​​letting others dictate to you internal people. I just want to take care of the original author's emotions appropriately. Don't wait until after it's done, and the original author points to the work and scolds it 'What is this thing?' 'Is this my manga?' Just fine."

"Yes!" Hideaki Anno nodded, "Please rest assured, President. Just as you said, 'Anything produced by JOJO Animation must be a masterpiece.'. We will definitely present a satisfactory answer."

Hideaki Anno said with a smile.

After all, there is no need to worry about money at all, and there is no need to consider whether it sells well or not. What needs to be considered is whether he, as a producer, is satisfied or not, only making anime that he likes, only making high-quality anime.

"However, I'm not satisfied with the current production of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion."

"Ha...haha." Hideaki Anno felt a bit embarrassed. Although he couldn't say it looked bad, it did seem a bit off. Completely not worth the money burned.

"Alright, let's temporarily conclude this matter. Leave it to you to handle, and is there anything else?"

"The matters of this period have been reported."

"Well... then, let's continue like this. After confirming what JUMP wants to produce, call all relevant personnel together for a meeting to determine the next steps for the company." Kazuya said, preparing to start his own work.

He was preparing the character cards for the Servants, to be used later, but first, he had to see how things would progress in the future.

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