Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 233: Toy Companies Fight Each Other
Minato-ku, Roppongi, bar.

Akira Moritsugu sat at the bar, sipping a beer.

Uncomfortable!

pain!

sad!

Akira Moritsugu thought he had worked really hard, but the ratings of Dinosaur Express Ks-X were just not high.

“It’s so painful!”

Moritsugu Akira took a big gulp of beer.

Bitter wine enters the throat and causes pain in the heart.

Ah~ah!
Ksai!

"I'll have a beer, too."

There was a familiar voice, and then the person sat down next to him.

Moritsugu Akira raised his head and met Manatsu Ryu's concerned face.

"Why did you come out to drink alone? Fortunately, I knew you were here." Manatsu Ryu was about to tell Moritsugu Akira a good news.

Moritsugu Akira opened his hazy eyes and looked at Manatsu Ryu, and it took him a long time to recognize him.

"It's you. You're not here to laugh at me, are you? A failed protagonist with such low ratings is really a poor choice."

"Who do you take me for? I'm here to tell you good news."

"There won't be any good news... No way!"

Moritsugu Akira wanted to say something, but he waved his arms violently and couldn't find the right words for a long time. Paralyzed by alcohol, his brain really couldn't react. Finally, he couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat and squeezed out a word.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I couldn't play this role well. I can't continue to be an actor in this state. I'd better go back to Hokkaido!"

Manatsu Ryuu couldn't bear to see this expression.

"Why are you crying? Lift your head!"

He grabbed Moritsugu Akira by the collar.

Manatsu Ryu originally wanted to slap Moritsugu Akira twice, but in the end he couldn't bring himself to do it. He could only growl with gritted teeth and scold Moritsugu Akira.

"What's that expression on your face?"

"Those tears of yours, what are they?"

"Do you think the poor ratings are your sole responsibility?"

"But let me tell you, a work is the result of the efforts of the entire creative team. If it's done well, it's not just you who's doing it well, and if it's done poorly, it's not just you who's doing it poorly either!"

"Don't take all the credit alone, and don't take all the responsibility alone!"

"Besides, let me tell you, this drama isn't actually that bad. It's very popular overseas! I just got the news that Australians love Kesai!"

But Akira Moritsugu could no longer open his eyes.

Manatsu Ryu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

hateful.

Anyway, let’s bring the person back to the office first.

After all, Manatsu Ryu didn't know where he lived.

It took him a lot of effort and a lot of strength to finally bring Akira Moritsugu back to the office.

Gu Ming had just finished discussing the action design for the next episode with Wan Gujie when he turned around and saw Zhen Xialong coming back carrying a drunk cat. He was really shocked: "You drove a jeep to kill him?"

"Why do you keep mentioning the jeep?" Manatsu Ryuu was speechless for a moment. "He's drunk. I went to talk to him about the foreign ratings, and I found him drunk like this. Ugh, bringing him back was exhausting. I finally came up with some cool lines, but he didn't even hear them!"

Gu Ming was surprised: "What cool lines did you come up with?"

Manatsu Ryu casually placed Moritsugu Akiji on the sofa and said to Gu Ming with a stern face, "What's that expression on your face? What's that tear on your face? How can you be the lead actor like that?"

Gu Ming leaned back instantly.

Inverted.

They're all fucking rebelling!
……

……

Moritsugu Akira woke up early the next morning and learned the words that Manatsu Ryu left for him from a boy who got up early for training in the office.

Although the ratings of K-Sai in Japan are not high, currently only 6%, it is very popular overseas!

The TV station also plans to produce an English dubbed version and distribute it overseas.

Moritsugu Akira's eyes widened instantly.

No more pain, he is so happy now!

Tokyo is interesting.

Akira Moritsugu wrote a poem at that time.

Ratings are too low

Overseas audiences like it very much

I'm so happy

……

……

Some people are happy, while others are unhappy.

For example, clover.

Clover is a very famous toy manufacturer in Japan.

To be specific.

Clover's strength is currently several generations.

Endai doesn't have the money to sponsor a TV show.

Of course, things were different later.

Recently, Endai has obtained authorization from Toei and has started to produce Kamen Rider belts. He is also currently producing Ksai belts.

The Ksai belt is very cheap, and the cost is said to be incredibly low. Those low-quality toys were eventually all sold overseas and sold to foreign suckers.

The Shamrocks were very annoyed.

What's the big deal about yen? A toy company among younger brothers actually sells its products overseas!

For toys, you still have to look at us, Clover!
Clover has recently been selling a toy called "Gunpla", but it's not selling very well.

To this end, after some discussion, Clover decided to invest in a work, like Kamen Rider, to use the work to promote toys.

Of course, Kamen Rider's toys came out after the work, while Gunpla's toys already existed but the work itself didn't.

After comprehensively considering the strengths of several TV stations and Clover's own situation, Clover finally found 'Nagoya TV'.

Speaking of which, due to some special circumstances, Japan’s TV stations are somewhat different from the TV stations we are familiar with in China.

Although it was mentioned before that Ultraman's ratings were as high as 45%, that was specifically referring to the ratings in the Kanto region.

That is, the ratings are only available within the area covered by TBS.

TBS itself is both a TV station and a TV network. Many TV stations in the Kanto region have joined TBS and can broadcast TBS works.

That's why TBS is qualified to be called a giant.

Nagoya TV is a TV station in the Nagoya area, and its broadcasting range includes the Nagoya area. At the same time, Nagoya TV is also a subsidiary TV station of "Asahi Network".

In other words, Nagoya TV is one of the TV network franchises of TV Asahi.

Clover chose to cooperate with Nagoya TV because it has the broadcasting network of Asahi TV behind it, which has a stronger coverage and has a certain overlap with Clover's business scope.

As for why they didn't just go to Toei and TV Asahi...

Because it's too expensive.

Clover wanted to spend some money, but not that much.

With these reasons in mind, Clover approached Nagoya TV and decided to produce a work to promote Gunpla toys.

After some discussions, the program plan was finally finalized. It will be directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, a screenwriter and animation director who came from "Mushi Company" and had worked with Osamu Tezuka. It will be broadcast on Nagoya TV. The content of the program is based on the recently produced "Space Battleship Yamato", and the program will be an animation work set in space and promote Gundam plastic model toys.

The work is called "Mobile Suit Gundam." Without any suffix, it's just called Gundam.

Because its background story takes place in UC0079 and it was also released in 79.

So it was also called 'Gundam 0079'.

(End of this chapter)