The Creator of the Second Dimension

Xu Rui returned to work in early August.

On the one hand, Yi Qianqian has almost recovered. Her father was very happy to have a granddaughter. With a wave of his hand, he bought a four-story single-family villa for Yi Qianqian in the most expensive river view villa area in Ningjiang. , and came to visit her little granddaughter in person, Yi Qianqian is now in the care of her natal family, and Xu Rui can free up time to deal with the company's affairs.

On the other hand, whether it is "Your Name" or "Breath of the Wild", Xu Rui is required to control the overall situation.

Returning to the familiar seat, Xu Rui felt a little emotional.

"Boss, the drawing meeting for the animation is in the first meeting room at ten o'clock. We should fix some final issues this time, and then we will officially start the original drawing."

"The meeting on the selection of the third round of temple puzzles in "Breath of the Wild" was at one o'clock in the afternoon, and it was mainly a discussion of the more controversial 20 level designs."

"Music Girl" was nominated for this year's annual animation, and three magazines sent interview drafts. By the way, Ningjiang TV wants to do a preview interview."

"The overall plan for the booth layout of this year's Ningjiang Comic Exhibition needs to be confirmed by Mr. Xu."

""The Last Survivor" nominated the game of the year, and the media are still very concerned about the new work that Hatsune Games is developing."

All kinds of things came one after another, Xu Rui was busy almost all day long, and there were various meetings, large and small, one after another. He suddenly had the feeling that he simply changed his working place to the meeting room.

Xu Rui didn't return home until after eleven o'clock in the evening.

Yi Qianqian is still in the villa in the urban area, and she will probably live there with her parents during this period of time. Xu Rui looks at the slightly deserted home, but she doesn't feel lonely.

He took a shower, lay on the bed, and flicked his phone casually.

It was only then that Xu Rui discovered that during this period of time, other websites were not idle either.

For example, Tomato Video Network released an announcement on August 1st that a selection of animations will be held on the website.

This is different from animation popularity voting, the name is "Animation Art Award", which aims to select the artistry of animation.

This has to make people think of the annual animation selection in mid-August. Tomato Video Network is holding an animation art award at this time. What exactly is it going to do?

Xu Rui sat up and clicked on the page of the animation art award.

The selection of the awards is divided into several awards such as best serial animation, best male character, best female character, best plot, best production, best animated film, best single episode, best opening and ending song, etc., to be honest , Xu Rui felt a little strange.

The best serial animation is barely passable, and the best male and female characters are really confusing.

What kind of character can be regarded as the best? Is it based on popularity or the expressiveness of the character? If it is the former, then it is essentially a popularity selection. Is the main character portrayed in thick ink and color better?

In the annual animation selection, there is no such thing as the best character, only the best voice actor is used to judge the acting skills of the dubbers behind the scenes. Let Xu Rui say that there are probably only the best actor and best actress in film and television works , but in essence it is also an affirmation of the actor's acting skills.

Regardless of the characters, the best plot and best production are also a bit weird. Judging the plot is very subjective, personal tastes vary, and there is no recognized standard in the industry. The best production can barely be judged from the technical aspects, but The production itself is influenced by many aspects, such as painting, storyboarding, rhythm, dubbing, and even background music. These are combined to form the overall production. I don’t know how Tomato Video Network plans to evaluate it.

Best animated film, best single episode This is similar to the annual animation selection, except that the best single episode of the annual animation selection refers to the best single episode drawing, which is more directional.

As for the best opening and ending song, there is nothing to discuss.

In general, Xu Rui thought that this was probably an attempt by Tomato Video Network to impact the right to speak in the animation industry. After all, in the annual animation selection, Tomato Video Network, which had lost its martial arts, was almost incapable of competing with the fantasy animation. Not to mention the fantasy animation, even the former old rivals Mushroom Yinghua and Aiyiyi Animation may not be able to beat it.

If everything develops as expected by Tomato Video Network, then the works of this award will have a wide influence among animation audiences, and some of them must be animations made by Tomato Video Network. If this goes on year by year, this award may become An industry award that is comparable to the annual animation selection, the difference is that the controller behind it is Tomato Video Network.

Of course, Xu Rui felt that this was completely whimsical.

He didn't pay attention to this anymore, it was already very late, Xu Rui checked the alarm clock, put down his phone, and then fell asleep.

But in the A2 forum, discussions about the Tomato Video Network Animation Art Award are in full swing.

[Egg Fried Rice without Eggs]: What is Tomato Video Network trying to do, abandon the annual animation selection and play by yourself?

[Brother Black Dragon]: Does he deserve it? Let alone the rubbish animations that Tomato Video has made in recent years, the setting of those awards feels like an amateur.

[Death Strike]: I think he might as well follow the example of Hatsune Video Network and hold a popularity poll, but he wants to get an art award. I don't know who the judges are going to invite.

[Spicy Crayfish]: I saw the list of judges, it's so funny.

[Fried Scarecrow]: I'll go, I thought I was looking for the same industry experts as the annual animation selection to be the judges. Why is this list full of big Vs, video producers, Weibo self-media, etc. It's too amateurish.

In another post on the forum, there is a list of judges for Tomato Video Network's Animation Art Awards.

It can be seen that such as [Menmenmen], [Erlang], [Political Commissar], [Azure Longing], [Remy Remy], etc. are listed in the big V in the anime area, and there are also some such as Anime Soul, etc. under the Tomato Video Network. An animation information organization, and some authors who do animation commentary and make animation clip videos.

In addition, there are also senior directors and original artists from Rainbow Media and Tomato Productions, etc., but they are only limited to the Tomato Video Network.

Such a lineup of judges does seem to be a joke. You must know that even the annual game selection, which is often called the "Pheasant Award", is at least a combination of multiple media, and the animation art of Tomato Video Network The grand prize looks like an amateur.

Among them, besides the director and the original painting, the most convincing person should be the soul of animation. This animation information organization has taken a high-end path since its establishment. Soul has already begun to analyze the original painting and think about the storyboards. Each manuscript is like an animation thesis, eloquent and full of professional explanations that ordinary audiences can't understand.

Anime Soul was acquired by Tomato Video Network five years ago and became its subsidiary company. However, in most cases, Tomato Video Network did not interfere with the creation of Anime Soul. Suppression, generally speaking, Tomato Video Network has adopted a stock-raising strategy for the news agency Anime Soul.

However, when everyone was discussing whether the judges of the Animation Art Awards were qualified, the person in charge of Anime Soul, [Niubi Ham] posted a Weibo.

"Anime Soul expresses that it is completely unaware of the judges of the Tomato Video Network Animation Art Awards, and will not participate in the judging work."