I have to say that every anniversary live broadcast of "Ark of Tomorrow" is a bombshell on the Internet.
Last night, the three-week preview live broadcast of "Ark of Tomorrow" came as promised, although the hard conditions of live broadcasting were limited to a certain extent because of the epidemic, but as in the previous two years, the live broadcast began, the heat whizzed up, and soon appeared on various hot search lists.
This live broadcast, the convention for players to bring the attention of the third anniversary of the SideStory [Fool] related content, but also the future of the game content forward, as well as some new gameplay preview and explanation.
Many, many pits were dug
But compared to these parts of the game that are more concerned about the game content, what interests me more is the various out-of-game content brought by the second half of the live broadcast.
And, of course, this linkage that shook me all year
ACG, family pro
In this third anniversary live broadcast, I think the biggest change is that the number of anime PVs has increased a lot. Needless to say, every new link in the live broadcast after that is basically an advanced animation PV. At the beginning of some of the animations and PVs, in addition to the "Eagle Horn Network", a logo called "Gravity Well" appeared in front of everyone for the first time.
"Gravity Well" is the newly established animation studio of Eagle Point Network, from the perspective of the materials announced by Gravity Well Studio this time, perhaps from the tide of the second anniversary of the release, and the follow-up 3D version of the PV will be drunk is the content they are responsible for, from this live broadcast, it can be seen that in addition to being responsible for part of the 3D animation PV, they will also produce the two Q version animations of "Carp Detective Office" and "Drawing and Writing Words of small carvings", and from the publicity released in the live broadcast, one mainly takes the funny style, A major walking cute healing system made me ignite a very high desire to watch.
In particular, "The Detective Agency of the Carp" shows the characteristics of each character in a beautiful way
The official animation of Ark of Tomorrow, this is not the first time it has appeared. Now that gravity wells are officially established, does this mean that we can enjoy our favorite Terra world from more perspectives in more diversified animation forms in the future? Through the diversified topic selection and presentation mode, I believe that everyone can see that Eagle Horn still has its own pursuit and expectations in the field of animation production, and I hope that more bigwigs in related fields can join them and complete the expectations of the majority of player groups.
Regarding the animation, there is also a high-profile news - the main line animation "Ark of Tomorrow Prelude to Dawn" released a new promotional clip. Since last year's "Ark of Tomorrow 2021 Thanksgiving Celebration" live broadcast published the news of the main story TV animation animation, it has been highly anticipated by players. But as someone who has seen various well-known mobile game adaptations of animation, I have to maintain a wait-and-see attitude towards this work.
"Turquoise Fantasy", "Turquoise Route", "Fate/Grand Order", these mobile games I used to cook, the main line of the anime adaptation all fell down. Although the existing animation of "Ark of Tomorrow" is of good quality, it is basically short, and there are no works that have appeared in the form of traditional dramas. For these reasons, I can only calm down and cautiously look forward to the quality of this work.
At least the part of the publicity release is still very exciting
Animation is so powerful, then in the comics of the brother industry, "Ark of Tomorrow" also spares no effort.
In order to make it easier for everyone to watch the official manga, in May 2021, "Terra Chronicle" was officially launched as the official manga serial platform. Since then, comic works with different styles and rich themes have begun to mushroom. And the lineup of the comic is still steadily expanding, in the third anniversary of the live broadcast, renamed "Rhode Island Source Stone Chronicle" of the "Infected Chronicle", and its second work "Rhode Island Source Stone Chronicle - Rhine Life" is also about to be launched, officially becoming a series. The "A1 Action Reserve Group" with Yu Yanshu, a well-known cartoonist who once wrote "Black and White Matchless", may also mean that we are about to see more powerful and powerful comic works.
I'm also looking forward to the "Rhode Island Meal today" in the middle
As a "two-dimensional" game, the derivative of animation and manga is a very good complement to the IP, allowing players to more intuitively experience a more expressive game world. As a gamer and anime lover, I am also looking forward to the future of "Ark of Tomorrow" can launch more and better works.
A music experience unique in the industry
In fact, when it comes to the content outside the game of "Ark of Tomorrow", many people may think of its music for the first time.
With each update to a new event, Ark of Tomorrow will launch a track tailored to the tonality of the event, and the quality of each track is very high. "Ark of Tomorrow" has been nominated for the Hollywood Music Media Awards - Best Original Song in the Video Game category, and it is competed with "League of Legends", "Death Stranding", "Ghost of Tsushima" and other blockbuster works. Therefore, Eagle Horn, the production company of "Ark of Tomorrow", is often jokingly called "Sound Corner".
In this third anniversary live broadcast, there is not much new news about music, but the only one is a "big" - the second scene of musical rhythm synesthesia is on the way.
Rhythm Synesthesia is an offline concert of "Ark of Tomorrow", and last year I was invited to experience this event in person. I have to say that as a game, especially a concert of a mobile game, based on its excellent musical foundation, with a carefully arranged track order and performance effect, all aspects can be called a top concert, far beyond my expectations.
Thanks, people are on the spot
Unlike the first rhythm synesthesia, which is set against the backdrop of in-game main lines and events, the upcoming second concert incorporates the original content created separately for the concert, the four films of "Year". And how to express this trait in the form of a concert, I am very much looking forward to it.
Born as a game, detached from the game
In addition to the common game cross-media fields such as animation and music, "Ark of Tomorrow" will also live on the hour in other fields from time to time.
For example, in the third anniversary live broadcast, there are two cross-industry cooperations that I watch with question marks - ice cream with Bright Dairy and commemorative gift boxes for cooperation with China Post.
With the joint name of ice cream, at first glance I am a little surprised, but think carefully in fact, it is not a new thing, some time ago the ice cream industry did appear a burst of "joint name fever", the country's major well-known attractions have launched relevant image of ice cream, not to mention, even Moutai has been mixed in a foot. Moreover, the annual summer theme event of Ark of Tomorrow is also very suitable for this linkage itself.
The commemorative gift box launched by China Post is its usual elegant style - other people's postcards are sold around, and "Ark of Tomorrow" is a national certification.
There are a lot of content such as non-bright postcards, as well as commemorative coins
Looking at the work of "Ark of Tomorrow" in the past three years in cross-industry cooperation, it is indeed not old or young. The classic KFC linkage will not be repeated, and the co-branded clothing cooperated with fashion brand .i.t is also unique. In terms of cooperation with the government, "Ark of Tomorrow" also has a very deep cooperation with the Shanghai public security.
epilogue:
Looking back at the third anniversary of "Ark of Tomorrow", while ensuring that the game content is more interesting, it is also using a unique vision to make the special game world of "Terra" closer to the player. Whether it is high-quality music, rich anime derivatives, and various cross-industry cooperation, its purpose is to make this IP more dynamic and more worthy of players' expectations.
Although on this road, "Ark of Tomorrow" has been planted in many cases - last summer's "holiday Dragon Wei Chen" stand-up event, set event, etc., but it is gratifying that they can always correct their attitude, re-examine themselves, and strive to bring a better experience to players, such as the third anniversary live broadcast, it was announced that the setting set that has been released will be reset, and the reset, content expansion version, free of charge to players who have made purchases.
This dark horse, once called the "newcomer to the industry", has now grown into a mature IP giant, always exceeding the expectations of fans again and again, and I have no doubt that it can bring various surprises to players for another fourth anniversary, fiveth anniversary, and longer.