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There are examples of everyday phenomena being adapted into animations, which are nothing more than the implantation of real-life events into fictional works. There are few works based on reality. However, if the operation is successful, this will become a huge business opportunity. In Japan, the idol industry is very developed, and idols are different from singers and actors, and it belongs to the independent industry. Usually participate in variety shows, concerts, dramas and other work. Idols must not only look at the singing voice, but also look at the performance and the personality conveyed. So they can be considered a weakened version of the combination of singer and actor. There are many idol groups in Japan, the current male idol groups are more prevalent, the once popular women's groups gradually lost power, the scandals of male idols have little impact on their image, but female idols will fall rapidly because of dating, communication and other topics. This is also the most worrying thing for the visionary, and it is better to put expectations on them than to seek a more stable vision. The products of the virtual world and certain industries that did not fear betrayal poured into their world at the beginning. Idols seem less important to men. However, with the popularity of girl group idols such as Good Morning Girl, it seems that a wave of enthusiasm has been set off. At this time, some good morning picks the remaining girls gathered in Akihabara, and music producer Yasushi Akimoto created a phenomenon - AKB48. His formation process and philosophy, mentioned later, said that sales easily exceeded 10,000, and various performances were very outstanding. Almost dominates the entire Japanese music scene and dominates the idol world, so this can be a "phenomenon". Phenomena refer to things that cause huge social repercussions, topics, and impacts, and AKB is like that, music groups with million-level sales are as rare as dinosaurs in this world of entertainment diversity. The meaning of the phenomenon is that there is a large mass base, and if the corresponding products can be developed, then even part of the basic group has a very considerable market. Thus, AKB0048 was born.
The above explanation is to illustrate that "AKB0048" is a pure commercial animation from the planning stage, with a very clear commercial purpose. The first is to expand the mass base, narrow the blind spots of idol groups through animation, let more people who watch animation know about AKB, and secondly, absorb gold in the form of animation through the high mass base of the body, so that people in the gap between idols and animation can pay money. This can be said to be a very clever means, and even if the million-level mass base is one percent, it is a miracle in the field of animation. I even think it's possible that the game will break some records. I think Yasushi Akimoto, who is the planner, thinks the same way, he is looking for STILLLIGHT, who is good at CG production, because the company can maximize the stage effect, the supervision is Masaharu Kawamori, and the script is Okada Mari. And Yasushi Akimoto himself is a supervisor, that is, a consultant. It can be said that the leading power of the work is in the hands of Yasushi Akimoto, the screenwriter and supervision must be subject to him, and the script needs to satisfy him. Because of his intervention, the work has a conspicuous purpose, not only animation, but also not only commercial animation. He was even more vocal in his choice of voice actors, which was dominant in his plans. It is not so much Kawamori's animation as it is a substitute work product that Yasushi Akimoto manipulates the main theme line. Yasushi Akimoto eventually chose the second place in the fourth general election, Atsuko Maeda said that she was the voice actor of the protagonist Watanabe Mayo of the successor ACE as the voice actress of the protagonist Yuan ZhiHui, and the youngest person in history to enter the graduate school, Iwami Iwami, became the other protagonist, Honomiya Kaisa, compared to the two of them, the strongest voice of Nakaya Akeka was only a supporting role, AKB had a total of 9 people to star in this work, it is said that 30 people were selected from 200 people in AKB, SKE, NMB, AND HKT, and then 9 people were decided through public selection. The 9 people here are open selections, so there is no problem. However, when assigning roles, it is an internal operation, and the two most famous people in the end play the main role, and the others are supporting characters. There is a reason why Yasushi Akimoto chose them as protagonists, first of all, their aura is very strong, the successor of ACE and the youngest graduate student. In addition, Japan is a country that cares about voice actors, and the majority of the audience will pay attention to voice actors before watching animation, and there are several voice actor magazines in Japan. Therefore, the status and influence of voice actors are very high, and letting them play the leading role can increase attention and attract more people to watch. At the same time, it can promote them among people who are not familiar or generally familiar. Assuming that the ratings in Kanto are 1%, hundreds of thousands of people have seen the game and know about them, which is a propaganda role. But there are deeper reasons.
This is about the history of AKB48, AKB is an idol group project of Yasushi Akimoto, who wants to create a new concept idol that allows fans to contact idol growth and take performances as the main activity. When the AKB was formed and selected, the remaining girls were selected by good morning, so they were called village girls, and it was not smooth at first. But then gradually there was a pick-up, the first group A had Atsuko Maeda, she is ACE, a well-deserved CENTER. Group A is characterized by personality. Since then, the K group has been established, which is relatively neutral, including Yuko Oshima. Group K has been working hard for Group A to surpass them, and the two groups are in a competitive relationship, and Yasushi Akimoto uses this competition mechanism to make them learn from each other and improve each other. Yuko Oshima attacked Azuko Maeda in Group A with her comprehensive strength, and the two have always been in love and killing each other. Later, ACE Maeda Atsuko graduated, and Yuko Oshima shouldered the burden under great pressure and became the ACE at that time, but because Yuko Oshima was slightly older, the idol was a girl who ate young food. So the AKB needs a new ACE after Yuko Oshima's graduation, and this person may be Yuki Kashiwaki in '91, or Rina Iwahara in '92, but the hottest is Second only to Youko's Watanabe Mayu in the fourth general election. Born in 1994, Mayu Watanabe was only 19 years old at the time, and this AKB48 is not only a girl group for young people, but also a 20+ FANS, so the age of 19 can fight for a few more years. She is the best heir of Yuko Oshima. But at that time, she still had a gap of tens of thousands of votes with Youko. Yasushi Akimoto wants her to match Youko, and must give her materials, otherwise even if Youko retires, she will not be able to support AKB after she takes the throne, at least to match Youko's popularity. This time, having Mayu Watanabe as the protagonist is also a link in many thrusts. Maybe it can't be reflected in the number of votes, even if BD can sell 10,000, these 10,000 people are the fans of Yuanzhi Huili, and they can only increase by 10,000 votes at most, but the actual increase is much lower than this, and the number of votes is not the main force. Yasushi Akimoto tried to make Mayo Watanabe more influential, first of all, let animation fans know that this person can increase his popularity, and the role of animation is here, so the role of Aiji Eiri Enn is definitely more, and flash, and very important. In the broader prospect of mutual benefit, this purpose accounts for a very high proportion. But what about Iwata?? A group must have not only 19-year-old idols, but also high school idols, and Iwata in '98 is just right for this role, and it is also cultivated as the successor of Mayu Watanabe. In fact, Matsui Zhu Rina in '97 was more suitable for this role, but unfortunately she seemed to have bad luck and did not enter the top nine. It can be seen that Iwata Huapi is one of the main products of Akimoto Yasushi. Now is not the time to praise her, she has not participated in the general election, and she cannot hold it up, so first use this drama to set a foreshadowing, let everyone know this person first, and then gradually walk onto a bigger stage. Her role should also be eye-catching, but it must not overshadow the main Hito Watanabe. The direction of this role is also positioned, and the rest is to write the script based on this concept and theme. Okada, of course, lived up to his expectations and wrote a script that Akimoto was satisfied with. Although this is the most important part, it is actually far from the case.
There are also a lot of realistic things mixed in this animation. Yasushi Akimoto tries to use these in the anime to explain the facts that happen in reality. The animation can be said to be a gunner from this degree. The most obvious is the plot of Feng'an Minami, the anime of The Uchigan is the fifth generation of the name of the fifth generation of The shore, the original name of Minano Miko, she was the CENTER at that time, but feared that after becoming the CENTER will be summoned to another world and disappear to choose to graduate, the thirteenth generation of Maeda Atsuko disappeared, she wants to go to another world to find the disappeared CENTER, so she cooperated with ZODIC, proposed three conditions for the appearance of the CENTER, and finally promoted the ZODIC plan to attack the Akiba Star. This is a betrayal of AKB, but after she perceives her mistake and after careful consideration to fly the Blue Fighter, KIRARA shines again, and her atonement allows her to join AKB again as a graduate student to complete her self-redemption. This story actually has a prototype, the real-life Feng'an Nan is currently close to extinction of the 1st phase of the member, the election order has always been 15 or so. On January 30, 2013, the news that Feng Annan was in love with a member of a group, Shirahama Yaran, and spent the night came to light, and AKB made the decision to relegate him to a graduate student. Japanese idols strictly forbid love is an unwritten rule, or you don't want to be discovered, This behavior of Feng KishiNan is obviously contrary to the purpose of AKB, can be regarded as a betrayal, from the graduate school from a new beginning also coincides with the animation, this can not be said to be a coincidence. The 22 episodes of the anime at the time of Aoi's betrayal, which were broadcast at the end of February, happened at the end of January. The one-month period is exactly in line with the production time, and judging from the previous plot preparation, this plot is obviously suspected of being added. Yasushi Akimoto wants to make everyone forgive Higinan. In addition, there are some difficult places in the animation to be found.
To be continued...