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This structure essentially excludes previous production companies such as audio-visual, magazine, and music production companies. If they want to invest in animation, they can only do so through Sony's Aniplex.

Moreover, they can only receive dividend income, because all copyright sales are handled by Xinghuo.

As we all know, when a plan that has been running for many years is about to be changed, there will inevitably be opposing opinions. These cunning Japanese manufacturers are unwilling to offend anyone themselves.

Thus, the Spark Animation Alliance was launched.

"Sigh, it's not that I don't want to continue using the old methods, it's just that Xinghuo is too domineering..."

Similar statements were frequently heard from animation company owners when the animation production committee was first announced.

And, don't tell me.

This argument worked well. Spark was not a mainstream animation company; its main business was games, and according to the Japanese themselves, the revenue from games was...

"Jumbo Corporation"

Faced with such a company, many Japanese companies inherently feel at a disadvantage. In addition, Xinghuo is not a Japanese company. If you talk to Xinghuo about tradition, Xinghuo will simply say that it is the tradition of your Japanese companies.

Finally, they even broadcast news on TV stations like Tokyo and Asahi, claiming that Spark is going to lead Japanese animation to the world, and in doing so, they have taken the moral high ground.

It was precisely because of a company as "unreasonable" as Spark that the new production committee system was finally able to be implemented.

This is the Spark Animation Alliance.

As for why, even though it's a Chinese company forming an alliance in Japan, it's presented in English.

It can only be said that Japan has its own national conditions. In Japan, if you are a large company, you can't use Japanese, otherwise you will lose your prestige. You have to use English.

To be honest, when this new opening sequence first appeared in July, it caused quite a stir in China.

Because Xinghuo participated in the reform of the Japan Animation Production Committee in Japan, the domestic media did not report on it much.

This has led to a situation where, for most domestic viewers...

They had no idea what had happened. In July, when they were watching new anime series as usual, they suddenly noticed that most of the anime had the Spark logo in the opening credits.

Chapter 397 Animation Industrial Park

This has led to a situation where, for the first episode of many new anime series starting in July, no one in the comments section is talking about the plot; instead, everyone is discussing why the opening sequence features the Spark logo.

Such as.

"Holy crap, why does this animation have the Spark logo?"

"Can anyone tell me why the Spark logo appears at the beginning of every animation?"

Similar issues are not limited to China; many viewers in Japan have also encountered this problem while watching anime, sparking heated discussions online.

These heated discussions then spread back to China, and as more and more people asked about it, the media began to report on the cause and effect of the matter.

People then realized that while domestic platforms like Bilibili, iQiyi, Tencent, and Youku were engaged in a copyright war, Xinghuo had transformed itself from a service provider to a client.

Spark has become the investor appointed by the animation production committee!?

Upon further investigation, wow!

More than 90% of Japanese animation companies have signed agreements with and joined the Spark Animation Alliance.

The game adaptations, fan creations, and overseas broadcasting rights for the animation are all in Xinghuo's hands! And Xinghuo will then distribute the profits after selling them?

In other words, all domestic video platforms that want to import and broadcast Japanese animation will have to purchase it from Xinghuo!?

what! ?

When did Xinghuo become so powerful? Why didn't anyone notify us?!

For a time, the claim that Xinghuo had become the "mastermind" behind Japanese animation began to spread in China, although Xinghuo's official website also denied the rumors, stating that Xinghuo had only joined the animation company's production committee.

They are primarily responsible for funding and copyright sales, and do not interfere with animation production.

However, many passersby still couldn't help but talk about it with great interest, and some bloggers even posted videos to find the core content of this Spark Animation Alliance, discovering that most of the content was the same as what was disclosed on the Spark official website.

This alliance primarily manages the production committees that Spark has joined.

However, this blogger also discovered another problem.

That's why, starting in 19, Japanese animation companies began producing more Chinese mobile game animations, and even more animations with Chinese themes. This is partly due to the reverse export strategy of Spark.

For example, in September of this year, there were two games produced by Japanese companies: "Mercury World" and "My Otherworldly Legend".

Animation based on domestically produced mobile games.

In addition to the Japanese voice actors, the voice actors hired also included the original Chinese voice actors from both games.

"As Spark's position in Japanese animation gradually becomes more secure, it's like building a solid bridge, and we may see more interesting things happen in the future."

In addition, some media outlets have dug up the connections between Xinghuo and Japanese animation, indicating that from a very early stage, domestic video websites could only import Japanese animation through Xinghuo.

This post naturally surprised countless players, giving the impression that the friends they often played with not only ran a business but also owned a gold mine.

That said, back in July, as Spark began to shine on the production committee, and as one of the only two sources of funding, Spark's status in the Japanese animation industry did indeed rise.

Following the Kyoto Animation incident, Spark's reputation within the Japanese animation industry has improved even further.

From the outside perspective, Spark not only inadvertently saved Kyoto Animation's life, but also...

They also set up a Japanese animation industrial park, providing Kyoto Animation with a safer, more spacious, and even more convenient office space for communication at a relatively low rent.

The owner of Kyoto Animation has repeatedly expressed his gratitude to Xinghuo in the media and industry circles. Kyoto Animation, which completed the initial setup, also released a video showcasing the luxury of the new workspace.

"It's hard to imagine that the rent for this place is the same as our original place. We are really grateful to Xinghuo."

"Haha, the boss always complained that the place was too small to hire people, but now we can hire more people."

"The Spark Sakura Studio is right downstairs. I heard you can even borrow their recording studio..."

These videos have also caught the attention of many other animation companies, who are now anxious about their work.

Didn't we say before that Xinghuo's Sakura Building had 11 floors, but only 3 floors were used?

Now that Kyoto Animation has arrived, there are still 7 floors of space left unused.

So soon, many animation companies similar to Kyoto Animation approached Xinghuo and subtly inquired whether these floors of space could be rented out.

Upon receiving the news, Lin Li agreed to the lease almost without hesitation.

So during the Summer Games Festival, a total of nine animation companies moved into the Sakura Building, or the Spark Japan Animation Industrial Park.

Nine companies occupied a total of six floors.

At this point, many viewers will ask, how can 9 companies be accommodated on 6 floors?

This is partly because the Sakura Building is quite spacious, and partly because Japanese animation companies actually don't have many staff members; a company typically has less than a hundred people.

Let alone nine companies, we could even have one or two more competing.

These animation companies are not like Kyoto Animation. Kyoto Animation suffered from the fire, and it still needs to sort out various documents, repair equipment, and maintain its personnel.

However, these animation companies basically moved into the Sakura Building immediately after their applications were approved.

The building became lively, and the gathering of people triggered a series of chain reactions.

For example, the Japanese government wanted to take advantage of the situation.

They granted Xinghuo another plot of land, and then simply turned this place into a Sino-Japanese animation industry zone.

Although this industrial area actually consists of just one building, plus a large photography tent belonging to Xinghuo, and a bunch of recording studios and program rooms from Sakura Studios...

But since everyone has to help each other out, and the Japanese government was giving him face, Lin Li had no choice but to go to Japan.

Attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for this "Animation Industry Zone".

I also wanted to visit the injured people at Kyoto Animation, since Xinghuo and Kyoto Animation have been collaborating for quite a long time, starting from 16, which is 3 years.

Lin Li also got to know many of Kyoto Animation's employees, and it was only natural that he should visit them since he was in Japan.

~~~

a few days later.

Tokyo, Sakura Building.

Since the Japanese government began to get involved in this industrial park, the scale of the opening ceremony has been significantly upgraded.

For Lin Li, the opening ceremony was optional.

After all, once these animations are brought into the industrial park, there will naturally be deeper cooperation in the future.

However, for the Japanese government, this kind of thing definitely requires inviting reporters and taking lots of photos to show that they are not incompetent.

Chapter 398 All the Wise Men Have Arrived

Therefore, after a few days' delay, the opening ceremony of this park, named "International Animation Industrial Park," was quite grand, inviting not only reporters from almost all Japanese newspapers and television stations, but also many industry leaders.

They even invited the Chinese ambassador to Japan, which shows they put on a very high profile.

IM, the company where Ayane Sakura works, was naturally included in the invitation scope, since IM is a well-known large company in the voice actor industry.

Although in the current context, it is somewhat out of place.

The boss of IM clearly knew his own limitations, and arrived at the scene an hour early.

On the bus, the boss of IM had a rare chat with Ayane Sakura, and gave her some mental preparation, such as not to show any fear since the event would be very grand.

Even so, Ayane Sakura was still shocked when she arrived at the scene.

For her, or rather for many Japanese voice actors, the Sakura Building is not an unfamiliar place, after all, they have recorded a lot of programs there.

I learned that an animation company was relocating here.

Ayane Sakura also complained to other voice actors on a radio program that it would be much more convenient to audition in the future, and that they might have to run up and down the stairs to audition.

Some voice actors have also said that this will not only make auditions easier, but may also make recording easier in the future.

Under normal circumstances, it's quite normal for a popular voice actor to perform two or three shows a day, and they would inevitably have to travel around Tokyo before.

Now things are great; if we're lucky, we can get it all done right here in this building.

"Hey, does that mean the 'Test of Courage' program will be discontinued in the future?"

"No, I heard from P that the authorities have approved a piece of wasteland, and they are planning to do something on it."

"Oh? Then the guests in the next episode will be in a really bad situation."

"It seems like Hikaru Tono will be in the next episode..."

"Hikari-chan!!"

The similar discussions still seemed to echo in Ayane Sakura's ears, so when she got off the bus and saw that the familiar buildings had completely changed, she was quite surprised.

We hadn't even reached the Sakura Building yet, but a three-meter-wide red carpet stretched from the building's entrance all the way to the roadside, and on the left was a huge banner hanging from the roof of the Sakura Building.

There were dozens of these banners, which basically turned the entire building into a banner display board.

The text on the banner is also impressive, not in the way the blessings are written, but in the signature.

"Sony, Nintendo, Capcom..."

"Japan Animation Federation", "Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Japan", "Tokyo Agency for Commerce and Industry", "Asahi Shimbun", "Tokyo Shimbun", "Chinese Embassy in Japan"

Kyoto Animation..."

It can be said that these signatures fully demonstrate Xinghuo's connections in Japan.

It is only by seeing these signatures that one can feel the overwhelming sense of power that Xinghuo is a behemoth in Japan.

Along both sides of the red carpet, a number of photographers had already taken pictures. Although most of them did not recognize Ayane Sakura, a chorus of camera flashes still erupted as she walked across the red carpet.

Even during the day, the flashes of cameras were as numerous as stars, catching Ayane Sakura, who had originally planned to just casually look around with the president, somewhat off guard.

She practically jogged across the red carpet.

She only stopped when there were no reporters around, panting heavily.

Once inside the building, there were even more people. She had initially thought the Sakura Building was practically her territory, but this time, she felt completely out of place...

Fortunately, she wasn't the only one who felt the same way.

After scanning around, Ayane Sakura quickly found a group of voice actresses who, like her, were somewhat uncomfortable in this kind of setting.

Although voice actors have become idols, they are still voice actors, not real idols.

"Hikaru Tono, Onishi, you're here too?"