Chapter 188 Volume 2
In early September, the entire animation market was hit by Puella Magi Madoka Magica in just a few days.
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On the other side, in a community near the school, Dai Mo Ran, who was concentrating on drawing the Initial D comic, welcomed a guest.
"Yo"
Xia Yan walked in here carrying an exquisite gift bag.
Mo Ran originally lived in the school dormitory, but after cooperating with Xia Yan to create comics, she moved out directly. She was drawing comics alone in the community room. Xia Yan would not come here to disturb her on weekdays. Today Xia Yan suddenly The visit also surprised Mo Ran.
"What are you doing?" Mo Ran looked curiously at the gift box in Xia Yan's hand.
"Well, didn't I tell you before? When Puella Magi Madoka Magica's bd is released, I will give you a surprise as a return gift for the gift you gave me before." Xia Yan said with a smile.
"It's right here." Xia Yan handed the gift box to Mo Ran.
"Gift in return?" Mo Ran suddenly thought of what Xia Yan said before, the magic circle bd signed by the teacher "Warrior of Love".
"You actually still remember that?" Mo Ran picked up the gift box in surprise.
"I will remember everything I said."
Xia Yan looked at Mo Ran, who had a happy face. She always loved to smile, and now her two little tiger teeth were exposed, which was very cute.
In the past two weeks, Xia Yan has been busy with the release of Puella Magi Madoka Magica theatrical animation. Here at Initial D, Xia Yan has been a little neglectful. He has hardly done the promotion of the work in person. It is all about Mo Ran and Hu Yi. The two of them ran around all over the Dragon Kingdom.
But even so, Initial D's popularity is very stable.
He has been ranked second in the voting in the "Beizhou" comic journal for two consecutive weeks.
However, the gap of tens of thousands of votes between Initial D and the No. 1 work in the journal, Forbidden Door, is very difficult to overcome. Even if it is very close, it cannot break through.
Xia Yan also understood this situation.
After all, the two-dimensional industry in Dragon Kingdom is also very developed.
There may be a gap between top-level animations, comics, novels and Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Initial D and other works, but it will not be too exaggerated.
Although Initial D is great, Forbidden Gate is not a bad comic. It is normal for the two works to be in a tense battle for the first place in the "Bei Zhou" comic journal.
but
That's also because the plot of Initial D has been in a transitional stage in the past two weeks.
After a while, when the plot enters a new chapter, the situation will be different.
Mo Ran picked up the gift box and hesitated for a moment, but did not open it in person. After all, that would be too rude.
After she and Xia Yan exchanged questions about the creative direction of Initial D comics, Xia Yan looked at the white clouds outside the window in a daze with a tired expression.
"You seem to be quite tired recently." Mo Ran hesitated and asked.
"That's true." Xia Yan quickly adjusted his expression after hearing this.
After all, in the week after the release of the Magic Circle Theatrical Edition, there were more than a dozen meetings of various sizes in the company, all of which were important events that required Xia Yan to be present to make decisions.
"If you want to rest, you can lie down on the sofa."
"That's not necessary." Xia Yan said quickly.
"After I explain the work clearly, I won't be able to stay here for too long." Xia Yan stood up quickly.
"You're too reserved." Mo Ran said helplessly when she saw Xia Yan preparing to leave.
"It's not that you are reserved. You and I are both big celebrities in the Dragon Kingdom comic industry now. It doesn't matter that I am a boy, but you are a girl, so I have to think about it more. If nothing else, I don't know what I will do if I come here. There won't be some gossip reporters following me, and it won't be good if those people write random reports and affect your reputation." Xia Yanduo explained.
"After all, there are some strange news reports now. If you find a boyfriend in the future, people will definitely have opinions."
Xia Yan said as he walked towards the door.
But before leaving, Xia Yan turned to look at Mo Ran, with a meaningful smile on his face.
"You'd better open it and take a look at the gift I gave you today, otherwise the value of this gift will be greatly reduced the day after tomorrow."
After Xia Yan left, Mo Ran looked at the gift box on the table with a puzzled expression.
What does it mean that the value will be reduced the day after tomorrow?
Mo Ran picked up the gift box and quickly opened it.
Isn't it the "Rebel Story" animation bd.
Mo Ran looked at the box of BD animation discs in his hand and blinked.
But immediately, she noticed something was wrong.
this.
"The Story of Rebellion" Mo Ran read word for word.
"Down"
"The next volume?"
Mo Ran's pupils enlarged.
Next volume?
Won’t the next volume be released only the day after tomorrow?
Where did Xia Yan get it?
And in addition to the animated BD in the second volume, it also comes with an autograph.
Be a "Fighter of Love!"
Four big characters, and it's not a casual signature, it's written with a brush dipped in ink.
"What's going on?" Mo Ran blinked.
"Xia Yan, he has such a good relationship with the teacher of "Warrior of Love"? He gave him the unreleased animation BD and even wrote a calligraphy signature for him."
Mo Ran felt warm in her heart. Although she was telling herself to be calm, she still felt happy.
She might not be very happy about Xia Yan's farewell, but it was great that she was ahead of millions of Madoka fans in Longguo to watch the second volume of the Madoka Magica movie. A qualified fan of the second dimension would love this.
At this time, he didn't want to continue drawing comics, so he took the second volume of the BD animation of Magical Girl Madoka Magica and inserted it into the instrument.
This matter is very important.
Mo Ran couldn't say how many copies of the BD of Magical Girl Madoka Magica Movie would eventually sell.
But she, Mo Ran, could be the first person in Longguo to watch the ending except for the production staff.
One day later, the first week sales data of the first volume of the Magical Girl Madoka Magica Movie "The Story of Rebellion" was released.
First week sales: 1,423,165 copies.
One million and four hundred thousand copies?
After seeing this data, many animation industry personnel in Longguo wiped their eyes repeatedly.
This is not the total sales, but the first week sales.
Or the sales in the case of insufficient supply in the animation BD market.
Is this animation going to be amazing?
If the production capacity of the subsequent works catches up, how many bds will you sell for this animation?
But there was no time for the industry to react to the horrific sales of the first volume of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie. The next day, the second volume of the movie was released simultaneously throughout the country.
After the painful experience of the first volume of "Rebellion Story" being insufficient and scalped last week, fans of Puella Magi Madoka Magica waited until the release date of the second volume.
Many people got up at four in the morning and rode their beloved electric donkeys to the two-dimensional peripheral product sales area near their homes, hoping to sneak in and line up in advance.
He Lingyu thought she had gotten up early enough, but she didn't expect that there was already a long queue of dozens of people in front of the nearest peripheral store near her home.
"Hey, brother, you got up early!"
"You are all here to buy the second volume of the Magic Circle Theatrical Edition, right?"
"There is no way "Xia Tang Animation" is really weak. The cooperation is all some rubbish distributors. The production capacity is not enough, and the channels, there are no channels. Instead of waiting for scalpers to make a lot of money from me on the second volume BD, I would rather stay up late to queue up myself."
"I don't know how many copies of the second volume of the Magic Circle Theatrical Edition BD this store has bought! Our queue of dozens of people will not wipe out its survival."
"I hope there are no scalpers among the brothers in front. But when the boss opened the door and it was his turn to die, he said that he bought all, and we were stunned."
The whispering of people around made He Lingyu a little flustered.
After queuing for three hours, finally, at 7:30 in the morning, the owner of the surrounding store opened the door.
At this moment, the queue has already had hundreds of people queuing and finally began to move.
Although some people did buy several bds at once, which made He Lingyu a little flustered, fortunately, this store was strong and the quantity of goods purchased was quite large. However, when it was He Lingyu's turn, the limited edition bd had been sold out, leaving only the regular version.
"Hello, sixty-nine dragon country coins." The cashier said gently.
After paying decisively, He Lingyu walked home with a brisk pace.
Her mood became more and more excited as she got closer to home.
She opened the plastic cover of the animation bd, took out the disc and inserted it into the machine.
Soon
the TV screen appeared.
The familiar, unique animation style of Magical Girl Madoka appeared.
One of the suspense left last week, the battle between Lin Xiaoyan and Sha Ye, was indeed a brief one. After Lin Xiaoyan's time stop ended, Sha Ye's mermaid witch disappeared without a trace.
When Lin Xiaoyan realized that he and others were trapped in the witch's barrier, he felt angry in his heart.
Because, there are people who desecrate the witch-free world created by Madoka at her own expense, not only turning into a witch, but also dragging so many people into the witch's barrier.
But all of Lin Xiaoyan's anger melted after seeing Madoka.
She showed a fragile expression in front of Madoka, kneeling in the flowers and crying, telling everything.
"That's a pitiful dream." Madoka gently touched the shoulder of the host Lin Xiaoyan.
"But it doesn't matter, I can't go to a place where I can never meet anyone again."
"Why, can you be so sure?" Lin Xiaoyan looked at Madoka in front of him with hope.
If this is the witch's barrier, then what is Madoka in front of him? Why is she here?
Is she the puppet Madoka transformed by the witch, or...
"How can I bear that even Homura will cry because of this?"
The most crucial sentence in the Magical Girl Madoka movie.
When Madoka said in front of Lin Xiaoyan that she couldn't, didn't want, and didn't want to go to a distant place where no one could reach alone.
The light in Lin Xiaoyan's eyes changed.
If this is what Xiaoyuan really thinks, then Xiaoyuan's transformation into the principle of the circle is absolutely wrong.
"Is that unbearable for you?" Lin Xiaoyan's pupils widened.
"I don't want to be separated from anyone. Even when there is no other way, I don't have the courage."
Xiaoyuan's gentle voice hit Lin Xiaoyan's heart.
This is what Xiaoyuan really thinks.
It is because of Xiaoyuan's words that Lin Xiaoyan knows that the Xiaoyuan in front of him is the real Xiaoyuan, not a witch, not a familiar.
She is Xiaoyuan, Lin Xiaoyan, the girl she wants to save.
When He Lingyu saw this, she became excited.
She is Xiaoyuan!
Not a witch, not an apostle, not an illusion.
She came to Lin Xiaoyan again, supporting Lin Xiaoyan even in the witch's barrier.
He Lingyu's eyes were red.
This is the feeling that Lin Xiaoyan and Xiaoyuan have for each other.
Xiaoyuan's disappearance made Lin Xiaoyan lose her goal, but when she heard Xiaoyuan say that she didn't want to be separated from everyone, what would she do?
Like the plot of this story, will she use the power of the magical girl to go back to the past, correct and change the past Xiaoyuan?