Anime Production: Starting with Healing the Audience
Chapter 40

Anime Production, Starting from Healing the Audience

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The film and television sector of the cultural industry has yet to produce works that captivate the majority of young people, and has even stagnated—this is a regression for the film and television industry!

The film and television world suddenly found itself caught in the crossfire, leaving many producers and companies who had been gloating before now on the verge of tears.

With the overall environment being what it is, what could they do about it?

Of course, the Shanghai Daily also pointed out that as a new form of cultural industry, animation still has many shortcomings and plenty of room for improvement.

The entire report left some Onlookers thoroughly entertained.

"Tsk tsk, as expected from an official newspaper—the wording is truly masterful!"

"Savoring it carefully, I feel one step closer to passing the civil service exam~"

"Big Shot Fang is incredible! A Company is incredible!"

Not long after the Shanghai Daily made its voice heard, A Company's official blog immediately reposted the report, completely shutting the mouths of certain ill-intentioned individuals online.

After the official statement, those who had been viciously attacking "Akame ga Kill!" and Fang Zheng online vanished without a trace. Although some netizens were dissatisfied with the outcome, since the authorities had stepped in, they could only let it go.

As for A Company's fans, they were overjoyed, strutting back to the A Company forums like victorious generals, proudly boasting about their glorious battle.

"Awesome! This is so awesome!"

"With official backing, who dares to oppose us now?!"

"Whoa, what's that title behind your name?!"

"Till Death Do Us Part? What's that?"

"I have it too!"

The "Akame ga Kill!" incident had been brewing online for quite some time. During this period, the fans had been busier than ever, with many even unable to keep up with the latest anime updates.

Now that everything had settled, they returned to A Company only to find an extra title behind their names.

What kind of move was this?

Many users opened other forum threads and found that most people were discussing this "Till Death Do Us Part" issue.

Some had the suffix, some didn't—no one could figure it out.

"Whoa! I know what's going on, everyone go check the official forum announcement. I can only say, Big Shot Fang is incredible!"

Filled with curiosity, the fans flooded into A Company's official announcement.

[Dear User, in recognition of your efforts to defend A Company over the past few days, with the approval of the company and Big Shot Fang, we have decided to grant you the title "Till Death Do Us Part." This title symbolizes the everlasting mutual trust between you and A Company. (Note: This title is only awarded to the Champions who fought for A Company this time. It is a limited-edition title and will not be issued again.)]

[Additionally, to thank everyone for their deep affection toward A Company, all Users who fought for A Company will receive a free one-month membership and a beautiful poster. Please contact official customer service promptly if you have received the title.]

"Till Death Do Us Part" was a title? And a limited edition at that?!

At that moment, all the fans who had received the title went wild—everything they had done had been seen by A Company and Big Shot Fang; their efforts had not been in vain.

"Whoa, I'm a lifelong fan of A Company from now on!"

"I've got a limited-edition title now, totally worth it. Let me go show off a bit!"

"Big Shot Fang put in the effort, A Company put in the effort—it must have been troublesome to tally up so many account details, right?"

"Protest! This is blatant discrimination!"

Some were happy, some were sad. Those who got the title were overjoyed—at least their previous efforts had been rewarded.

Those who didn't get the title were naturally filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, rushing to the official forum to protest.

Some even protested to the officials, threatening to uninstall the app if they weren't treated equally.

Begging the big shots for more support~~~~~~

Before the officials could respond, netizens spontaneously fired back.

"What the hell are you protesting? This title was earned with my keyboard. When A Company and Big Shot Fang were being trashed across the entire internet, where were you then?"

"This is what they deserve. Nothing to envy."

"Stop being sour. The officials will definitely launch more events later. Forget about 'Till Death Do Us Part,' but you can fight for other titles then."

"Tsk tsk, spreading this title around will make who knows how many people green with envy~"

The forum was buzzing. Once many people understood the full story, they stopped complaining and drifted away.

After all, as the forum veterans said, this was something they had earned.

When A Company was being trashed across the entire internet, those veterans stood up like Champions. Now that the battle was won, it was only right for A Company to grant them this honor.

If anyone was to blame, it was themselves for not standing firmly by A Company's side.

The forum commotion was soon washed away by the news of the latest episode of "Akame ga Kill!" airing.

No matter how good a title was, it was just a symbol of status. For most users, they came to A Company to watch anime. Rather than arguing here, it was more satisfying to catch up on the series.

"I strongly suggest changing 'Akame ga Kill!' to 'Kill! Big Shot Fang!'"

"Sigh, dropping a bullet comment for my future self who cried—come back and sweep the grave someday~"

"Here's a joke: 'Akame ga Kill!' is a super hype battle anime!"

"Look, here's the protagonist's childhood friend. Cute, right?"

As the anime started playing, the screen was flooded with dense bullet comments, countless viewers roasting away.

Especially when viewers ready to vent saw that the genre tags for "Akame ga Kill!" had somehow gained the word "depressing," they nearly spat out blood.

Fang Zheng, you old bastard, can you be any more shameless!

For Fang Zheng repeatedly toying with their emotions, these fans were both furious and helpless.

To be honest, they loved the anime, and they loved Fang Zheng.

Unlike other public figures, Fang Zheng had almost no airs about him. From the moment he first stepped into the audience's view, he had always been a bit of a goof.

He joked with viewers, traded barbs with fans, and even dared to court death before "Akame ga Kill!" aired.

Though he was once threatened by fans, it also showed that Fang Zheng was different from those two-faced, flashy pretenders.

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