In my opinion, GT Animation Company's investment of seven or eight hundred million, and projects like Slam Dunk and Spirited Away, were nothing more than kids playing house. It felt like a gimmick to draw attention. I had no high expectations for the actual quality of the works!
It was only natural for a girl who had shot to fame in a single year to get carried away. But even so, she was still a newcomer who had been in the industry for less than a year. It was understandable that her ego had swelled, but were GT Animation Company's investors idiots too? Were they really going to pour that much money into a newcomer so easily? Nothing could succeed forever. Kimi ni Todoke and Lannad's success had gone to this girl's head, and now failure was next! If making it big in the Animation Industry were that simple, what would old-timers like us even be doing here?
I won't comment much on the scripts for Teacher Zhao Qinyin's two new works. But the question is, can GT Animation Company find the right people to lead the production team for an Animated Film with a budget of 450 million? Animated Films and long-running anime are two completely different fields!
I remember the biggest loss in the Dragon Country Animation Film Industry was a little over 300 million. The film had a budget of 400 million, but its box office earnings after release didn't even reach 120 million. I think Spirited Away might break that record and make history in the Dragon Country Animation Film Industry!
Did Teacher Jiang Qi really say that? Ho ho ho, it seems we share the same opinion. I think that Slam Dunk might also set the record for the biggest loss in the long-running anime