The day after the Slam Dunk trailer was released, Tianxing Animation's trailer for Lan Feng followed suit.
They were spending heavily to promote it across every platform online. Even the LBA Basketball League, with its spring season about to begin, was advertising the anime on the League's official account.
And as the leading animation company in the Mainland, Tianxing Animation had invested a fortune in making Lan Feng. Its visuals went without saying—they were absolutely on the same level as Slam Dunk, produced by Chu Yu's company.
With that kind of investment, an anime could hire whatever talent it wanted, and budget was hardly a concern. With comparable investments, the visual quality would naturally be about the same.
But when it came to the art style, Zhao Yongbai, who had always favored a weightier look, had surprisingly compromised. The trailer was full of handsome men and beautiful women; it looked just like an idol anime.
Honestly, Chu Yu frowned a little when he watched the Lan Feng trailer.
The sense of déjà vu was a little strange. Of course, that wasn't necessarily a problem. Kuroko's Basketball had a similar art style, and it was still hugely popular.
Still, judging by the way the visuals conveyed the story, a rougher art style could sometimes make things feel more immersive.
Overall, the trailers didn't reveal much. Both sides were using them to throw up a smokescreen, and there was very little meaningful story in either one.
But with funding behind it and the LBA promoting it, Lan Feng's publicity was indeed doing well in the Mainland—better than Slam Dunk's, in fact.
But at this point, Chu Yu wasn't going to hold back. Both sides launched an all-out publicity blitz across the Mainland and Japan Island.
Websites, forums, programs, commentators, paid posters.
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