Otaku Money Is Just Too Easy to Make

"The first volume of IS includes a lottery ticket for a voice actor meet-and-greet, and is now available for pre-order."

This is a very common practice in the industry.

Inoue Hikoo's move was premeditated; he specifically invited popular voice actors for this purpose, and the schedule for the meet-and-greet was arranged from the beginning.

Needless to say, Shuya and Hanazawa Sakura will also appear, as will the voice actresses for the other female leads, including Yusho Sakura.

This lineup is truly impressive.

When Inoue Hikoo released the list of voice actors, the number of pre-orders for the first volume of IS skyrocketed to 30,000, and then jumped directly to 50,000.

Terrifying!

And even after reservations reached 50,000, the number continued to rise slowly.

A significant portion of this huge number consists of fans of the voice actors; they have no interest in IS and simply want to see the performers.

And among them, a large portion are Shuya's fans.

Some people who never watch animation also joined in the fun this time.

Since Shuya rarely holds fan meetings, this opportunity is a huge bonus for fans.

This situation has also been observed by industry leaders.

Shuya's situation is special, so we won't discuss it for now.

However, the influence of other voice actors is also significant, which once again proves that the path of idolizing voice actors is viable.

This has led to voice acting agencies increasing their investment in this area.

Section 664, Chapter 619: Making money 2D Otaku is just too easy.

With nothing to do, Shuya spent the whole night scrolling through his phone, watching how things unfolded.

After watching IS, fans have been recommending it to their friends, and many people who wouldn't watch it after hearing the name Inoue Hikoo have also been persuaded to become fans.

This caused ISIS's audience to grow rapidly, like a snowball.

Perhaps this can be described as the return of longtime viewers.

Inoue Hikoo has quite a few potential viewers; these people aren't exactly fans, but they are casual viewers who have seen his anime.

I came back to check it out this time because I heard he was seriously making animations and not messing around with artistic aspects.

And then I got hooked.

It must be admitted that works like IS are indeed very friendly to casual viewers; they are simple enough to be easily confused and have no viewing threshold.

Shuya saw the comments full of praise on Twitter, he knew that the trend was unstoppable.

It seems that the industry in this life will follow the same path as it did in his previous life.

He put down his phone with mixed feelings, then dealt with the messages on Line with a headache.

Those were congratulatory messages from people in the industry, such as voice actors or directors.

There were too many people, and even if he only spoke a few words to each person, it took a lot of time. He didn't get to rest until after 2 a. m.

"Ugh, so annoying..."

Shuya lay down on the bed like a lazy bum and slowly fell asleep.

The next day, Saturday.

The dubbing for IS was already finished, and since he didn't need to go to the IDOL production crew, he slept until ten o'clock, and then went to the company out of curiosity to see what was going on.

When Shuya arrived at the company, he was shocked even before entering the lobby.

Wow, there are quite a lot of people.

The company lobby is usually quite empty, but today there were many people gathered inside and outside the company entrance chatting.

Shuya recognized many of them; they were all people in the industry.

Journalists from ACG magazines, figure manufacturers, game development companies, people from other animation companies, etc...

Shuya slipped away from the crowd and quietly made his way to the upper level.

There's no need to even think about it; it would be very troublesome if I were discovered.

He went upstairs and, without even looking, saw Inoue Hikoo and the samurai chatting by the window.

Inoue Hikoo pointed at the person on the ground, laughing arrogantly:

"Look, people are like trash!"

"Goodness, this is an old joke."

Shuya couldn't help but complain.

"Shu-chan, you're here so early?"

Uncle Tanaka asked curiously.

"Let's check the situation." Shuya asked, "Is IS really that popular?"

Inoue Hikoo smiled smugly, "Of course, you saw the people below before you came up, right? They're all here to discuss cooperation."

"I saw them. The figurine and game companies, I can guess what they're here for... but what are those animation company people doing here?"

Shuya.

"Some came to learn from my experience, some came to attract investment, some wanted me to be their advisor, and some wanted me to help persuade you to do voice acting."

"Why are you contacting me? Don't I have an agency?"

Shuya was speechless.

"They'll all look for it."

Inoue Hikoo shrugged. "They've sent over the original work they've decided to adapt. Take a look, and decide for yourself whether you want to go or not."

He stated that it had nothing to do with him.

"Let's take a look."

Shuya thanked the scholar-official who brought the novel and comics, and flipped through them for a while.

Besides the original work, there are actually some scripts as well.

"..."

He casually tossed it back onto the table.

"What, you don't like any of them?"

"It's all so boring."

Shuya was utterly unceremonious.

He pointed at those things. "They're all about the same themes as ISIS; just looking at them makes me want to vomit."

"Oh."

Inoue Hikoo didn't care about authenticity.

He didn't care about any of that.

Moreover, he anticipated this outcome after creating IS.

Seeing these light novels, Shuya could imagine that soon there would be references to the "Four Great Classical Novels".

He doesn't want to become part of the meme.

Inoue Hikoo casually asked, "So you're not taking on any more projects?"

"I probably won't take on the lead role, but I might play a supporting role if it's interesting."

"Um..."

Inoue Hikoo nodded, offering no further comment.

He brought up something else. "Since you've come so early to help, why don't you come and help out?"

"What is it? I'm not going to entertain guests."

"No need, I've met everyone I needed to. The rest are being handled by the clerks. You come and help with the IS's peripheral plans."

Inoue Hikoo answered.

With IS being so popular, it's only natural to capitalize on this momentum and release even more related merchandise.

The small disc is important, but the surrounding area should not be overlooked.

Inoue Hikoo has a lot of merchandise projects in the works.

Shuya didn't refuse after hearing this.

He didn't like the plot of IS, but he had no problem with the characters. He liked the female lead's character design, and she was like his wife.

Inoue Hikoo and the others returned to the conference room and rested.

Shuya also went to attend the meeting.

His job wasn't complicated; he simply helped review numerous proposals and decide which peripheral projects to develop.

Shuya simply followed his own interests.

IS is so popular, there will be buyers for any merchandise. Just print a female character on it, and the value of the product instantly increases several times over. 2D Otaku money is just too easy to make.

They held a meeting for half a day and finalized many plans.

Shuya got a lot of free merchandise, which will be delivered directly to his house.

Around 5 PM, Hyakka came to the company to prepare for the evening's live broadcast. Shuya, upon hearing that she had arrived, stopped attending the meeting and went to chat with Hyakka.

She complained Shuya:

"Ugh... What a troublesome day!"

"The impact of IS?"

Shuya knew what she wanted to say.

"Yes, all the big shots and voice actors at the dubbing studio came to ask me about IS... I'm just a voice actor, what could I possibly know?"

Hyakka visited more than one film set today, and she was asked the same questions repeatedly, which she couldn't stand anymore.

"Thanks a lot."

Shuya felt a bit smug.

Hyakka said, "I never imagined IS would become this popular."

Shuya nodded without saying anything.

This is indeed quite surreal; the timing was just right.

He said, "After ISIS became popular, a lot of copycat projects immediately appeared, so you'll probably be even busier afterward."

"Spare me."

Hyakka collapsed onto the sofa in the lounge, instantly becoming utterly listless.

Actually, this doesn't have much impact on her; even if IS isn't popular, her schedule is still full.

This is just a matter of cramming a little more schedule into it.

"Shu-chan, Shu-chan!"

Hyakka turned her head and patted her back, looking at him expectantly.

Shuya understood and went over to massage her for a while.

Afterwards, Hyakka changed from lying down to sitting up and peacefully closed her eyes.

She fell asleep without warning; it seems she had a very busy day.

Shuya didn't disturb her; he just played on his phone while checking on the progress of IS.