Do we still need Love Live! with Tokki Hanada?

Since 2009's "K-ON! After the success of "Light Sound Department (けいおん!)" , different animation production companies suddenly discovered that what was needed in the market was not all kinds of battle scenes or robot scenes, but only different girls who might need to be replaced. Drawing so cute and cute can already make a lot of money and make a fortune. Therefore, since 2009, idol-type animations have sprung up everywhere, and the popularity of THE IDOLM@STER (Idol Master Series, hereinafter referred to as: IM@S), which was established earlier than K-ON!, has also risen rapidly. There are more and more idols of different types. But although the competition is huge, in fact, the number of otakus has not shown a significant increase or decrease trend. Under this circumstance, even if different types of idol animation works are born, after all, everyone is not interested in different types of idols. All idols have different hopes, so the works that have been able to stand up successfully for many years are actually counted on one hand, and the best among them are of course the IM@S idol master series, the main DJ activities. Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ (abbreviation: D4DJ) and the Love Live! series to be talked about today. This one is actually like a religious war, because there are some people who are incompatible with each other. Although there are some people who will pay attention to both sides, most people only pay attention to their favorite fruit because of the time problem. In fact, in different places, it is easy to see that there will be friction between several groups of people.

I believe that when it comes to idols, I believe that for most people who do not have a deep understanding of ACG culture or are just purely interested in watching it, for Qu Di, it must be impossible for a series of works or the entire cross-media Planning is very familiar. To give an example: The only person he knows is "Saga Idol is Legend" (ゾンビランドサガ) , which may be hit by a car as soon as he walks out the door, I spend all day on 22/7 , and the animation studio will never be The "SELECTION PROJECT (セレクション・プロジェクト)" that he admitted to have produced and "God Pushing Idols to the Budokan I'll Die Without Regrets" , which tells about the interaction between underground idols and fans, and so on. But basically most of the animations in the current market are made for the purpose of promoting the whole set of works (for example: comics, light novels), so many times only one season of 12 episodes or two seasons of 24 episodes have been completed. But compared to Love Live! or the Idol Master series, which has huge funds behind it and different companies are involved in cross-media planning, animation is not just a simple propaganda, the mentality behind it is definitely to attract more people Step into or learn about this set of works. However, compared with other works, the two are of course insignificant.

In the end, success is also animated, and defeat is also animated. The success or failure of a set of animations can definitely affect the subsequent development of the entire set of animations. For example, 22/7, although the entire planning is in charge of the chief producer of AKB48, SKE48 and other famous Japanese female idol groups, Yasushi Akimoto, but 22/7 has definitely become his Waterloo work. Although there is also huge assistance and funds from Sony Music behind it, it lacks popularity and luck. As a result, although there was a peak in popularity after the animation was finished, after all, some members left one after another, but they did not find new members to replace them, and even once Rumors of discord among members and discord between members and operations have led to a significant drop in popularity. It is basically difficult to return to the glorious scene at that time, and his positioning is in the 2.5 dimension. Compared with any set of idol groups, absolutely It's a disadvantage; even with the recent addition of new members, I still believe that the end of the game is not too far away.

Love Live! (ラブライブ!), full name: Love Live! School idol project (ラブライブ! School idol project), is a super-large cross-media work started in 2010, behind which is mainly composed of Japanese animation company Risheng Animation ( Bandai Namco Video Production), record company Lantis and Dengeki Bunko "Dengeki G's magazine". Up to now, there are a total of five projects (project name/group name), respectively: Love Live! School idol project/μ's, Love Live! Sunshine!!/Aqours, Love Live! / Hongsaki Academy Academy Idol Club, Love Live! Superstar!! / Liella! and virtual school idols (the details have not yet been announced, more news is expected to be released around this fall), among which μ's and Aqours have already end. For most people, when talking about Love Live!, I believe most people will immediately think of μ's. There is nothing else, because it has not only become a memory of a generation, but also a trend of the past.

Let me briefly introduce the Love Live! series first. The first work: μ's, whose original name is taken from Greek, is the general name of the nine goddesses of art and science in Greek mythology. The name "μ's" was provided by a fan named "Yuer Yongma" and was selected in a subsequent vote. The story is about the story of "Onogizaka Academy" because of the low birth rate, the number of students has plummeted and the school needs to be abolished. After that, nine people formed the campus idol to save the school, and used the idol's reputation to increase the number of students to save the campus. The second work: Aqours, tells the story of the nine girls of "Uranohoshi Women's Academy" who rely on the identity of the school idol Aqours to avoid the abolition of the school. The third work: Hongsaki Academy Academy Idol Club. Compared with the previous two, there is neither the burden of participating in Love Live! nor the crisis of abolition. Just because of the charm of school idols, I officially stepped into the vast world of school idols and chased dreams with friends. The fourth work: Liella! I believe that most people's first impression of her is not a story similar to the first and second works, but a stalk: hello, thank you, xiaolongbao, goodbye. But in the end, there are topics but no ratings. Love Live! was originally the name of a series, or in other words, different works. Love Live! is a competition, a competition for school idols across Japan. But it is because μ's is so famous many times, so many people directly refer to μ's as Love Live! Although it can't be absolutely wrong, but you must understand Love Live! In fact, it is the name of a project, a large-scale cross-media work, by Animations, comics, CDs, movies, games, and concerts have everything. In contrast, only idol masters should have similar brilliant achievements.

For μ's, everyone felt that this type of subject matter was very novel at the time, and most of the actors were first-line seiyuu, so it attracted a lot of popularity at the time. Mainly during 2012-2016), the entire project contributed at least 1-2% of Japan's GDP, you can see its popularity or how many hot sellers around it. Although the concert ended in 2016 with "LoveLive! μ's Final LoveLive!~μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~", but to many people: μ'sic forever, always in everyone's mind Leave an indelible mark. There are a lot of good classic songs, but the best among them is definitely "Snow halation", but the reason for being famous is definitely not because the melody of the song is beautiful and beautiful, but because when you enter the second half , the audience will take out UO (big flash UO fluorescent stick, ultra-bright fluorescent stick) , and change the color in one second to support the orange of Takasaka Honoka, so that the PV situation can be faithfully reproduced at the scene. This spectacular The level is still comparable to very few concerts so far. Although the subsequent Aqours have inherited the popularity of μ's, for most people, the good impression only exists in μ's, so in fact, the number of people who will continue to watch the Love Liver! series has dropped sharply, plus The stories are all about the same content, so they are quite a turning point. After that, it should be about the Hongsaki Academy Academy Idol Club, but because it involves more historical issues, I will go back to the end and talk about it first. Talking about Liella first, as I said first, Liella continues the fine tradition of abolishing schools. Honestly speaking, even if you can play this theme well, it is the same or similar content. The audience may accept it for the first time and the second time, but when it comes to the third time, the audience will definitely not accept it. It will be accepted again, so the popularity will decline more rapidly, and the popularity of the new voice actors will be hit even more. What's more, on April 28, 2022, the official weekly "Lovelive Days! vol.28" first exposed the news of the second generation, but because no news of the second generation was announced in advance, many fans were surprised and angry. The Twitter post also had many negative responses. Although I'm not a fan of Love Live! I'm not popular, but most of them are from Hongsaki Academy Academy Idol Club. Everyone is in the Love Live! series. How can Hongsaki Academy continue to be so popular? The main reason is because the stories he tells are different from those of the other three sets. They don't have to participate in the Love Live! competition, and they don't have to face the crisis of abolishing the school. They only have to join a group of people who like to sing, and then do what you like to do. Yeah, it's boring, but it's a kind of plot that's so bad in the market. But in the end, the main reason is that the people behind the control of Hongsaki Academy are different from the other three sets. The Love Live! series is a project managed by many companies, so all works are mainly managed by Bandai Blue Dream Works (バンダイナムコフィルムワークス Co., Ltd.). The only exception is Hongsaki Academy, which is managed by Bushido (ブシロード Co., Ltd.) (yes, you are not wrong, it is the management of D4DJ if a Bushido), so relatively most of the animation characters or supervision are the same as the other. The three sets are different. Therefore, when the first season of Hongsaki Academy's animation was premiered, it gave people a refreshing feeling. Moreover, although the second season of the animation has only played a few episodes, the score of each episode on Nico Nico, a famous Japanese website, is already higher than that of Aqours and Liella! The total score of each episode is higher, even close to μ's. The cookie-cutter script is no longer interesting.

Back to Hanada Toki, a Japanese screenwriter coordinator, series composition, screenwriter. In his writings, there are works of different sizes. If you want to pick his famous works, it is definitely K-ON in 2009! Light Voice. After that, of course, there were also many classic animations. For example, after the first three episodes, the title song animation "The Second Sickness also wants to fall in love!" The second sickness で も 爱 が し た い! )" series , known as the most difficult music work in history - "Blow it! Euphonium (Hang け! Yu フ ォ ニア ム)" , a set of "Fleet Collection (Fleet こ れ く し ょ ん)" that no one will admit to having been officially published, and "Farther than the Universe ", which is well-received (Cosmos よ り も Far Place)" and the LoveLive series that I want to talk about today. In fact, it is a different work. I can definitely see that Toki Hanada is very handy with works of youth and campus types, and it can even be said that it has become the pinnacle of the industry. Basically, as long as you see the name of Tokki Hanada, you can be sure that it is a work of youth or campus, but it is really a matter of opinion.

Since the very beginning of 2010, I have been paying attention to a series, and although I am not as enthusiastic as before, I will continue to pay attention to the latest news of Love Live! The hardcore fans of the series Li said, Toki Hanada is undoubtedly the one who made Love Live! At the beginning of the series, many people paid attention, but when the first successful model was copied to the second and third times, even a person who liked idol fanfic well would always feel very dull and would have a moment of boredom. At the beginning, μ's really had a big impact on me, and I even shouted after watching the last live of μ's. But at that time, I didn't think about any of them, and the second set of sequels has already begun to decline. The drop in level is not a matter of animation style or painting, but a similar story is repeated again. Although it has already begun to be a little dull, it is barely acceptable. Even that year, I was even more fortunate to fly to Taiwan to participate in two consecutive overseas Lives in person, so I have achieved my wish to go to Taiwan to watch a Live once. The third sequel, Hong Sak Academy, the animation was really watched with the mentality that it was all about ruining the school. After all, it was only a small supporting role at the beginning of the game, but the result was really unexpected and surprising. Good to see. But when it comes to the fourth set, it goes back to the basics again, returning the story to the dull cycle of reincarnation again.

Misaki Gakuen is doing just that, creating a different story. At first, Hongsaki Academy was actually just an unremarkable team in the game, and after the concert and animation were played, many people began to know about it. As I have always said, the number of people who watch animations every season in the market is almost the same every season. The point is to stand out in this market, which is the first problem. Toki Hanada is undoubtedly the pinnacle of producing youth and school-type works, but allow me to say this directly, the third time I do the same or similar themes, the audience will definitely not want to watch it. Although Love Live! is a large-scale cross-media project, it is undeniable that if you want more people to contact or understand this series, animation promotion is definitely needed, after all, most people are through animation. Learn about the entire set. However, the success of the first time was completely unable to replicate the third time, so it is hard to hear that, Hongsaki Academy will definitely save the entire series. Each episode of Hongsaki Academy is actually nothing too special, and even each episode of animation can be made to sell CDs. Although everyone must smell a strong commercial flavor, it is not With a story, you can see that everyone is so comfortable, that you don't have to think about it at all, and you can definitely let go of yourself. Compared with many different groups, such as another world or battle, Hongsaki Academy is definitely eye-catching. Of course, I'm not talking about Tokki Hanada's talent starting to decline, but since the end of the animation in places farther away than the universe, in fact, everyone began to slowly discover the old problem of Tokki Hanada, because he himself was in every animation. The world view is very beautiful. Although it is a good thing for the majority of the audience, I think it is not a bright spot. Although the places farther away than the universe are definitely a set of tear-jerking works, there are actually many details. All the above mentioned things are casual or even not told, so many people are tired of his works.

When I went to Liella in the later stage, in fact, many people asked Hanada Tokki if he could bring this kind of work out, because everyone was so bored and tired. I personally think that youth and campus are definitely his weapons, and everyone will welcome other works, but for the love Light series, if he continues to be in charge, I believe that one day it will be 22/7. follow. Of course I'm not talking about Love Live! This series will come to an end, but the audience will gradually decrease, and eventually it will be exhausted and become a three-in-one. Hongsaki Academy is actually a revelation, even if it is the same series of works, as long as they are produced by different people, the final results will be different. Although I dare not say that it is Bandai's problem that affects Tokki Hanada, it must be that Bushido wants to succeed because it stands out from the Love Live! series and becomes the second highest rated Love Live! series (although it has been successful). I really don't know, but I can be sure that I can't continue to fall behind Hanada Tokki. Liella's second animation will be broadcast very soon, and recently announced that five new members will be added, but in exchange for a lot of scolding, it can be seen that even if it is a sequel, as long as the previous work is not good, even if After that, there are several good seiyuu or animation remedies that are useless. So allow me to say selfishly, Toki Hanada, if you create other works, I believe that you can continue to become classic works smoothly, but if you want to continue the Love Live! series, it should only kill him.

Although compared with idol masters, both sides have different black histories, such as the Nitta Ekai incident and the Chenghai Runa incident, we can see that the former is absolutely tolerant, but the latter incidents are absolutely hot, so it’s really good to watch Pass a set of works to the audience's love degree. When Hongsaki Academy announced that some of the songs would not be produced by Love Live! Aki Hata, the composer and lyricist used by the queen, actually everyone was stunned. Although the evaluation of the animation has continued to decline, if Hata is lost again Yagui, everyone was really worried that they would really go to extinction. But fortunately, the results were unexpected, so to a certain extent, it is certain that Hata Aki was definitely influenced by Hanada Tokki. Because even if the music melody created along the way is as beautiful as it is good, but if the animation cannot be promoted, it will be futile.

In the end, I really want to say sorry to everyone, because I first came into contact with the Love Live! series; as for the Idolmaster series, in fact, I only pay attention to Cinderella Girls and Ikuhara ゆう, so if there are any fans of The Idolmaster among them Sorry for any offense, after all my knowledge of The Idolmaster is definitely not as deep as yours. I will talk about it today, see you next Saturday.