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Whether there will be another collaboration after this one is unknown.

Especially given the phenomenal success of "Your Name," any similar project in the future would require a substantial investment to become a member of the production team, something these companies simply don't have the capability to do.

This is your only chance to make more money.

Kasumigaoka Utaha bit her lower lip, clearly recognizing her own lack of experience.

The people from Toei and Akane understood what the others were thinking from the very beginning.

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. As fellow investors, they didn't say much, so they simply chose to leave.

Kasumigaoka Utaha only managed to understand the situation after Machida Sonoko reminded her.

Just as Machida Sonoko said, Kasumigaoka Utaha's thinking is closer to that of the creator.

Kasumigaoka Utaha understood more and more why Akane Akasaka was training Kobayashi Sora.

When faced with investors, the creators' thinking is so naive that it's almost laughable.

“Something’s not right.” Kasumigaoka Utaha noticed something amiss. “Following this line of thought, the people at TV Tokyo and the advertising agencies should have similar ideas to those at Kurenai and Toei, but why…”

TV Tokyo is financially powerful, and the problems and concerns of other companies are not a problem for TV Tokyo. The positions of producers rarely change, so there is no reason for them to be so aggressive as they are now.

There are also advertising agencies.

Advertising agencies are companies that directly undertake various advertising businesses, create advertisements for clients, and then place them on target TV stations during target time slots.

Clients can simply hand things over to the agent and avoid the hassle of negotiating with TV stations.

As intermediaries between advertisers and television stations, advertising agencies need to find television stations and advertising slots that meet their clients' requirements. In order to attract more viewers, investing in the production of television programs and movies is one of the main businesses of advertising agencies.

Because the effectiveness of advertising often depends on viewership ratings; the higher the viewership ratings, the more people the advertisement can reach, and the better the effect.

Being able to place ads in high-rated programs is also a demonstration of an advertising agency's capabilities.

Therefore, for advertising agencies, the quality of the animation itself is the most important thing. If the broadcast effect is not good, then no matter how much money they make in other aspects, it is none of their business.

Advertising agencies should stand with animation production companies, but instead...

Chapter 697 Voice Actor Auditions

How many times has this happened...?

Eriri herself couldn't remember.

Her azure eyes turned to Kasumigaoka Utaha beside her.

Why are you so skilled at this?

How many more times do you want to sneak into my room before you're satisfied?!

you......

Eriri slowly raised her hand, squinting her eyes to observe carefully.

Wrapped in her hands were strands of Kasumigaoka Utaha's jet-black hair.

Her hair had already broken free from Kasumigaoka Utaha's grasp.

Hair loss is a very normal thing.

Eriri ran her fingers through Kasumigaoka Utaha's black hair.

Several more long strands of hair appeared in my hand.

But if it's that serious...

Eriri looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was asleep.

Even when she was asleep, her brows were tightly furrowed.

It's completely different from the peaceful state it used to be.

Just like those troubling things, they still tormented her in her dreams.

Her hair loss is clearly a sign of excessive stress, coupled with her current haggard appearance.

Even without knowing what happened, Eriri could guess that the situation of "Mononoke" was not optimistic.

Kasumigaoka Utaha must be feeling very helpless right now.

Eriri understood this feeling very well.

This predicament before self-breakthrough, this feeling of being crushed by an invisible force, this helplessness of having to face it all alone...

Eriri had experienced this back in high school when she was creating "The Cherry Tree Promise".

A person secluded himself in the mountains, striving to do his best, but made no progress.

I forced myself to draw it again and again, but I became increasingly dissatisfied with the final result.

It wasn't until a certain critical point was reached that all the previous accumulation exploded under the pressure, resulting in that breathtaking final CG.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha's situation is different.

The creative problems Eriri faces are ultimately a matter of her own abilities.

Kasumigaoka Utaha faces the problem of people.

Eriri only needs to focus on herself, but Kasumigaoka Utaha has to coordinate various people and resources.

Eriri quietly got up.

Now, all I can do is probably prepare a delicious breakfast.

Of course, it was made for myself.

Then I'll also bring one for Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Ah~"

After Eriri finished making breakfast, Kasumigaoka Utaha got up, yawning and rubbing her hair, "You're up so early."

"You got up too late!"

Eriri placed the breakfast on the table with a disgruntled expression.

Kasumigaoka Utaha removed her hand from her hair, her gaze lingering for a moment on her palm as it left her hair, before casually lowering her hand.

After a quick wash, Kasumigaoka Utaha sat down at the dining table.

Eriri hesitated for a moment before asking, "Um..."

"Ok?"

What are we going to do today?

"Ah, today is the audition." Kasumigaoka Utaha replied, "Although the contract isn't finalized yet, the animation production can't be delayed too much. For things like voice actors, we need to proceed according to plan. After that, there will be another audition meeting before we can make a final decision."

Eriri's eyes darted around, "Will any voice actors be coming?"

"Of course... what else would we try?"

Can I go?

"Huh?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was taken aback. "Are you going?"

"I get to meet the voice actors!"

“That’s right.” With the idolization of voice actors, there are more and more otaku who like voice actors. Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded, “That’s good.”

As a producer, bringing one or two people to the audition is not a problem.

Not to mention Eriri is Eri Kashiwagi.

With "Your Name," no one would object to her going to any audition.

However, to avoid trouble, it's more convenient to pretend to be an assistant.

By covering their hair with a hat, wearing thick-rimmed glasses, and changing their clothes, their presence immediately diminishes.

In addition to director Izumi Hashima and animation producer Utaha Kasumigaoka, there was also a sound director in charge of on-site control.

The remaining group consists of the producers from the production committee and the investors.

Toei didn't care about the revenue from this investment, so no one came.

Hongzhu Planning trusts RER and has no intention of interfering.

The toy company focuses on character designs and related merchandise, and has little interest in voice actors.

So all that was left were music company producers, game company producers, offline event producers, and advertising agency producers.

For some reason, TV Tokyo producer Hosoya didn't come.

Looking at the list, Bo Island asked, "How many people auditioned today?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha replied, "Thirty-two people in the morning, and seventy-eight people in the afternoon."

"Huh?" Bodao looked distressed. "So many people?"

"After all, it's an episodic story with a lot of characters."

"But it's so hard for me to remember this..."

Eriri interjected, "I can help! I know the character settings and the story."

"Really?" Bo Island felt much more relieved after setting sail. "That's great..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Eriri, a slight smile unconsciously appearing on her lips, but her brows furrowed again when she saw the producers on the other side.

The sound director leaned back leisurely in his chair. "Speaking of which, Kasumigaoka P and Kobayashi are classmates, right?"

In the industry, producers are often simply referred to as P.

"He is my junior from school."

"Oh...back when he first brought people here, he startled quite a few voice actors."

"Oh?" Eriri asked curiously, "How could that be?"

“Because he was too young…” the sound director recalled with a smile. “He came right after graduating from junior high school. The voice actors thought he was the son of the Kousaka-sensei, but they didn’t expect him to be the producer who held the power of life and death. In particular, he pretended to be young with the voice actors, or rather, it wasn’t really pretending. Then he suddenly revealed his identity, which immediately forced out that awkward and helpless tone in the voice actors’ voices.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha was speechless for a moment. "That's exactly what he would do."

A staff member came over to remind us, "It's almost time to start."