Tokyo Sound

“Your mediocre knife skills are simply an insult to these top-notch ingredients. I don’t want to be too rude, so let go of your dominant hand and let me do it all.” Yin Ze said, showing his demonic power.

"impossible!"

"The opportunity to break through is here, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The two demons started arguing with each other in the air.

I had expected that they would have a quarrel... Although the process was a bit weird, no matter how strange the code was, it was still running, and this ending was within Matsuoka Yoshitsugu's expectations. He hoped that in another 20 years, they could still have a quarrel like this.

In the end, the two of them took a step back, with one only responsible for cutting and the other only responsible for cooking.

The main course is shabu-shabu. Newbies can always trust the soup pot. As long as the soup base and seasoning sauce are well made, it won't be too bad. Shimazaki Nobunaga is proud of his kelp soup stock and secret sauce. The fish meat sliced ​​into thin slices by Yin Ze rolls in the tranquil soup, with a rich taste and soft touch. Dip it in the sauce, and the slightly salty and sour taste is just right to balance the fat of the yellowtail, which instantly ignites the taste buds.

Spring is approaching, but the cold has not yet dissipated. This pot of delicious soup will warm you up during the New Year.

"Looking at your expressions, you two are clearly touched by me." Shimazaki Nobunaga was smug, "Especially this dipping sauce, it's a unique know-how that Yu Yumi and I worked on together."

"Mashed garlic, chives, sesame oil, fermented bean curd juice, chopped green onions, and shacha sauce... quite interesting." Yin Ze overclocked and activated the Divine Tongue skill, closed his eyes and carefully felt the taste information, stealing other people's technology.

"You're a bit too extreme." Shimazaki Nobunaga's smile disappeared.

"The voice actor award will be next month, right?" Matsuoka Yoshitsugu suddenly said.

"I brought some champagne. Do you want to open it in advance?" Shimazaki Nobunaga asked considerately.

"Your animation will be adapted soon, so we can celebrate in advance." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu nodded earnestly.

“…” Shimazaki Nobunaga didn’t expect the boomerang to come so quickly.

"Champagne? Where can I get champagne?" Yin Ze was just busy eating and drinking. "Don't be so sad. Come on, let's have a toast."

Matsuoka Yoshitsugu looked at the two people at the table. In the past few years, they also gathered at the small square table to brag about their achievements. But now one of them has changed the history of the industry, and the other's light novel has been confirmed to be adapted into an animation. He suddenly smiled and asked, "Do you think that in the future, if you want to select a representative voice actor of the Heisei era, can I be selected?"

"Of course." Yin Ze said affirmatively while mumbling while eating.

In terms of the demeanor and awareness of being an actor, how many people can compare with this guy? In the battle of voice actors, Matsuoka always has the upper hand. It is also this person who makes me re-examine and take dubbing work seriously.

"That's what you said at that time." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu held up his chopsticks without moving, "If even someone like me can't make a difference in the voice actor industry, then there's no need for you to do it... That sentence still encourages me to this day."

"Hey, can you tell me something about the past that I was involved in?" Shimazaki Nobunaga was unhappy. "Just three people forming a small group, right?"

"From the day you got a girlfriend, you were no longer from the same world as us." Yin Ze said in a bleak voice, "I thought you understood this."

"If I am unkind, then you are unrighteous?" Shimazaki Nobunaga was surprised. "Aren't you a righteous man?"

"I have a very flexible bottom line of personality." Yin Ze said. As the saying goes, the gravy is flowing and the fear is hidden, the fascination is to take the minotaur, and the people admire the little white dragon. Just like Tiga, he can change his state at any time to deal with the crisis.

"Heh, I think the next person to leave you won't be far away." Shimazaki Nobunaga hinted, "I wonder if you, Busy Man, have listened to the voice actor broadcast of "Is It Right to Want to Meet Someone in a Dungeon?"

"What do you mean?" Yin Ze frowned.

"Some time ago, Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Ōnishi Saori and Minase Inori made a bet on the number of lines. Although they narrowly won, they still treated You Xuanting to a meal. Don't you know about this?" Shimazaki Nobunaga said slowly, "Huh, I think the atmosphere is not innocent."

"You and Da Xi are so mean! Why don't you invite me to go with you!" Yin Zezhen said loudly, reacting violently.

"..." Shimazaki Nobunaga was speechless. Is this the key point?

"Onishi said you are not suitable." That was all Matsuoka Yoshitsugu could say.

"It's ridiculous. After I won the rookie award three times in a row, many people wanted to treat me to a meal. How could it be inappropriate?" Yin Ze sneered.

"I don't know either, because Onishi was halfway through her meal when she said she had something to do and left, leaving only Minase-san and I." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu told the truth.

Hearing this, Yin Ze's eyes became deep and playful. He didn't respond and just drank a glass of wine.

"If you encounter any problems, just come to me." Shimazaki Nobunaga patted his chest and said, "I am a successful person with experience."

"I don't write light novels." Matsuoka Yoshitsugu was puzzled.

"Haha, look, the only god is a genius who pretends to be confused." Shimazaki Nobunaga laughed a little presumptuously.

Chapter 39: Who would use their real name?

A few days later, Master Yin has been smiling since he got up in the morning. The reason is that Persona 5 is going to start recording character lines.

As a remarkable man who managed to infiltrate the inner circle in the middle of the game production by relying on his talent but no morals and killing, he lived up to expectations and was successfully chosen as the male protagonist.

When I was working on the project, I knew that the game would have many beautiful girl characters and plenty of strategies to play.

Every day I sit in the last seat by the window in the classroom, pick up girls after school, and transform into a heart-stealing thief to uphold justice at night. This is the life a righteous man should have! Ha, I have felt the dark fluctuations in the depths of my soul that are different from those of the Bull Head and the White Dragon. The Dark Fearer who has been imprisoned for many years is breaking free from his shackles and roaring. This is not ordinary darkness, but the Void Mask with two Berserker Axes!

With such a powerful personality mask, how could I not be the leader of the Phantom Thieves?

Although Yin Ze's heart was full of gravy and the world was full of black mud, he still looked like a handsome guy from the traditional literature department with a calm and beautiful appearance. No one knew about the terrible flood of mud in his heart.

Ride a motorcycle directly to ATLUS.

"Thank you for your hard work. You must have been very busy recently, after all, you have been in the entertainment news for a week." Seiki Soejima said with a smile.

"No matter how busy you are, you have to make time. Recording for the protagonist is a big deal, how dare you delay it?" Yin Ze said with a decent smile, "Besides, there must be a lot of text and lines, so it's best to start quickly. Please believe in my professional level, I will do my best. To exaggerate a little, I even want to cut off a part of my soul and give it to the protagonist to complete the dimensional fusion."

Dimensional fusion is the noblest form of possession-based interpretation.

"I didn't expect you to be so enthusiastic." Soejima Seiki said happily, "Then I'll leave it to you. Here's the script, let's go to the recording studio and talk."

"Okay, okay." Yin Ze took the script. Wow, it was a thick stack. His eyes lit up immediately. Hee, with so much text, how could there be no sweet words for dating beautiful girls? I guess there must be all kinds of ways to flirt with girls.

We came to the familiar sound effects room and started a simple discussion.

"I don't know the protagonist's name yet." Yin Ze was full of affection for this two-dimensional reflection.

"In order to enhance the sense of immersion, the officially set names will not appear in the game. The name of the protagonist is customized by the player himself at the beginning of the game." replied Seiki Soejima.

"So you can change it to your own name?" Yin Ze asked again.

"Isn't this GalGame's normal operation?" Soejima Seiki shrugged.

"Okay, okay." Yin Ze was even more satisfied. "Well, let's get used to it first and find the position of the voice. You need to analyze the protagonist for me more so that I can better express his emotions."

When dubbing a new character, the preliminary work is very important, just like making new friends, first you are unfamiliar, then you become familiar, then you completely understand, and finally it becomes a projection of reality. It is definitely not enough to rely on the voice actor to figure it out by himself, the main creator needs to explain the idea and portray the psychological image first.

"Well, just use a gentle, handsome, and cool voice, nothing else." Seiki Soejima said simply.

"How can this work!" Master Yin, who is dedicated to his work, disagrees. "Just showing off your voice without any emotion, what's the difference between that and just showing off your face without any acting skills? I've seen the setting of the protagonist. He was framed, had justice in his heart, worked part-time to earn money, was lonely but strong. Such a character's inner monologue and communication with his companions must be very layered. I must present it well with my voice!"

"That's true, but the protagonist doesn't have any voice." Seiki Soejima spread his hands.

“?” Yin Ze was at a loss.

"Look at the lines." said Seiki Soejima.

Yin Ze opened the script. It was full of names of characters, monsters, and gods that appeared in various religious myths and legends, and then some names of moves and some cheesy lines when using skills. The battle voices and the voices that triggered system functions alone almost filled up the script.

Wait? What about my date pick-up voice text?

"Where is the protagonist's daily conversation?" Yin Ze exclaimed in panic.

"In order to enhance the sense of immersion, we abandoned a large amount of active voice and replaced it with text, retaining a small amount of text for voice actors to assist," said Seiki Soejima.

"Not even a single everyday word?!" The dark fear in Yin Ze's heart was entangled by the chains and he was once again unable to see the light of day. His Taoist heart was almost collapsed.

"There are some, about three sentences," said Seiki Soejima.

"For example?" Yin Ze longed for a warm answer. Even if there were only three sentences, as long as they were crucial, he was confident that he could win her heart with three sentences.

"The first sentence is when the protagonist is on standby, um—"

"Ah."

"The second sentence was triggered by the dating incident haha!"

"Haha."

"The third sentence is... forget it, you should find a gorgeous and handsome voice first, and then we can start recording." Seiki Soejima gradually lost his patience.

Yin Ze was losing body temperature and felt like he was falling into the abyss. It was hard for him to face reality and he closed his eyes in great pain. He didn't understand. Why could such a sure thing in Yun Hou Gong's project fall apart and be stabbed in the back at a critical moment?

Could it be that I am destined to be elegant all my life until my death due to the influence of Wenquxing?

……

A few hours later.

After completing a part of the recording, Yin Ze walked out dejectedly, looking up at the sky, speechless.

But adults need to control their emotions well.

He mounted his big blond horse again and galloped to the Suginami district in the city.

After the first volume of Shimazaki Nobunaga's "Makai Sensen" was released, the sales were mediocre, but after the second and third volumes came out, the sales soared. The grand world view setting, the ancient power that lives in the darkness, the refreshing text and neat battles, the silent and subtle plot of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and the top illustrations and cover design, all made this light novel stand out quickly, and the animation was also directly scheduled to expand publicity and influence.

The purpose of light novel adaptation itself is very simple, which is to advertise and let interested viewers buy the original work. Many of them are silent after one season, and a few will have a second season of animation, but if it sells well, more will naturally be released.

But it is not that easy. For example, "A Certain Magical Index" is a typical example. It is popular and long, but the third season is still nowhere in sight. It may be that the fan base is already fixed and the profits from animation are not high, so they would rather do nothing.

In comparison, "Sword Sanctum" is the real culmination of all the love. Although it is a bit slow, the fact that authors are willing to animate the entire story has made other authors envious.

As the illustrator and character designer of "Makai Sensen", Yin Ze had to get in touch with the animation production team. Today he was going to the animation company with his brother Shimazaki Nobunaga.

When I first heard about the light adaptation of Lightning Bunko, I thought it would probably be done by A-1.

But I never thought that the final decision was made by UFO. But it feels really good. Shimazaki Nobunaga's novels are full of battle scenes. UFO is good at special effects and 3D, and can make good use of its characteristics. This is also an old acquaintance. UFO often produces Type-Moon animations, and Yin Ze participated in Fate/Zero in his early years. Now he is the representative of the master of FGO and the planning card. It's a bit shy to say that he recalled the Fourth Holy Grail War and the warmth of Fuyuki City.

"I used to go to animation companies as a voice actor. I see... This is what it feels like to arrive as another professional, hehe." Shimazaki Nobunaga stroked his chin with his hand and laughed like a sinister villain. "Trading one job for another, the dark emotions that arise in my heart are intoxicating. I understand you better now."

"I don't understand what you are saying." Yin Ze knew it but pretended not to.

"Please call me 'Flame Teacher'." Shimazaki Nobunaga emphasized the pen name.

"Okay, Mr. Shao."

"?"

Since the two had made an appointment in advance, they entered the door of the Flying Saucer Club smoothly and saw the real flying saucer table in the lobby.

Although Master Yin's animation career only lasted for Hyouka, he was successfully accepted by the animation industry thanks to the relationship with Kyoto Animation, and even served as a special lecturer at Kyoto Juku. Not to mention the basic courses, he also taught digital painting applications, which involved adjusting the production process. The topic content was relatively difficult to understand and was mainly aimed at the backbone of the industry. In general, in the eyes of the industry, he was a big shot in game art next door, and also an animator from Kyoto.

As the director of this light novel adaptation, Sudo Yutoku looked at these two people and didn't know what to say for a moment. When he was the animation director of Fate/Zero, one of them was the voice actor of Lancer and the other was the voice actor of Assassin's Noble Phantasm clone.

At that time, we were all fans of "Moonlight Fantasy" and were happily talking about Fate and Matou Sakura. But when we met again, one of us was an actor/director/illustrator, and the other was a voice actor/light novel author.

Damn, is it so difficult to be a voice actor these days?

And isn’t your multi-faceted approach a bit strange?

"Oh, isn't this Brother Sudo? You are the supervisor this time. Please give me your guidance." Shimazaki Nobunaga smiled and walked forward to shake hands. "You are professionals in animation. I am very relieved. As for the scriptwriting, if I can have a say, I will definitely do my best to help."

"Today we are just having a preliminary discussion to determine various standards. Everyone can speak freely about their creations." Sudo Yutoku said warmly and invited them into the meeting room.

After a while, the people in charge of character design, concept art, prop design, etc. also arrived and sat down.

"Let's start with the character's performance," Sudo Yutoku said as usual, "Should we keep the style of the original illustrations or make some changes?"

"When I was thinking about how to turn text into images and draw illustrations, I also started to make design drafts, including props, which you can refer to first." As the original designer of the role, Yin Ze has the obligation to take responsibility. He took out the drafts he prepared in advance. Since there were many of them, he couldn't use the empty space extraction that he had learned from his agent, so he took them out of his schoolbag in a proper manner.

Character designer and general director Hikaru Matsushima is an experienced original artist who has performed brilliantly in the animations of Hunter and Ronin Kenshin. He took the manuscript and opened it, and found that the design was quite detailed.

Three views, clothing separation, texture references, weapon disassembly diagrams, etc. are very comprehensive and accurate, and are completely dedicated to modeling. They are almost like instruction manuals, very textbook-like, and are commercial-grade standards for game art.

With this foundation, at least the production team can save a lot of effort in prop design.

The same set of pictures, including the protagonist and other important characters, also includes monsters, such as the Minotaur. I don’t know if it’s a personal preference, but I always feel that the Minotaur belongs to another echelon in terms of quality.

Yin Ze then took out the second edition.

By the time the second batch of materials came, Hikaru Matsushima was a little overwhelmed. The newly acquired set of pictures was like a template for the characters, with a list of effects of various expressions, line drawing styles, color areas, color block instructions... With this, the colorist could start coloring directly.

Everyone looked at each other.

Light novels have been adapted into animations for so many years, but I have never seen such a scene.

Most illustrators work alone, improving their painting skills and researching composition. The commercial work they take tends to be for art promotion, and they rarely provide such sophisticated settings and information.

Take FGO as an example, the commissioned works of regular illustrators are usually illustrations for gift cards, and those who are commissioned to do character illustrations and full-break card illustrations. But this guy also made the in-game combat paper figures for you, and considerately disassembled them into multiple pieces according to the movement skeleton, starting from the parts provided.

"These are just for reference." Yin Ze said quickly when he saw everyone's strange expressions, fearing that something bad might happen.

"With these, we can save a lot of preparation time." Matsushima Hikaru laughed and addressed him by his pen name to show respect. "Teacher Yin, this is a great help."

"Why don't you join the production team?" Sudo Yutoku smiled. "You're a freelance artist anyway, and you don't really belong to Kyoto Animation."

The conference room was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The discussion was also proceeding in an orderly manner, and after dozens of minutes, it came to the topic of voice actor selection.

"By the way, as the original author, can I participate in the audition selection?" Shimazaki Nobunaga asked casually on the surface, but in fact, the desire in his heart was breaking free from the shackles and roaring.