Full-time cartoonist - #152 - Chapter 151 Animation Making

Oda said hello to the security guard at the entrance of Musashino Art University and walked towards the teachers’ dormitory.

He was thinking about his comic works in his mind, and suddenly he felt a gust of wind blowing past him.

Oda turned around and found Hibiki running in shorts and a vest. He couldn’t help but be surprised, “It’s the first time I saw Mr. Tori Akino doing morning exercises… What happened suddenly?”

Seeing Higashi Hibiki running away, he walked directly to the classroom and dormitory. The administrator of the dormitory waved to him and asked if he had breakfast?

Oda showed his little fangs and thanked the other party. He walked to Higashino Hibiki’s dormitory on the second floor, took out the key from under the blanket at the door, opened the door and walked in.

Tanaka hasn’t arrived yet. One of the other two assistants is in class, and the other is also in class.

It’s just him now.

There were three breakfasts on the table, which were fragrant toast, eggs and bacon. Oda sat down and tasted them happily.

“Oh! This bacon is so delicious!” His eyes lit up, “It seems like I can see how carefully the pigs are taken care of. I have to ask Miss Akimiya where she bought the bacon.”

He squinted his eyes and ate with great joy and enjoyment.

Not long after, Higashi Hibiki came back, steaming with steam all over his body.

He was covered in sweat and it looked like he had been running for a long time.

“Why did you suddenly think of running?” Oda asked him.

Hibiya Hibiki replied: “I used to have the habit of morning exercise, but later I got delayed from drawing comics, and now I’m just picking it up again.”

He feels that his health is getting worse recently, even worse than before when he was socializing and working.

I have worked hard to draw comics for so long, and now I have money, status, and a beautiful girlfriend. If I die suddenly again, it will be a big loss.

Dongye went to the bathroom and took a shower. After changing his clothes and coming out, he ate a clean breakfast in a few mouthfuls.

While pressing down his throat with milk, Oda suddenly asked him: “Tori Akino-sensei, do you know which supermarket you bought these bacon from? It tastes really good.”

Hibiki almost burst out. He touched Oda’s shoulder and said, “It won’t happen again. This is the pure heart of a young man.”

It will no longer be possible for Nishimura to be so dedicated to its livestock.

Oda was confused, but he just knew that these bacon were rare. He looked at Tanaka’s breakfast, licked his lips, and started a psychological struggle.

Hibiki Tono knocked on his desk, “Let’s start working.”

…

In the early morning of the next day, Higashino continued his morning run. It was just dawn and the summer wind was refreshing.

After running around the school to the school gate, he saw a familiar person, it was Ozawa Hibiki, the president of the animation club, wearing a suit and leather shoes, walking towards the school gate.

“He is also a senior.” Hibiki Higashikata sighed.

Hibiki Higashino was still deeply impressed by the animation festival in the summer of 1994.

Time flies now, and the students who were so young back then also need to find jobs.

“Tori Akino-sensei,” Ozawa bowed and greeted him first.

“Ozawa-senpai.” Higashino Hibiki returned the greeting.

“‘Slam Dunk’ is really an excellent work,” Ozawa exclaimed: “Even though I don’t understand basketball, I still felt emotional watching it. The ending of Mitsui Hisashi’s chapter made me even more emotional.”

“Thank you.” Hibiki Higashi asked, “Are you looking for a job?”

“Well,” Ozawa nodded, “It’s at Nikken Design. This is already my second interview.”

“Congratulations,” Hibiki Higashino said, and then asked, “Aren’t you going to continue making animations?”

Ozawa smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying nothing.

After all, there are too few people who can develop their hobby into a career.

A highly educated person like him cannot enter a large production company like Ghipli as a supervisor. After all, animation production requires more experience than academic qualifications.

Reluctantly entering a large animation production company, it is only for production at the beginning, or for low-level positions such as animators, there is a huge gap in salary and benefits between Nikken Design.

Hibiki Higashino has heard about the low wages and benefits in the animation industry, which is really sad. It is not impossible for the salary gap to be more than five times.

Ozawa Hibiki has given up on animation since the animation club’s agricultural cooperative project failed.

Maybe in the future, when he becomes famous and has spare money, he will give it a try, but not now.

Higashikata looked a little regretful.

“I drew an animation script and wanted to hire an animation agency to produce it. Looking at it now…”

“Leave it to us!” Ozawa held Higashino Hibiki’s hand, and in desperation, dropped the document bag in his hand to the ground.

“Won’t you trouble me?” Dong Yexiang asked.

“Not at all!”

“What about work?”

“Tell them to do it next time!”

Ozawa said categorically. After a while, he hesitated, scratched his head and said, “We have to contact the current president of the animation club first.”

A Chinese restaurant near Musashino.

Hibiki Higashino looked at the new president of the animation club, “Asahina-kun…it turns out to be you.”

Asahina’s eyes sparkled, “Higashino-kun, do you have a new animation script?”

She was really excited.

After leaving Hibiki Higashikata, it will be difficult to achieve results.

There may be some small results, but compared to “Hey – Come Out” which appeared on TV and caused a wave of craze, the gap is very different.

She thought that period of time was a dream and never happened.

After being taken away by the big boss, she thought it was her own achievement, and finally had to accept the reality. She also suffered for a long time.

“Are you really ready to let us make it?” she asked eagerly.

Dongye nodded.

He doesn’t have time to deal with the animation company’s affairs himself, and he doesn’t trust outsiders.

Coupled with the situation of my sister Higashino Mei, after careful consideration, I decided to find an animation agency.

In fact, the first person he was looking for was Asahina.

I know this rich lady Hibiki Higashino very well. This is a person who loses money to make animations. Hibiki Higashino can just let it go.

Now that Asahina has become the president of the animation club, it couldn’t be better.

Compared to Ozawa Hibiki, the relationship between Hibiki Higashino and Asahina is more unrestrained and there is no need for politeness.

Moreover, Hibiki looked to the side and saw Minami Chiharu happily eating sweet and sour pork.

This person is even more familiar, after all, they have been together in the same dormitory for three years.

Except for Minami Chiharu’s leggings, there was nothing Hibiki didn’t understand about her.

Chiharu Minami swallowed the sweet and sour pork loin in her mouth and asked Hibiki Higashino: “Where is the script for the new work?”

Dongye Xiang nodded and said, “It will be ready soon.”

“Eh?” Minami Chiharu looked at him speechlessly, “You creators are all like this.”

Higashino Hibiki gave her a piece of extra-spicy Mapo tofu, “Eat it quickly, even the delicious food won’t stop your mouth.”

Looking at the red tofu, Minami Chiharu swallowed. She had been curious about this for a long time and never had the courage. Now that the opportunity was right, he closed his eyes and simply ate it into his mouth.

“It smells good.” Minami Chiharu nodded happily.

But it wasn’t long before she was about to burst into flames. My lips and eyes were red, and my nose was almost full of mucus.

“So spicy!”

“Hehe,” Higashikata laughed.

Ozawa Hibiki handed Minami Chiharu a glass of milk. After drinking it, Minami Chiharu calmed down after five minutes.

“It’s really not food for people to eat.”

She was afraid.

Yuko Asahina became curious. She picked up Mapo Tofu without changing her expression and put it into her mouth. In Minami Chiharu’s panicked eyes, Yuko Asahina’s eyes lit up and she took a few more bites.

It was like opening the door to a new world, and she was intoxicated, “It’s so delicious.”

The three people at the table were all shocked. It was the first time for Hibiki to see such a spicy Japanese.

It took him a long time to get used to the spiciness of this mapo tofu.

Just talking and laughing, we discussed animation production.

Hibiki Higashino will open an animation company.

He is responsible for the animation script, and Asahina and Ozawa Hibiki serve as supervisors. Daily work arrangements and production director are fully delegated to Minami Chiharu.

Minami Chiharu is positioned more as the secretary to the chairman.

This can no longer be said to be a company, it can be said to be a studio. It is quite simple, just like playing house.

If it were not for Hibiki Higashino, Ozawa Hibiki would be really worried about the future of this company.

“I’ll leave it to you, the key employees,” Hibiki Higashino said to him: “Ask the members of the animation club to join. The benefits will not be worse than those of large animation companies, and you can go to school and work in your free time.”

“Yes, President.” Ozawa Hibiki replied with a smile.

“In three days, I ask you to come to my dormitory to discuss it in detail. The animation script issue will also be resolved.”

“Yeah.” Asahina couldn’t help but nodded.

…

After saying goodbye to Asahina, Hibiki returned to the dormitory.

Qiugong Mingmei looked at him curiously, “What did you do?”

“While I was running, I opened a company along the way.” Higashino Hibiki replied.

Although the formalities have not yet been completed, the top-level framework has already been set up.

“You really know how to joke.” Akimiya Akemi shook her head.

It wasn’t until three days later that she discovered that what Higashino Hibiki said was true.

“President,” Ozawa Hibiki said, wearing a suit and gold-rimmed glasses, giving off the aura of a social elite.

“Including us, there are ten members who are planning to join the animation company. There are five in the second grade, two in the third grade, and three in the fourth grade.” He said: “They are all people who dream of working in the animation field.”

Dongye Xiang nodded, ten people are enough at this stage.

After all, the animation he wanted to make was just an instant noodle show.

Each episode is 5 minutes long. Excluding OP+ED, there is only 4 minutes and 15 seconds of feature content.

Seeing them looking like they were trying to be serious, Akimiya Akemi was shocked to discover that the otaku Hibiki Higashino actually wanted to start a business.

It’s simply unimaginable.

“The work you drew during the past two days turned out to be a script.” She pointed at Hibiki Higashikata and suddenly realized.

“That’s right,” Hibiki Higashino nodded, “The name of this work is, “Funny Comic Hiyori”. It is a simple and cost-effective work to produce.”

After all, the landlord’s family has no surplus food, so let’s try and make mistakes first.