"Now, this is a scam, right? It's a total scam, right?!"
As Yui Aragaki, who participated in the production of "Madoka Magica" throughout the entire process, she certainly knows what kind of movie this is essentially.
Now seeing this trailer that subverted her understanding of the work, she was completely shocked.
A heartwarming, healing movie?
Maybe, but definitely not the kind that people usually understand.
"How can it be called a fraud?"
Rin, who was sitting next to her, retorted quietly, "Although the final edit has not been made yet, most of the scenes in the trailer will appear in the movie."
"But..."
Gakki, who has just entered the entertainment industry, is still unaware of the dangers of society.
She had been in the modeling circle before, and the biggest deception she had ever seen was probably photoshop.
"I know how you feel."
Luvia nodded and said, "It's like you watched a movie called "When Peach Ripe", but you didn't even see any unripe peaches, let alone ripe ones."
At this point, Luvia put her hand on Rin's shoulder and said, "Don't you agree? Peach-san. Senior must have been very disappointed at that time? Your two peaches were not enough for him to eat."
"???"
The other people stared at her with wide eyes.
No one has fastened their seat belts, and you are driving now?
"After all, you are a man's woman. You are going to crush my face with this wheel, right?"
Gakki had heard about the troubles in the entertainment industry before, so she certainly understood the underlying meaning of Luvia's words.
It is precisely because of this that she feels like she has been cheated.
"Luvia..."
Rin's forehead was full of veins.
But at this moment they are facing thousands of fans and media, and it would be too ugly if they really fought.
After all, they are no longer as casual as small idol groups.
But it was obviously impossible to let Luvia go just like that.
So, Rin hugged Luvia's arm and pretended to be in love with her.
Then he whispered in Luvia's ear: "Yes, I am a cover fraud, but you are the real "Metallurgy and Steelmaking", not fake at all."
As she said this, Rin deliberately pinched Luvia's biceps.
"It's really strong. Is this Vibranium? Or Gundamium?"
"Ah... that's right... Luvia-sister, Rin-sister... calm down!"
After hearing the conversation between the two, Yumi was about to cry.
It would be the end of the world if these two sisters had a fight in front of everyone at such an important press conference.
Although the content of this press conference will definitely be the headlines tomorrow morning, this kind of report is definitely not what Big Brother wants to see.
But Rin and the others couldn't listen to Yumi's words.
At this time, Rin and Luvia had fierce sparks flashing in their eyes, and it seemed that a war was about to break out...
"Tohsaka Rin!"
"Luvia!"
"Now, please welcome our movie's lead actress, Ms. Tohsaka Rin, to talk about her acting process!"
Just before the two men started fighting, Nanaya, who was standing in front, suddenly turned around.
He pulled Rin up without saying a word and brought her to the front desk.
"I don't care whether you two are peaches or steel, now pay attention!"
Nanaya warned harshly.
"No problem, don't worry."
Lin smiled awkwardly, she knew Nanaya had heard everything that the others had said just now.
"Um... not ready yet? I'm hungry."
Astolfo, who was sitting at the edge, rubbed his stomach with his hands and sighed.
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Later in the press conference, Nanaya deliberately mixed up Rin and Luvia.
As a result, there was no more quarrel between the two of them.
For these two girls, no, at their current age they are no longer considered girls.
Nanaya really hopes that these two women can be more sensible and stop doing all these fancy things all the time.
All I can say is that a person's butt determines his head.
When trying to promote Trier, Nanaya was trying his best to promote the Rin*Luvia CP.
Now that he no longer needs this help, he really hopes that the two girls can calm down.
At the same time, Nanaya also released the first batch of posters for the film at the anime expo, and the new looks of the five magical girls were also revealed for the first time.
"When we took the final photo, Luvia had a musket and Yumi-chan had a bazooka."
Later in an interview, Rin seemed a little indignant: "I was the only one holding the bow and arrow, and it looked like I had insufficient firepower."
"But luckily Gakki and Kujo Fuu comforted me. Mine is a long-range weapon after all, but the two of them still have to fight hand-to-hand!"
Of course, this is just a joke during the promotion.
After all, throughout the entire movie, except in Homura Akemi's memory, Madoka never wore that set of magical girl clothes.
Compared to these actors' hard work in promoting the comic, Nanaya left the comic convention after appearing at the press conference.
After all, apart from "Madoka Magica", he now has a lot of other work to complete.
After the comic convention, Nanaya went to Los Angeles again and attended the audition for "Tsukihime" to confirm the cast for the male and female protagonists.
Unlike the original story which takes place in Japan, this version of Nanaya moves the story to the United States.
After all, a $50 million investment cannot be recovered by relying solely on the box office in Japan.
Besides, if it's only popular in Japan, wouldn't it just become another "Kara no Kyoukai" series?
Nanaya didn't think that the "Tsukihime" series could reach the level of Fate, but at least it could be more international.
Otherwise, the Type-Moon Universe might as well be called the Fate Universe.
However, in terms of the characters of the male and female protagonists, Nanaya still followed the original work.
For the male lead, Takashi Tono, Nanaya found an Asian actor.
John Cho is one of the most famous Asian actors in Hollywood.
Moreover, at this time, his most famous "Star Trek" series had been completed, but had not yet been released.
This is the most cost-effective time to find someone.
As for the heroine, Her Royal Highness Princess Arcueid, there is a bit of a problem.
Originally, at the beginning, Nanaya wanted Luvia to try Arcueid.
But according to the current filming schedule of "Tsuki-hime", the previous month just happened to conflict with "Iron Man 2".
But the other actors were either not good-looking enough or their prices were too high, which exceeded the crew's expectations.
Finally, Shiki Matsuno thought of a candidate. He directly called Yoshinaga Yukari, who was still promoting the comic at the San Diego Comic Con.
Maybe it was because I had previous experience playing Medea.
After putting on makeup and a golden wig, Yoshinaga Yukari really looks a bit like a Westerner.
Of course, only a little bit.
But that's enough.
After all, it is really hard to find an actress who is good-looking, has low pay, and has good acting skills.
The role of Yoshinaga Yukari is more suitable than any other candidate in every way.
"Didn't I say that before?"
After deciding on the candidate, Shiki said proudly, "I have long wanted to find Miss Yoshinaga to make a movie with me, and this time I finally got my wish."
Nanaya shook his head at the unusually excited guy and said, "Since you have achieved what you wanted, then you should do your best. This is your first movie shot by yourself after entering Hollywood, so make sure nothing goes wrong."
"OK! I am now more confident."
Shiki Matsuno gave a thumbs up and boasted.
Since the other party seemed so confident, Nanaya didn't say anything more.
After all, he had decided to give Shiki as much power as possible on the "Tsukihime" project.
If the selection of the male and female protagonists was not related to Type-Moon's overall planning, Nanaya would not have rushed over to confirm the final candidates.
But even so, Nanaya still gave Shiki Matsuno enough power.
Both John Cho and Yoshinaga Yukari were recommended to Nanaya by Shiki.
I can only hope that with this series, Shiki can break free from the shackles of being a previous art film director.
Even if he cannot become a top commercial director in Hollywood, he can at least occupy a place in the North American market.
At the same time, the advertising sponsorship business of "Tsukihime" has also been made public.
Because of Nanaya's status as producer, the advertising sponsorship spots for "Tsukihime" are very easy to sell.
Especially thanks to the relationship with Dentsu, advertisers from Japan have become the mainstream of film sponsorship income.
Although it only brought in $5 million in advertising sales, that was already one-tenth of the film's total cost.
Both Nanaya and Shiki Matsuno were very satisfied with the result.
Anyway, Nanaya thought that as long as Shiki filmed Arquette beautifully enough, the movie would definitely have a strong audience.
Although otakus are slightly inferior to women and children, the two main consumer groups.
However, "Tsuki-hime" can also take advantage of the momentum of "Inferno", and I believe the audience should not be too bad.
And although Shiki Matsuno used to make art films, he is not the kind of director who engages in philosophical reflection or ponders the meaning of life all the time.
As a man who mainly directs romance movies, he is definitely capable enough to handle "Tsuki-hime".
In addition to paying attention to "Tsukihime", Nanaya put more energy into "Madoka Magica".
Although the Five Colors Team (plus a QB) is still promoting at the San Diego Comic-Con, Nanaya himself has already rushed back to New Zealand.
Although there are still many action scenes to be filmed, the post-production of "Madoka Magica" began on the day the crew moved in.
3D rendering these days was far from as simple as it is today.
Wait until 2015 when 3D technology is greatly optimized.
The 3D images of most movies can be completely formatted in a unified 3D format after production.
Although it is certainly not as good as "Avatar" in terms of the three-dimensional effect alone, it is much better than the real pseudo-3D in "Alice in Wonderland".
In addition, the audience's requirements for 3D effects at that time were no longer as strict as before.
As long as people can feel the three-dimensional effect, most audiences will be able to accept it.
But that will be in the future after all, and Nanaya doesn't have such good conditions now.
All 3D effects need to be produced at the same time as the special effects are completed, which means that "Madoka Magica" takes much longer to post-produce than any of Nanami's other films.