Nanaya arrived in North America just around the middle of February.
This time just happened to coincide with the release of various statistical data of Washimine Entertainment for the previous year.
After years of accumulation, Washimine Entertainment has undergone tremendous changes compared to when it first entered Hollywood.
Especially now, Washimine not only has the two major projects and copyrights of Type-Moon and Marvel, but also its online and offline channels are becoming more and more complete.
At this time, Washimine Entertainment's performance was in a stage of rapid growth.
All the previous investments finally saw a concentrated outburst in 2008.
The most gratifying thing is that the overall revenue of Washimine Group actually exceeded 10 billion US dollars.
In 2008, the company's total revenue reached US$16.4 billion and its net profit was US$4.523 billion.
In addition to the booming gaming business brought about by Wii and DS, two game consoles that focus on creativity rather than performance.
Washimine Entertainment should be the one with the greatest contribution in Washimine Group.
This growth mainly comes from offline consumer business.
Fate and Marvel's offline peripherals have always been hot items in the movie peripheral market.
Especially Fate.
Because of the super hit movie "Inferno".
Washimine Entertainment's revenue from various offline consumer businesses in 2008 increased by more than 200% compared to 2007.
"Inferno" is not only the final chapter of FZ, but its prequel nature has also brought back memories of FSN for many viewers.
This led to an explosive growth in Fate's peripheral products in 2008.
There are so many weird peripherals that even Washimine himself doesn't know how they became popular.
In contrast, although the box office performance of "Inferno" and "Captain America" was encouraging, the profit from theater revenue only accounted for about 30% of Washimine Entertainment's revenue.
But despite this, no one can deny the dominant role that theaters play in the entire marketing and promotion of movies.
Screenings in theaters are like a super advertisement for peripheral products, constantly adding to the character images on peripheral products and attracting more fans to join the Type-Moon family.
Therefore, in terms of the film business, Washimine Entertainment will still mainly screen high-investment blockbusters in theaters.
Although the business of [See Moon] is growing rapidly, in Washimine's plan, it is more like an offline revenue method similar to the new DVD.
Of course, with the successive launches of HF, "Emiya Meal" and "Case Files" in the second half of last year.
[See Moon] will play an increasingly important role in Washimine Entertainment in the future.
In particular, two large-scale online fighting games based on Fate were launched this year.
[See Moon] As a video website, the live broadcast attribute will be highlighted, and the entertainment traffic orientation will become more obvious.
Such successful results in 2008 naturally indicate the correctness of the entertainment industry diversification strategy formulated by the current chairman of the Washimine Group, Ms. Washimine Shion, at the beginning of the century.
At the same time, it also means that the voice of Washimine Shion and Kiryu Nanaya, a pair of adults, will reach its peak within Washimine.
In fact, the person with the most say in the Washimine group now is Chairman Shion, followed by the major shareholder Nanaya.
The voice of President Iwata Satoru is well known in the gaming department.
Outside the game department, his words are not as effective as Iioka's.
But Iwata Satoru is happy this way. He doesn't have to worry about the affairs of other departments and can focus on the gaming career that he loves.
Perhaps for other company presidents who have a stronger desire for power, they would never allow such a thing as power falling into the wrong hands to happen.
But for Iwata Satoru, Washimine is now simply the most perfect office environment.
He basically doesn't have to worry about anything other than games, and can even provide continuous income to support him in developing better games.
What else do you want a bicycle?
As Valentine's Day approaches, a wave of romance films has begun to sweep North American theaters.
Major film companies have launched their own love movies to seize the Valentine's Day schedule.
After all, the North American market is not as good as Japan, and romance movies are not a very profitable film genre in North America.
The Valentine's Day period is a rare opportunity to make money.
It's just like all kinds of ghost movies are released during the Halloween period.
This is also the annual rule of the North American film market.
So, this year, a strong opponent has joined the Valentine's Day battle.
Washimine Entertainment launched its own love movie "Tsukihime" on February 13.
This male-oriented love film, directed by Matsuno Shiki and produced by Kiryu Nanaya, has finally been released to the public after about half a year in production.
Towards the end of 2008, "Twilight" sparked a Mary Sue movie craze.
When I was standing in the cinema hall, I looked around and saw that it was crowded with young women.
At that time, male audiences were rare animals in theaters, and even if there were any, they were there to watch movies with their girlfriends or wives.
This time Washimine did the opposite, targeting the male market and producing this movie about a princess who fell from the sky.
All I can say is that love is the same in the eyes of men and women alike.
Women all desire a man who is super handsome, rich, gentle and considerate, and preferably has some special abilities.
The most important thing is that the other person only loves this woman.
Men all want a woman who is super beautiful, rich, gentle and virtuous, and preferably has some special abilities.
The most important thing is that the other person only loves her as a man.
And if you ask men and women how much they want in a spouse like this.
They will surely answer in unison: "As many as we can get."
It can be seen that although human beings vary greatly in appearance, they are surprisingly consistent in essence.
In fact, Nanaya had had a similar dream before, about a beautiful girl falling in love with him from the sky.
So, there is a reason why both harem and Mary Sue themes have always been popular.
So, boys should not blame the overbearing CEO in Mary Sue, who is always gentle and handsome, and the only one loved by the whole world is Mary Sue.
Aren't the women you like all of the same character?
The most is that compared to the domineering president who is cut from the same mold, men have all kinds of cute girls to choose from, and it seems that they can have more variety in their pursuits.
There is no doubt that the protagonist, Tohno Shiki, has similar women around him.
Twin maids with very different personalities, a sister who is not related by blood, a senior who appears for no reason, and a vampire princess who was killed by him once.
It seems like there is someone else?
Um...
Anyway, he is not an important person, so it doesn't matter.
In short, from the perspective of character setting, "Tsuki-hime" is indeed very suitable for being made into a Gal.
But since Nanaya decided to make "Tsuki-hime" into a movie, the roles of non-female protagonists will naturally be compressed.
As for what to do with other women besides the princess?
Of course, those who publish comics publish comics, and those who publish novels publish novels.
I will develop games or web dramas when I have the chance in the future.
Anyway, Tsuki-hime is just following the same path as FSN did.
After all, "Twilight" has just become a hit, and the theme of love between humans and vampires must be more popular.
What's more, Arcueid, played by Yoshinaga Yukari, is also the ideal lover in men's dreams.
Love at first sight is the most unreliable kind of love in the world.
But it is also the most favorite kind of love between boys and girls.
Especially the development of killing the opponent at the beginning is even more novel.
After all, Arcueid is innocent and cheerful but a little naive, and it seems that she can be easily taken home as a wife.
In addition, Arcueid is a truly wealthy person. After all, she is a vampire princess.
And because the other party is an immortal, no matter how old you are, this princess will always be as beautiful as a flower.
I guess this should best meet the various requirements of male colleagues.
At the same time, such a female protagonist will also be met with dissatisfaction from many of her female colleagues.
After all, Mary Sue and Long Aotian can never stand on the same side.
What's more, this kind of naive and innocent heroine is a representative figure of stupidity in the eyes of women.
Although these girls will never admit that the domineering presidents who fall in love at first sight in Mary Sue stories also have the same problem.
Ultimately, it is a question of the ideologies of the two groups.
It's like the hostility between the cat party and the dog party, and the debate between the sweet party and the salty party.
Although Nanaya never understood what was so great about such things, he was quite happy to watch the fun.
Anyway, Nanaya himself calls the sweet one tofu pudding and the salty one tofu brain.
Then, Nanaya ate both tofu pudding and tofu brain.
With both sweet and salty flavors, how pleasant is this life?
The naive and innocent heroine is not appreciated by female audiences, but is a favorite among male audiences.
As for the male protagonist Tohno Shiki, he can reflect the fantasies of many otakus about themselves.
This is why most Galgames use the first-person perspective, and the male protagonist's character portrait is always a faceless man.
There is no need for description of appearance or expression of personality, and you can even use the word "I" throughout.
To a large extent, the male protagonist is just a hollow shell in male-oriented love stories.
The biggest function of these faceless men is that any man can easily put himself into them and start fantasizing.
As long as the audience can be drawn into the story, the male protagonists' mission is accomplished.
This role is certainly not a problem for Gal, but it is a bit troublesome in the movie.
The male protagonist of the movie is not without personality, the more you feel involved.
Fortunately, the protagonist of the original novel of "Tsukihime" is not a faceless man, and the story is tortuous but not complicated.
The story of "Tsukihime" itself is quite exciting.
At least for male audiences, the ending where Tohno Shiki finally gets the beauty is a good result.
"It's better than the Emiya family where all the family members died."
Asuna, who was sitting in the theater, said, "Anyway, get the hell out of here, old thief Kiryu!!"