CATDOLL: The October light novel adaptation animation begins with the heroine appearing half-naked within 3 minutes

Adapting Japanese light novels into animations is not uncommon, because there are ready-made scripts to use directly, and manufacturers are happy to do it; there are more and more erotic and harem animations, and the plots have basically formed a fixed template; but recently, some shocking things happened in the new animation in October.

2 minutes 28 seconds and 2 minutes 32 seconds, these are the times when the heroines of two animations in October, "The Knight's Tale" and "Academy of Wars", take off their clothes in front of the hero. The new animations in October 2015 have been aired for a week today. Generally speaking, what people are concerned about for the new animations is "which new animation is the most interesting" and "which new animation may have the highest sales", but in the new animations in October, such discussions have become "why are the plots of the two light novel adaptations of "The Knight's Tale" and "Academy of Wars" so similar? And it's not just these two animations. If you observe carefully, you will find that the heroines of many light novel adaptations of animations usually do not take off their clothes for more than three minutes. Today we will discuss why the heroines of light novel adaptations of animations have to take off their clothes within three minutes of the opening?

In "Sword Dance of the Elves", the heroine takes off her clothes in 2 minutes and 48 seconds, and in "Farfur of the Infinite Gunslinger", the heroine takes off her clothes in 1 minute and 28 seconds. Why are the heroines of these light novel-adapted animations so keen on taking off their clothes? Before the formal discussion, let's first mention a concept of animation classification, "soap opera animation". The above classification of this kind of animation that takes off clothes within three minutes of broadcasting as light novel-adapted animation is for the convenience of everyone's understanding. Strictly speaking, these animations belong to "soap opera animation". Let's summarize several characteristics of "soap opera animation":

① Harem elements

②The male protagonist is a lucky pervert, and there will be benefits for him to see even if he doesn't do anything.

③The stage takes place in the school

④Magical fantasy world background

⑤Use magic or super powers to fight

⑥ The heroine must be naked when she first appears

⑦ The hero and heroine have different abilities (usually they complement each other)

⑧The original work is a light novel published by MF Library (of course, other light novel libraries also have such works)

Basically, a late-night animation can be considered a soap opera if it has four of these elements, especially the last four or more.

Now let's get down to business. Why do these soap opera and animation heroines love to take off their clothes? Let's use religious knowledge to explain.

In ancient Israel, when the king or priest appointed a prophet, they would anoint the appointee with oil. Later, this anointing ceremony was inherited in the Old Testament. In Christianity, the anointed person is considered to be the one chosen by God to become a king or priest. In Hebrew, Messiah means the anointed one. In the biblical world, a person is not a king or priest or prophet before being anointed with oil, but after being anointed with oil, he will be considered to have the ability of a king or a prophet. Extended to soap opera animation, taking off clothes is a kind of "anointing ceremony" for an ordinary female character to become a heroine. When a girl in a soap opera animation takes off her clothes and is seen naked by the male protagonist, then this girl becomes the heroine or one of the heroines of this animation.

To go further, the naked heroine in the soap opera animation is like the King of Israel. In terms of role relationship and creative relationship, the animation producer is the God of an animation, the male protagonist of the soap opera animation is the spokesperson arranged by God (animation production team), and for the audience, the heroine is the king to whom the audience pays tribute (buys BDs and peripherals).

So are there other ways for girls to become heroines in this kind of soap opera animation? The answer is of course yes. For example, in "Anti-Magic Academy 35 Test Team", the moment when Feng Yinghua was promoted to the heroine was when the male protagonist touched her breasts. This ritual of upgrading to the heroine by grabbing the breasts and dragon hands is very common in other soap opera animations. The latter is a bit second-year, but I still write it down. In the Bible, when the prophet Samuel chose the king, he said, "For the Lord does not see as man sees: man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (Man looks at the appearance, the Lord looks at the heart, 1 Samuel Chapter 16, verse 7). Perhaps the common plot in soap animations such as rubbing breasts symbolizes the prophet spokesperson (male protagonist) arranged by God (production team) to examine the nature of the heroine.

Three Minute Wall

As a soap animation, the sooner the status of the heroine is established, the better. For animation audiences, watching soap animations is not to see how the male protagonist is but to see how the girls are, to see how the heroine is. If a soap animation has not determined the status of the heroine, then the audience can only choose their favorite character as the heroine, but who knows if their favorite girl will die in the third episode, and they will suffer a serious blow as a result. In order to avoid the audience's glass hearts from exploding, the soap animation determines the heroine, which is equivalent to giving the audience a reassurance. As for why the status of the heroine must be determined within three minutes of the broadcast, Japan's veteran cartoonist said in his work: "A comic must make readers like the character in the first 7 pages, and the image must make the audience understand the relationship between the characters and the position in the story within 3 minutes". However, with the rapid consumption of culture, some animations can now complete this important task within 1 minute after the broadcast.

According to a survey of 20 million TV viewers in Japan, if a program fails to arouse the audience's interest within three minutes, the audience will ruthlessly change channels. Three minutes is a limit, and more programs may not even last a minute, especially for new animations. Since Japan produces a large number of animation works every year, the audience needs to quickly judge whether the animation is suitable for them and whether it attracts them after it is broadcast. The focus of the audience's attention on this kind of soap opera animation is often on the heroine, so the soap animation must determine the status of the heroine within three minutes. In this regard, "Antimagic Academy 35th Test Team" has done a good job among this season's new soap animations.

First, the bunny girl appeared at 2 minutes and 34 seconds, which immediately aroused the audience's interest and met the users' excitement points, delaying the time for the real heroine Feng Yinghua to appear and retaining the audience.

The alternation of the heroines like the emperor's tactics

So for soap anime with multiple female protagonists in the harem, it is necessary to constantly rotate the female protagonists according to the development of the plot. A certain girl may be the first female protagonist in the first three episodes, but she needs to temporarily give way to the second girl in the last three episodes. This cycle can create the basic plot of harem anime. So how to rotate the female protagonists? Since the status of the female protagonist is determined by stripping or welfare at the beginning, when rotating, just let the girl who takes over strip more and be more sexy to naturally bring the user's perspective into the new female protagonist. IS animation does a great job in rotating the female protagonists.

In the first episode, Broom Sister is undoubtedly the only heroine. When the subsequent heroines appear, the benefits are more and more, especially when French Coriander appears. This is just like the art of emperors. It is necessary to balance the status of harem characters in the audience, and to favor some over others. In the end, after watching it all, it is found that every audience has their own heroine, which is the greatest success of harem animation.