"The voice actors of "Spirited Away" have basically been found, Mr. Higashino."

"Yeah?"

Higashinoji put down the pencil in his hand and rubbed his wrist.

"Well, not only the dubbing actor problem has been solved, but also the production of "Spirited Away"... Most artists have adapted."

Yano Ryu flipped through the small notebook in his hand and replied with a smile.

Many painters could not adapt to the requirements of fully hand-painted watercolors required by Higashinoji at the beginning, but after this or two months of hard work, many people have adapted.

The production progress of "Spirited Away" has also accelerated further.

"This is a good thing."

Higashinoji also smiled: "Reward them if you have time, YanoSang, find some time to organize an internal studio tour."

Employees are like the blood of the studio. They always have to move and stay energetic. If there is no extra reward, then employees will lose their vitality as they move.

Higashinoji is not the kind of unscrupulous capitalist. Compared to businessmen, he is actually more like an ordinary painter and is willing to share the cake in his hand with others.

Yano Ryuichi also obviously understood Hiroshi's temper. He didn't say anything against him, but just nodded and recorded what Hiroshi said in a small notebook.

After doing all this, he seemed to remember something: "By the way, Mr. Higashino, there is something else."

"What's up?"

"It's your apprentice, Mr. Higashino, and Akisaki Nakano's comics, and the first volume of the single-line version is about to be released recently."

oh...

After Yano Ryuichi said this, Higashinoji remembered it.

Nakano Yusaki's "Curse" is said to have achieved good results on the website. Hosokawa Koharu has decided to promote her "Curse" as the first physical publication of Toshino's online comics.

Single-line allocation has been in the past few days.

It’s just that Higashinoji has been busy with the production of "Spirited Away" for a long time, and I forgot that there is still this thing.

Now most of the production of "Spirited Away" is on the right track...

"Prefer to it."

Higashinoji made the decision.

After all, Akisaki Nakano also claimed to be his apprentice, and he, who is a master, doesn't even care about his apprentice's scores... that would be a bit bad.

And "The Curse" has been a work that was vigorously pushed by Higashino online comics from the beginning.

In a sense, the achievements of Akisaki Nakano's solo comic also represent the achievements of the development of Higashino's online comics.

Now let’s see if Akisaki Nakano can give him a perfect answer.

Thinking of this, Higashinoji got up and made a special trip to find Koharu Hosokawa.

"Akisaki's "The Grudge" situation...? It's pretty good. The total circulation of the first edition has been decided to print 50,000 volumes. Then we will see if it can be reprinted."

The first edition of 50,000 volumes...

This result is indeed pretty good.

Although it is not as good as the first volume of the 100,000 volumes of Higashinoji's "Midnight Bell", for newcomers, it is already a blessing to be able to sell 50,000 volumes.

If the market response is particularly good if it can sell 50,000 volumes, Nakano Saki even has the possibility of reprinting.

The so-called "reprinting" has been explained earlier, which means that the hot works are sold out and the market is in short supply, and a batch is printed out... This process is called reprinting.

“When will it start to be released?”

Shi Higashino thought that this was the first time his apprentice's single-book was released. No matter how much he said that he had to buy a few to cheer for it.

"It's probably three days later."

Hosokawa Koharu is familiar with this process. After all, when she was at Toshima Publishing House, she was often responsible for the sale of Higashinoji's single-book.

“So that’s what it is…”

Higashinoji nodded.

It may be because of the animation of "The Winner Is Justice" and "Unnatural Death" earlier.

So Higashino Studio did not work hard to reach a cooperation agreement with major bookstores in Tokyo.

Then there is the printing factory.

In the printing factory, since Higashino Studio was the predecessor of PW Animation Production Company, there are many previous relationships, and there is no shortage of connections between the printing factory.

So it was very easy to solve.

"Then we have to check Akisaki's results next."

Higashinoji probably figured out the current situation and said with a smile.

Akisaki Nakano's achievements in "The Curse" are very important, at least for Higashino's online comics.

Because her grades will explain the question of whether online comics are popular nowadays.

If all the first volume is sold out and reprinted, it means that online comics are definitely not inferior to physical comics... In other words, as long as they can be reprinted, it will be considered successful.

But if the first volume cannot be sold even 50,000 volumes...it will be considered a failure.

Therefore, Higashinoji still cares more.

"I probably already know the situation. I'll ask Suki about her."

Higashinojioshi Hosokawa Koharu greeted him and left the office to find Akisaki Nakano.

"master?!"

Akisaki Nakano, who was already a little hilarious in the sky, was shocked.

She didn't expect Higashinoji to come to him on his own initiative.

She felt inexplicably panic when she was caught by the teacher and played with her mobile phone in class, so she immediately stood up and gave her seat to Higashinoji: "Master, sit down."

"No."

Seeing her anxious movements suddenly "bounced" from her seat, Higashinoji was a little funny: "I'm just here to see your situation."

He found an empty seat and sat down, looking at Yuki Nakano who was restless in front of him: "Why are you still standing there? Sit down."

Nakano Akisaki sat down slowly.

Seeing her a little uneasy appearance, Higashinoji understood it.

This guy must be a little nervous.

But this is normal.

After all, this is her first comic book published.

I remember that when Higashinoji's "Midnight Bell" was first published, it was actually better than her.

but...

"You're too nervous, right?"

Higashinoji was a little funny: "What are you drawing?"

"That's the last author of the single-line book."

Nakano Arisaki showed the draft to Higashinoji.

On the draft paper is a picture of Xiao Jiayako, and below is a line of her handwritten handwriting.

Her characters are of the standard female font. They look round and a little cute, and do not quite match the famous name of "Junji Ito".

However, Higashinoji's attention was not on what the other party wrote on it, but was puzzled by her nervous performance: "Why are you so nervous?" I won't eat you again.

"well..."

Hearing Higashinoji's question, Yuki Nakano sighed very well, and then touched his head: "Master, I know I am really too nervous...but... I just can't control it."

Can't control it...?

Higashino Shitao glanced at Akisaki Nakano and smiled and said, "What can you not control this? Are you not careless? Why is it so nervous that you can't speak at this time?"

Could it be that I encountered any trouble when painting "The Curse"?

Because Higashinoji stands above the successful experience of his predecessors, he has never encountered any bottlenecks when drawing comics.

But Nakano is different.

Although he is a genius, it is normal to encounter difficulties.

"Did you encounter any difficulties or reach a bottleneck?"

Higashinoji asked patiently.

"Ah... I have some troubles...but..."

Nakano Yusaki secretly glanced at Higashinoji and hurriedly lowered his head: "I'm embarrassed to say it."

ah?
To be continued...