The first thing that Tokyo TV's director, Ichihei Yamaguchi, did every day was also the happiest thing. That was to get the viewership ratings for "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" and then look at it alone with a silly smile on his face.
It couldn't be helped, the ratings report was just too enjoyable to watch!
Although the ratings for the second episode of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" reached a peak of 12.2% on the 25th of July, it dropped a lot in the next two days. However, this was because of the rerun, because "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" aired an episode every three days.
Even so, the ratings for the next two days were still above 8%. You have to know that this was a rerun. How could a rerun animation have such a terrifying rating?
Therefore, on the 28th of July, when the third episode of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" was aired, the ratings shot up to 18.6%. This made Tokyopop Television the second place in the ratings for that time slot, second only to HNK's "Dragon Ball". In the whole of Fusang, only "Dragon Ball" with a rating of 31.2% could beat "Legend of the Three Kingdoms".
But as the saying goes, "A calf does not fear a tiger."
"Dragon Ball" started airing in 1986. It had been six years since then. Although the quality of "Dragon Ball" was undeniable, it was still boring to watch an animation that had been airing for six years.
It's like your wife at home. You've been sleeping with her for 6 years. Occasionally, you see a wild flower outside. Even if it's not as pretty as your wife, you can't help but want to pick it. Moreover, the production quality of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" really crushed the animation quality of "Dragon Ball".
Therefore, when "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" aired to the sixth episode, Tokyopop Television was pleasantly surprised to find that their ratings for the 10 pm time slot had successfully surpassed "Dragon Ball", reaching an astonishing rating of 28.7%. At the same time, it became the first time in Tokyopop Television's history that a show could reach 30% in the ratings.
Sure enough, when "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" aired to the eighth episode, the ratings directly broke through 30%, reaching an astonishing 31.4%. If this rating was ranked separately in the history of Fusang, it would probably be ranked in the top ten of Fusang's ratings.
As for the ninth episode, it reached an unprecedented 35% viewership rating, ranking fourth in history. Although this was the peak of 'Legend of the Three Kingdoms' and it had never reached this level again, it was still a historical breakthrough.
What made Ichihei Yamaguchi even happier was that from the third episode onwards, all the advertisers started to react. The first were some food companies in Fusang. They waved the money in their hands and requested to buy the opening advertisement of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms".
Ichihei Yamaguchi tried to test the price for 30 episodes. In the end, the other party didn't haggle and directly bought it, they bought the whole set's's, and they even bought the whole 30 episodes. episodes.
Then Ichihei Yamaguchi regretted it, because more companies flocked to it, and the price finally broke through 1 million yen for 30 seconds. This made Ichihei Yamaguchi, who had already signed the contract, curse.
Left with no choice, Ichiping Yamaguchi could only crazily insert the broadcast before the broadcast of "Legend of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms". Of course, Ichiping Yamaguchi also wanted to insert an advertisement during the broadcast of "Legend of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms". However, the broadcasting agreement signed by the Da Qian Company stipulated that advertisements were not allowed during the broadcast of "Legend of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms".
At that time, Ichihei Yamaguchi didn't expect "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" to be so popular. In fact, he thought that no one would be interested in buying the advertisement during the broadcast of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms", so he agreed without hesitation.
But who would have thought that "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" would be so popular?
In the end, even the famous Bandai Group took the initiative to find Tokyo TV and spent 5 million yen per episode to buy the ending advertisement of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" for a full ten minutes.
Generally speaking, the advertisement must be bought before the broadcast of the program. No one would wait for the broadcast of the program to finish before buying the advertisement.
However, Bandai was smart. They bought 10 minutes of the show and made it into a program to promote the toys related to the characters of the Three Kingdoms. This way, it would be like 'Legend of the Three Kingdoms' was an advertisement for their toys. The effect was outstanding. Later, Jia Yapeng found out about this, and Jia Yapeng was so angry that he cursed.
But at this time, Jia Yapeng wasn't in the mood to curse, because he was counting money.
Jia Yapeng returned to Hua Xia on the 22nd of August. At this time, "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" was only about ten episodes. In just a month's time, Jia Yapeng, who was in Fusang, was counting money to the point that his hands were going soft.
Although the Fairy Crispy Noodle Snacks achieved a daily sales of one hundred thousand on the first day, this was definitely a very good result, but this result was completely based on the Fairy Crispy Noodle Snacks' appearance and price. It had nothing to do with "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" animation. But with the popularity of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" animation, the sales of the Fairy Crispy Noodle Snacks began to soar at an unbelievable speed.
Jia Yapeng had used all the techniques that he had used in < Water Margin Heroes > in < Legend of the Heroes of the Three Kingdoms >. Furthermore, he had multiplied it by several folds, and had brought forth new things from the old.
First of all, "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" was also set in the year 2020, the same era as "Water Margin Heroes", but the main character of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" was a Fusangperson, Wu Teng Gaming, an adult Wu Teng Gaming.
This was a man who appeared to be very mysterious in all aspects, and his past was very mysterious.
Legend has it that in the year 2020, the Emperor's Luban Lock, which had stirred up the whole world, appeared again. It was after this news that Wu Teng Gaming, who was originally just an ordinary high school substitute teacher, chased this news to Tokyo, and began to search for information related to the Emperor's Luban Lock.
Then he found out that the Emperor's Luban Lock was in the hands of a mysterious organization called New Moon. This organization claimed that the Emperor's Luban Lock was an omnipotent artifact that could fulfill anyone's wish.
Whether you wanted to be as rich as a country, immortal, or even destroy the whole world, it could be done. In any case, there was nothing that the Emperor's Luban Lock couldn't do.
At the same time, the New Moon Organization announced that they would be secretly holding an event called "Emperor's War". As long as one could find a legendary hero card, they could become a hero warrior. As long as one person could defeat all the hero warriors and collect all the hero cards, they could become the champion of this Emperor's War, obtain the magical Emperor's Luban Lock, and become the supreme man.
Although this animation sounded very chuunibyou, and also very nonsensical, it was the standard plot of a hot-blooded manga. It could quickly attract the attention of the audience, and at the same time, everyone wanted to get their hands on the legendary Emperor's Luban Lock.
And next, it was the crux of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms".
In order to become a hero warrior, one didn't need any talent or bloodline. The New Moon Organization released 100 billion packets of Fairy Crispy Noodle Snacks around the world, and in each packet, there was a hero card. However, most of the cards were fake. There were only 1084 real hero cards, representing 1084 generals of the Three Kingdoms period.
As long as one could buy a real hero card, they could activate the power of the card. At the same time, they could use a special item called the "VR Bracelet" to summon the spirits of the Three Kingdoms to fight for them.
In the plot of the first episode, Muto Games only spent 15 dollars to buy a packet of Fairy Crispy Noodle Snacks and successfully obtained a legendary hero card, the invincible god of war from the Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms period, War Saint Guan Yu!!!
The moment Muto Games summoned Guan Yu, a hidden hero warrior jumped out and commanded his own general spirit, Hwa Xiong, to launch a sneak attack on Muto Games.
At the crucial moment, Muto Games took out the VR Bracelet that he had prepared beforehand and summoned Guan Yu. Guan Yu was so powerful that he chopped off Hwa Xiong's head with one slash. Then, the first episode ended.
The entire plot of the first episode was completed in one go. The graphics were exquisite, the plot was smooth, the music was excellent, and there was a lot of suspense. The most impressive part was the fight scene, which came from the anime of the year 2020. It completely defeated all the anime fight scenes of this era. The gorgeous fighting movements and various powerful special effects made the audience wet their pants.
At the end, after the ending song of the first episode, an advertisement appeared. In the cold, dark, and seductive atmosphere, a narrator told everyone that 100 billion packets of Fairy Crispy Noodle Snacks had been sold at 7-Eleven, and the legendary hero spirit card was hidden among them.
What do you think the children will do after watching this anime?
And so, the day after the first episode of "Legend of the Three Kingdoms" aired, all the children and adults who had watched the first episode excitedly rushed into the 7-Eleven convenience store. Before the staff could react, all the crispy noodle snacks in the store had been snatched up.
Damn, it was only 15 dollars a packet. It was such a cheap crispy noodle snack. If they bought it, they would have made a profit!
It was also on this day that Ito Dōdō received urgent faxes from all the convenience stores in the country, requesting that the main store immediately distribute a large number of crispy noodle snacks because they were all sold out!!!
[PS: I don't know if you can tell which anime modified this, hahaha!]
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