Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 331 However, broadcast is prohibited

After a long period of preliminary preparation, the first episode of Armor Sentai finally began filming, but due to venue reasons, it was changed to Toei Oizumi Studio.

Kamen Rider V3 was filmed at Oizumi Studio.

Gu Ming, of course, was not present during the filming. He had no involvement in the production, but only contributed a small investment and provided script and performance details.

In terms of martial arts guidance, apart from the necessary fighting actors, Gu Ming entrusted the guidance work to Wan Gujie.

The plot of the first episode of "Armor Hero" is not complicated. It first shows the existence of monsters, and then shows the existence of Armor Heroes. It talks about the daily life of the protagonist Xinnan, and only starts large-scale battles after the second episode.

However, it certainly cannot take so long to shoot nowadays. According to the shooting habits of Kamen Rider, the first episode must at least complete the transformation and transformation process.

Therefore, after being written by Shozo Uehara, the script became different from the past.

In Japanese legends, there is a saying of "Four Souls", namely Wa-kon, Ara-kon, Sachi-kon, and Kika-kon.

Later, the Shikon Jewel in Inuyasha adopted this setting.

As early as the Heian period, demons were rampant. The Yamata-no-Orochi used demons as pawns and sent the three demon kings to wreak havoc on the world, causing wars, and tried to regain new life through the wild souls brought by the wars.

The Onmyoji 'Ashiya Doman' used fifty magic crystals evolved from the tail scales of the Yamata no Orochi to create fifty powerful demons.

Abe Haruaki obtained the relics of a high monk from Toshodai-ji Temple and created five magatama with magical powers. Using the power of the magatama can give people the power to slay demons and monsters.

Eventually, the three demon kings were sealed one after another, and the fifty magic crystals were also sealed away until today, thousands of years later, in modern society.

The evil Onmyoji 'Sora Aoi' played by Michiko Nishiwaki inherited the relics of Doman Ashiya and planned to use the magic crystal to recreate the demons, seize the wild souls, revive the three demon kings and even the Yamata no Orochi, with the ultimate goal of reoccupying Japan.

In order to avoid the same impact as before, the first thing to do is to wipe out the descendants of the five families at that time to prevent them from awakening the power of magatama and transforming into armored warriors.

However, where there is light, there is shadow. When the dark side revives, the light will come again. It is under such circumstances that the protagonists awaken the bloodline of their ancestors one after another and awaken their abilities to fight against the demons.

——The forces of justice and evil are balanced, which is also recorded in "Jackie Chan Adventures".

Sora Aoi replaced the original mid-term BOSS role of 'Shadow Overlord', and the three demon kings replaced the positions of the five evil guardians such as Evil Earth and Evil Gold.

While the framework is stable, a large number of localized modifications have been made, so the plot is of course not exactly the same as the original.

The first episode tells the story of Sora Aoi using the tail scales of the Yamata no Orochi to combine a fisherman and a sea cucumber to create the first demon, the Evil Sea Cucumber Beast. She uses the Evil Sea Cucumber Beast to launch attacks in order to plunder the blood and memories of those people and cause unrest, waiting for an opportunity to absorb the wild souls.

One of the people attacked by the evil ginseng beast is the protagonist played by Kosuke Koyama. He is a descendant of the Five Repentance Clan, has pure blood, and is qualified to transform.

Although Kosuke Koyama helped his friends escape, he himself was in danger.

Just when the situation was critical, the Wind Eagle Armor arrived, dealt with the Evil Ginseng Beast, and brought Koyama Hirosuke back to the base. After observation, Mayumi found that Koyama Hirosuke was qualified to transform, because Koyama Hirosuke's character of saving friends and sacrificing himself for others was trustworthy, so she gave the Fire Magatama to Koyama Hirosuke.

At this point, more detailed settings are pointed out one after another, proposing the connection between the Five Regents and the Five Elements Magatama, and that they currently possess two of the magatama, etc.

During this period, the reporter Xiaosong filmed the battle scene of the Wind Eagle Armor, and Sora Aoi discovered that the Evil Ginseng Beast was killed and prepared to create a new demon to end the story.

Overall, it is still the standard routine of special effects works. An honest and kind young man is cared for by a mysterious force and possesses extraordinary power, and then begins to advance the plot.

The difference is that this time there are a lot more young people...

There are five in total.

Five young men beat up the monsters in a group without any moral ethics!
And finally the Emperor Armor will appear.

However, Gu Ming made some personal adjustments. The Emperor Armor is not actually called the Emperor Armor, but the 'Tian Ce Armor'.

The reason why it is called Tiance Armor is very simple, because this power comes from Tiance General Li Shimin... The five magatama that Abe Haruaki modified are actually treasures passed down by the five tiger generals around Li Shimin.

But Gu Ming would not state this setting explicitly, but simply named the final armor Tiance Armor.

——The Emperor's armor is the Emperor's. I, Li Shimin, have fought many battles throughout my life and am also an Emperor. I, Li Shimin, killed the Yamata no Orochi with one sword strike. Who agrees and who disagrees?

Can’t the armor of General Tiance be called the Emperor Armor?
As for why the Shogun and the Emperor did not use such powerful force, it is even more obvious.

Do you think you can wear the armor of General Tiance?

Gu Ming would also try to hide some details during filming, such as having a character holding a Tang Dynasty history book or using Tang Dynasty utensils, etc. In short, it is something that children cannot understand and adults cannot immediately spot. Years later, curious people will use videotapes or online versions to repeatedly study and discover various story Easter eggs buried in it.

In this case, the first episode was filmed smoothly and only needs to wait for V3 to be completed before it can be seamlessly connected.

…………

After much anticipation, Kamen Rider V3 was successfully completed.

Xiaoji was very happy.

Because the commercials that have been frequently broadcast on TV recently are about to be released!
He had been watching those commercials. Although they were life-size works like Kamen Rider, the difference was that there were a lot of people here! There were five!

Five Kamen Riders!

Xiaoji was worried about the fate of the monster.

"Since it's not called Kamen Rider, then the content is different from Kamen Rider? I'm really curious, how will the monsters and knights appear?"

On Saturday evening, Xiaoji was ready to go. He brought a small table and various snacks and prepared to watch TV.

but.

He waited until eight o'clock, but the TV did not broadcast the program he was expecting. Instead, it suddenly changed the subject and broadcast a TV series that had already been aired.

This made Xiaoji wonder.

So, what's going on?

……

"So, what's going on?"

Gu Ming pressed the issue, "Hasn't the release date already been agreed upon? We've been preparing for this for so long and have already filmed the first episode. We're so sincere, why did TV Asahi suddenly refuse?"

Gu Ming couldn't help but want to curse.

The original setting was very good, and it would be a seamless successor after the broadcast of Kamen Rider V3.

But now something went wrong.

The broadcast plan originally promised by Asahi TV has been cancelled, and it will not be broadcast there!
Watanabe Ryosuke was powerless to do anything about it.

"After all, Toei and TV Asahi belong to the same department."

Although the two have a close relationship, Toei is Toei and Asahi is Asahi, and they are different.

Toei's parent company holds a majority stake in TV Asahi, and that's all.

"Anyway, it was because of some issues with the broadcast fees when Kamen Rider V3 was aired last time. TV Asahi had objections, and the two sides couldn't reach a consensus, so they had to postpone the broadcast plan. TV Asahi basically said that they wanted to increase the share of the broadcast, otherwise they would not continue to broadcast the work."

Gu Ming could only curse in his heart: "Fuck it!"

This is really a good time to choose.

The work has been prepared and the first episode has been filmed. If you want to make trouble at this time, I have no choice but to agree.

Moreover, TV Asahi had the confidence to refuse the broadcast request of Toei's branch. Among the limited TV stations in Japan, TV Asahi was definitely the top one.

So, it’s not the platform that seeks production, it’s the production that seeks the platform!

Gu Ming, feeling somewhat unwilling, cautiously pressed the issue, "Is there no way to get TV Asahi to agree?"

"No, unless they increase the broadcasting share, but that's impossible. TV Asahi operates independently, is responsible for its own profits and losses, and has many requirements. The only solution is to find another company to broadcast the show. Perhaps Furuya-kun could go to TBS and talk to them?"

Gu Ming smiled bitterly.

Talk about shit.

We had run so many commercials and talked about it for so long before, and we even specially shot makeup photos and promotional videos.

Changing the platform at this time will have a huge impact on the ratings!
Gu Ming had heard about these things and knew that Asahi TV had once had problems with Toei TV Productions due to dissatisfaction with the broadcast ratio.

That's why the third Kamen Rider series was hastily concluded despite having decent ratings.

But it's really annoying that this kind of thing happened to him.

(End of this chapter)