Attack on Heaven – Turbulent Times (5)

Thus, “Attack on Heaven” episode 15… that is, ‘Part 1’, which gave many people various impressions, came to an end.

And Ragna announced the news that to commemorate the end of “Attack on Heaven” Part 1, a theatrical animation… commonly known as “Attack on Heaven – Crimson Flame” would be released in theaters.

At such news, most viewers naturally went wild with excitement.

“What…? A theatrical animation of “Attack on Heaven”? Can we finally appreciate the work called “Attack on Heaven” not on a cramped television but on a majestic theater screen?”

“Damn! I believed in it!”

“Finally, what we’ve been waiting for has come. I’ve been believing from the start that Director Ragna would bestow such grace upon us.”

But that was only for a moment.

Soon, viewers made somewhat subtle expressions after hearing information related to “Attack on Heaven – Crimson Flame” which was scheduled to be released soon.

“So… This new theatrical animation to be released is actually a compilation of the content aired so far?”

“Yeah. To be precise, I heard they compressed the content from episodes 1 to 15 into about 2 hours.”

“Well, is there any need to watch such content…? I still vividly remember episode 1 of “Attack on Heaven” as if I saw it just yesterday…”

If it had been an animation produced from the start with the premise of being shown in theaters like “The Disappearance of Elli and Hamel” or “Spirit Adventure”, viewers would have opened their wallets and bought tickets without any hesitation.

However, the content of this new “Attack on Heaven” theatrical version was a story that people had already watched in front of their televisions, shedding tears and snot.

Doesn’t that mean it’s a story that has already been squeezed dry of its juice?

Therefore, most viewers only showed lukewarm reactions to the news of the “Attack on Heaven” theatrical release.

…Yes.

If it weren’t for the testimonies of those who went to the theater just in case and came out shedding tears of emotion two hours later.

“Hey, have you heard the news related to the “Attack on Heaven” theatrical version?”

“Hm? What news?”

“Actually, the “Attack on Heaven” theatrical version summarized the content of the TV anime from episodes 1 to 15, but at the same time, that wasn’t all.”

“…? What do you mean by that?”

“So, this theatrical version wasn’t just a simple summary, but they completely restructured all the scenes of the TV anime! Moreover, they even added a lot of scenes that didn’t exist in the original TV version!”

This newly released “Attack on Heaven – Crimson Flame” was said to be a summary, but in fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was a separate animation newly created based on the content of the TV version.

Even those who had watched the TV version could enjoy the theatrical version more interestingly, rather than feeling like they were rewatching the animation.

Therefore, the theatrical version of “Attack on Heaven” became enormously popular to the point where tickets were sold out despite not doing any promotion or viral marketing.

Serika, who was by Ragna’s side, made a somewhat bitter expression while watching such a scene.

“Hey… Ragna?”

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

“Isn’t this… some kind of fraud?”

Serika muttered so while watching people rushing into the theater to see the additional scenes that were said to only appear in “Attack on Heaven – Crimson Flame”.

“This theatrical version that was released… Wasn’t it actually not made for people to watch, but a video that edited only the highlight scenes of “Attack on Heaven” to persuade His Majesty?”

At Serika’s words, Ragna looked up at the sky as if very depressed and opened his mouth in a low voice.

“You know what? Originally, an animation director is a job that sells dreams to people.”

“…What?”

“Those people are watching the theatrical version with very happy expressions, and I can collect money from them, so isn’t this a happy ending for all of us?”

“…..”

Serika made an expression as if she was greatly annoyed by those words, and.

Ragna deliberately ignored Serika’s gaze and implemented the next stage of his plan.

The next day, in front of the theaters where the “Attack on Heaven” theatrical version was being shown.

There was a new poster that the audience had never seen before.

The content of that poster was none other than-

“…A theatrical version of “Spirit Adventure”?”

“Could it be a sequel to the “Spirit Adventure” theatrical version that had been announced for release for a long time?”

“Then that’s right, isn’t it? The story of children leaving the deserted island and heading to a wider continent after Archmon defeats Evilmon?”

That’s right.

The sudden release of the somewhat unexpected “Attack on Heaven” theatrical version was nothing other than a build-up for the second “Spirit Adventure” theatrical version.

‘Originally, I planned to release the second theatrical version of “Spirit Adventure” after the TV broadcast of “Attack on Heaven” was completely over, but….’

However, while producing the work called “Attack on Heaven”, Ragna realized that he had made the wrong plan.

Because the work called “Attack on Heaven”, by its nature, was scheduled to have countless developments that would drive people crazy as it went towards the latter half.

Probably, if episode 27, the final episode, is aired and followed by the theatrical version “Spiral”, the Empire will be turned upside down entirely.

Especially considering that Ragna was planning to use ‘that direction’ once again at the end of episode 27.

If the Empire falls into a crucible of chaos and madness like that, there was a very high possibility that even the newly released second theatrical version of “Spirit Adventure” would be buried.

In the end, now is the optimal timing to release it.

The heat of the viewers has cooled down a bit as Part 1 of “Attack on Heaven” has ended, and.

Right now, when people’s interest is starting to focus on theaters as “Crimson Flame” is released.

‘Also, since the popularity of the TCG game has subsided a bit recently, there was a need to reignite it at this point….’

Now that things have come to this, it might not be bad to separate the “Spirit Adventure” related IP and the currently popular TCG.

For example, an animation specializing in TCG-related content… like an animation where only humans whose heads are full of duels, like Deneb or Kaisel, appear as characters.

Of course, in that case, we would have to re-release the card game related to “Spirit Adventure”, but.

Well, that’s a story for later.

For now, riding on the success of the “Attack on Heaven” theatrical version, making the second theatrical version of “Spirit Adventure” successful could be said to be the top priority.

“So, what do you specifically plan to do?”

Kaya spoke in a somewhat worried voice.

“I don’t think there’s much possibility, but if the success of “Spirit Adventure” fails, it’s clear that the popularity of TCG will also decline along with it. So, we must succeed in making the “Spirit Adventure” theatrical version successful no matter what.”

At Kaya’s words, Ragna quietly smiled as if to reassure her and said.

“Don’t worry. Even if it’s not a huge success, there’s a way to ensure it won’t fail at the box office.”

“…You have such a great method? What on earth is it?”

“Well, it’s simple.”

Ragna shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth in a nonchalant tone.

“I’m thinking of giving a special gift to everyone who watches this “Spirit Adventure”.”

“…A special gift?”

“To be more precise, it would be easier to understand if I say we’ll give out a limited edition card exclusively for the theatrical version… commonly known as a ‘movie pack’.”

Also, the cards included in this movie pack were not planned to be included in regular card packs at all.

A limited movie pack given only to audiences who watch this “Spirit Adventure” theatrical version in theaters.

That should naturally guide duelists whose eyes have turned bloodshot to get new cards to the theaters.

“…I see. So there was such a method. Indeed, if we use that method, people who enjoy TCG in the Empire will have no choice but to visit the theater at least once.”

Kaya nodded her head, looking at Ragna who came up with extraordinarily brilliant ideas when it came to money-related issues, having learned who knows what from where.

However, to conclude, Kaya was underestimating human malice too much.

“What are you saying? Visiting the theater only once?”

“…Pardon?”

The ruthless capitalist claws that Ragna had acquired from 21st century Earth didn’t end with just this much.

“How could I let go of the suckers… I mean, my precious customers who are half out of their minds obsessed with dueling so easily? I plan to randomly arrange the types of cards in the movie packs given out daily to suck them dry to the bone.”

“…Random?”

“Yes. Wouldn’t that make them watch the “Spirit Adventure” theatrical version repeatedly many times just to collect all the cards included in the movie packs?”

It was a system very similar to the gacha in Earth’s games, but.

The difference would be that the cost of one draw here is much more expensive than phone games and there’s no ceiling either.

If this were Earth, it wouldn’t be strange if it was immediately reported to the Fair Trade Commission and a hearing was held.

‘But so what.’

What can you do about me doing such a brazen business?

Are you going to stop dueling now because of this?

If you don’t like it, you can quit, can’t you?

But you guys, you’ll never quit dueling.

So you’ll keep loving dueling in the future, right?

Right?