Animation Producer in a Fantasy World

I absolutely love animation.

Even if others call me an otaku or whatever, I couldn’t stop loving animation.

Well, that’s unavoidable.

Because it’s clear that almost no one living in South Korea hasn’t felt the emotion of ‘fun’ while watching animation.

However, unfortunately, Korean society treats animation as something only to be watched briefly in childhood.

It was quite a shitty society that didn’t hesitate to label someone an otaku if they still watched anime as a middle or high school student or as an adult.

But I loved animation even if others treated me like an otaku.

Beyond simply liking animation, I even set a goal to make animations that would make the United States and Japan tremble.

That’s why I didn’t hesitate to go to a 4-year animation department even with test scores that could have gotten me into a pretty good university.

“…I should have just quietly gone to engineering school back then.”

In the end, I ended up like this, a slave making anime stuck in a small room.

Currently, I was working as a key animator for the famous Korean web novel “SSS-Class Returner Monopolizes the Academy”.

If I just say it like this, it might sound like I’m at the forefront of animation production in Korea.

But in reality, this novel was a work that was decided to be animated by a large Korean platform, then outsourced to a Japanese anime production company.

That anime production company then outsourced it again to a Korean anime production company.

And that Korean anime production company outsourced it again to me, a freelancer.

In other words, outsourcing of outsourcing of outsourcing.

If we compare it to India’s caste system, it would be easier to understand if you think of it as an untouchable, equivalent to the Sudra caste.

And in reality, my treatment was indeed that of an untouchable.

[Today’s “SSS-Class Returner Monopolizes the Academy” Episode 7 animation breakdown scene lololololol]

At 14:12, the protagonist has no nose lololol Is he Voldemort or what lololol

ㄴ This person’s nose is remarkable lololol

ㄴ So this is the K-animation of a powerful nation that dominates the world!!!

ㄴ The Taegukgi in my heart flutters

ㄴ Are there really people who watch this retarded anime? Even though “Dungeon Chef” is airing in Japan at the same time???

ㄴ For real, those who watch this stupid anime at that time must really love our country lol If they die, promote them two ranks and bury them in the National Cemetery lololol

ㄴ I heard those guys all died from high blood pressure while watching this anime, please take down this post ㅠㅠㅠ

ㄴ Korea, just don’t make things like anime;; Making such retarded anime and then complaining about the small anime market in Korea is really lololol

Just in case, I checked an internet community site, and there was a full-blown roast session going on about today’s broadcast of “SSS-Class Returner Monopolizes the Academy” Episode 7.

“…..”

I actually kind of knew.

That the animation we made was quite lacking compared to Japanese animations airing at the same time.

Moreover, while we were making anime with a very tight budget and causing animation breakdowns, Japan’s “Dungeon Chef” was made with a jaw-dropping scale of lavish budget.

So there’s no way we could compete. It’s natural that we’d lose.

But… I thought we’d at least be at the level of ‘lost but fought well’, but to be roasted this one-sidedly.

Although I’m not the director, as someone who played a part in producing that animation, I didn’t feel particularly good.

“Ah, my blood pressure is rising…”

I felt really awful.

Clearly, when I was young, I had a dream of making incredibly awesome animations.

But now that I’ve become an adult, it was so frustrating to end up in this small room, just getting cursed at by people.

So I turned off the internet and laid down on the bed, thinking like this.

If, this is just a hypothetical story, but if.

If Japanese animation and American animation didn’t stand in such a great position in this world.

Then wouldn’t I have easily found an opportunity to make an animation that could surprise the world?

At least, as a Korean, making a great animation was almost impossible.

‘God. If there’s such a thing as a next life for me, please let me be born in an era where American and Japanese animations have become ordinary.’

But at that moment.

I thought I heard a strange sound saying ‘Understood’ in my ear.

And when I woke up after a good sleep.

“Waah.”

“Oh my, Lord Baron! It’s a healthy son. Congratulations!”

I had been reincarnated into a fantasy world where American and Japanese animations had not just become ordinary, but had completely disappeared.

“Waah…”

No, fuck.

Honestly, this is going a bit too far, God, you bastard.

Reborn into this world, I was given the name ‘Ragna Tersian’ as the second son of the Tersian baronial family.

The youngest son of a baron’s family. In other words, a noble.

I, who was nothing more than an untouchable in my past life, had succeeded in obtaining the golden spoon status of nobility in this fantasy world.

Of course, a baron is positioned at the very bottom of noble society, no different from being an official lackey of the nobles.

Quite surprisingly, I, born as a noble, had one amazing talent.

‘Talent for magic.’

That’s right.

The new body of Ragna that I had obtained possessed an awesome talent for magic.

To be specific, how much talent did I have?

“…This can’t be. Affinity for magic power, and potential. Both are at a level of perfection beyond compare. You were born with a talent that might appear once in 10 years… no, once in 100 years.”

“Ragna! Please, please become the disciple of the Archmage and lead our magic tower in the future! I’m sure you can make our magic tower the best in the continent!”

“With your talent, you might be able to learn high-level magic like ‘Meteor Fall’! No, you’ll definitely be able to learn it, so how about we start studying together from tomorrow?”

Roughly speaking, to the extent that all the old men in the magic tower would rush to me and show such obsessive behavior.

But I had no desire to become the disciple of the Archmage and lead the magic tower in the future.

Because I had already spent 16 years studying through elementary, middle, high school, and university in my previous life, and I didn’t want to live like a slave reminiscent of a graduate student again after coming all the way here.

‘Besides, what am I supposed to do with something like Meteor Fall after learning it.’

Unless I had the intention of completely exterminating the dinosaurs… no, the dragons that exist in this world to turn them into oil, there was no reason to learn such magic.

So I ignored the continuous courtship of the magicians in the magic tower and only learned the magic I wanted to learn.

Originally, the reason I decided to learn magic was just one.

It was to live as comfortably as possible in this world, which had many inconveniences compared to the 21st century Earth.

After leaving the magic tower and returning to my family, I was busy living a lazy life as a noble, eating and playing around.

Our family wasn’t that wealthy of a family, but being a noble family, it wasn’t much of a problem for me to live leisurely alone.

Of course, I didn’t forget to occasionally step up and show off when there was something that needed a magician in our family.

I thought I would enjoy life as a complete freeloader until I died.

But very unfortunately, my prediction completely missed the mark.

“Hey, Ragna. Ragna!”

Currently, in front of my eyes stood a woman whose beauty was so extraordinary that she could hardly be considered human.

Silver hair that reached down to her waist and crimson eyes reminiscent of rubies.

Even if we only consider her face, it was at a level that could easily topple a country or two, and on top of that, her status was incomparably noble.

Because she was the precious daughter of one of only four ducal families in the empire.

‘Serika El Grinewald.’

Counted as one of the most beautiful women in the empire, and at the same time, boasting the most noble status excluding the imperial family.

And now, that woman was holding my hand tightly and saying this to me.

“I have a favor I really want to ask you… You’ll listen, right? Hm?”

Any man with normal tastes would have found it impossible to refuse her proposal.

Unfortunately, I had to try hard to hold back a sigh that was about to come out while listening to Serika’s words.

Because I had a rough idea of what words would come out of her mouth.

“The animation you made was very interesting. So I was wondering…”

Serika said with her eyes sparkling.

“You’re planning to make a second part, right? If so, could I possibly know when the second part will be out? If that’s not possible, could you at least tell me the rough story of the second part…”

“…..”

Damn it.

If I had known this would happen, I shouldn’t have made something like animation in this other world from the start.