Fanworks Inc.

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Fanworks: Who we are

Creating the suitable model for interactive communication through animations and their characters

Starting with a web-based animated series “Yawaraka Tank” and a related character business in 2005, Fanworks has launched a number of projects in various fields, such as film, character creation, publishing, TV ads, and tourism.

Our strength

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branding

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Hand picked team for each client

①Our teams are always assemble of the creators and other members best able to provide optimal solutions to meet the client’s needs.

②We propose comprehensive solutions for post-production projects and promotion. “How best to promote the finished work” ーwe are well-equipped to address such challenge, which arises after production.

Business area

Promotionvideo

What is “Yawaraka Tank” ?

“Yawaraks Tank” started in the portal site for indie anime “livedoor net anime” in December,2005.It became popular on the Internet, sold lots of merchandises, and won an award.It also realized “Yawaraka Astro Boy”, the collaboration with the masterwork “Astro Boy”.

2005〜WEB anime goods

Two different types of creator representing Toyama prefecture collaborated with each other bringing out own characteristics and made ‘the attraction of Toyama’ into anime. They also produced the one with Chinese, Korean, and English subtitles so that they can approach to wealthy class in Asian countries through TV and Internet. At the same time, they made this anime widely known to the media and Japanese tourist. They tried to make it a news and boost the tourist to Toyama prefecture.

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Toyamabay

Gokayama

What is “Anime project tourism Toyama”? 2009〜Local

What is “ＴＩＮＹ ＴＷＩＮ ＢＥＡＲＳ：ＬＵＬＵ ＆ ＬＯＬＯ” ? TV anime SNS

Twitter：7500 FollowersFacebook：13000 likes

2013〜

Digital Contents：more than 200 Character goods：more than 1000

This is the TV anime series based on a best seller picture book‘the bears’ school‘.

The main characters twin bear sisters. The orange one is Lulu and the yellow one is Lolo.

Set in the countryside, the twin bear sisters Lulu and Lolo take on new challenges everyday.

【March 2015】 ON AIR on Net.TV in JakartaChukyo TV in Chukyo area in Japan

This is the proposal for the joint production we’ve done with Chukyo TV. This project has been chosen as a ‘business model regarding how to expand the broadcasting contents which aims to boost the local area into foreign countries ‘ by Ministry of Internal Affair and Communication Japan. This is the 3D animation of HEBRING, the character created by ANDI=MARTIN(the creator in Indonesia), going through Shoryudo ( the area of nine prefectures in Chubu and Hokuriku in Japan’ to train himself.

What is “Hebring Shoryudo Adventure"? 2015〜TV anime Local

【from April 2015】 ON AIR on NHK General TV and NHK World TV It will be broadcasted in 53 countries all over the world!

This is the FLASH animation based on the book ‘Sushi and Beyond’ supervised by’ Rarecho. Its theme is ‘Japanese food’.

One day, Michael Booth, an English food writer picks up a book on Japanese food, and instantly falls in love with it. Wanting to experience for himself how real Japanese dishes taste, on the spur of the moment he takes his wife Lissen and 2 children Ansger and Emil on a trip to Japan. The family's gastronomic journey continues with all kinds of Japanese food and ingredients, including Sushi, Tofu, Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki, Ramen, Wasabi, Soy Sauce, Miso paste,Japanese Sake, and so on.

What is “Sushi and Beyond”? 2015〜TV anime

What’s “Ponta’s theater” ?

This is the character animation of ‘Ponta’, the character for non-credit point service, directed by Rarecho.There are 6 episodes(each episode=30 seconds), and 2 episodes are released every week. We expressed the worldview of ‘Ponta’ through describing ‘Ponta’ ‘s unique characteristics and gestures and using nostalgic melody. Please pay attention to the lyrics that gives a giggle and addictive dance of Ponta’s!

2015〜

We produced a short animation "POSKUMA" featured with a mascot character of JAPAN POST.

Famous voice actors tries to breathe the Posukuma's world depicted by the wartercolor back ground like a fantasy and the 3D animation which express Posukuma's comfortable far.This anime was released in all Japan letter events which started from the opening ceremony of "message festa 2015"In 2016, we also made a dance animation of this anime. Posukumaand Posukoguma are enjoying dancing!

Scenario/ Aihara Hiroyuki(author of Kumanogakkou, writer and author of Tiny Twin Bears)

Cast/ Posukuma: Murase AyumuPosukoguma: Kanemoto Hisako

Narrator: Hidaka Noriko

Animation producer/ dentsu, Fanworks inc

What’s “POSUKUMA” ?WEB

2016〜

Surprising and unique character, debut from Sanrio!On air on TBS ‘Brunch of King’ starts from April,2016!

［Summary］Retsuko, a female red panda working at top-class trading company spends every day suppressing her anger toward jobs given from irritating boss and foolish acts of her co-worker. Though she is frustrated by such things, she always controls herself not to talk back to others. Spending such days, Retsuko’s hobby is going to karaoke alone after work and singing metal with death voice to relief her stress! Surrounded by unique characters such as Gori general manager who is a career woman and a beautiful capable secretary Washimi, this is an energetic gag anime describing her struggles in ‘safari park’ called ‘company’.

What is “Aggretsuko”? TV anime

2016〜

"Honobono Log" which gets huge popularity on Twitter was broadcasted on NHK General!

What is “Honobono Log”?

(Cast)Irino Miyu/ Seto Asami

(Staff)Author/Fukamachi Naka

「Fukamachi Naka's works/Honobono Log -for my dear-」Director/Matsui KumiStoryboard/ RarechoMusic director/ Ame no ParadeAnimation production/ Fanworks inc.

A famous illustrator Fukamachi Naka, who is very popular among young women due to her illustrations on the Internet and now has 520,000 followers on twitter, depicted normal heart warming lives of families and couples. Based on her works, we, Fanworks made the two minutes short animations. It has totally 10 stories.

Fanworks animated the TV program “LIFE! – the sketch comedy for our life”

on air at every Thurs day pm 10:25) which is produced by a popular comedian team “Utt-chan nan-chan”.

The first one was starting at Aug. 4th pm 10:25. Its casts are Uchimura Teruyoshi and Ishibashi Anna as its characters Hikosuke and Hikomi trying to post record. On the second one, Uchimura, Hoshino Gen, Murotsuyoshi and Tsukaji Muga play Kanji Tsumura, Uso-Taro, Yokai Doshitaroka-shan and Ika-daio.

What is“LIFE!”? TV anime

Surprisingly, the characters of the game advertise on their cartoon!The animation "Hagane Orchestra" is starting

from October 9 as the game is distributed.

Director: Ota Masahiko "Yuruyuri", "Himouto! Umaru-chan"The play writer/ the story designer : Aoshima Takashi "Yuruyuri", "Himouto! Umaru-chan"The character designer / the chief animation director: Okuma Takaharu "Yuruyuri"The Art director: Kato hiroshi (Toto-nyan) "Uchu kyodai " "Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo"The music: Misawa Yasuhiro "Yuruyuri","Himouto! Umaru-chan"

What is "Hagane Orchestra”? 2016〜

(On air info)・Tokyo mx1・Starting from October 10, 2016 ・every Sunday at 1:00 am-1:05 am・All 12 chapter

This short animation is that the characters of the game "Hagane orchestra" are struggle to advertise their own game. To make people download the app "Hagane orchestra" the dwellers of the village "Aya" advertise by doing at their risk, speaking rumors about the game business industry and so on. During five minutes, they eager to promote by every means.

TV anime

What is” YUZU7”? 2017〜

“YUZU7” means the characters of this cartoon, which come from Ume no Yado’s selling point to use 7 Yuzu plentifully for its liquor. These 7 fairies will make you feel happy when you drink it in a party or at a bar.

Staff: Director; Maya MatsuyamaWriter; Masako ImaiCharacter Designer; Yuki KoishikawaProducer; Fanworks inc.

As a part of METI(Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) project to spread Japanese local products globally, we, Fanworks inc. produced the animation “YUZU7”. It plans to commit the product placement of its Yuzu liquor that Ume no Yadobrewing company sells.

METI and Ume no Yado made “YUZU7” aiming at spreading the Yuzu (citrus) liquor

Local

The GAME by LINE “Little Peso -The Prince of Merchant Planet-”is going to be animated at the same time its release!

What is “Little Peso -The Prince of Merchant Planet-”? 2017〜TVanime

TOKYO MX１ Apr 3rd 2017 every Mon 21:55~22:00 12 tales

Akindo planet, which is famous for the best ability of money working,is somewhere in the universe. The prince of the planet Peso,however, had spent lazy and wasteful days like doing smart phonegames all day long. One day, the king, the father of him finally gotmad and forced him to get out, saying “Complete to gather a hugeamount of money from all over the world!” Then there is nothingaround him but for his companions. They are experiencing a lot ofprice war with other characteristic aliens, Peso are trying to fight byusing his gift of ingenious instinctive…The Space trip for money, enjoyable and a little knowledgeable.

[Cast]Peso; Hara Suzuko “Baraka-mon” (Kotoishi Naru)

Rubulu; Takuya Eguchi “Ore Monogatari” (Goda Takeo)Maruku; Toshiharu Sakurai “Maho-tsukai PureCura!” (Aizakku)

[Staff]Director& Writer; Ryosuke Aoike

Draft writer& Character Designer; So What, inc.Producer: Imaginia inc.

Animation producer; Fanworks inc.& Fevercreations inc.

The monster WEB comic which had achieved 5billion repeats is becoming a animation!

Broadcasted on Japan and China!

What is “Take My Brother Away”? 2017〜TVanime

On air Info:TOKYO MX1 Apr. 7th 2017~Friday 21:55~22:00＊In China, the customer cannot see this on TV but also on the platform that Tencent Penguin Pictures manages.

Cast:Shi Fen :Yuichi Nakamura(Ookiku Furikabutte/Takaya Abe)Shi Miao : Sora Amamiya (Akame ga kilu/Akame)Kai xin: Kensho Ono(Kuroko no basuke/Tetsuya Kuroko)Title song:Brian the Sun "Sunny Side up"

The physical younger sister blow andkick her older natural born brother?!Bond of sibling, Romance, Grummet...?All of funniest things are stacked in thisschool life by the ingenious writer &director Rarecho!

The new style anime will start on TV Osaka “JAPAN COUNTDOWN”. Rockin’on and Sanrio collaboration!

What is “caribadix”? 2017〜TVanime

On air Info:TV Osaka “JAPAN COUNTDOWN” Sunday 9:30am~Broadcasted on TV Osaka TV Hokkaido TV Tokyo TV Aichi TV Setouchi TVQ Kyushu

Staff:Director: Ryosuke AoikeWriter: Tolu HosokawaAnime Producer: Fanworks inc.

In the program of TV Osaka “JAPANCOUNTDOWN” which is also broadcasted on TVTokyo, Rockin’on and Sanrio created a brand-newunique anime.Ryosuke Aoike takes the director and ToruHosokawa takes the writer, each of two is knownfor “Paper Rabbit Rope” and “Oke-Rojin”. Theteaser video of this anime was on aired in “JAPANCOUNTDOWM 16/17”. We are going to notice theinformation one after another.