World Maker, the storyboarding app service for Shueisha‘s Shonen Soar+ imprint, introduced on Wednesday that Hikari’s “Kiichi no Ayamachi” (Kiichi’s Error) storyboard gained the grand prize for the quick anime movie contest that it sponsors with Netflix.

The story facilities on cheerful and expressive center faculty woman Aya, who encounters a younger oni boy named Kiichi. Kiichi feeds on the feelings of people, however as he spends time with Aya, he beings realizing the true depth of human emotion.

Hikari will obtain a 500,000-yen (about US$3,300) money prize, and their storyboards will probably be become an anime by Netflix.

Sydney Katonbo’s “Uchūjin wa Bōshi o Kaburu Darō ka” (Aliens Put on Hats, Proper?), Usagi’s “Arisugawa-san to Arisugawa-san” (Arisugawa and Arisugawa), Gyūsuke’s “CLOVER,” Sanmonzake’s “Zombie no Furi de Ikinobiru” (I will Survive by Pretending to Be a Zombie), and Yokan’s “Henshin Hero!” (Reply Hero) all gained honorable mentions, and the creators will every obtain a ten,000-yen (about US$65) Amazon present card.

The World Maker app launched on July 12. The app lets customers (“even those that cannot draw”) create thumbnail layouts for manga or storyboards for animation, live-action exhibits, motion pictures, and commercials. To create a manga’s draft thumbnails within the service, the consumer drafts the web page layouts (or use the offered templates), adjusts and drops within the offered characters and different graphic parts, enters dialogue, provides results, after which releases the ultimate outcomes.

The workers claims that the app can even machine-translate the thumbnails and storyboards into 17 languages together with English, Chinese language, Korean, and French. Customers can then share the outcomes on-line for others to observe and remark. In accordance with the workers, over 20,000 customers have created about 37,000 works within the first three months because the app’s launch.

World Maker additionally held the “World Maker Manga Contest” for thumbnails created with the app. The competition accepted functions from August 1 to October 1 final 12 months. The grand prize winner would have their manga drawn by Taishi Tsutsui (We By no means Study) for launch on Shonen Soar+, and would additionally obtain a 500,000 yen (about US$3,300) money prize. Okari’s “Gaming PC Mitai ni Hikaru Tako” (The Squid that Shines Like a Gaming PC) storyboard gained the competition.

Equally, World Maker can also be holding a separate quick movie contest with TOHO, which is accepting functions from September 13 to November 12 final 12 months. The grand prize winner acquired a 500,000-yen (about US$3,300) money prize and their storyboards can be become a live-action quick movie by TOHO. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Cranium Island, deliberate live-action Hollywood Gundam movie) judged the submissions alongside the editorial workers of Shonen Soar+. Kitarō’s “Kao no Nai Machi” (Faceless City) storyboard gained the competition.

Sources: World Maker official weblog, Mantan Internet