Advertisement of PreCure’s 20th anniversary in Tokyo
The Pretty Cure series (Purikyua Shirīzu, also titled PreCure) is a Japanese magical girl anime franchise created by Izumi Todo. It’s the 20th anniversary of PreCure, and the PreCure’s characters were shown at Shinjuku Wall 456 in Tokyo.
Manga video created for Knorr advertising campaign
This is a video advertising campaign created by Austrian advertising agency Since Today for Knorr. Piroya, one of our manga artists created the manga art work for the campaign.
May 29, 2023
Blue Period and Burberry
May 19, 2023
Coming-of-age Japanese manga Blue Period written and illustrated by Tsubasa Yamaguchi and fashion brand Burberry collaborated and Blue period’s manga illustrations were used for Burberry’s flagship store in Tokyo.
What is manga video?
August 18, 2022
A manga video is a new form of manga marketings developed in Japan. It is a new way of using mangas for marketing with much lower cost compared to animated films.
In Japan, it started about five years ago, and it is getting more and more popular these days, and there are many companies using manga videos for their marketing.
The difference between manga videos and animated films is the way it is constructed. In a manga video, they use still manga images, and a conversation, sound effects, background music are added to the images.
Here are some samples of manga videos:
This is an advertising video for Takara Tomy board game.
Dell technologies Manga video advertising campaign combines live-action film and manga.
Cataci has been working with manga artists who can create manga videos as well. Feel free to contact us if you are interested!
ic4design at the Design Museum Holon in Israel
February 20, 2020
UNWomen “Finding Her” series is on display in exhibition at the Design Museum Holon in Israel (www.dmh.org.il)
“State of Extremes”
will reflect on how design, and the world, have changed in the past decade, by exploring our current condition of extremes — of extreme weather, extreme political polarization, extreme wealth disparity, etc. — in order to examine design’s role in mediating, articulating, moderating and, possibly, exacerbating these phenomena.
New book by Chihiro Takeuchi
Papercutting artist and illustrator Chihiro Takeuchi has released a new book titled “Whose Bones”. It is available in Japan and Australia now, but soon in other parts of the world!