Arch Inc.
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About us
Arch Inc. is an anime planning and production company.
We were co-founded in October 2017.

Our Vision:
We aim to serve as the "gate" through which all,whether insiders or outsiders, can explore newopportunities and generate new values in the animeindustry.

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Nao HIRASAWA (Founder & CEO)●20 years of experience in the anime business●Became an anime producer after overseeing
anime-related legal affairs for 7 years●Has a strong track record in producing
collaborations between anime and other sectors©Arch Inc3

In his business career, he has ...
Worked for 5 anime companies
04/2001 –10/2005
Bandai Visual (Anime physical media company)
02/2006 –06/2014
Production I.G (Anime production studio)
07/2014 –09/2017
Ultra Super Pictures (Anime planning company)
10/2017 – present
Arch Inc. (Anime planning and production company)
04/2019 －present
Graphinica, Inc. (Anime production studio)

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Our business (1)Supporting B2C entertainment companies

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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

PlanAnalyze

Produce

Strategy

Organize

PromoteManage(IP)AnimeMangaApps
Games

OutputGoods
EventsCharacter
3D modelVR/AR/AI

Providing end-to-end support, from planning strategy to execution and output.
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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

Supporting cultivation of new business partners in and beyond Japan

Theatrical anime with Saudi Arabia©2018 Happy Elements AP

Original anime series with China©MARUI GROUP CO.,LTD.

YouTube anime with an app company

Commercial anime with a department store
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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

Monster Strike The Movie: Sora no Kanata● Supported planning
Produced advertisements
Managed copyrights
Oversaw merchandising● Debuted at #1 in the first week
for both audience and box office©XFLAG
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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

Handled the digital promotion of Jujutsu Kaisen (manga)
Launch campaigns for volumes three and zero (Nov 2018-)

Anime Trailer

Collaboration withpopular illustrators

Twitter account

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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

Handled the digital promotion of Jujutsu Kaisen (manga)
Launch campaigns for volumes three and zero (Nov 2018-)● 25,000 new Twitter followers
in 2 weeks after launch● 400,000 trailer views for the threevideos in total (YouTube)→ Twitter promotion continued
into Volume 4
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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

PROMARE● Co-produce
Produced advertisements● 05/2019 in theatre
Passed the ¥1.9bn markat the Japanese box office©XFLAG
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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

The Journey(Anime film with financing from a subsidiary of the foundation establishedby Crown Prince Mohammed of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)● Produce
Fully realised client needs by:* Establishing a studio for their exclusive use* Selecting suitable creators* Streamlining the production flow
● May 2019:
Teaser released at Cannes Film Festival● June 2021:©XFLAG
Theatrical release started with Saudi Arabia
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Providing support to B2C companies as they plan and produce their projects

Supported the establishment of Yostar Pictures● Matching

Introduced Yostar (mobile game company) to exTRIGGER producers and creators. Matched
Yostar’s need for their own anime studio with exTRIGGER producers & creators who were looking
for a new home to make innovative anime.

● Investment & management

Co-founded and invested in the studio● Team building

Provided advice on hiring and production flow
design©XFLAG©2017 Hypergryph Co., Ltd.©2018 Yostar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Our business (2)Supporting anime production studios

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Providing support to anime studios as they plan and produce their projects

Facilitating creative workflows at anime studios by supporting:・Development:

Designing concepts for anime titles

・Contract work: Fundraising and negotiations
・Creation:

Communicating with production committees

・Promotion:

Specifying required materials and timelines

・Merchandising: Specifying and supervising materials

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Providing support to anime studios as they plan and produce their projects

Facilitating creative workflows at anime studios by supporting:・Development:

Designing concepts for anime titles

・Contract work: Fundraising and negotiations

・Creation:

Communicating with production committees

・Promotion:

Specifying required materials and timelines

・Merchandising: Specifying and supervising materials

・R&D:

Highlighting and developing
tools that support creators

Ourstrength

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Jun KATO (Technical advisor)
PhD in Information Science and Technology (The Univ. of Tokyo, '14)

Received many international academic awards for his achievements inproposing interactive user interfaces and integrated development
environments for creators.
Currently works for the National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST) as a senior researcher. Prior toholding his current position, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and also worked forMicrosoft Research and Adobe as a research intern. Joined Arch in2018 as a technical advisor (while concurrently working for AIST).

©オケアノス／「翠星のガルガンティア」製作委員会
http://gargantia.jp/©Crypton Future Media, INC. www.piapro.net piapro / ©SEGAGraphics by SEGA / MARZA ANIMATION PLANET INC.
Organized by TOKYO MX / Crypton Future Media, INC.
https://magicalmirai.com/2018/special_afterreport.html

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Our R&D
Providing the anime sector with the latest academic developments
in digital animation creation
Computer Science sub-fields covered by Arch Research members (representative academic services by the members follow):

Human-Computer Interaction

Computer Graphics

ACM IUIACM CHIACM UISTACM SIGGRAPH Asia

'18-19: Program Committee'18: SC Committee'17, '20-21: Associate Chair'21: SRC Chair'14, '17-19: Program Committee'13: Publicity Co-chair, '16: SV Chair'18: Real-Time Live! Committee'21: Real-Time Live! Chair

Empowering anime creators with novel creativity support tools
backed by ethnographic study and cutting-edge computer science
Representative awards, publications, and presentations:••••Arch Research (Eds.), Animation Technology {2020 Spring, 2019 Autumn, 2019 Spring}J. Kato, IPSJ/ACM Award for Early Career Contributions to Global Research, Mar. '21
J. Kato, R. Mihara, K. Murata, K. Hara, N. Hirasawa, ISID 2021 Best Poster Award, Mar. '21.
J. Kato, R. Mihara, N. Hirasawa, Past, Present, and Future of Storyboarding in JapaneseAnimation, SAS (Society for Animation Studies) ‘21 Online, Jun. '21.
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Our R&D
Griffith: A Web-based Tool for Authoring Anime Storyboards● Under active in-house development with thecooperation of Director Kazuya Murata● Griffith primarily aims at creativity support of directors
and storyboard artists● It also implements multi-layered user interfaces tohelp a variety of users including the producer, animator,
and all the other people in the production pipeline.

Griffith Sketch: A Spin-off Project for Idea Sketch● Pressure-sensitive brush on every pen-enabledInternet-connected devices (iPad and other tablets)● Publicly available at https://gs.archinc.jp
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Providing support to anime studios as they plan and produce their projects

We are now supporting:Expelled from Paradise

Hello World

SSSS. GRIDMAN（3DCG PART）

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Providing support to anime studios as they plan and produce their projects

We are now supporting:
BATMAN NINJA

BATMAN and all related characters and elements © &DC Comics. © 2018
Warner Bros. Entertainment All rights reserved.

Tokyo Ghoul© 石田スイ／集英社・東京喰種製作委員会

POSSESSIONS©SHRTPEACE COMMITTEE©KATSUHIRO OTOMO / MASH・ROOM / SHRTPEACE COMMITTEEFREEDOM

ARCH Inc. ©FREEDOM
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Thank you!

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