For Immediate Release
8/20/2021
Avex Technologies

Short Anime Creation Tool “Anicast Maker”
Announces a Make-Your-Own Video Contest With Pompo: The Cinéphile!
～The Movie’s Director, Hirao Will Judge, and Users Can Win Great Prizes!～
Avex Technologies, creators of AniCast Maker, the tool that lets anyone make anime in VR,
announced today the video contest announced today the “Pompo and Natalie are here!”
short video contest. The contest will run between August 20th and September 3rd, and users
are invited to upload short anime with characters from Pompo: The Cinéphile to win!

■Submit a Pompo: The Cinéphile Video and Win Prizes!
AniCast Maker is the simple and easy way for anybody to make their very own videos in VR!
Be the actor, be the cameraman, place props and backgrounds, whatever you need to bringyour creative dream to life. The tool comes with tons of backgrounds, props, and charactermotions for you to jump right in and make all kinds of animations. You can even upload yourvideos to social media to get an instant reaction from your audience.

The publisher will be holding a contest to celebrate their latest asset packs for the movie,
featuring Pompo and Natalie Woodward. Make a video with AniCast Maker and the Pompo:
The Cinéphile asset pack (sold separately) and upload it to twitter with the hashtag#ACM_pompo. We’ll rank the submissions and give prizes to the best. Director Hirao and thestaff of the movie will be serving as judges, too!
【Contest Name】
Short Anime Contest: Pompo and Natalie are here!
【Entry Period】
8/20/2021 ~ 23:59 9/3/2021 (JST)[How to Enter]
Use the assets included in the Pompo: The Cinéphile asset packs for Pompo and Natalie
Woodward to make a video.
【Entry Method】
STEP①
Follow @AniCast_Maker on twitter!
https://twitter.com/AniCast_Maker↓
STEP②
Make your video!
Use the assets included in the Pompo: The Cinéphile asset packs for Pompo and Natalie
Woodward to make a video.
↓STEP③
Upload the video to twitter! Use the hashtag #ACM_pompo.
↓STEP④
You’re all done!
You can enter as many videos as you like, just be sure to put the hashtag on each of them!
We’ll rank the best entries, and contact the winners via DM sometime mid-October or later.
Please see this page for more information.
URL：https://anicast-maker.com/en/contest_pompo

【Prizes】
・Director Hirao & Production Staff Award : 3 Winners
A signed "Pompo: The Cinéphile" poster・AniCast Maker Publisher Award：20 Winners
50$ Amazon Gift Card
■ About "Pompo: The Cinéphile"
A manga by Shogo Sugitai that centers around the theme of movie production. The theatricalanime began its run in June of 2021, and is still running now.
Official Site：https://pompo-the-cinephile.com/■Product InfoTitle: AniCast Maker

Price: 29.99

Hardware: Oculus Quest / Oculus Quest 2

Languages: Japanese / English

Oculus Quest Store: https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3895994960415614/

Official Site

: https://anicast-maker.com/en/

Copyright:
・AniCast Maker©2021 Avex Technologies Inc./AniCast RM Inc.
Developed by XVI Inc.
※「AniCast」is a trademark and/or registered trademark of XVI Inc.
・Additional Asset Pack "Pompo: The Cinéphile"©2020 Shogo Sugitani/KADOKAWA/Pompo Project
Published by Avex Technologies Inc.

Avex Technologies
Avex Technologies is Avex Group’s technology company, and is dedicated to building the nextgeneration of technologies for creators. The company operates in a wide range of areas, fromcreating new kinds of IP, games, and streaming services, to digital asset management
blockchain services that protect the rights of creators.
URL: https://avex-technologies.com

Date Established: May 14th, 2019

CEO: Asahi Iwanaga

Address: 3-1-30 Aoyama, Minato-ku Tokyo-to Avex Building

Business Description: Blockchain, Cloud Entertainment, etc.

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