3 July 2017
To whom it may concern
Wedge Holdings Co., Ltd.
Tatsuya Konoshita,
Representative Managing Director& CEO(Code 2388 TSE JASDAQ Market)
Contact: Yasuhiro Kotake
IR Representative(Tel: 03-6225-2207)
Asian largest illustration contest ”Illustrator contest Asia”
Notice regarding the 1st Round of the Application Period
Wedge Holdings CO., LTD（HQ：Chuo-ku, Tokyo Japan, CEO: Tatsuya Konoshita）hosts
illustration contest ”Illustrator contest Asia” in Mongol, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.
The application period for the first round of the contest had been opened from 6th April to
1st July 2017. In this round we received more than 500 illustrations from 4 country mentioned
above.
All the illustrations that has been entered will be available on the official website for vote.
The illustration that get most vote in every country (Mongol, Thailand, Vietnam andIndonesia) will be announced on 31 July 2017 along with 5 Best illustration pick up by theJudge (total 9 illustrations).
Regarding the Internet Vote, You can also vote from Japan. Please visit our official website
to vote for your most favorite illustration. (http://brain-navi.asia/acv/）
The concept of this contest is “The Gate to the World for Asian talents” with the main
purpose to find talented creators in these countries and introduce them to the world. We
will introduce the illustration from talented creators that participate in the contest to Japanand other countries, and also offering the creator an exclusive management contracts togive them full supports for promoting and marketing their illustrations to the world. We havesecured an exclusive management contract with Mr. Nambaral Erdenebayar who is a
representative comic artist of Mongolia on 6 April 2017. He already started his promotion
activities and plans to release his works in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and other countries.
We hope this will become a good example of promotion to the world.
With all the achievement that our company have achieved in Contents Industry, andutilizing the development in Asia Country, our company hopes to be able to find all thosehidden talent from all around Asia.
※Please check the attached documents for more detail regarding 「Illustrator contest Asia」

【「Illustrator contest Asia」】fileOverview ＜Illustrator contest Asia First round＞●Application period：6 April 2017 – 1 July 2017
●Result announcement date：31 July 2017
●Panel of judges：Mr. Akira Itou（Japanese）, Mr. Chris Lie（Indonesian）, Ms. Can Tieu Hy（Vietnamese）, Mr. Nambaral Erdenebayar （Mongolian）, Mr. Anan Thitakom（Thai）●Result announcement：official website●Host：Wedge Holdings CO., LTD、Brain Navi (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
●Official website：http://brain-navi.asia/acv/※Please refer to official website for latest information●Judges Profile

Mr. Akira Itou（Japanese）
An original writer of “CARDFIGHT!! Vanguard” which is very popular in Asia and North
America. His comic works became films and broadcasted all over the world.

Chris Lie（Indonesian）
He has been in charge of manga, toys design, and concept art for “GI Joe”, ”AmazingSpiderman”, ”Transformer” and “Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2” since 2005. He received
outstanding award at “Street Fighter IV Cover Illustration Competition”

Ms. Can Tieu Hy（Vietnamese）
Her comic work “Gateway to Underworld” was selected as an award for excellence at 10thinternational Manga Award out of 296 works from 55 countries. It was the first comicpublishing by advance booking and became a bestseller, 3,000 copies sold-out at first day.

Mr. Nambaral Erdenebayar （Mongolian）
Received the highest award at 8th international Manga Award in 2015.
※Refer to his detailed profile below

Mr. Anan Thitakom（Thai）
Over 20 years of career in comic, he’s filed and positioned as No.1 in Thailand and also
entrusted with X-men works (Thai version) by Marvel Comic.

●Competition Schedule
Illustrator contest Asia First round
Application start：6 April 2017
Application end: 1 July 2017
Vote end: 20 July 2017
Result announcement date：31 July 2017
Illustrator contest Asia Second round
Application start: 1 July 2017
Application end: 31 August 2017
Vote end: 20 September 2017
Result announcement date：30 September 2017
Illustrator contest Asia Third round
Application start: 1 September 2017
Application end: 31 October 2017
Vote end: 20 November 2017
Result announcement date：30 November 2017
Illustrator contest Asia ChampionshipResult announcement date: 4 January 2018
The awards ceremony of “Illustrator contest Asia championship” will take place in Japan.

※The schedules are subject to change over time.
※Please refer to official website for latest informationEnd