A Promise of Red

A Promise of Red is a fan anthology dedicated to the relationship between Kazuma Asougi and Ryuunosuke Naruhodou from The Great Ace Attorney duology.
==About==
The anthology was announced with an interest check on December 1, 2021https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1466144925708271622. The zine would be for profit and would welcome all interpretations of the ship, whether they be romantic, platonic, or something else. When the interest check closed on January 1, 2022, the project's mods reported over 300 responses in their interest checks results post on January 14, 2022https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1482096540030283777.
The project opened contributor applications for artists, merch aritsts, and writers beginning on January 4, 2022 and ending on January 25thhttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1478456196176646148. Results were sent out by February 6, 2022https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1490371823153860609.
Preorders opened on July 7, 2022, with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1545258483305562117:
* Yuumei ($20 USD) - Digital Zine, Phone Wallpaper, Emojis, Windows Folder Icon
* Daruma ($30 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine
* Ryuunosuke ($40 USD) - Physical Zine, Heart Badges, Acrylic Standee, Tote Bag (Stretch Goal), Acrylic Charm (Stretch Goal)
* Kazuma ($40 USD) - Physical Zine, Prints, Postcard, Notepad, Sticker Stampes, Omamori Charm (Stretch Goal)
* Karuma ($50 USD) - Prints, Postcard, Notepad, Sticker Stamps, Heart Badges, Acrylic Standee, Phone Wallpaper, Emojis, Windows Folder Icon, Omamori Charm (Stretch Goal), Acrylic Charm (Stretch Goal), Tote Bag (Stretch Goal)
* Partners ($60 USD) - Physical Book, Prints, Postcard, Notepad, Sticker Stamps, Heart Badges, Acrylic Standee, Phone Wallpaper, Emojis, Windows Folder Icon, Omamori Charm (Stretch Goal), Acrylic Charm (Stretch Goal), Tote Bag (Stretch Goal)
An early bird bonus of a pack of additional prints and a sticker pack was offered for the first 50 physical ordershttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1545262169574592513. Stretch goals included an acrylic linked charm at 50 orders, an omamori charm at 100 orders, a tote bag at 150 orders, and an custom book wrap to the physical zine's cover at 200 ordershttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1547791510715764742. A giveaway for a full bundle was hosted from July 24 to July 31, 2022https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1551322799033163776. The winner of this giveaway was Twitter user waveoftheoceanhttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1554105765388058626. Preorders closed on August 8, 2022https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1556535685078720513. Further updates on the zine's production and shipping progress were detailed in an email newsletter dedicated to the zine.
Physical orders began shipping on January 6, 2023https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1611479561900019712. Digital bundles were sent out on January 12, 2023https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1613615693294968832. Leftover sales were originally scheduled to begin at the start of March 2023, but was moved to a new window from March 15 to March 31, 2023https://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1636140220084105217. The early bird bonus previously offered in the preorder round was also offered to the first 15 full bundles sold in leftover saleshttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1633883916376629249. By June 14, 2023, the project was announced closedhttps://twitter.com/asryzine/status/1669146504596975617.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	December 1, 2021	January 1, 2022
Contributor Applications	January 4, 2022 	January 25, 2022
Preorders 	July 7, 2022 	August 8, 2022
Shipping 	January 6, 2023 	February 27, 2023
Leftover Sales 	March 15, 2023 	March 31, 2023
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===Page Artists===
* Dan (dunatdan) - Guest
* Ingrid (typical_ingrid) - Guest
* Marcia (marciaillust) - Guest
* Min (_worldformula) - Guest
* Mizuno - Guest
* Neyu (ckm_tee) - Guest
* Onaa (kofutofuu) - Guest
* Sharlott - Guest
* Shino - Guest
* Shinonome (sino_nono8) - Guest, Cover Artist
* Shu (shu3gi) - Guest
* Wataru (wataru_935) - Guest
* Angela (stellalights)
* Daniel (breloomings)
* Frances (t0birooo)
* JJ (wyrtig)
* Juls (lunarelles)
* Kayla (amiepsychique)
* Marit (marerittmarit)
* Nico (KITSUNIC0)
* Rouxby (b_untea)
* Steph Blakey (manifestephanie)
* Toni (laquilasse)
* Dreba
* Muis (muisketeer)
===Merch Artists===
* aurelia (marinewaltz_)
* Merrymint
* Tazatouille
* Yzderia
* Bu (af0amstore)
===Writers===
* Chai (exactlyxachyn)
* Ellis (hi_its_ellis)
* Harmony (silverxharmony)
* Daggar
* Delaney
===Mods===
* Bu (af0amstore) - Merch Artist Mod
* Dreba - Graphic Design, Layout
* Jessie (parchmints) - Finance, Shipping
* Ming (tweetthebirdy) - Writing, Beta
* Muis (muisketeer) - Organization, Art, Translation
==Gallery==
File:Dgs promise of red cover.png|Cover by sino_non08
File:Dgs promise of red full bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Dgs promise of red stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals Listing
File:Dgs promise of red book preview.png|Custom Book Wrap Preview
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
harmony wrote on Twitter
angela wrote on Twitter
mizuno wrote on Twitter
dee / vini wrote on Twitter
shino wrote on Twitter
Sharlott wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Ace Attorney Zines
Category:2023 Zines