Eiji Maesaka

company:Dwarf　title:producer

Born in Nagano, 1979. Joined TYO in 2004 and has been with Dwarf since 2006.Has been involved in numerous expansion strategies on Dwarf characters until now.Currently his working field is in a wide area from video production, character development, web, childeren's book and others.
"Tokyo Monorail Character"" Nishio no Yatsuhashi""D-MAIL"
Children's book "Komaneko no Komatta Komatta Nuigurumi" and others.

■Supporting comment■
I am so excited with the new project "CHUYA-DEN".I am hoping it becomes a new wave to change the world of animation!You have my support!

Timothy Reckart

title:Animator and Director

He is an animator and director based in Los Angeles, one of Variety's 10 Animators to Watch.Grew up in Arizona, wrote papers at Harvard, and made films at the NFTS.His graduation film, HEAD OVER HEELS, was nominated for an Oscar. He's currently developing an original project with Evergreen Films and the BBC, plus a feature film at Sony Pictures Animation.

■Supporting comment■
Yoshiko's new project CHUYA-DEN is a great example of why independent animation is such an important presence in the world of anime.It's imaginative and original, and it has that ambitious spirit that is so inspiring to other animators. I'm glad to support Chuya-Den and I hope much more people have the chance to enjoy Yoshiko's work.

Amica Kubo

title:Animation visual director, illustrator, character designer, producer, editor for tampen.jp, Super Milk Cow Corporation CEO

Graduated Tokyo Polytechnic University Art Major in 2007 with honors. Learned under the great Taku Furukawa in the animation division.In the same year, short animation work "Bloomed Words(Ohanashino-hana)" received the award for Agency for cultural affairs' International Cultural Festival Award and many other nationally and internationally. Judge for the 2008 Otawa International animation festival as well as 2014 Interfilm Berlin. "WWW 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY"in 2014 and "ONED" in 2013 received numerous awards in international festivals.Working as produce/director at animation production CALF STUDIO, created the SUPER MILK COW company in 2014.In the same year, founded the Japanese short animation information site "tampen.jp" and became the chief editor. Also working in the field as illustrator and character designer.

■Supporting comment■
I look forward to the completion of the work!

Taku Furukawa

title:Animation artist, illustrator, children's book writer

1941, born in Mie prefecture. Created unique and impressionate animation and received numerous awards in national and international animation festivals.The top runner to reproduce the Phenakistiscope, the origin of animation. In 1969, he received an award on "Ushi Atama" in the 7th Annecy Animation Festival.He continued to release animations on NHK's "Minnanouta". Spreads his working area to illustrator and children's book author. In 2003, he becomes the founder of the first animation major in a university. Up until March of 2015, continued to teach and train predessesors. He has created many students who became front runners in the field of animation. The chairman of Japan Animation Association and an animation mentor of Yoshiko.He received the medal of honor with purple ribbon in spring of 2004.

■Supporting comment■
In my days in Tokyo Polytechnic University's animation major, the first class to graduate had quite a lot of unique characters in my teaching group to become in a wide area of animation. Kaneko-kun is one of them, and as he is in an ongoing project now, I wish him the very best.From now on, it is not an era to say what a Japanese Anime is all about, but more fun projects should be released across the border to gather great staff to make great animation to be released globally. New type of producers are coming out, and I expect very high of the next generation animation.

Patrick W. Galbraith

title:Adjunct Faculty, Temple University, Japan Campus

Author of "The Otaku Encyclopedia" (Kodansha, 2009), "Tokyo Realtime: Akihabara" (White Rabbit Press, 2010),Otaku Spaces (Chin Music Press, 2012), and"The Moe Manifesto" (Tuttle, 2014), Co-editor of "Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture" (Palgrave, 2012) ,and "Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan" (Bloomsbury, 2015),Co-founder of first regularly offered, English-language walking tour of Akihabara.

■Supporting comment■
My best wishes to the staff of WAO WORLD! Looking very much forward of the new future of Japanese animation creators.

Satoshi Tomioka

company:kanaban graphics　title:director

President of Kanaban Graphics
Born in 1972.Joined Dream Pictures Studio Corporation in 1997 as a 3DCG designer.Started working as a freelance designer from 1999, and released the indie original animation work "SiNK" the same year.Found the Kanaban Graphics Co.Ltd in 2004, and works on various CG animation from diverse genres of game movie, short films, commercial films and movies.Works on Usavich from 2006 as director, scenario writer and story board until today.Specializes in unique direction on characters.

http://www.kanaban.com

■Supporting comment■
Animation works which is launched from individual creators are getting more attention now.The more passion is poured into the work by the creator, the more artistic it becomes, which makes it much more exciting.I have high expectations on how the CHUYA-DEN will build up into through crowdfunding.

Masaya Tsutsumi

Indies film director

2009 feature film"LAST MEMORY: Which one is your last memory" Director and Screenplay (12th KyotoInternational Student Film festival award winner)
2011 feature film"Solaria Vision de Aimasho" Director and Screenplay
2012-2013 Online Drama " Genjitsu kakucho Smaho Kamen" series Director and Screenplay ( Achieved 1.2million yen on Crowd Funding "Motion Gallery" for future episodes

"TickTackMovie Website"
http://ticktackmovie.net/

"Youtube Channel"
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYGJWnLq34W4lEzVYmqSmw

■Supporting comment■
I myself, though it being a different genre between live action film and animation, I am creating my work while seeking a new system on a relation between the creator and the audience. As day and night cannot be separated, major movie and indies movie does not have a clear boundary and by bringing in what is good on both sides will perhaps create a great work after all. I am cheering that a project which goes through the new horizon will become one of the success stories.

Seiji Okuda

Animation artists/novelist/project planner

Enters the world animation through the classic "TETSUJIN 28GO", After working with TCJ, TATSUNOKO PRO, he entereed ART FRESH ( GISABURO SUGII as the supervisor, and Osamu Dezaki departing from MUSHI PRO, the first independentanimator specialized studio in Japan) as an animator, and became freelance as an animator, director, and story board writer In Lupin the 3rd, he joined the storyboard from episode 2. He has worked as storyboard writers on greats of "Heidi, girl of the Alps""A dog of Flanders""3000leagues in Search of Mother". Later on he joined the newly established JCGL. While receing lectures from New York Polytechnic University, he taught operaters, the hard and soft skills were too early at the time as the JCGL disbanded. Afterwards he concentrated on his work as creator. Being series director, original planning, novels and comic novelist, gaming videos, and on the development of the first play station, he joined as a director of animation Currently he is work on his own pace as storyboard writer fro animations, games, etc… He has also worked on game movie "ASURA's WRATH", "SANGOKU MUSOU""One Piece KAIZOKU MUSOU 2". In 2009, he become supervisor for Ankama of France, and from 2010 as the special lecturer of Tokyo Polytechnic University. Became the 2013 and 2014 Anime Award's special judge.

Choujyuukijin Dankuda Director
○Choujyuukijin Dankuda Director
○Yokoyama Mitsuteru's SANGOKUSHI Director
○Original Anime "Dream Hunter REMU" series novelist and director
○From GAKKEN's New book on Historical Figure's Imaginary War Script " Super sized Air Craft Carrier YAMATO"- co-author for all 8 volumes with Keiichi Mikihara
〇800 storyboard counts as the highest number in Japan : According to data from Mr. Haraguchi

Specific data/ work history on personal HP
http://dreamhunter.jp/eikyukikan/index.html
The same class as TAKU FURUKAWA in TCJ. The TV producer Seiji Okuda is a different person

http://dreamhunter.jp/eikyukikan/index.html

■Supporting comment■
I had known YOSHIKO through Tokyo Polytechnic Univ. He is a rare person who has a vision expanding globally, and has potential. As Japanimation is being praised, it is degrading at the same time. I do not think 3D is superior and there are bigger potentials for 2D. The awareness of 1.4billion chinese youngsters and the passion of youth of Asian and European countries toward anime is amazing. I hope the young power will break through the occluded anime industry. I am cheering YOSHIKO and his team for the lust for new animation work.

Kenji Itoso

Movie director, Osaka Seikei Univ. Professor, Waseda Univ. invitational researcher

Working under Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli in his teens, worked in numerous commerical works. In recent years, worked as a animation director for animation film"Dreaming Machine"of the late director Satoshi Kon. Visual director for "SMAP concert tour" , opening for original movie "Attack on Titan" and visual director for Shenmu III.

http://www.itoso.net/index.html

■Supporting comment■
It is so hard to finish an original work. It takes time and money, and you need a strong spirit to do so. With all these obstacles, there is still a message you want to send out, and the will to do so should reach peoples' heart. Living in modern times I am truly expecting to see what YOSHIKO is thinking, and how his view is transformed into Anime one day.

Ben Tomita

Illustrator,Movie director

Being a lecturer in the Design course at the Nihon University College of Art, his career is decorated with awards,
notably Yomiuri Advertising Award and Mainichi Advertisment Design Award, His work Mathematica 2 for NHK was awarded The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prize of the Japan Prize,
US International Film & Video Festival Silver Award, Prix Jeunesse Prize of the Childrens Jury, and the US International Film & Video Festival Grand Prix and Golden Camera Award, to name a few.
He will be responsible for the original designs for the core of this project, the Night and Day Device. The fusion between Japanese and European clock design is a true beauty.

■Supporting comment■
I am supporting ”CHUYA-DEN" until it spreads its wing and is launched globally!

Tomoyuki Itamura

Director

"Puella Magi Madoka Magica" (OP continuity creator/impresario)" Puella Magi Madoka Magica: the movie" (first volume) Beginnings (Hajimari no Monogatari), "Eternal (Eien no Monogatari)"- OP storyboard creator/impresario . "NiseMonogatari" (series director ) "Neko Monogatari"(director) Monogatari series second season(director) Tsuki Monogatari (director)　Owari Monogatari （director）

■Supporting comment■
I am supporting YOSHIKO on pursuing his dream! I hope YOSHIKO can become a director soon!