The grand prize winner receives 500,000 yen, live-action short film adapted from the storyboard produced by TOHO
World Maker, the storyboard application service for Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ publisher, launched a short film competition with studio TOHO on Wednesday.
© Shueisha, Toho
Contestants must submit their storyboards, created through World Maker, in as short a time as 10 minutes or less. The grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of 500,000 yen (about US$3,300) and their storyboard will be turned into a live action short film by TOHO. Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island, expected live-action Hollywood Gun movie) along with the Shonen Jump+ editorial team will judge the entries. The contest will accept entries until November 12.
The World Maker app launched on July 12. The app allows users (“even those who can’t draw”) to create thumbnail layouts for manga or storyboards for animation, live-action shows acting, movies and commercials. To create draft thumbnails of manga in the service, the user sketches the page layout (or uses the provided templates), adjusts and drops the provided characters and other graphic elements, enters dialogue, add effects and then give the final result.
The staff claims that the app can also machine translate thumbnails and storyboards into 17 languages including English, Chinese, Korean, and French. Users can then share the results online for others to follow and comment on.
World Maker is also organizing a “Manga World Maker Contest” for thumbnails created using the app. The contest is accepting applications from August 1 to October 1. The grand prize winner will receive a manga drawn by Taishi Tsutsui (We Never Learn) for publication on Shonen Jump+. The winner will also receive a cash prize of 500,000 yen (about 3,300 USD).
In addition to the Manga World Maker Contest, Shonen Jump+ and Netflix will co-sponsor the Anime World Maker Contest.
Source: World Maker Twitter accountNatalie Comics
