Celsys

Hardware manufacturers

Samsung Galaxy

Clip Studio Paint pre-installed on the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra / S11 worldwide
（September 2025）

Clip Studio Paint pre-installed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ and Galaxy Tab S10 FE worldwide Collaborative Campaign Held at Samsung Galaxy Brand Showcase
（April 2025）

Clip Studio Paint Used as Demo App for Galaxy S25 Ultra at Samsung Stores Worldwide
（February 2025）

Samsung Developer Conference 2021: Appearance from Lead Clip Studio Paint Engineer
（October 2021）

Clip Studio Paint for Galaxy now available in the Galaxy Store worldwide
（August 2020）

Wacom Co., Ltd.

Talk at DoKomi, the largest Japanese pop culture event in Germany
(June 2024)

Clip Studio Paint EX bundled with the Wacom Movink 13 and offered worldwide
(April 2024)

Clip Studio Paint EX bundled with the Wacom Cintiq Pro series and offered worldwide
(October 2023)

Clip Studio Paint PRO bundled with the Wacom One series and offered worldwide
(August 2023)

Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT is compatible with the new Surface pen. In addition, CLIP STUDIO PAINT’s performance has been optimized to operate on the new Surface Pro and Surface Studio.Also compatible with Surface Dial.

Lenovo

Clip Studio Paint preinstalled on Android tablet “Lenovo Yoga Tab,” available worldwide

HP Japan Inc.

Clip Studio Paint Bundled with New HP Laptops
-Adopted in all 9 series-
(December 2020)

Campaign for a limited number of purchasers of HP laptop to receive a free copy of CLIP STUDIO PAINT wilth their purchase.
(March 2018)

FUJITSU CLIENT COMPUTING LIMITED

Clip Studio Paint bundled with Wacom tablet for illustration model of the Fujitsu “LIFEBOOK WU2/D2” PC in the FMV Series.
(March 2020)

The download version of Clip Studio Paint pro was given to Fujitsu WEB MART customers for free in a campaign for artists.
(March 2014)

ASUS JAPAN INC.

Asus Japan announces line-up of computers suitable for Clip Studio Paint

Epson Direct Corp.

Epson Direct selling new PC for creators, recommended for Clip Studio Paint.

MSI Computer Japan Co., Ltd.

MSI Releases "CLIP STUDIO PAINT" Performance-checked & ecommended PC

VAIO Corporation

Yoshifumi Ito
Product Producer,Head of Planning and Marketing Division

Combining CLIP STUDIO PAINT and the VAIO® Z Canvas to create an environment that makes production easy for artists

TOSHIBA Corporation

CLIP STUDIO PAINT has been bundled in the dynabook KIRA premium laptop

Publisher/Editorial Production

SHOGAKUKAN Inc.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO was included with Mezase! Mangaka PC de Manga o Kako! (Become a Manga Artist! Let's Try Computer Drawing!), an introductory book on digital manga production from Shonen Sunday magazine.

Kodansha Ltd.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO digital manga production software included in Nakayoshi magazine's box set and book on how to draw manga!

KENAZ Co., Ltd.

Sponsors the Kenaz Webtoon Academy and provided Clip Studio Paint EX to students

Animation studio

Nippon Animation Co.,Ltd.

Nippon Animation on Introducing Clip Studio Paint to their Digital Workflow

Mr. Yamamoto, Producer
Mr. Watanabe, Producer
Mr. Oba, In-Between Animation Director
Ms. Takahashi, Animator

Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.

Clip Studio Paint seminar held at Bandai Namco Filmworks’ production studio, SUNRISE Studios

MARZA ANIMATION PLANET INC.

Utilizing Clip Studio Paint in creating storyboards for 3D CG animation

OLM Asia SDN BHD

Clip Studio Paint in a Malaysian animation studio

Mr.Hiroyuki Kato, Animation Producer
Mr. Jason Chng Oon Seong, Animator

SIGNAL MD

Creating the animated parts of Momoiro Clover Z's "WE ARE BORN" music video using CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX

Mr. Ueno, Group Leader, Digital Group Ms. So, Ms. Asaka, Ms. Kuroda, Ms. Morita

Kamikaze Douga Co., Ltd.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX was used to make Kamikaze's new motion graphics animation of City Hunter

Ms. Satake, Ms. Sakina, Mr. Yoshibe and Ms. Umeki

Game Development Company

Pyramid, Inc. / Fumikane Shimada

【“Alice Gear Aegis” Creator interview】
Use cases: 3D modeling feedback and QA

Pyramid, Inc.
President　Junichi Kashiwagi
Design dpt. Manager　Naoto Tanaka

Illustrator　Fumikane Shimada

GCREST, Inc.

Using Clip Studio Paint to produce “100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams”

Art Director: Planarico

CAPCOM CO., LTD.

Clip Studio Paint Case Study: “Toraware no Palm”

Character Designer: Chisato Mita

Event Sponsorships -Japan-

Comic Market

Comic Market Booth

CEDEC

Sponsored CEDEC, Japan’s largest conference for video game deve

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.

The PlayStation® VR game "Summer Lesson" Illustration Contest was jointly hosted with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.

Animation Creative Technology Forum (ACTF)

Celsys Co-hosts ACTF2025 in TAAF with JAniCA and Wacom

“alive” hosted by Live2D

Sponsored “alive 2024”

Connected Ink

Clip Studio Paint sponsors Wacom’s Connected Ink event

SILENT MANGA AUDITION® (SMA)

Sponsored SILENT MANGA AUDITION® (SMA)

How to “WEBTOON”

Clip Studio Paint, WEBTOON CANVAS, and Wacom Hold Online Event, “How to 'WEBTOON,'” for Webcomic Creators

WEBTOON CANVAS Summit

WEBTOON CANVAS and Clip Studio Paint collaborate to hold an online creator summit

International Illustration Contest 2020

Galaxy x Wacom x Clip Studio Paint: International Illustration Contest 2020

SIGGRAPH Asia 2018

Celsys Attends SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

International Illustration Contest

International Illustration Contest hosted by Adobe and CLIP STUDIO PAINT

Tokyo Anime Award Festival

CELSYS has sponsored the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2017.

Corel Corporation Ltd.

With CLIP STUDIO PAINT and Corel Painter® being the official tools, CELSYS co-sponsored the contest held by Corel Corporation.

Event Sponsorships -Worldwide-

Japan Expo (France)

Sponsored and exhibited at the booth of manga viewing app, Mangas.io, at Japan Expo 2024, Europe’s largest Japanese culture festival
(July 2024)

Exhibited at Japan Expo 2023 in collaboration with French publishers and vocational schools in the field of manga
(July 2023)

Winning entries for the International Comic/Manga School Contest for students around the world exhibited at Japan Expo Paris 2022
(July 2022)

Clip Studio Paint on display at Wacom's booth at Japan Expo 2019, a festival for celebrating Japanese culture, such as manga, video games, and music
(July 2019)

Anime Expo (USA)

Celsys co-sponsored a booth at Anime Expo 2023, one of the largest anime events in North America for “Sozoroo”, the creative educational service run by Bizflight.

Event Sponsorship (India)

Mela! Mela! Anime Japan!!

Event Sponsorship (Korea)

・Gyeonggi International Webtoon Fair
(September 2025)

・Comic World
(July 2024)

・Bucheon International Comics Festival (BICOF)
(September 2023)

・Seoul Comic-Con
(August 2019)

Event Sponsorship (Taiwan)

・Comic Exhibition
(July 2024・July 2025)

・Taichung International Comic & Animation Festival
(April 2024)

・Fancy Frontier
(July 2018)

Event Sponsorship (Thailand)

・Creator Alley
(May 2025)

・BKK Comics Art Festival
(October 2024)

Event Sponsorship (Philippines)

・ELBIKON
(February 2025)

Event Sponsorship (Indonesia)

・Kisai Expo
(October 2024)

・Mangaka Fire 7
(November 2023)

Event Sponsorship (Germany)

・DoKomi
(June 2024)

・Manga Comic Con
(March 2019)

・MAG 2018
(October 2018)

Event Sponsorship (New Zealand)

Overload Anime & Manga Convention

Event Sponsorship (France)

・Festival de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême
(January 2024)

・Animasia
(October 2023)

・MANGADRAFT
(October 2017)

MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival (Portugal)

Portuguese animation film festival Sponsored “MONSTRA”

Sponsorship of Comic and Art Events in Latin America

Anime Friends (São Paulo, Brazil)
(July 2023)

Crack Bang Boom (Rosario, Argentina)
(August 2023)

Pixelatl Festival (Guadalajara, Mexico)
(September 2023)

Hue Matsuri (Vietnam)

Sponsoring Pop Culture Event "Hue Matsuri 2023" in Vietnam

London Anime & Gaming Con (UK)

Celsys sponsored London Anime & Gaming Con, the largest Japanese pop culture event in the UK

FAN EXPO (Canada)

Sponsored Canadian Pop-Culture Event, Joint exhibition at FAN EXPO

Animayo (Spain)

At Animayo, a short animation film festival, Celsys sponsored an exhibition and master class lead by concept artist, Bobby Chiu
90 animation students were given Clip Studio Paint for free

Polymanga (Switzerland)

Sponsored largest Japanese and Western pop culture event in Switzerland: Polymanga 2022

PRIME THE ANIMATION (Spain)

Celsys sponsors Short Animated Film Festival, PRIME THE ANIMATION
People’s Choice Award winner awarded Clip Studio Paint

Manga Barcelona (Spain)

Clip Stuio Paint opened a workshop at “Manga Barcelona” in Spain’s Barcelona trade fair.

Stockholm Comic-Con (Sweden)

At Stockholm Comic Con in Sweden, Clip Studio Paint was used in a live drawing event by artist ChrissaBug at Wacom’s booth.

Doujin Market (Singapore)

Clip Studio Paint was used in a live drawing event at the Wacom booth at the largest doujinshi sale event in Singapore, Doujin Market.

MCM London Comic Con (United Kingdom)

We held Clip Studio Paint workshops and panel discussions about the comic industry!

CG Trader (Lithuania)

CGTrader, one of the world's largest online 3D data marketplaces, is holding the CGTrader Digital Art Competition and presenting copies of Clip Studio Paint EX as part of the prizes to the winners.

Lucca Comics & Games（Italy）

The whole city of Lucca is the venue! Clip Studio Paint at the "Lucca Comics & Games" convention in Italy.

Educational Institutions

Osaka University of Arts

"CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX can be used for everything from manga and illustrations to animation"

Professor Machiko Satonaka
Chairperson, Character Creation Department

Kyoto Seika University

"CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX is the only program designed from the perspective of the artists involved in a key part of Japanese culture."

Associate Professor Kohei Nishino
Character Design Course
Department of Manga, School of Manga

Human Academy Europe

Partnered with French manga and animation school Human Academy Europe

Non-Profit Organization - Arce Rojo (Peru)

Participated in an illustration workshop held by Arce Rojo, a non-profit organization in Peru. Clip Studio Paint was provided for free.

Bunsei University of Art

"Using CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX to bring manga to the other side of the world"

Professor Tetsuya Chiba and Associate Professor Seiichi Tanaka
Manga Department, Fine Arts Faculty

California Department of Education’s Arts, Media, and Entertainment (AME) Initiative

Providing Clip Studio Paint DEBUT (6-month Ver.) to 2 million students and teachers in 1,600 high schools across California, USA

Texas Computer Education Association

Providing Clip Studio Paint DEBUT (6-month Ver.) to over 4.5 million students at approximately 10,000 educational institutions across Texas, USA

KADOKAWA Contents Academy Co., Ltd.

KADOKAWA Contents Academy is using CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX, our manga and illustration production software, as an educational tool in their overseas content schools.

Service providers

NAVER WEBTOON

NAVER WEBTOON's online brand store WEBTOON FRIENDS offers Clip Studio Paint EX/PRO one-year license card in Korea

Sony Corporation

Collaboration with Sony's motion production integrated application “XYN Motion Studio”　3D motion data can now be used in Clip Studio Paint

CLASS101

The all-in-one creator content platform from Korea CLASS101 starts offering digital drawing courses with Clip Studio Paint

IWATA CORPORATION

Joint development for exclusive font “Clip Studio Comic” for Clip Studio Paint　For richer dialogue expression

pixiv Inc.

Sponsored the pixiv Comic Monthly Award
(June 2018)

Began sales of "CLIP STUDIO PAINT pixiv"
(December 2016)

Linked features with pixivFACTORY BOOKS
(October 2016)

Provided illustration software Clip Studio Paint free of charge to all pixiv users
(September 2013)

Lezhin Entertainment, LLC

CELSYS sponsored the 3rd “Lezhin Comics World Manga Contest”

NHN TAIWAN CORPORATION

Celsys sponsored Comico’s 3rd Taiwan manga award event, “Comico Original Manga Awards.”

Amazon Japan

CLIP STUDIO PAINT, the highest quality manga production software, now has a function for exporting works in Kindle format.
It was pre-announced at COMITIA109, with a free seminar.

DWANGO Co., Ltd. /niwango Inc.

CLIP STUDIO PAINT is a staple tool for the millions of members of niconico. In July 2014, we offered the 40 million members (the number of members at the time) the opportunity to use CLIP STUDIO PAINT for free.

Brand content collaboration

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

In collaboration with Honda Motor, 3D models of Honda motorcycles are available for free on Celsys’ asset library for illustrations, comics, manga, and webtoons

・ Honda CB1000F
(December 2025)

・ Honda Super Cub C125
(December 2024)

Turner Colour Works “Turner Acryl Gouache”

Collaboration between Clip Studio Paint and Turner Acryl Gouache

HATSUNE MIKU(Snow Miku)

“Nurimasu!” Coloring Contest with Snow Miku 2019
(January 2019)

CELSYS’s smartphone-based drawing app "kakooyo!" used in the making of "Piapro no Kabe: Digital Version" at Hatsune Miku's Magical Mirai 2016 event
(September 2016)

CLIP STUDIO PAINT PRO/HATSUNE MIKU Illustration Making Book Model (Amazon only)
(October 2014)

A limited edition of CLIP STUDIO PAINT with a HATSUNE MIKU design was available at Magicalmirai 2014 in OSAKA
(August 2014)

Technology Alliance

WEBTOON Entertainment

WEBTOON Entertainment and Celsys form business alliance: Improving the content creation experience in the globally expanding webcomic market

ailia Inc. & Axell Corporation Deep learning framework “ailia SDK”

ailia SDK, developed by ailia Inc. & Axell Corporation, used in Smart Smoothing feature in Clip Studio Paint

KEI CORPORATION co.,Ltd. NAVIO, the artist circle catalog

Clip Studio online reader service links with NAVIO, the artist circle catalog

Internet Co., Ltd. Megpoid Talk GUMI

Synthesized voices from Megpoid Talk can now be used in CLIP STUDIO ACTION
Increase the expressive range of your 3D animation characters

Developer Support

Standard file format “xdts” for digital exposure sheets

Provided “xdts” standard file format for digital exposure sheets, streamlining animation production

CLIP STUDIO PAINT DEBUT

Clip Studio Paint DEBUT Partnership Case Studies

・TourBox Tech Inc.
・Art x Design x Creative College Fair / SANPOU Co., Ltd.
・Elecom Co., Ltd.
・Human Academy Europe
・Microsoft Japan Co.,Ltd.
・California Department of Education Arts, Media and Entertainment Initiative
・National High School Manga Championship
・Non-Profit Organization - Arce Rojo (Peru)
・pixiv Inc.
・Wacom Co., Ltd.
・THIRDWAVE Corporation