History

2023/05: Clip Studio Paint reaches 30 million creators worldwide.
2023/04: Clip Studio Paint received the Association for E-publishing Business Solution Special Award at the 2023 Association for E-publishing Business Solution Awards show.
2022/12: Clip Studio Paint reaches 25 million creators worldwide.
2022/12: Subsidiary &DC3, Inc. releases DC3, a content distribution infrastructure solution.
2022/09: Merger between CELSYS, Inc. and ArtSpark Holdings Inc.
2022/05: Clip Studio Paint reaches 20 million creators worldwide.
2022/05: Clip Studio Paint reaches 10 years since launch.
2021/10: Clip Studio Paint reaches 15 million creators worldwide.
2021/05: Celsys celebrates 30 years in business.
2020/12: Clip Studio Paint reaches 10 million creators worldwide.
2020/12: Simultaneous worldwide release of the Android and Chromebook versions of Clip Studio Paint.
2020/10: Clip Studio Paint reaches 9 million creators worldwide.
2020/08: "Clip Studio Paint for Galaxy" simultaneously released worldwide.
2020/07: Clip Studio Paint reaches 8 million creators worldwide.
2020/07: E-book solution Clip Studio Reader ver 2.0.0 released.
2020/03: Clip Studio Paint reaches 7 million creators worldwide.
2019/12: "Clip Studio Paint for iPhone" simultaneously released worldwide.
2019/11: Clip Studio Paint reaches 6 million creators worldwide.
2019/03: Clip Studio Paint reaches 5 million creators worldwide.
2019/01: Clip Studio Paint wins 1st prize in the graphics software section of the BCN AWARDS 2019.
2018/09: Launch of e-book solution, Clip Studio Reader.
2018/08: Clip Studio Paint reaches 4 million creators worldwide.
2017/12: Registered creators to Clip Studio, the creative support service, exceeds 1,000,000
2017/11: "Clip Studio Paint EX for iPad" simultaneously released worldwide.
2017/11: Clip Studio Paint reaches 3 million creators worldwide.
2017/01: Clip Studio Paint wins 1st prize in the graphics software section of the BCN AWARDS 2017.
2016/12: Material distribution service, Clip Studio ASSETS, launched worldwide.
2016/07: Clip Studio Paint reaches 2 million creators worldwide.
2016/01: Clip Studio Paint wins 1st prize in the graphics software section of the BCN AWARDS 2016.
2015/10: Addition of animation features to Clip Studio Paint.
2015/04: Increase in the number of registered users with the creators support website "Clip Studio" to 500,000.
2015/03: Clip Studio Paint reaches 1 million creators worldwide.
2015/01: Clip Studio Paint wins 1st prize in the graphics software section of the BCN AWARDS 2015.
2014/12: kakooyo!, a free social drawing app for smartphones, launched.
2013/09: Clip Studio Paint released worldwide.
2012/12: English version of Clip Studio Paint released in North America and Europe.
2012/07: New joint corporation “UNICORN”, established by CELSYS in China.
2012/05: Painting software for illustrations and manga, Clip Studio Paint, released by CELSYS.
2012/04: ArtSpark Holdings Inc. established by CELSYS,Inc. and HI CORPORATION.
2010/11: CELSYS,Inc. delisted from the second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange to establish ArtSpark Holdings Inc. by share transfer.
2010/03: 1000 sites now using BookSurfing, our general ebook viewer.
2009/04: Release of color painting and illustration tool “IllustStudio Download Edition”.
2006/12: Company's stock listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange Centrex market.
2006/02: Overseas release of the English version of ComicStudio - MangaStudio.
2004: ComicStudioEX Ver.3.0 wins "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" in 19th Digital Content Grand Prix.
2003/11: Comic viewer, ComicSurfing, made commercially available thorough KDDI (au) CDMA 1X WIN.
2003: RETAS!PRO wins "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" in 18th Digital Content Grand Prix.
2001/08: Release of manga production software, ComicStudio Ver.1.0.
1999: RETAS!PRO wins Animation Magazine's (USA) "Golden Pixies Award (the news traditional animation category) 1999".
1993/09: Release of animation production software, RETAS!PRO Ver.1.
1991/05: Company established.