History

- 2022/12
- Clip Studio Paint reaches 25 million creators worldwide.
- 2022/12
- Subsidiary &DC3, Inc. releases DC3, a web3 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.