Celsys has been working with the Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) in providing hands-on manga lessons to elementary and junior high schools as part of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' “Student Development Program through Culture and the Arts (artist dispatch)” program.
Celsys supports creating opportunities to experience the joy of creating through classes and a digital creative environment, while expanding digital content creation activities among young people.
Project Overview
An overview of the program by the Agency for Cultural Affairs is as follows(*1).
1. Purpose of the program
The program dispatches creators and editors active in Japan's attractive content sectors (manga, anime, games, film and video, and more) to elementary and junior high schools. Collaborating with teachers, they actively use ICT devices to give demonstrations and hands-on instruction. This fosters children's creativity, imagination, critical thinking skills, and communication abilities. In addition, to incorporate the creative elements within creators' techniques and production activities in future school education, the program collects examples of effective lessons done through dispatches and case studies for developing open-source teaching materials that are accessible to any school, teacher, or student.
2. Program details
Artistic organizations in sectors like manga, anime, games, and film and video collaborate with local governments and schools to nurture the abilities, like creativity and imagination, of children who will lead the next generation. They dispatch creators active in their respective fields to schools. While working with teachers, these creators give creative lessons that blend in-person and online teaching formats that use distributed ICT devices. Furthermore, to ensure these fields are increasingly used in school lessons moving forward, the program studies the best practices in implementation and considers proposals for creating teaching materials for the classroom.
*1 From the Agency of Cultural Affairs “Student Development Program through Culture and the Arts (artist dispatch) 2025” webpage. (Japanese only)
(URL: https://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/geijutsubunka/shinshin/kodomo/94234901.html)
Celsys Initiatives
Celsys provides the illustration, manga, webtoon, and animation app, Clip Studio Paint, for ICT devices(*2) used in classes conducted by JPIC for students to experience content production. All participating students are also provided with Clip Studio Paint Debut, which is easy to use even for those new to digital production.
Clip Studio Paint Debut
https://www.clipstudio.net/en/function_debut/
*2 Devices used for learning, such as PCs and tablets.
Celsys supports the creative activities of creators with the mission, “Creating a more passionate world.” Starting with supporting the next generation of children's digital creative experiences through this initiative, Celsys continues to support the creative activities of the younger generation.
About Clip Studio Paint
Clip Studio Paint is a creative app first launched in 2012 to provide the ideal tools for creating illustrations, comics, and animation. Celsys' strength lies in graphics technology, conducting research and development for in-house technology for more than 30 years. Clip Studio Paint is used by more than 60 million creators(*3) around the world, with more than 80% of those residing outside Japan. Currently available in 11 languages, the app supports creators of all kinds worldwide, from beginners to professional comic artists and animators.
CLIP STUDIO PAINT:
https://www.clipstudio.net/en/
X:
https://x.com/clipstudiopaint
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/CLIPSTUDIOPAINTchannel
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/clipstudioofficial/
TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@clipstudioofficial
*3 Includes free trial users and downloads of the iPad, iPhone, Galaxy, Android, and Chromebook versions.
About Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC)
The only cross-sectional organization in the publishing industry that aims to promote the publishing culture industry and reading activities by promoting lifelong learning, conducting surveys and research, fostering human resources, developing the industry by collecting and providing information, and encouraging reading activities. It also holds a manga review contest.
Official Site:
https://www.jpic.or.jp/
About CELSYS, Inc.
Celsys provides tools such as Clip Studio Paint to support creators in the creator economy that is expanding through the creation and use of digital content. We are also providing new service platforms that act as a new avenue for creators' activities. We look toward a more vibrant world where everyone's passions are connected, by offering total support to creators around the world through each part of their “creator journey”.
Corporate site:
https://www.celsys.com/en/
Investor information:
https://www.celsys.com/en/irinfo/
IR questionnaire (Japanese only):
https://www.celsys.com/irinfo_questionnaire/
Investor newsletter (Japanese only):
https://www.celsys.com/irinfo_magazine/
YouTube (Japanese only):
https://www.youtube.com/@celsys_official/videos
