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Enter the wonderland of AI and 3D animation
Opening the door to what comes next in entertainment
Where technology meets emotion.
Hybrid studio
High-fidelity 3D rigged IPs
Official partners and research alliance
Full Member (Academic Consortium Member)
Joint technical research into advanced AI, visual expression and emerging graphics techniques through industry–academia collaboration, validating both the algorithms and our own workflows.
Kochi · Okazaki · Mine
Under agreements with these municipalities we deliver regional revitalisation, XR content, character IP and digital promotion — supporting each region in telling its own story.
START Reels
We run our own global vertical feed for short drama and short-form animation, feeding real audience reaction straight back into production.
02 — Core attractions
Film, animation, games and AI engineering, in every medium.
Vertical short drama and social video built for TikTok, Reels and YouTube Shorts — structured to hold the viewer inside the first three seconds.
Storytelling that carries the feeling of Japanese animation together with the lively 3D motion of a Pixar or Nintendo title.
Character design, 3D modelling, rigging and texturing for original IP — production-ready assets from day one.
Glows, particles, magic effects and fluid simulation — hybrid imagery built with Unreal Engine 5 and AI compositing.
In-house AI engines that sharply speed up creative workflows, and automated video generation tools built for client companies.
3D action, metaverse spaces and casual puzzle games in Unity and Unreal Engine — designed around how they feel to play.
High-value landing pages and corporate sites built with WebGL, Three.js and 3D interaction.
Theater attraction 4K
Take the best seat in the house — a hybrid visual spectacle from START Creative Studio.
4K Ultra HD. Hybrid animation and cinematic VFX.
03 — Character and asset showcase
From our own original IP to client mascots — characters with charm and momentum.
Global character IP
Our crowned purple mascot and his crew in 3D animation — a character IP that runs from the screen to collectible figures, like the boxed Neo Stackey 0001.
Regional tourism story
Neo Stackey flies into Kochi and tours its landmarks — Kochi Castle, Chikurin-ji temple, Kaizumi Shrine and the Ashizuri undersea observatory — turning a region’s real places into an animated story.
Trading card game
Play, trade, compete: a card game with its own digital deck builder, Ultra Rare foil cards such as the Fire Dragon, and Fire and Water Faction booster packs.
04 — Selected works
A current archive of projects we took from world-building through technical delivery.
Horizontal drama / long-form series
A supervisor who looks down on the cleaning staff is confronted with unexpected evidence. A horizontal drama with narration.
Vertical short drama / binge cut
A temp cleaner shouted at by a sales manager is the first to notice the lie in a contract figure. All 6 episodes, about 6 minutes, back to back.
Horizontal drama / long-form series
A continuing series with the same characters. Faces and costumes stay the same from one episode to the next.
Global social feed
Original short-form animation for Southeast Asia and global audiences, with a community around it.
Real-time simulation
Energy particles from a crystal dragon and deep-space explosions, using current real-time physics and volumetric light.
Open world
Playful blocks and a future city floating in the air — an open world anyone can explore from a browser or a metaverse platform.
Trading card game
A trading card game of distinct battle heroes — we led everything from holographic card artwork to rule design.
Franchise
A classic hyper-battle between a golden dragon and a monkey hero, running across animation, merchandise and digital games.
05 — Production pipeline
The speed of current generative AI, joined to the precise craft of senior creators. A fast, flexible setup that never trades away quality.
Step 01: Inception
We start from your goal, your audience and the shape of the world. Our own tuned AI puts hundreds of visual and storyboard variations in front of you within days, so any misalignment is resolved immediately.
Step 02: Synthesis
Real-time asset construction in Unreal Engine 5, expressive character acting from senior animators, and AI-assisted upscaling and fine adjustment — all running in parallel.
Step 03: Delivery
We deliver the finished 4K/8K master, colour-graded and audio-mastered, and support distribution through our own START Reels platform and global network.
Pricing
All prices exclude tax. Choose a service to see its menu.
| Menu | Scope | Price (excl. tax) |
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| Test production | 1 vertical short drama episode (about 1 minute) | $125 |
| Vertical short drama | 1 episode of 1 to 3 minutes, script to finish | from $190～ / episode |
| Vertical short drama (5+ episodes) | Continuing production with the same characters | from $250～ / episode |
| Horizontal drama | 5 to 10 minutes, with narration, in 4K | from $1,300～ |
| Promo short or clip | 1 piece of 20 to 30 seconds | from $50～ / piece |
| Editing only | Subtitles, captions and music (up to 60 seconds) | from ＄30～ / piece |
| Menu | Scope | Price (excl. tax) |
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| Animation (Anime & Stylized) | Scope and schedule agreed per project | Quote on request |
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| 2D / 3D Asset Production | Scope and schedule agreed per project | Quote on request |
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| VFX & CG Cinematics | Scope and schedule agreed per project | Quote on request |
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| AI SaaS & Automation Suite | Scope and schedule agreed per project | Quote on request |
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| Interactive Game Development | Scope and schedule agreed per project | Quote on request |
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| Next-Gen Web Production | Scope and schedule agreed per project | Quote on request |
06 — Creative core
From 3D artists out of film studios to AI engineers. A hybrid team linking Tokyo with studios worldwide.
Game Developer
3D Generalist
3D Artist
2D Artist
Project Manager · Pipeline & AI Engineer
Technical & VFX Artist
Web Developer
