< Jumbo Monster Gomera > – a character show featuring a monster
– Multilingual streaming on YouTube will start for global audience –
On June 20, IDA, Inc. < Head Office: 9F Visual Plaza, 3-12-63 Kamiaoki, Kawaguchi City, Saitama / Representative Director and President: Junya Okabe>
announced the release of Jumbo Monster Gomera: 1st Episode, a clip featuring a new character.
The announcement included the streaming of the entire episode in HD on YouTube for domestic audience from July 7.
Its trailer will be released on June 20.The character will make an appearance in a major TV CM from mid-July.
The show has already been serialized since June 1 as a manga on Televikun, a kids’ magazine from Shogakukan.
In addition to the publication on the June 21st issue of Shogakukan’s Korokoro Ichiban!,
the entire 1st episode will be delivered in the supplement DVD of the magazine prior to the release on YouTube.
The circulation of Televikun is 350,000 copies per month, while Korokoro Ichiban! sells 150,000 copies monthly.
Both magazines respectively deliver complimentary DVD quarterly. Through the distribution of DVD, 2 million copies of the show are delivered annually.
In time with the release of the program, “GOMERA PVC Figure” will be released.
IDA produces and sell the figure. From the banner appearing on the online streaming page, the viewers are navigated to
the company’s product sales site on Amazon, etc. On the product sales site of the company, the sale at 1,600,000 yen (tax excluded) of
“GOMERA Body Suit” for filming, a replica of the actual suit used in the show, is scheduled.
The company is planning to release original toys and goods in the future. It envisages the establishment of a new business model
in which sales profit may exceed 3% – 5%, the average profit a copyright holder can make through character licensing.
The work is the 1st contents IDA, Inc. produces under “HEAT JAPAN”, an IDA’s initiative for Japan’s creative industry independent from politics.
Along with its release in Japan, the company is going to stream the show on YouTube in multiple languages for global audience
and sell figures and toys on Amazon and other websites.
The streaming areas will be controled for distribution in English, Spanish, and Chinese. In Chinese-speaking region,
IDA will stream the show on Youku and other major streaming sites in China to precede pirate streaming.
In 2010, IDA realized the release of the full episode of its previous work, < CAT SHIT ONE >, in HD format through a premium partnership with YouTube.
In the US, the work was commercially released as DVD and Blu-ray following the similar streaming scheme. It won the Grand Prix in Tokyo Contents Market.
The title also received nomination in the Short Film Section of the “VES” (Visual Effects Society) award.
The sale of DVD reached 20,000 copies in the domestic market only.
Official website: http://www.gomera.jp/
★What is < Jumbo Monster Gomera >?
It is a TV show for children aged 3 – 6, featuring a silly monster character.
The producer is IDA’s representative, Junya Okabe, who also wrote the scenario and directed the 1st episode.
The production of sequels up to the 12th episode has been already decided, in which various creators will take charge.
“Recent special effect programs featuring characters do not actually target children aged 3 – 6, while they claim to do so.
I wanted to create a comical monster show which young children aged between three and six can simply understand and enjoy.
Furthermore, recent mainstream TV shows are primarily tied up with toys, and such commercial tie-up seems to have become exceedingly intensive.
I know this may sound naïve in view of today’s commercial practice in the industry, but by establishing a character image intentionally devoid of tie-up toys,
I wanted to stir a crave for a toy, which derives from the power inherent in the character.”
(by Junya Okabe)
《 Outline 》
Title: < Jumbo Monster Gomera >
Structure: 12 episodes in total (each episode runs for 5 minutes)
Release: July 7, 2012 (Sat). Termination has not been finalized.
Plot: < Jumbo Monster Gomera > is a monster from Monster Land.
He tries to emulate brave monsters like Godzilla or Gamera, but his gentle and timid heart constantly fails him.
Production : IDA, Inc.
CG production : Light & Shadow
Model production : Zeppet
【 Inquiries 】
IDA Inc. (PIC:KUWABARA)
Visual Praza 9F,3-12-63 Kamiaoki,Kawaguchi-shi,Saitama 333-0844,JAPAN
TEL：+81-48-269-8830 FAX：+81-48-269-8831
e-mail：pr1206@ida-e.jp
