In celebration of the Year of Dog next year, we are releasing “Clone Wanko”,
a service to produce a custom-made double of your beloved dog created with our realistic animal modeling technique.
Studio Zeppet, known for the creation of lifelike polar bears, will bring together their finest special modeling technique to create an elaborate double of your beloved dog.

BLAST, Inc. (Head Office: Saito Bldg. 5F, 6-6-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021, JAPAN / Representative: Junya Okabe),
has announced the launch of “Clone Wanko”, a service to custom-make lifelike animal-as-art models resembling beloved dogs.

“Clone Wanko” official website : http://clone-wanko.com/clonewanko_home_en.html

Next year 2018 marks the Year of Dog. Dog is the archetypal pet, popular among people across the world.
Some owners suffer from the loss of their beloved dogs after their death, while some wish to keep lifelike images
of their dogs during their lives. In our support of the yearnings of the dog owners, we have come up with the plan.

BLAST’s artwork modeling studio Zeppet, which attracted media’s attention last year with the re-lease of “Animals As Art”（http://www.animals-as-art.com）,
the artwork modeling series featuring a lifelike model of a polar bear mother with her cub, take charge of
the modeling to produce dogs with the technique almost identical to the one used for the polar bears.

Based on the photos & measurements of a dog, craftsmen weave the body hair identical to that of the dog,
manually implant each hair on the model’s head, and custom-make the skin, paw pads, nails, and every other detail.
After three months of hard work at the studio, the dog model is brought to perfection.
The outcome is a lifelike resemblance of the living dog, both in terms of texture & appearance.

Promotional website will be launched on December 18, 2017. Orders will be available from January 15, 2018.
Upon the official release on March 1, the actual production for received orders will take place.
Prior to the order start, the actual Clone Wanko will be displayed for public view at Unveiling of
Clone Wanko (free admission) to be held at 3331 Arts Chiyoda on January 6 & 7.

The price ranges as follows, depending on the size of the original dog: 3,000,000 yen (Size S), 3,500,000 yen (Size M), 4,000,000 yen (Size L), & 4,500,000 yen (Size LL).

[Unveiling of Clone Wanko]
Date: January 6 (Sat) & 7 (Sun) 2018, 11am – 5pm
Venue: Multispace (B105), 3331 Arts Chiyoda (free admission)
B1F (Room B105), 6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021

■ Artwork modeling studio Zeppet official website:　　 http://www.zeppet.com
■ BLAST official website:　 http://www.blast.jp

[Inquiries]
BLAST Inc. (PIC:FUJITANI,ONODA)
TEL : +81-3-6803-2035 / FAX : +81-3-6803-2045
E-mail : info@blast.jp