Taking the concept of the “amazing fusion of anime and game,” this work explores the techniques of limited animation, for which Japan is ultimately world renowned for. The work has successfully established an expressive technique for real-time CG and has realized amazing super cinematic graphics that nobody has ever seen before. This makes us feel like as though we are moving animation ourselves.

Primarily, we creators are backroom boys. We can indirectly hear the evaluations of customers after a game is completed and sold, but basically we are not usually praised by anybody; more frankly speaking, we may have opportunities to “be praised by children” but rarely to “be praised by adults.” All of the staff are heartily delighted by the winning of this award. I think that the game software, and the video game industry itself, is still underdeveloped, but at the same time, it is an industry that is growing towards the future without end. Being in this industry for 15 years, I still cannot see the bottom of it; it is the biggest form of entertainment and has infinite and ever expanding potential. I would like to use the encouragement of being awarded this great prize to contribute to the development, cultivation, and progress of the video game industry more and more. Japanese people tend to regard “having fun/playing” same as “truancy,” but I believe that, essentially, “fun things are good things.” Experiences make people grow. In my opinion, even if we live in the same time, the “para experience” provided by software content allows people to grow another step; it can be said that enjoying such content is another life experience for us. I intend to strive to make not only the game industry, but also the endlessly varied entertainment industry, more pregnant and productive. Thank you very much again for this fantastic prize at this time.

The main reason why this work received an award is due to the excellence of its graphics, movement, and presentation. That “the graphics are beautiful” is not necessarily a universal compliment for games, as we can see from the fact that text oriented adventure games and puzzle games that lack graphics have never died out. However, this piece not only has beautiful imagery, but intuitive controllability that successfully draws players in without relying on characters and stories. The combination of all these features has resulted in an exciting interaction—a very game-like merit. It is relatively common for popular franchises to move from manga to animation, and then to games; but many of them tend to be commercially unsuccessful when they reach the third stage. This is because of the character of games “as media” literally. However, this work has not fallen into such a trap, and shows us an example of an integrated game that originated in manga.