SAMARIA
Unleash develops JAPANMEDIAI, an integrated AI platform supporting the entire manga and anime production workflow, from story generation to final output. The platform follows Japanese storytelling conventions like kishōtenketsu and assists with page breakdown, storyboarding, inking, coloring, and animation elements such as voice acting and BGM. It also supports vertical-scroll format production and automatic translation into 32 languages for global distribution.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Creator / Creative Economy
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Japanese manga and anime enjoy worldwide popularity, yet their production processes remain labor-intensive, and global expansion faces language and business-practice barriers. Creators' talent is constrained by production time and repetitive tasks, limiting the industry's ability to bring Japanese stories to international audiences efficiently.
Solution
Unleash develops JAPANMEDIAI, an integrated AI platform that supports users through the entire manga and anime production workflow, from story generation to final outputs. The platform follows Japanese story-structuring conventions such as kishōtenketsu, offering guided narrative creation, script formatting, and consistency checks across plot elements. For manga production, it assists with page segmentation, storyboard creation, inking, and coloring, while the animation module supports series composition, voice acting, lip-sync, BGM, and sound effects. Leveraging licensed assets and a network of creators, the platform aims to let AI handle repetitive work while humans focus on creative expression.
Target Audience
Primary users are manga and anime creators, including individual artists, studios, and content companies seeking to accelerate production while maintaining Japanese quality standards for global release.
Features
- Story generation AI that supports kishōtenketsu structure, user input of keywords/character settings/plot fragments, and consistency checking when partial edits are made
- Script output in multiple formats suitable for anime, manga name (layout), or scenario use
- Manga production support for page breakdown, storyboard, inking, and coloring with reduced manual labor
- Smartphone-optimized vertical-scroll format production and automatic translation into 32 languages (scheduled for implementation after 2026)
- Animation generation covering series composition, episode division, drawing, backgrounds, photography, sound, voice acting, lip-sync, BGM, and sound effects
- Translation, subtitle creation, and localization support for global distribution