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CIAYO Comics Popularizes Local IP to Japan in Tokyo Game Show 2018JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to its unrelenting endeavor in national Intellectual Property (IP) developing, CIAYO Corp returned to participate in Tokyo Game Show 2018 held in Japan, 20 - 23 September 2018 following its candidacy granted by Indonesian Agency of Creative Economy (BEKRAF) to represent Indonesia in the same event. Through its participation, CIAYO Comics - under the umbrella of CIAYO Corp that focuses on Intellectual Property (IP) developing business - is set to introduce other products from CIAYO Corp, that includes digital comics, games, and merchandise based of IPs that are licensed under CIAYO Comics.  "This is our second time participating in Tokyo Game Show. Before this, we also took part in other international competitions and events, such as ChinaJoy in Beijing, Popcon Asia and Indonesia Comic Con in Jakarta. We want to introduce and popularize our own Intellectual Property (IP) to reach and gain audience from all over the world, especially in Japan, China, and Southeast Asia," said Khrisnawan Adhie, Head of Business Development of CIAYO Corp. To exhibit the venture of international IP developing, CIYO Comics translates comics in Bahasa Indonesia into English to reach wider audiences; noticing the high number of the site's visitors from the States, which takes the third in rank after Indonesia and Malaysia. Through CIAYO Comics' IPs such as Hana & Mr. Arrogant, Si Nopal, Si Juki dan Mang Awung that are now accessible for international readers, CIAYO Comics had successfully changed society's perception towards comic as a reliable career field, "Our expansion into the international sphere has opened a lot of job opportunities; and this has definitely contributed in improving the economy of Indonesia," he added. CIAYO Comics is the first locally established and developed digital comic platform in Indonesia since December 2016. Before its second year of operating, CIAYO Comics had over 800.000 downloads, and more than 80.000 active users per day. With such rapid growth, CIAYO Comics is confident with its target to reach 1 million downloads by the end of 2018. CIAYO Comics' plus point is the IPs owned by the company are fully created and developed by creators from all over Indonesia. To this day, CIAYO Comics has produced over 200 comic titles; and now it's targeting to reach 1000 titles in 2019. To reach even more, recently CIAYO Comics signed for collaborations with media platform BBM and comic platform from Thailand, Ookbee. In the future, titles under CIAYO Comics can be read via the platforms mentioned. This collaboration ensures that Indonesia's local IPs will grow even more to reach wider audiences. Borton Liew, CEO of CIAYO Corp and one of the pioneers of Indonesia Comic Association (AKSI) expressed that he would always be eager to develop local IP. "We are open to collaboration in every aspect, with anyone; production houses, animation studios, even individuals," he stated. Up until September 2018, CIAYO Comics had held workshops in 10 cities in Indonesia, in collaboration with local comic and art communities. The series of workshop will come to a closure in Jakarta this November. Some CIAYO Comics' IP-based products such as clothing line, stationery, animated features, music, and film will start its production next year. ABOUT: CIAYO Corp started an intellectual property development business with digital comic application CIAYO Comics in 2016. CIAYO Comics became the first national digital comic platform in Indonesia. CIAYO Corp also runs a game development studio, CIAYO Games under its umbrella, and collaborating with prominent animation studio and game studio, respectively Kumata Studio and Agate Studio. CIAYO Games launched the mobile arcade game "CHIPS: Monster Tap!" which was nominated in Indonesia Game Contest by Google Play and The Best Mobile Game of The Year by Popcon Asia 2017. Operating as a media, CIAYO Corp runs CIAYO Blog to publish contemporary pop culture issues that reaches more than 100.000 readers every month. Contact Person: Michael Tan (Public Relations) Photo - https://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20180924/2246072-1 SOURCE CIAYO Corp 
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