UrumaDelvi NEWS

Upgrade 1.1 and Price Cut, New Sisters were Born

2011-02-28T02:00:00Z

Chelico Entertainment Inc. released PICMO version 1.1 and price cut the software. They released two more editions of PICMO for entry level users.

It is available that the free trial version of each three versions. You can use them for 2 weeks.

*PICMO Paint(New!)
2,500JPY(about US$30)
PICMO Paint is an entry application of PICMO family. It is a paint only software.

*PICMO Animation(New!)
4,500JPY(about US$55)
PICMO Animation has all features of PICMO Paint and is capable of making animation easily by using patent-pending technology "AnimClip™"

*PICMO Pro(Updated!)
6,500JPY(about US$80)
PICMO Pro has all features of PICMO Animation/Paint and also advanced features for making professional animation such as Baton-Mode AnipClip, time-line or etc.

Current users of PICMO will get annouce of free upgrade to PICMO Pro.

For further information, please refer to PICMO Web Site.

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UD's new picture book, "Funny Spooks"!

2011-01-20T20:00:00Z

UrumaDelvi's newest picture book, "Funny Spooks"(Shiro-Obake Kuro-Obake in Japanese) will be out on Feburuary 1st, 2011.

"Shiro-Obake Kuro-Obake no mitsukete ehon 'fushigi na tane de ohsawagi' "
Price:1,365 JPY
Publisher:Gakken Education Publishing Co.,Ltd.
ISBN:978-4-05-203371-1

Buy Amazon.co.jp

Shirocchi(a white spook) and Kurocchi(a black spook) find a mysterious seed, and this seed leads them to the wonderful adventure....

This books consist of detailed double-page spread illustrations. In this book, you will find more than 60 of UrumaDelvi's original spooks. Kids are challenged to find some characters, to thread a maze, to count up the total number of spooks and so on.

We believe that not kids but also adults can enjoy this book!

UD's newest animation "Engage in our society!"

2011-01-12T15:00:00Z

In Coming-of-Age Day of 2011, UrumaDelvi's newest animation titled "Engage in our society!" has been released.

In Coming-of-Ages Day 2010, UrumaDelvi has released the animation "Let's go to the poll!" which was very attractive to new adults. And in this year, they created "Engage in our Society". This animation appeal to them to go to the polls, because the polls are the first step to resolve many problems in Japan such as "A rise in unemployment", "Decreasing in numbers of children".

Three main characters "Usachenko(a rabit)", "Butamodoki(a pig?)" and "Rakudacchi(a camel)" comment on these problems with singing and dancing. This is so enjoyable!

So ladies and gentlemen of new adults, please do not forget to check the DVD-ROM in the souvenir of Coming-of-Ages ceremony. And other people may enjoy the movie on "NIKO NIKO DOUGA" site. Someone may upload the movie.

"Feeling of the Day for iPhone/iPad"has been out!

2011-01-12T02:00:00Z

"Feeling of the Day for iPhone/iPad"has been out！

"Feeling of the Day" App for iPhone/iPad has been released! It is free.
UrumaDelvi has been drawing pictures everyday for 16 years and created over 3,000 pictures. You can watch all of them and an upcoming new pictures on the App.

"Feeling of the Day" application features are:

* can browse the daily pictures with flick.
* can watch the pictures in the calendar list.
* can find the picture by titles(a part of titles is acceptable).
* Your favorites can be starred.
* Shuffle Mode: The picture is coming at random by every flicking.
* News Feed: You can get "UrumaDelvi News" in App.

The free version will display ads, and you can upgrade to the premium version with no ads. The cost is $0.99 at the debut price.

See application details

"Dance Me Shokichi ver." be in your iPhone!

2010-04-23T02:00:00Z

UrumaDelvi and Productions Inc. and Phyzios, Inc. has released "Dance Me - Shokichi the dog -"(US$2.99) for iPhone/iPod touch/iPad on App Store.

Dance Me enables you to make characters in photos dance! Choose a photo, trace the outline of a character in it, and then drag the character to give motions.

With "Dance Me - Shokichi the dog -", you can make UrumaDelvi's original character "Shokichi" dance as you like! The Software is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.

And the web service, which is run by Phyzios, Inc., "Phyzios Studio beta" is now offering "犬の小吉" as the anniversary. This will be available for a limited time.

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Shokichi(Japanese)

Phyzios Studio

UrumaDelvi have achieved 3,000 pieces of drawing!

2010-04-13T02:00:00Z

UrumaDelvi's drawing diary titled "Feeling of the Day" have achieved 3,000 pieces of drawing on April 13th, 2010.

They have created the drawings everyday since August 8th, 1995.

At first, they illustrated their daily life. In those days, they release their newest charactors in this diary.

So their fans would say that if you want to catch up "UrumaDelvi", you only have to check "Feeling of the Day" everyday.

Please keep your eyes on UrumaDelvi Deluxe and "Feeing of the Day"!

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UrumaDelvi Deluxe has a brand new face!

2010-04-01T02:30:00Z

We would like to inform you that all of contents of "UrumaDelvi Deluxe" have been opened for everyone today. You do not have to log-in to enjoy the contents.

And UrumaDelvi Supporters Club has been closed as of March 31st, 2010.
On our new site, you can get UrumaDelvi's newest and hottest information.

We hope you to enjoy our site "UrumaDelvi Deluxe"!

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UrumaDelvi Deluxe will be open for everyone

2010-02-25T02:00:00Z

We would like to inform you that all of contents of "UrumaDelvi Deluxe" will be able to be accessed with free of charge as of April 1st, 2010. (ex. You will be able to enjoy "Feeling of the Day" in a very much clearer view.)

And UrumaDelvi Supporters Club will be closed on March 31st, 2010.

We hope you to enjoy our site "UrumaDelvi Deluxe"!

UrumaDelvi's exhibition "TWINS"at New York

2009-10-05T02:00:00Z

We are please to announce the New York debut of the exhibition "TWINS" featuring paintings by UrumaDelvi.

Twins is based on the concept that there is a natural relation between two objects that does not exist when an object is alone. All of the artworks in the exhibition will be displayed in pairs, illustrating the relationship that develops between two objects that share nothing in common except for the space that they share.

Exhibition "TWINS"
hpgrp gallery New York - S. Project Space
October 9 - November 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, October 9, 6-8pm

For more information, please refer to hpgrp gallery New York web site.

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Delvi will appear on the Anime/Manga Creator's Day!

2009-07-06T01:00:00Z

Delvi of "UrumaDelvi" will appear on the Anime/Manga Creator's Day, Sunday, July 12th, at Books Kinokuniya New York Main Store.

She will demonstrate a special UrumaDelvi animation software program while being interviewed about UrumaDelvi's characters and productions. The host will be Samurai Beat Radio.

The demonstration will start at 4 pm.

For more information, please contact:

Books Kinokuniya New York Main Store

1073 Avenue of the Americas (Bet. 40th and 41st St),
New York, NY 10018
phone: 212-869-1700 fax: 212-869-1703
e-mail: nyinfo@kinokuniya.com

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UrumaDelvi Collected Shorts

2009-06-28T15:00:00Z

On Saturday, July 11 at 6:15pm, UrumaDelvi, the wildly popular artistic duo, comes to JAPAN CUTS to premiere their witty, simple and highly inventive animations loaded with super-saturated colors, selected from their oeuvre of over 500 works! First aired on the public network NHK, UrumaDelvi's infamous animated music video, The Bottom Biting Bug swept the nation selling over 250 thousand CDs and a million ring tone downloads. The Bottom Biting Bug, and Sumiko: I Don't Like Your Attitude, the inner monologue of a charming 3rd grader who is too cynical for her age, will make their sensational English-language debut!

Straw Mania (23 sec)
Mr. Huge Head (1:04 min)
The Four Birds (36 sec)
A Night of Centaur (1:35 min)
Rockeppe (1:11 min)
Shikato (5:22 min)
Rice Ball (1:20 min)
Capsule Samurai (3 min, English Version)
TETE x METE (3 min)
The Bottom Biting Bug (3:32 min, English Version)
Marching Giraffes (2:30 min)
Mr. Socket (2 min, English Version)
Mr. Calpaccio (7:27 min)
Sumiko Forever (4:55 min)
Sumiko: I Don't Like Your Attitude (4:03 min, English Version)
Dodobongo the Rescue Dog (30 sec, English Version)
Kasubiru (2 min)

Total Running time: approx. 50min.

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UrumaDelvi Deluxe has opened!

2009-06-24T15:00:01Z

"UrumaDelvi Deluxe" is an entertainment site created by UrumaDelvi themselves.
Access the website, to enjoy UrumaDelvi's latest works exclusively!

The main contents

**: Content for Fan club members (Non-members can enjoy.)

** UrumaDelvi Paint
Paint & Animation Creating Application "UrumaDelvi Paint", which is under development by UrumaDelvi team is introduced here. Fan Club members can download Beta1 release of UrumaDelvi Paint.

** Masterpieces of UrumaDelvi
You can access the whole collection of UrumaDelvi's masterpieces, including "Shikato" and other animations which have been seen only on DVD. Now you can enjoy watching them online!

** Feeling of the Day
This is a drowing diary that UrumaDelvi has kept for 13 years. You can access to enormous amounts of archive data.
Enjoy watching on a large screen (640*480) for the first time!

** 100 Animations UrumaDelvi GOLD
UrumaDelvi's talented works can be viewed here. Their famous animations which have been released up until now, together with their never been published works, are coming right up one after another!

** DODOBONGO Channel
DODOBONGO is the slowest moving dog in the world.
It's a popular character in the UrumaDelvi works. You will enjoy watching Dodobongo animation series and "Happy Fortune" in which Dodobongo will be your fortune teller.

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UrumaDelvi Fan Club has launched!

2009-06-24T15:00:00Z

"UrumaDelvi Deluxe" has kicked off together with 'UrumaDelvi Fan Club'
If you become a fan club member, you can enjoy all kinds of contents of UrumaDelvi Deluxe.
You are always welcome. >Membership Guideline

*UrumaDelvi Paint
Paint & Animation Creating Application "UrumaDelvi Paint", which is under development by UrumaDelvi team is introduced here.
Fan Club members can download Beta1 release of UrumaDelvi Paint.

*Masterpieces
You can access the whole collection of UrumaDelvi's masterpieces, including "Shikato" and other animations which have been seen only on DVD. Now you can enjoy watching them online!

*Feeling of the Day
This is a drowing diary that UrumaDelvi has kept for 13 years. You can access to enormous amounts of archive data.
Enjoy watching on a large screen (640*480) for the first time!

*UrumaDelvi GOLD 100 Animations
UrumaDelvi's talented works can be viewed here. Their famous animations which have been released up until now, together with their never been published works, are coming right up one after another!

*DODOBONGO Channel
DODOBONGO is the slowest moving dog in the world.
It's a popular character in the UrumaDelvi works. You will enjoy watching Dodobongo animation series and "Happy Fortune" in which Dodobongo will be your fortune teller.

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UrumaDelvi Fan Club