{"rewrite":{"id":"r_60dc01374c393258a6c3713b","clusterId":"c_bd0a25fff7c817fab41171de","slug":"celsys-names-wakfu-fan-art-contest-winners-with-ankama","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Celsys Names WAKFU Fan Art Contest Winners With Ankama","summary":"Celsys announced on October 9 the winning works of a fan art contest for the online game WAKFU, held with French publisher Ankama Editions. Arty_mango took the Grand Prize, Willow placed second, and _the_great_yellowbeard_ placed third. The works will appear in Volume 4 of WAKFU: La Grande Vague, scheduled for release in 2027. Winners receive prize money and CLIP STUDIO PAINT.","whyItMatters":"The contest ties Celsys' drawing app to an established French publisher's comic line, meaning the company is using a creator competition to place CLIP STUDIO PAINT inside Ankama's production pipeline rather than only advertising it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe judging carried a specific standard. Cynthia Leman, the author of WAKFU: La Grande Vague, judged the entries and said she favored illustrations where the image conveys story and emotion, calling Arty_mango\u0026#39;s winning piece her personal favorite and pointing to its color, light, and atmosphere.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prize is not only cash. Winners also receive CLIP STUDIO PAINT, the illustration, manga, Webtoon, and animation app that Celsys says is used by more than 70 million people worldwide across iPad, Android, Windows, macOS, and iPhone. The results are posted on a French page of the CLIP STUDIO site.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Prize: Arty_mango\u003c/strong\u003e: Judged by WAKFU: La Grande Vague author Cynthia Leman, who called it her personal favorite\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2nd Place: Willow\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3rd Place: _the_great_yellowbeard_\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Celsys is paying WAKFU contest winners partly in CLIP STUDIO PAINT, the company's own software. The prize doubles as product placement inside the fandom Ankama Editions already owns.","twitterPost":"Celsys prizes include its own CLIP STUDIO PAINT, so WAKFU winners get software tied to the tool that drew their entries.","threadsPost":"Celsys is awarding WAKFU fan art winners cash and CLIP STUDIO PAINT licenses. The software half is the giveaway: a contest run with Ankama Editions that puts Celsys' own tool in the hands of the artists most likely to keep drawing WAKFU.","newsletterBlurb":"Celsys announced the winning entries of a WAKFU fan art contest it ran with French publisher Ankama Editions. Arty_mango took the Grand Prize, with Willow second and _the_great_yellowbeard_ third. The works are set to appear in Volume 4 of WAKFU: La Grande Vague in 2027, and winners receive prize money and CLIP STUDIO PAINT.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/441/4441663/?rss\",\"title\":\"Celsys Holds Fan Art Contest for Popular Game WAKFU with Major French Publisher Ankama Editions, Announces Winning Works\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4718,"outputTokens":750,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791541339,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T10:17:32.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T10:21:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T10:21:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_bd0a25fff7c817fab41171de","canonicalTitle":"セルシス、仏・大手出版社Ankama Editionsと共同で人気ゲーム「WAKFU」のファンアートコンテストを開催、受賞作品を発表","representativeArticleId":"a_15130f7b0cd571635a38e671","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"WAKFU\"],\"studios\":[\"Celsys\",\"Ankama Editions\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T08:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T08:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T10:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/441/4441663/?rss","title":"セルシス、仏・大手出版社Ankama Editionsと共同で人気ゲーム「WAKFU」のファンアートコンテストを開催、受賞作品を発表"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["WAKFU"],"studios":["Celsys","Ankama Editions"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}