{"rewrite":{"id":"r_a24b035bb5c8c3d8fcf2680f","clusterId":"c_50240a089f5d17a356b6f78c","slug":"kotobukiya-contest-names-team-c-grand-prize-winner","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kotobukiya Contest Names Team C Grand Prize Winner","summary":"The 2nd Digital Apparel Design Contest held its Day 2 results presentation and awards ceremony on Saturday, September 26, 2026, at the TSUNAGU BASE event space inside KDDI's Takanawa Head Office building. Under the theme \"How to Pass the Baton,\" 59 participants across 10 teams produced digital apparel over roughly one month. Team C's \"Dry Distant Thunder\" took the Grand Prize.","whyItMatters":"The judging criteria rewarded cross-disciplinary collaboration as much as the finished garment, which is the point Kotobukiya and its partners set for a contest pairing apparel pattern-making skills with 3D and VR production.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDay 1 on Saturday, August 22, 2026 covered team formation and the start of production, with seminars sharing knowledge from each field before teams settled on concepts and role divisions. Day 2 screened video works recorded in the social VR platform VRChat featuring the digital apparel produced by all 10 teams, alongside presentations on clothing concepts, production innovations, and coordination between processes. Judges weighed completeness, use of apparel techniques, and cross-disciplinary collaboration before deciding the four major awards and awards from each company and organization. The contest was organized by the Digital Apparel Design Contest Executive Committee, with Kotobukiya handling planning and operation.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kotobukiya's contest put 59 people into cross-discipline teams under the theme \"How to Pass the Baton.\" Team C's Grand Prize went to a build finished in roughly a month, not a solo portfolio piece.","twitterPost":"Kotobukiya's theme was \"How to Pass the Baton.\" Team C's Grand Prize came from a 59-person, 10-team build, not a solo portfolio.","threadsPost":"The 2nd Digital Apparel Design Contest put 59 people from apparel and 3D/VR into 10 teams under the theme \"How to Pass the Baton.\" Kotobukiya named Team C's \"Dry Distant Thunder\" the Grand Prize, so the win goes to a build shaped across disciplines, not one designer's sketch.","newsletterBlurb":"Kotobukiya's 2nd Digital Apparel Design Contest closed out with its Day 2 results presentation and awards ceremony on September 26, 2026. Fifty-nine participants split into 10 teams produced digital apparel over roughly a month under the theme \"How to Pass the Baton.\" Team C's \"Dry Distant Thunder\" won the Grand Prize.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"PANORA\",\"url\":\"https://panora.tokyo/archives/160035\",\"title\":\"Day 2 Report for the 2nd Digital Apparel Design Contest Released: Co-creation Between Apparel and 3D/VR Bears Fruit, All 10 Teams Present Results\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4688,"outputTokens":616,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792039054,"createdAt":"2026-10-15T04:34:08.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T04:36:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T04:36:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_50240a089f5d17a356b6f78c","canonicalTitle":"第2回デジタルアパレルデザインコンテスト Day2開催レポートが公開　アパレルと3D・VRの共創が結実、全10チームが成果を発表","representativeArticleId":"a_9f5ba8a9af258f3a2b81064c","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"第2回デジタルアパレルデザインコンテスト\"],\"studios\":[\"Kotobukiya\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"figures\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-15T03:13:01.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-15T03:13:01.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T04:36:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"PANORA","url":"https://panora.tokyo/archives/160035","title":"第2回デジタルアパレルデザインコンテスト Day2開催レポートが公開　アパレルと3D・VRの共創が結実、全10チームが成果を発表"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["第2回デジタルアパレルデザインコンテスト"],"studios":["Kotobukiya"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"figures","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}