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Irasutoya
Irasutoya homepage
Available inJapanese
Founded2012
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Founder(s)Takashi Mifune
Productsillustrations
URLirasutoya.com
Advertisingno
Commercialno
Registrationno
Launched31 January 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-31)
Current statusonline
Content license
custom

Illust-ya (Japanese: いらすとや, Hepburn: irasutoya, derived from Japanese: イラスト, romanized: irasuto, lit. 'illustration' and Japanese: -屋, romanized: -ya, lit. 'shop') , usually referred to simply as Irasutoya is a website operated by illustrator Takashi Mifune [d] that offers gratis illustrations. These works can be used free of charge by individuals and corporations, commercial and non-commercial, but copyright is not waived and there are moral rights related restrictions on how they can be used.[1]

Overview

The site has a diverse range of materials with cute and heartwarming designs that meet the general demand for free-to-use illustrations, and has gained a reputation as a site where you can always find the materials you want.[2] Some of his illustrations are on current affairs and dark humour themes, and the gap between his drawings and themes is also considered attractive.[3] The short time lag between the news and the announcement of the illustrations attracted attention, and the project attracted a lot of attention on Twitter, and was introduced on well-known news websites.[4] The mascot character is a black rabbit named Pikyoko.

Before the appearance of Irastoya, there were sites offering free materials, but there was a problem that the taste of the pictures could not be matched if illustrations from various sites were collected and used. On the other hand, Irastoya has a huge variety of illustrations, and users can get all the materials they need from this site alone, which is an advantage for the users[5]

Commercial and corporate use is also free of charge as long as it is within the scope of the terms of use .[a][7][8][2]

A Twitter play to recreate LPs, CDs, game jackets, manga and light novels and scenes from manga and light novels using illustrations from Irastuya went viral.[9][10] A video recreating the anime's opening footage using materials from Irastuya has also been released.[11]

A smartphone game using illustrations from Irasutoya has also been released.[12]

On the other hand, the problem of taking away the work of other illustrators due to the free service and its convenience[13][b]

The site was updated almost daily after the release of the Setsubun illustrations on 31 January 2012, but as Mifune became too busy to maintain the pace of updates, he temporarily stopped updating the site on 31 January 2021. Since then, updates have been irregular, with a few illustrations uploaded per month.[2][14]

In March 2019, he published an illustration[15] based on the then much-discussed "puffer fish vomiting water" [d]. It drew a response of "working too fast";[16] when he announced the release of the illustration on Twitter, the corresponding tweet attracted 15,000 retweets . In 2021, the company also collaborated with One Piece and Made in Abyss,[17] and in 2022 it collaborated with Tyrol Chocolate and Sesame Street and Inana.[18]

Features

a poster is hung at a park

Initially, the illustrations were mainly of general seasons and events, but gradually illustrations of (sometimes satirical) current events began to be published; around February 2016, when complete gachas in social games for smartphones, where the desired item is hard to win, became an issue. An illustration of a person spinning a giant gacha-gacha was uploaded, saying, "This is an illustration of a person who keeps spinning a gacha-gacha that has a very low chance of winning." and introduced the topic.[3]

From the outset, the site has been full of highly versatile illustrations, including orthodox ones such as seasonal and occupational illustrations, flora and fauna, and template material (a hand holding a smartphone with a blank screen, a surprised child and a blank speech bubble). Further social themes (refugee, fake news, conspiracy) and current events (3D printer weapon production, same-sex marriage, virtual reality, hand spinner) have been added from time to time.

Unusual occupations such as nosmiologists, bird patrollers, and foresters are depicted, as are special machines like miso soup dispensers, centrifuges, transmission electron microscopes; minor instruments (didgeridoo, sampoña, corangre), dinosaurs and other ancient creatures such as Hallucigenia and Pikaia, and subjects from fantasy and games (Hero, Mi-go, Buel), many of which are rare in the free culture world. They also illustrate characters often used on the internet, such as "precious" and "this is my personal opinion".

There are many illustrations of foreigners, but not only in broad categories such as white or black, but also in detailed situations such as international school, teachers, evacuation drills, eating Japanese food, etc., as well as Selknum people with distinctive body painting, pink suits sap, high mountain women with distinctive headdresses, Muslim brides and grooms in traditional wedding costumes, and many other illustrations related to ethnic costumes and decorative culture.

For people, illustrations include men, women, children, adults, elderly, Caucasian, Black and Asian; same-sex couples, gay and lesbian; Japan Self-Defence Forces personnel for land, sea and air; covert photography such compact cameras and smartphones; gaming mice, wired and wireless; wisdom teeth, straight and sideways, etc. There are also many different patterns of the same subject matter, such as chupacabras bipedal and quadrupedal.

As mentioned above, the illustrations are mainly versatile enough to be used in POP and flyers, but some are illustrations of "adolescent boys immersed in their own unique world of narcissism and delusions of grandeur." Some are described as "chuunibyou[c] illustrations", so-called "Aikatsu! uncle", illustrations of a sober male voice actor with glasses whose title is "Ikebo", etc., or those that are less generic (nasogyoji, fish said to live on Europa, the Antikythera mechanism); situations that are special ones (a company employee peacefully sleeping in a submerged office, a person collecting oil floating on the surface of ramen soup) are also offered in large quantities.

In March 2016, Mifune announced the sealing off of current affairs illustrations, saying that "I feel that if I keep up with current affairs any longer, irasutoya will become like a job and I won't be able to enjoy drawing them", but after some time later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and mobile phone companies, they have released illustrations of current affairs such as "two-year bondage" and "freedom from two-year bondage", which are common in mobile phone contracts.[19]

Collaboration

a poster is hung in a store

Irastoya embroidered handkerchiefs were sold at Nakamise in Asakusa from 25 December 2017 for 864 yen per piece (tax included) with five different illustrations (boy, girl, boy and Kaminarimon, girl and Kaminarimon, and animals).[20]

A 2018 collaboration café with Kamakura Coffee appeared for a limited time from 23 January to 1 April.[21] Also in the same year, in collaboration with I'm standing on a million lives, serialised in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, a special "Wakeari Free Edition" in which all panels from the latest five volumes of the work's comics were replaced with Irastoya material was published for free on the official website "Magamega", including Weekly Shonen Magazine.[22]

In the first episode of the first season of the One Million Lives television anime of I'm Standing on a Million Lives, the "Wakeari Version" was broadcast and distributed using Irasutoya for the fastest terrestrial broadcast and fastest internet distribution in October 2020.[23] 4 January 2021. To celebrate the 1000th episode of the manga series ONE PIECE, 20 illustration materials of characters from the work were released. This is the first time that illustration materials with copyrights have been released, and with the permission of Shueisha, they can be used within the scope of the rules of use, just like other materials, as long as the use does not damage the image of the work.[24]

In November 2021, the Made in Abyss collaborated with Made in Abyss to develop the "Made in Abyss x Irastoya Online Kuji Lottery" on the online lottery site "Kujiwari-do". In January 2022, the Chocolate "Irastoya BOX" was sold in collaboration with Tyrol Chocolate.[25][26] In March of the same year, they collaborated with Sesame Street on the "Sesame Street Irasutoya BIG Plushie".[27] In April of the same year, he also announced the production of a LINE Stamp in collaboration with Inana.

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ For commercial use, up to 20 items per creation may be used free of charge. If the number of items exceeds this limit, a fee of approximately ¥1,000 (excluding tax) per item will be charged for the first item. There is no limit on the number of items used for non-commercial purposes or for personal and very small-scale commercial use[6]
  2. ^ In addition, manga artist Taira Saori [d] said on Twitter, "I haven't heard that the work of other illustrators has decreased, and in fact, I think it has become a receptacle for projects that ask illustrators to write for free" (Twitter: tweet on 26 January 2021, 10:04 UTC).
  3. ^ not the original meaning, but the one called "kitchen sickness", "evil eye", etc.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Yuka Okada (2021-01-25). ""Irastoya" 10 years on, updated daily. Too busy to end, "Sorry if I worry you"". ITmedia NEWS. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  2. ^ a b Kyoko Umemoto (2016-03-11). "Popular "Irastoya", why are you doing current affairs?　Declaring a hiatus, and why". Withnews. Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. ^ "Future writers". Irasutoya. 2016-03-09. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. ^ "I will explain how revolutionary this site is from the perspective of an active designer". OMGmag. 2016-09-28.
  5. ^ "Frequently asked questions". Irashtoya. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  6. ^ "Somehow, Japan has become full of "Irasutoyas"". J Town Net. J-Cast. 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. ^ "Sequel: Japan is full of "Irasutoyas" [TV, warning, POP]". J Town Net. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  8. ^ Kutsuzawa, Shinji (2016-03-09). ""Irastuya" material now becomes game packages!　A lot of good work gathered for "Reproducing game packages at Irassuya-san"". Netorabo. Retrieved 2020-11-10. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)
  9. ^ Kutsuzawa, Shinji (2016-03-09). "A fierce group of people who recreate CD jackets by combining free materials gather in "Recreate a famous album using Irastoya's materials"". Newspaper. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  10. ^ Mach Kishomatsu (2016-05-24). ""Itadajangari An R" OP footage recreated with materials from Irastuya, both in terms of reproduction and niche of materials". Netorabo. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  11. ^ Kutsuzawa, True ii (2016-03-29). "Escape from the world of Irasutoya!The popular site's free material is now a game". Netorabo. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  12. ^ kami (2019-08-24). "Irasutoya, taking away the work of illustrators and putting many out of business! Screams of too much cosmetic work". Seconds SUNDAY. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  13. ^ "Future updates to the site". Cute free material collection Irasutoya. 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  14. ^ Duck Cat (15 March 2019). "[Topic] Irassuya now illustrates a 'water-spitting blowfish'! What's it for!!! → 15,000 retweets". Rocket News. Viewed 10 June 2022 (UTC).
  15. ^ Miyahara Rei (17 March 2019). "A photo of a "water-spitting puffer" spread → Illustrations were published by Insects and developed into a Twitter craze, with a charming expression. Irresistible." . Nerobo. Viewed 10 Jun 2022 (UTC).
  16. ^ ""Made in Abyss" and "Irastoya" collaborate! It's an anime where these kawaii characters have adventures". Dengeki Online. (21 Nov 2021) viewed 10 Jun 2022 (UTC).
  17. ^ ""Ainana" x "Irastoya" collaboration confirmed! goods and LINE stamps!"" . Dengeki Online. (27 Apr 2022) viewed 10 Jun 2022 (UTC).
  18. ^ "This is an illustration of the so-called "two-year bond" - "Irassuya" current affairs again at its best". Internet.com. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  19. ^ "Handkerchiefs for sale in Asakusa Nakamise". Irasutoya. 2017-12-25. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  20. ^ "Mobile About the collaboration café". Irasutoya. 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  21. ^ "Over a million lives I stand: 'Irastaya! and unexpectedly collaborated with the free version of the waketo edition". MANTANWEB. Mainichi Shimbun. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  22. ^ "Autumn anime "On a million lives I stand", episode 1 The first episode was produced by "Irastoya", a well-known "cute free material collection", and is now available on YouTube!". Animate Times. Animate Lab. 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  23. ^ "Celebrate 1000th episode! Irassuya x ONE PIECE collaboration illustration appears". Gadget Communications. 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  24. ^ "Tyrol Chocolate "Irastoya BOX", Famima only. Sale, animal designs including LINE stamp "Pien", Maritozzo and Crème Brulee flavours, etc./Family Mart". Food Industry News. (24 Jan 2022). Viewed 10 June 2022 (UTC).
  25. ^ "Tyrol Chocolate "Irastoya BOX"" was launched today (25 Jan. The package features the illustrator Mifunetaka Mifunetaka, who is also a member of the illustration team. The package uses an illustration newly drawn by illustrator Takashi Mifune". Famitsu.com. KADOKAWA Game Linkage. (25 January 2022) viewed 10 June 2022 (UTC).
  26. ^ "The BIG plushies from the "Sesame Street" x "Irastoya" collaboration are surreal and cute! Elmo & Cookie Monster held by a macho cat is a soothing item!"" . DENGEKI HOBBY WEB. (Published 25 Mar 2022, updated 23 Apr 2022), viewed 10 Jun 2022 (UTC).
  27. ^ Society for Digital Archives 2019 "Society for Digital Archives 1st Society Award Winners Announced", Journal of the Society for Digital Archives. Vol. 3, No. 2, 2019, pp. 71-76.
  28. ^ Yoshiaki Kataoka (15 March 2022). "Grand Prize goes to TBS's Friday drama "Saiai", the 2021 'AMD Awards'". INTERNET WATCH. Viewed 10 June 2022 (UTC).
  29. ^ "27th AMD Award '21" award ceremony Report The AMD Award Grand Prize went to "Saai" starring Yuriko Yoshitaka. Also selected were "Irassutoya" and "Uma Musume" (3/6)". ASCII.jp x Digital. Kadokawa ASCII Research Institute. (23 Mar 2022) viewed 10 Jun 2022 (UTC)
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