OBSERVERS
Lihui
Shen
Founder and CEO of Modern Sky
Founder of Strawberry Music Festival
“I hope to discover a character who is innocent, a little goofy, and somewhat clueless.”
Shen
Founder and CEO of Modern Sky
Founder of Strawberry Music Festival
“I hope to discover a character who is innocent, a little goofy, and somewhat clueless.”
DOUDOU
A singer-songwriter duo composed of Du Feier and Du Bing’er. Their music is grounded in an academic sensibility, moving between pop and experimental electronic music.
“We hope to meet a character at the Feinaki Odd Character Lab who looks wonderfully unusual, yet has an adorable soul.”
A singer-songwriter duo composed of Du Feier and Du Bing’er. Their music is grounded in an academic sensibility, moving between pop and experimental electronic music.
“We hope to meet a character at the Feinaki Odd Character Lab who looks wonderfully unusual, yet has an adorable soul.”
John-johnny
A GIF artist with nearly a thousand works. Their work is mesmerizing, soothing, and infused with a Zen-like sensibility.
“I like the kind of weirdness that looks perfectly serious at first glance.”
A GIF artist with nearly a thousand works. Their work is mesmerizing, soothing, and infused with a Zen-like sensibility.
“I like the kind of weirdness that looks perfectly serious at first glance.”
SeO Saerom
An animator from Busan, founder of CatClaw Studio, and winner of the Music Video Award at the 7th Feinaki Animation Week.
“I hope to meet a character that looks absolutely adorable but acts in the most un-cute, unexpected ways.”
“I hope to meet a character that looks absolutely adorable but acts in the most un-cute, unexpected ways.”
Papayep
An art collective founded by France-based artists Yang Chenghua and Zhang Shang, working across animation, comics, games, and more.
“We’re drawn to characters with an unexpected contrast beneath an absurd, clumsy, or unadorned exterior—characters that invite multiple readings and resist being defined by stereotypes.”
“We’re drawn to characters with an unexpected contrast beneath an absurd, clumsy, or unadorned exterior—characters that invite multiple readings and resist being defined by stereotypes.”
Li Xie
An animation creator and winner of the Feinaki Award at the 7th Feinaki Animation Week.
“I want to meet a character that scares me.”
“I want to meet a character that scares me.”