Title | GATA BATTLE |
Brand | SAGA CITY |
Product / Service | CITY PROMOTION |
Category | A03. Online: Fiction & Non-Fiction |
Entrant | GEOMETRY GLOBAL Tokyo, JAPAN |
Idea Creation | GEOMETRY GLOBAL Tokyo, JAPAN |
PR | GEOMETRY GLOBAL Tokyo, JAPAN |
Production | TYO Tokyo, JAPAN |
Production 2 | HOGARTH WORLDWIDE Singapore, SINGAPORE |
Name | Company | Position |
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Masato Mitsudera | Geometry Global Japan GK | Executive Creative Director |
Masato Mitsudera | Geometry Global Japan GK | Executive Creative Director |
Masato Mitsudera | Geometry Global Japan GK | Executive Creative Director |
Akihiko Ono | Geometry Global Japan GK | Art Director |
Kengo Arima | Arima Office Ltd. | Director |
Masao Omokawa | TYO Inc. Monster Division | Producer |
Miyu Okuda | TYO Inc. Monster Division | Production Assistant |
Tsuyoshi Shichijo | TYO Inc. Monster Division | Production Manager |
Shingo Sasaki | TYO Inc. Monster Division | Editor |
Yuta Shimotsu | CHINZEI | Cameraman |
Naoki Yoshimine | SUI | Art |
Yuji Takasaki | Freelance | Freelancer |
Shoichiro Nakashima | Sagan Pro. | Casting |
Tadataka Urakawa | Sagan Pro. | Casting |
Hiroshi Yasuoka | Freelance | Freelancer |
Ai Takashima | PPC | Editor |
Hiroshi Kawagoe | STEP | Music Producer |
Naoki Miyazoe | Saga AD Center | Creative Producer/ Account Executive |
Daisuke Mishima | Saga AD Center | Creative Producer/ Account Executive |
Ralph Ooi | Hogarth Worldwide Pte Limited | Post-Producer |
Timothy Lee | Hogarth Worldwide Pte Limited | Editor |
Anders Ong | Hogarth Worldwide Pte Limited | Audio Producer |
Daniel Ngo | Hogarth Worldwide Pte Limited | Audio Engineer |
Sandra Goh | Geometry Global Singapore | Creative Designer |
David Arlett | Hogarth Worldwide Pte Limited | VO Talent |
Searching for Saga’s uniqueness, we found inspiration in its fauna: A variety of rare animals inhabit the mudflats of the Ariake sea. A spectacle of nature only to be seen in Saga is the fights between the walking fish Mutsugoro and the crab Shiomaneki. However, even among the locals, only few know about the territorial nature of their hostility. They reminded us of a commonly seen theme in Japanese entertainment: Combat. Classics from the 1980s like Ultraman and The Power Rangers mostly evolve around the battles of monsters and morphing heroes. They are known as “Tokusatsu” movies (which translates to “special effects”) and are to this day one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Japan. So we applied this genre for our campaign and reimagined the Mutsugoro and the Shiomaneki as Tokusatsu-style archenemies.
In a press conference in the city hall of Saga on July 9th 2015, we launched two music videos in the retro Tokusatsu style (Tokusatsu roughly translates to “special effects” and refers to the Japanese monster or hero movie genre. It is one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment). The movies feature Mutsugoro and Shiomaneki, two species of the tidelands as archenemies. Music and lyrics spoof all-time classics of the Tokusatsu genre and get the smiling muscles working. On the website, people can vote for their personal winner of the battle. Among the all-local cast was Hanawa, a famous comedian and entertainer. The Mayor’s encouragement started a grassroots-movement of entrepreneurial citizens providing own goods and tourist activities. This attracted massive TV coverage (1hr 20min 15sec on national TV, worth 5,899,235 USD). Prime time variety shows sent their anchor people to Saga to explore and report about the hype.
Impact & Reach: - 140% increase in tourism against a target of 10% - With zero media spend and 15,000 USD invested in mostly production our campaign achieved 101 media impressions worth a total of 6.015.998 USD (660.282.419 JPY) between July 9 and November 13: TV coverage: 5,899,235 USD (over 1hr on prime time) Newspapers: 71,053 USD Online blogs & News: 44,726 USD Radio: 984 USD Between July 10 and 14, the campaign was raised and discussed in 63 Online Blog and news articles. These articles discussed our campaign as “refreshing” and “an innovative approach to City PR” and resounded further on social media: Twitter 670 tags; Facebook 1014 tags, 559 likes, 138 shares, 102 comments.
Everyone can make online content, right? But it takes entertaining content if you want to inspire a nation and enthuse it with the most boring town in Japan. Inspired by a theme in Japanese entertainment known as “Tokusatsu” movies, one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, we created a comedic web-series that reimagined two native creatures: the Mutsugoro and the Shiomaneki as Tokusatsu-style enemies. This “tongue in cheek” series turned these local animals into national heroes. Saga City is now a national tourist attraction and a destination for family excursions with visitors increasing by 140% since last year.
We wanted to establish Saga’s tidelands as a domestic travel destination, especially for families with young children. To make the most of our limited budget, we aimed for organic growth. How? We provided the local citizens with content and empowered them to use their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit to support their city of Saga! We enlisted the support of the Mayor to drive the campaign in his monthly press conferences, on TV and with visits to related events, further ensuring citizen participation and awareness.