MAGIC GLASSES

Short List
TitleMAGIC GLASSES
BrandCHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD
Product / ServiceACTEMRA
CategoryF01. Pharma: Disease Awareness & Understanding
EntrantINSIGHT-I INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation 2 INSIGHT-I INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation 3 TATSUNOKO PRODUCTION Tokyo, JAPAN
Production CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 2 INSIGHT-I INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production 3 TATSUNOKO PRODUCTION Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Jyunichi Takano Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Brand Manager
Yutaka Omatsu Tatsunoko Production Content Manager
Jyun Soga Tatsunoko Production Director
Mayumi Kuraya Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Promotion
Ayako Tashiro Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Promotion
Hiroshi Nishi Insight-I. Inc. Account Manager
Takeyuki Suzuki Insight-I. Inc. Art Director
Yuki Oono Insight-I. Inc. Digital Creative Director
Caroline Klee Insight-I. Inc. International Project Director

Describe any restrictions or regulations regarding Healthcare/RX/Pharma communications in your country/region including:

Ethical drugs cannot be directly promoted towards the general public. The disease must not be described in a tragic dramatic way.

Describe the target audience and why your work is relevant to them.

Target audience: rheumatoid arthritis patients (mainly women from 30-50 years) and their families. We wanted to communicate also to their children/ teens so that they can recognize the symptoms in their mothers or later in themselves. Animated movie seemed appropriate.

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

A young girl discovers glasses in front of the wedding picture of her parents. She asks her mother explanation about it and we hear about the love story between a young boy and a young girl on a small island near Okinawa.:The boy who was wearing glasses is bullied and saved by the girl. Since then he falls in love with her and would like to help her out. They grow to become teenagers. The mother of the young woman suffers from rheumatoid arthritis symptoms without being able to get a proper diagnosis. The young woman confides to her friend, who unexpectedly decides to change his career and pursue medical studies. He ends up becoming a rheumatology specialist. The mother gets a proper diagnosis. The young man comes back to the island to marry his childhood friend and open a clinic.

Cultural/Context information for the jury

Animated movie is a huge medium in Japan to reach younger generations. Voice actors have also a tremendous following on twitter. So we were able to create noise at the release of the movie. Also, a short trailer has been aired at 50 movie theaters throughout Japan before the high grossing animated movie "Weathering to you" directed by Makoto Shinkai for more impact.

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