Tokyo Otaku Mode ("TOM") is a top Anime / Manga (Comics) / Cosplay curator on Facebook and is now at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley.
01) FB Page
We have over 5.6 million fans at;
> www.facebook.com/tokyootakumode.
TOM is ranked No.1 in terms of growth of fans per day/week/month and ranked NO.3 in Entertainment category in FB.
> bit.ly/Pi2zrU
02) Web App
We just launched alpha of our own Wep App below.
> otakumode.com/login
UI/UX is “pinterest-like” and it shares high-quality photos and movies among fans.
We opened to public one week from July 8 to 14th, and have hit over 1.2 million PVs in one week alone!
03) iOS App
We will launch iOS App to capture user traffic from smart terminals.
We plan to develop Android and iPad as well.
2. What is Otaku?
ANIME MANGA GAME
(Animation) (Comics)
Otaku are people who are crazy about Japanese Animetion
(Anime), Manga (Comics), Game and Cosplaying.
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4. What is Tokyo Otaku Mode?
Tokyo Otaku Mode (“TOM”) is a curator with a team in
Tokyo, that discovers best Otaku content in the world.
5. What is Tokyo Otaku Mode?
Tokyo Otaku Mode (“TOM”) is a curator with a team in
Tokyo, that discovers best Otaku content in the world.
6. Where We Curate?
Currently we curate those Otaku content on our
Facebook page at www.facebook.com/tokyootakumode.
7. What is Facebook Fanbase and Growth?
10M
5.6million
99%
of fan is outside Japan
820K+
in last month
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2011 2012
We have now 5.6 million fans, with “world-wide” userbase.
The growth is accelerated and 10M fans is the target.
8. How is User Engagement?
55,549 Likes!
5,439 Shares!
1,037Comments!
With one post, we got thousands of Likes,
meaning active and engaged user base.
9. What is the next of Facebook?
?
Facebook is just the beginning of TOM.
We would launch our own Web App and Mobile App
10. Web App
Web App is a combo of curation from TOM / other
prominent curators and UGC, creates a community.
11. Web App Pageviews
1,500,000
1,206,327
3,457 7,099 24,977
6/17 - 6/23 6/24-6/30 7/1 - 7/7 7/8 - 7/14
We made it public for one week as a test,
and have hit over 1.2 million pageviews in one week alone
12. iOS App
We have developed iOS App as first for Mobile.
Plan to develop iPad, Android as well.
13. Monetization
$10B
Market
Ads e-commerce
Potential business includes ads and e-commerce for
comics, toys, DVDs, Anime social games etc.
14. Team
Product Engineer
Tomo Paji
Engineer Business
Mash Nao
Advisor MIT MEDIA LAB
Joi Ito
Strong team and great advisor, JOI ITO.
15. Fundraising
$750K
($485K committed)
Richard William
Chen Lohse
Ex-google Ex-Ziff-Davis
Maneesh Elliot Benjamin
Arora Loh Joffe
Ex-google Ex Geni/Yammer Mr. Asia
Craig Mark Amit
Mod Yoshitake Sangani
Ex-flipboard google Ex-google
We are 500 Startups, batch 4.
Digital Garage and many U.S. investors have invested.