Jul 28, 2021
Doodle Champion Island Games (July 28)
This Doodle’s Key Themes
Welcome to the Doodle Champion Island Games! Over the coming weeks, join calico (c)athlete Lucky as she explores Doodle Champion Island: a world filled with seven sport mini-games, legendary opponents, dozens of daring side quests, and a few new (and old ;)) friends. Her ultimate goal? Defeat each sport Champion to collect all seven sacred scrolls—and complete extra hidden challenges across Champion Island in the purrr-ocess.
Are you feline Lucky 😼 ? Click on today’s Doodle, join one of the four color teams to contribute to the real-time global leaderboard, and let the games begin!
Go behind-the-scenes of today’s interactive Doodle, made in partnership with Tokyo-based animation studio, STUDIO 4°C!
Come back tomorrow to keep up with Lucky, check the real-time team leaderboard standings, and watch the action unfold in the Doodle Champion Island Games!
Global Leaderboard Standings
Karasu and Team Red are in the lead!
Join one of the four color teams to get in on the action and contribute to the global leaderboard!
It’s meow or never 😺
Today's Purrr-sonalities
Your Calico (C)athlete: Lucky
Compete in the Champion Island Games as Lucky—your new favorite feline.
Your Fur-midable Opponent: Princess Otohime
Sport | Artistic Swimming
Sea if your rhythm is unWAVEring when you visit this champion’s underwater kingdom
Early character drafts and sketches by STUDIO4°C
THE DOODLE CHAMPION ISLAND GAMES TEAM
Nate Swinehart, Sophie Diao, Ben Tobias, Hélène Leroux
Mark Ivey, Eric Arnold, Daniel Dovali, David Lu, Audrey LoVan, Conner Lane, Jacob Katzeff, Jacob Howcroft, Kathy Lee, Stephanie Gu, Leah Sandacz, Jonathan Shneier
Diana Tran, Anthony Irwin
Colin Duffy
Perla Campos, Sierra Menzies
Midori Okamura, Sayuri Tawara, Ken Miura, Mai Fukue
Madeline Belliveau
Peter Saathoff-Harshfield, Kiran Kaja, Dominic Mazzoni
Mark Sherbin
Dave Sharek
Jessica Yu, Brian Kaas, Tom Tabanao
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CHARACTER DESIGN & ANIMATION SERVICES | STUDIO4°C
Director, Storyboard, Character Designer, & Key Animation | Takahiro Tanaka
監督・コンテ・キャラクターデザイン・原画 | 田中孝弘
CGI Director, Compositor, & Editor | Masaya Inaba
CGI監督・撮影・編集 | 稲葉昌也
Art Director & Background | Hisako Akagi (Orange Co., Ltd.)
美術監督・背景 | 赤木寿子 (有限会社オレンジ)
Color Stylist & Color Coordinator | Wakako Takahashi
色彩設計・色指定 | 高橋和歌子
In-between Supervisor | Hidemi Okusaka
動画検査 | 奥坂英珠
In-between | Miyu Nakazawa, Chiharu Haraguchi, REVOROOT, qIXIE STUDIO, studio Hibari Osaka studio, STUDIO GIMLET, STUDIO MASSKET, STUDIO・MOO, M.S.C, StudioL, OLM Asia
動画 | 中沢海友, 原口ちはる, レヴォルト, qIXIE STUDIO, スタジオ雲雀 大阪スタジオ, スタジオギムレット, STUDIO MASSKET, スタジオ・ムー, M.S.C, スタジオエル, OLM Asia
Desital Ink & Paint | D-COLORS, studio step, Defa, M.S.C, STUDIO MASSKET, Jumondou
仕上げ | D-COLORS, スタジオ ステップ, (株)デファー, M.S.C, STUDIO MASSKET, 寿門堂
Legal & Coordinator | Ayumi Inoguchi
法務・翻訳 | 井ノ口歩
Animation Assistant Producer | Sayuri Yoshiyama, Moruto Yamashita
制作進行 | 吉山小百合, 山下諸人
Animation Producer | Tomoko Ogiwara
アニメーションプロデューサー | 荻原知子
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