# AnotherBall

> AnotherBall is a Tokyo- and Singapore-based entertainment technology company building Avvy, a mobile app that creates and animates customizable 2D VTuber avatars, and operating Studio Mayflower, an anime and game production studio. Its consumer wager is that the expensive, specialist path into virtual performance can be compressed into a phone, a free basic tier and a marketplace for digital items.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Tokyo, Japan and Singapore
- **Founders:** Shunsuke Oyu (Co-founder and CEO), Tatsuro Shimada (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 21 employees; public listings place the company in the 11-50 employee range.
- **Products:** IZUMO, AniLive, Avvy, Studio Mayflower
- **Notable:** Avvy surpassed 200,000 registrations within ten days of its April 2025 trial release., Overseas users account for more than half of Avvy's user base, according to the company., Google Play lists more than 100,000 Android downloads and over 2,000 reviews.

## Products & services

- **IZUMO** — The company's earlier umbrella VTuber and Web3 project, which included experiments such as Ailis and SAI and informed its later creator platform work.
- **AniLive** — A mobile vertical live-streaming app for virtual creators and fans, developed for English-speaking markets during AnotherBall's earlier product phase.
- **Avvy** — A mobile app for assembling customizable 2D anime avatars, animating them with phone-based face tracking, and streaming or recording without a custom model or specialist equipment.
- **Studio Mayflower** — A technology-oriented creative studio producing animation, video and game work and developing more efficient digital production workflows.

## Achievements

- Avvy surpassed 200,000 registrations within ten days of its April 2025 trial release.
- Overseas users account for more than half of Avvy's user base, according to the company.
- Google Play lists more than 100,000 Android downloads and over 2,000 reviews.
- More than 1,000 Anime Expo 2025 visitors tried Avvy at its booth, according to an internal company tally.
- AnotherBall reached ¥4.7 billion, approximately $30 million, in cumulative financing in May 2026.
- The company acquired technology-oriented anime production company Studio Mayflower in May 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Raised ¥2.5 billion in debt financing from Shoko Chukin Bank, MUFG, SMBC and Mizuho, bringing cumulative funding to ¥4.7 billion.
- **2026-05** — Appointed Kiral Poon, a former XR company CTO with major metaverse concert experience, as VP of R&D.
- **2025-07** — Demonstrated Avvy at Anime Expo in Los Angeles and appeared in TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite coverage.
- **2025-06** — Released Avvy's official version with paid items, saved avatar coordinates, community features and invitation-based access.
- **2025-04** — Avvy's trial crossed 200,000 registrations in ten days.

## Links

- Website: https://anotherball.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/anotherballofficial
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/shunsuke00
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StartupNow_Podcast
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avvy.live/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avvy.live

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Last updated: 2026-08-20