[Exhibition Report] AI Chat App 'SynClub' Exhibited at the AI Character Festival
HiClub's interactive AI app 'SynClub' exhibited at the 'AI Character Festival,' showcasing AI character generation, manga creation, and an AI game maker. It provided a new AI creation experience expanding from conversations.
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The interactive AI app 'SynClub' (available for iOS/Android), which allows users to chat with AI and make friends, provided by HiClub Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yu Furuya), exhibited at the 'AI Character Festival' held at Sumida Industry Hall on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
At this event, based on the concept of 'shaping imagination,' visitors experienced SynClub's various AI creation features, including AI character generation, manga creation, and the AI Game Maker. The booth offered a new AI creation experience where conversations with AI characters expand into personalized manga and game creations.
■ Background of Exhibition
In recent years, the evolution of generative AI has made various creative productions, such as images, manga, videos, and games, more accessible. On the other hand, many users feel that while they have ideas, they cannot shape them, or that the barrier to creation is too high despite their interest. Consequently, there is growing interest in environments where anyone can intuitively enjoy creation.
SynClub, under the theme of 'shaping imagination,' provides a new AI creation experience that naturally expands from chatting with AI characters into creating manga, games, and stories.
At this AI Character Festival, we introduced the possibilities of new AI-powered creation while letting visitors actually experience it.
■ Exhibition Content
1. AI Character Generation Feature
We provided an experience where users could generate original AI characters by freely setting their appearance, personality, and speaking style based on user input.
Each visitor enjoyed creating their preferred 'oshi (favorite) AI character' and experiencing conversations and world-building with them.
2. Manga Feature
This feature allows users to create their own original manga featuring the generated AI characters as protagonists.
We offered an AI creation experience that shapes stories based on conversations and settings.
3. AI Game Maker
A feature that enables game creation simply by chatting with an AI agent.
Visitors experienced how the AI generates game content, images, and audio just by inputting the story they want to make and character settings.
(Screenshots of actual AI character generation, generated manga, and AI Game Maker interfaces)
■ Event Atmosphere
At the booth, many visitors experienced the 'new creative experience of building with AI,' where conversations with AI characters lead to the production of content like manga and games.
In particular, there were many voices of surprise at the experience of having the characters they chatted with take shape directly into manga or game works, and some visitors stayed at the booth for a long time enjoying the creation process.
Additionally, a voting campaign to decide the names of characters was held inside the booth. In addition to on-site voting, online voting via the official X account was also conducted, drawing participation from many users.
Visitors were seen voting while thinking of names that suited the characters, giving rise to new communication and interaction through the characters.
The final voting results on which names were selected will be announced later on the official SynClub X account.
(Photos of the event booth, app experience, and character name voting campaign)
■ Visitor Reactions
At the exhibition booth, we received many comments such as:
- 'It was refreshing to be able to turn the character I was talking to directly into a manga.'
- 'It is interesting that I can create even if I can't draw.'
- 'I felt the barrier to game creation has been significantly lowered.'
- 'The sensation of making a work together with AI was new.'
There was a great deal of positive feedback for the new AI creation experience that expands from chatting with AI characters into the creation of manga, games, and more.
■ Future Outlook
SynClub aims to continue providing AI creation experiences that expand into various forms of creation, such as manga, games, and animation, not just chatting with AI characters, under the theme of 'shaping imagination.'
Furthermore, starting with a major update to the manga feature currently under development, we will also work on strengthening the community experience where users can enjoy sharing their works with each other and offering a creative experience with a higher degree of freedom.
Moving forward, as a new creation platform where people can freely shape their 'likes' and 'worldviews' through AI, we will continue to drive further feature development and service improvement.
■ Exhibition Overview
Name: AI Character Festival in Sumida Industry Hall
Date & Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 11:00 - 17:00
Venue: Sumida Industry Hall 8F
At this event, based on the concept of 'shaping imagination,' visitors experienced SynClub's various AI creation features, including AI character generation, manga creation, and the AI Game Maker. The booth offered a new AI creation experience where conversations with AI characters expand into personalized manga and game creations.
■ Background of Exhibition
In recent years, the evolution of generative AI has made various creative productions, such as images, manga, videos, and games, more accessible. On the other hand, many users feel that while they have ideas, they cannot shape them, or that the barrier to creation is too high despite their interest. Consequently, there is growing interest in environments where anyone can intuitively enjoy creation.
SynClub, under the theme of 'shaping imagination,' provides a new AI creation experience that naturally expands from chatting with AI characters into creating manga, games, and stories.
At this AI Character Festival, we introduced the possibilities of new AI-powered creation while letting visitors actually experience it.
■ Exhibition Content
1. AI Character Generation Feature
We provided an experience where users could generate original AI characters by freely setting their appearance, personality, and speaking style based on user input.
Each visitor enjoyed creating their preferred 'oshi (favorite) AI character' and experiencing conversations and world-building with them.
2. Manga Feature
This feature allows users to create their own original manga featuring the generated AI characters as protagonists.
We offered an AI creation experience that shapes stories based on conversations and settings.
3. AI Game Maker
A feature that enables game creation simply by chatting with an AI agent.
Visitors experienced how the AI generates game content, images, and audio just by inputting the story they want to make and character settings.
(Screenshots of actual AI character generation, generated manga, and AI Game Maker interfaces)
■ Event Atmosphere
At the booth, many visitors experienced the 'new creative experience of building with AI,' where conversations with AI characters lead to the production of content like manga and games.
In particular, there were many voices of surprise at the experience of having the characters they chatted with take shape directly into manga or game works, and some visitors stayed at the booth for a long time enjoying the creation process.
Additionally, a voting campaign to decide the names of characters was held inside the booth. In addition to on-site voting, online voting via the official X account was also conducted, drawing participation from many users.
Visitors were seen voting while thinking of names that suited the characters, giving rise to new communication and interaction through the characters.
The final voting results on which names were selected will be announced later on the official SynClub X account.
(Photos of the event booth, app experience, and character name voting campaign)
■ Visitor Reactions
At the exhibition booth, we received many comments such as:
- 'It was refreshing to be able to turn the character I was talking to directly into a manga.'
- 'It is interesting that I can create even if I can't draw.'
- 'I felt the barrier to game creation has been significantly lowered.'
- 'The sensation of making a work together with AI was new.'
There was a great deal of positive feedback for the new AI creation experience that expands from chatting with AI characters into the creation of manga, games, and more.
■ Future Outlook
SynClub aims to continue providing AI creation experiences that expand into various forms of creation, such as manga, games, and animation, not just chatting with AI characters, under the theme of 'shaping imagination.'
Furthermore, starting with a major update to the manga feature currently under development, we will also work on strengthening the community experience where users can enjoy sharing their works with each other and offering a creative experience with a higher degree of freedom.
Moving forward, as a new creation platform where people can freely shape their 'likes' and 'worldviews' through AI, we will continue to drive further feature development and service improvement.
■ Exhibition Overview
Name: AI Character Festival in Sumida Industry Hall
Date & Time: Saturday, May 16, 2026, 11:00 - 17:00
Venue: Sumida Industry Hall 8F
FAQ
What is SynClub's manga feature?
It allows users to create original manga based on conversations using generated AI characters.
What is the AI Game Maker?
A feature that automatically generates games based on chat inputs about story and settings.
Who operates SynClub?
It is operated by HiClub Inc., headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo.