[Next-Generation AI English Conversation] "Transforming English from Study to Something You Want to Speak" AI English Conversation App "LUNA" Released
TORICO Corporation has officially released "LUNA," a new AI English conversation app. LUNA is an English conversation partner app that focuses on "enjoyment," allowing users to have voice conversations and text chats in English with "Luna," an AI character living on the moon. With the concept of "Transforming English from study to something you want to speak," it aims to solve the biggest reasons why English conversation learning doesn't continue—"it's not fun" and "there's no one to talk to"—by offering a new experience of having "a friend to speak English with."
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TORICO Corporation (Headquarters: Tokyo, Representative Director: Kotaro Yamashita) announces the official release of its new AI English conversation app, "LUNA."
LUNA is an English conversation partner app that focuses on "enjoyment," allowing users to have voice conversations and text chats in English with "Luna," an AI character living on the moon. With the concept of "Transforming English from study to something you want to speak," it aims to solve the biggest reasons why English conversation learning doesn't continue—"it's not fun" and "there's no one to talk to"—by offering a new experience of having "a friend to speak English with."
App Store: https://apple.co/4u3RO31
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torico.companion
Official Website: https://drawer-app.com/ja/lp/luna
English conversation learning doesn't continue with "efficiency" alone.
"I want to learn English efficiently" is a wish many English learners share. AI English conversation apps have met this desire by providing a new English learning experience to many learners, offering a means to practice 24/7 without the pressure of talking to a person.
Many of these apps are designed around scene-specific phrase practice. This style involves learning English expressions used in specific situations, such as "checking in at the airport," "ordering at a cafe," or "expressing opinions in a meeting." While effective for preparing for specific scenarios, it is not designed to experience conversation itself—the joy of expressing oneself and the fun of getting to know others—that is, natural conversations like those with friends and colleagues in daily life.
Furthermore, situations where it's difficult to start or continue a conversation, such as "I can't think of anything to talk about" or "I can't continue if the topic isn't interesting," are typical challenges for learners using AI English conversation apps.
This "lack of conversational enjoyment" becomes the biggest barrier to continued learning. "Inability to continue" is a fatal problem for English learners. That's why we believe that "enjoyment" is not an entertainment element but an essential factor that accelerates learning.
"What is an enjoyable conversation?" "How can we create the 'sense of security that conversation never runs out' when talking with friends?" "What kind of experience allows you to start not because you 'have to study' but because you 'want to speak'?"
LUNA is our challenge to translate human conversation and emotional states into an app experience.
■ The big gap between "input learning" and "real English conversation."
There is a clear "disconnection" in English learning among working adults in Japan.
The transition from input-based learning, like textbooks or Duolingo, to output-based learning, like online English conversation, involves significant psychological and practical hurdles, causing many learners to give up at this stage.
LUNA aims to be a product like training wheels that supports this transition "from input to output." Because the partner is AI, there's no need to fear making mistakes, allowing users to develop the habit of speaking English at their own pace, starting with topics they are interested in.
Talk to Luna before talking to people. Not afraid of mistakes, wanting to continue—LUNA provides that "first step to output."
■ Three features of LUNA
1. English conversation as "chatting," not phrase practice.
LUNA is not an app for memorizing phrases used in specific scenes. Luna is interested in you as a person, listens to your stories, and talks about herself. LUNA recreates the "conversation" itself—the joy of expressing yourself, the fun of getting to know others, and the human relationships in daily life—in English.
2. Your unique AI English conversation partner.
Luna remembers you. Your likes, recent events, English habits. The more you talk, the more Luna understands you and grows into your unique conversation partner. There's no need to force yourself to talk about uninteresting topics. You can talk about what you want to talk about together.
3. Don't give up on enjoyment. But don't compromise on efficiency either.
Conversations with Luna are not lessons; they are chats. You can grasp the feeling of English flowing naturally from your mouth on natural topics like movies, weekend plans, or today's news. At the same time, it also features detailed grammar and pronunciation correction and feedback unique to AI. We don't give up on both "enjoyment" and "efficiency."
LUNA is an English conversation partner app that focuses on "enjoyment," allowing users to have voice conversations and text chats in English with "Luna," an AI character living on the moon. With the concept of "Transforming English from study to something you want to speak," it aims to solve the biggest reasons why English conversation learning doesn't continue—"it's not fun" and "there's no one to talk to"—by offering a new experience of having "a friend to speak English with."
App Store: https://apple.co/4u3RO31
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.torico.companion
Official Website: https://drawer-app.com/ja/lp/luna
English conversation learning doesn't continue with "efficiency" alone.
"I want to learn English efficiently" is a wish many English learners share. AI English conversation apps have met this desire by providing a new English learning experience to many learners, offering a means to practice 24/7 without the pressure of talking to a person.
Many of these apps are designed around scene-specific phrase practice. This style involves learning English expressions used in specific situations, such as "checking in at the airport," "ordering at a cafe," or "expressing opinions in a meeting." While effective for preparing for specific scenarios, it is not designed to experience conversation itself—the joy of expressing oneself and the fun of getting to know others—that is, natural conversations like those with friends and colleagues in daily life.
Furthermore, situations where it's difficult to start or continue a conversation, such as "I can't think of anything to talk about" or "I can't continue if the topic isn't interesting," are typical challenges for learners using AI English conversation apps.
This "lack of conversational enjoyment" becomes the biggest barrier to continued learning. "Inability to continue" is a fatal problem for English learners. That's why we believe that "enjoyment" is not an entertainment element but an essential factor that accelerates learning.
"What is an enjoyable conversation?" "How can we create the 'sense of security that conversation never runs out' when talking with friends?" "What kind of experience allows you to start not because you 'have to study' but because you 'want to speak'?"
LUNA is our challenge to translate human conversation and emotional states into an app experience.
■ The big gap between "input learning" and "real English conversation."
There is a clear "disconnection" in English learning among working adults in Japan.
The transition from input-based learning, like textbooks or Duolingo, to output-based learning, like online English conversation, involves significant psychological and practical hurdles, causing many learners to give up at this stage.
LUNA aims to be a product like training wheels that supports this transition "from input to output." Because the partner is AI, there's no need to fear making mistakes, allowing users to develop the habit of speaking English at their own pace, starting with topics they are interested in.
Talk to Luna before talking to people. Not afraid of mistakes, wanting to continue—LUNA provides that "first step to output."
■ Three features of LUNA
1. English conversation as "chatting," not phrase practice.
LUNA is not an app for memorizing phrases used in specific scenes. Luna is interested in you as a person, listens to your stories, and talks about herself. LUNA recreates the "conversation" itself—the joy of expressing yourself, the fun of getting to know others, and the human relationships in daily life—in English.
2. Your unique AI English conversation partner.
Luna remembers you. Your likes, recent events, English habits. The more you talk, the more Luna understands you and grows into your unique conversation partner. There's no need to force yourself to talk about uninteresting topics. You can talk about what you want to talk about together.
3. Don't give up on enjoyment. But don't compromise on efficiency either.
Conversations with Luna are not lessons; they are chats. You can grasp the feeling of English flowing naturally from your mouth on natural topics like movies, weekend plans, or today's news. At the same time, it also features detailed grammar and pronunciation correction and feedback unique to AI. We don't give up on both "enjoyment" and "efficiency."