History

1991/05: Company established.
1993/09: Release of animation production software, RETAS!PRO Ver.1.
1997/02: Toei Animation starts digitizing their TV series animation movies with RETAS!PRO.
1999/12: RETAS!PRO wins Animation Magazine's (USA) "Golden Pixie Award (the news traditional animation category) 1999".
2001/08: Release of manga production software, ComicStudio Ver.1.0.
2003/11: ComicSurfing is used as the comic viewer in the first ever online comic service offered by au KDDI.
2004/01: RETAS!PRO wins "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" in 18th Digital Content Grand Prix.
2005/01: ComicStudioEX Ver.3.0 wins "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" in 19th Digital Content Grand Prix.
2006/02: Overseas release of the English version of ComicStudio - MangaStudio.
2006/12: Company's stock listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange Centrex market.
2009/04: Release of color painting and illustration tool “IllustStudio Download Edition”.
2010/03: BookSurfing (BS Reader), our general ebook viewer, is used by 1000 sites.
2010/11: CELSYS,Inc. delisted from the second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange to establish ArtSpark Holdings Inc. by share transfer.
2012/04: ArtSpark Holdings Inc. established by CELSYS,Inc. and HI CORPORATION.
2012/05: Painting software for illustrations and manga, Clip Studio Paint, released by CELSYS.
2012/07: New joint corporation, UNICORN, is established in China.
2013/09: Clip Studio Paint becomes available worldwide.
2015/01: Clip Studio Paint wins 1st in the graphics software section of the BCN AWARDS 2015 (and has placed four times until 2019).
2015/03: Clip Studio Paint reaches 1 million creators worldwide.
2015/10: Addition of animation features to Clip Studio Paint.
2016/12: Material distribution service, Clip Studio ASSETS, launched worldwide.
2017/11: Clip Studio Paint EX for iPad simultaneously released worldwide.
2017/12: Registered creators to Clip Studio, the creative support service, exceeds 1,000,000
2018/09: Launch of e-book solution, Clip Studio Reader.
2019/12: Clip Studio Paint for iPhone simultaneously released worldwide.
2020/08: Clip Studio Paint for Galaxy simultaneously released worldwide.
2020/12: Simultaneous worldwide release of the Android and Chromebook versions of Clip Studio Paint.
2021/12: Clip Studio Paint reaches 10 million creators worldwide.
2022/06: &DC3, Inc. is established as a subsidiary and launches the content distribution solution, DC3.
2022/09: Merger between CELSYS, Inc. and ArtSpark Holdings Inc.
2024/09: Changed market classification to Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market.