CODE27 OCS Original Character Showcase Awards Ceremony
Watch the CODE27 Original Character Showcase 2025 Awards Ceremony live as we celebrate the winners of OCS, a global contest for anime, game, and creative artists to present their original characters on an international stage.
Thousands of artists from around the world submitted their original characters across four tracks: 2D Professional, 3D Professional, 2D Open, and 3D Open. The community voted, the finalists were selected, and a panel of industry judges made the final call. Tonight, we celebrate over 40 finalists competing for track awards, 15 holistic and style awards, sponsor awards, and the OCS Grand Prize.
JUDGES
Tuzi Barde (Tz_Bard) — Lead Concept Character Designer, worked for several top 3 global gacha studios
https://x.com/Tz_bard
凪白みと Nagishiro Mito — Popular Illustrator & VTuber Character Designer, character designer for Hololive’s Fubuki
https://x.com/lemon_mito
VOFAN — Official illustrator for the Monogatari series, character designer for VOCALOID & SynthV
https://x.com/VOFAN_TW
Daniel Arriaga — Annie Award-winning artist, created characters for Pixar and Disney on films like Coco and Inside Out
https://www.instagram.com/rrr_yaga/
HIRO JAPAN — 15+ years crafting stylized 3D characters for games, VTubers, and anime-style worlds
https://x.com/h1i9r8o1
lemontea — Crafts beloved VTuber & Project SEKAI designs, 480K+ Weibo followers, international mentor elevating character art
https://lemonteastar.com/
Painter BuYu — Senior Illustrator & Storyteller, known for “One-Picture-One-Story” works with 1M+ Weibo followers
https://www.mihuashi.com/profiles/2029709
0から始めるblender生活 (Blender life starting from zero) — Winner of 3D character contests (DELL, CGWORLD, NIKKE), author on Blender + Unity
https://x.com/0_blender
gaogao — Experienced gaming industry designer, leads the “Sushi Idol” project, known for cute chibi art style
https://gaogaomegu.art/
hao — Creates iconic VTuber/idol MVs, album covers & merch for Appare! and MetaFes
https://x.com/00hao00
PARTNERS
MediBang Paint: https://medibangpaint.com
Krita: https://krita.org
Reallusion: https://www.reallusion.com
Bside: https://bside.zone
WHAT IS OCS?
The Original Character Showcase is dedicated to the artists who pour their passion, their skill, and their soul into every character they create. OCS celebrates and encourages human-crafted art. Every character here was made by human talent and human hearts. Artists submit their original characters to be evaluated on creativity, originality, and execution by a panel of industry judges from around the world.
Browse all entries: https://community.CODE27.co
ABOUT CODE27
CODE27 is a home for characters made with soul. We build human-crafted, interactive character experiences using 3D models, motion capture, and licensed voicebanks. We partner with creators and rights holders to bring characters to life.
LINKS
Official Website: https://CODE27.co
Original Character Showcase Gallery: https://community.CODE27.co
Discord: https://discord.gg/CODE27
Instagram: https://instagram.com/CODE27_sybran
Twitter/X EN: https://x.com/CODE27_official
Twitter/X JP: https://x.com/CODE27_JP
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@CODE27_official
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