IN DEVELOPMENTTeen / Friendship / Comedy / Drama
VIA5
Five friends. One year that changes everything.
Characters you love.
Stories you follow.
Original entertainment for the internet generation.
Showreel
Meet someone new.
We create original characters and stories designed to keep audiences coming back.
Cast
Meet the Characters
The five of VIA5. Every story starts with someone worth following.
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MAYA
Social Catalyst / Optimist
14. The one who gets everyone in the same place at the same time, and refuses to believe a bad day can't be fixed.
“Everyone's coming. I already told them yes.”
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ZOE
Jester / Protector
14. Always joking. Usually first to notice when someone in the group isn't okay, and last to admit when she isn't.
“If I say it first it's not embarrassing.”
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LILY
Achiever / Organizer
14. Organized, ambitious and happiest when everything goes exactly according to plan. Which it rarely does.
“I made a schedule. Please look at the schedule.”
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YUNA
Artist / Observer
14. Watches everything, draws most of it, and says the one sentence nobody else was brave enough to say.
“Don't look at it yet.”
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SANA
Caregiver / Confidante
14. The steady one. Remembers what everyone said last week and asks about it this week.
“Sit down. Tell me properly.”
Yakiniku Studios
Small teams.
Big audiences.
Yakiniku Studios is an independent digital entertainment company creating original characters and episodic stories for a new generation of audiences.
We build entertainment for the platforms where people already spend their time.
CHARACTERS FIRST
People return for characters, not production technology. We create personalities audiences can recognize, relate to and want to see again.
DIGITAL FIRST
Built for how entertainment is watched today. Our stories can live across episodes, shorts and social platforms.
BUILT TO CONTINUE
One successful story should lead to another. Characters can grow across episodes, formats, platforms and eventually entirely new experiences.
Entertainment doesn't need to be complicated.
Great entertainment does not always require enormous crews, enormous budgets or years of production.
It needs characters people care about.
Stories people want to finish.
And another episode worth coming back for.
That's what we're building.
Production
A different kind of studio.
We combine writers, producers, artists and a new generation of creative technology to produce original entertainment efficiently and consistently.
- Idea→
- Character→
- Story→
- Production→
- Audience
Technology changes.
Story comes first.
Why Yakiniku?
No complicated brand strategy.
The founders just really like Japanese barbecue.
Some stories start over a grill.