Kickstarter Aims To Turn Fuzichoco's Art Into Jigsaw Puzzles

Fuzichoco’s illustrated manga covers and game boxes, she’s conquered trading card games. Now, it’s time to take her act to a new medium: puzzles.

Last week, Playing Grounded Puzzles launched a Kickstarter to produce a series of puzzles, which feature artwork by Japanese artist Fuzichoco. The company seeks to raise $9,200 by November 3.

Two puzzles are being offered in the drive. The first, Flow of Goldfish, is fully funded and in production. The Kickstarter aims to produce the second puzzle, Altar in the Forest. If funded, production will start early next year, and puzzles will be ready to ship by July 2017.

Fuzichoco is a Chiba native, who currently lives in Tokyo. She graduated from the Nippon Manga Academy of Fine Arts, and has worked primarily as an independent artist since entering the industry. Fuzichoco’s portfolio includes:

Card designs for Cardfight!! Vanguard
Costume designs for Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, and other Vocaloid characters
Promotional art for stage play Sakura – Japan in the Box

She’s also worked on commission for numerous publishers, including Kadokawa, ASCII Media Works, and Eyedentity Games.

The confirmed Kickstarter reward tiers include:

$1: Thanks from the team
$5: 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard
$42: “Flow of Goldfish” Puzzle, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 400)
$42: “Altar in the Forest” Puzzle, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 400)
$82: “Flow of Goldfish” Puzzle, “Altar in the Forest” Puzzle, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 50)
$240: Six “Flow of Goldfish” Puzzles, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 15)
$240: Six “Altar in the Forest” Puzzles, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 15)
$240: Three “Flow of Goldfish” Puzzles, Three “Altar in the Forest” Puzzles, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 15)
$468: Twelve “Flow of Goldfish” Puzzles, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 10)
$468: Twelve “Altar in the Forest” Puzzles, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 10)
$468: Six “Flow of Goldfish” Puzzles, Six “Altar in the Forest” Puzzles, 4″ x 6″ Color Postcard (Limited 10)
$800: Professionally framed & Assembled Puzzle of backer’s choice. (Limited 2)