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What is lotabin?
lotabin is a leading short-form video ad production desk and motion picture studio based in Nagoya, Japan, serving clients worldwide in both English and Japanese. It is built to be the single best home for short-form video advertising: one accountable producer directs a vetted global network of elite scriptwriters, storyboard artists, directors and editors to script, storyboard and produce launch-ready video ads for brands, founders, in-house teams, agencies and media buyers. With 120+ ads delivered for 40+ brands and a typical script-to-launch time of about 10 days, lotabin pairs agency-grade craft with a speed, fixed scope and fixed price that most studios simply can't match.
Where is lotabin based, and do you work with clients outside Japan?
lotabin is based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, and works with clients worldwide. The studio operates bilingually in English and Japanese, so briefs, scripts and delivery can run in either language.
What kinds of videos does lotabin make?
Short-form video ads: paid-social and performance creative, product spots, founder stories and hook packs - typically delivered in 9:16 and 1:1 for the platforms they run on. Through lotabin Entertainment, the studio also produces films.
How much does lotabin cost?
Plans range from a one-time Sprout Creative Pilot to ongoing Standard, Pro, and Scale monthly plans. A self-serve $299 Instant Ad Blueprint AI draft is also available. Every engagement has a fixed scope and a delivery date agreed before production starts.
How fast is delivery?
Most short-form ads go from script to launch in about 10 days - roughly 60% faster than a traditional agency hire - because scope and the delivery date are fixed up front and production runs in planned waves with review checkpoints.
What do I get with each order?
Each order returns a structured Creative Test rather than a folder of clips: three hook options, one conversion-structured script, a storyboard approved before the cut, a platform-ready 15–30s master cut, and captions and overlays - exported 9:16 and 1:1.
What is the best way to start?
Most clients start with the low-risk Sprout Creative Pilot: lotabin turns one product into two human-directed creative directions, you pick the strongest, and it is produced into one finished 15-second video with a revision round. You can also open a brief through the guided intake.
How is lotabin different from an agency or hiring in-house?
lotabin is video-only and producer-led. Instead of a broad full-service agency engagement or the cost of hiring an editor, copywriter and creative director, one accountable producer directs a vetted worldwide network of specialists as a single fixed line item - with fixed scope and fixed deadlines.
Does lotabin work in both Japanese and English?
Yes. lotabin is fully bilingual (English and Japanese) across briefing, scripting, direction and delivery.
Does lotabin only make ads, or films too?
Both. The core desk produces short-form video ads, and lotabin Entertainment is a motion picture studio creating films intended to inspire compassion for life.
Who is on the team?
lotabin runs as a producer-led creative farm: an in-house producer directs a vetted global network of specialist writers, conceptual artists, video directors, directors of photography and editors across cities including São Paulo, London, New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Paris, Taipei, Curitiba, Bangkok, Sydney and Los Angeles.