A scene from PixAI’s original music video “In Search of Summer Hues”
A scene from PixAI’s original music video “In Search of Summer Hues”
Rewards for PixAI’s Ice Pop Paradise event
PixAI’s summer event “Ice Pop Paradise”
This festival delivers Mio’s original anime music video, creator challenges, video tools, and exclusive summer rewards to users around the globe.
NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, August 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — PixAI, an anime-style AI art platform and community for creators, has introduced the Ice Pop Paradise Summer Festival, a worldwide seasonal initiative that brings together original music and animation, character storytelling, AI-powered image and video production, creative contests, daily rewards, and limited-time summer decorations.
The event runs from July 29 at 5:00 p.m. through August 18 at 12:00 p.m. JST, offering users the chance to accompany PixAI mascot Mio in a mid-summer environment filled with ice pops, festival booths, evening lights, and seasonal tales. Participants can earn PixAI credits, Tsubaki.2 generation cards, and exclusive profile decorations while engaging in activities on PixAI and across social media platforms.
Central to the campaign is the original animated music video “In Search of Summer Hues.” Set against the sounds of cicadas, evening breezes, festival illuminations, and quiet summer encounters, the MV traces Mio through fleeting moments that gradually become lasting memories.
The song is performed by Japanese voice actress and singer Mika Kohinata, known for her role as Soyo Nagasaki and for playing bass in MyGO!!!!! within the BanG Dream! franchise. Lyrics, composition, and arrangement were handled by Takaaki Kimura of KEYTONE, with Maki Hanagata on guitar, Yuki Natsume on bass, and Takeaki Oshima on mixing. The animation was produced by the PixAI Animation Team.
PixAI is using the MV’s music, visuals, and atmosphere as a springboard for community creation. Users can reimagine its summer themes through illustrations, videos, comics, character scenes, and visual narratives.
The campaign also introduces the seasonal story “The Height of Summer.” Set on an island where late summer seems to linger, the narrative follows Mio through familiar streets, sea breezes, ferry arrivals, lantern light, and small everyday moments. One chapter is unlocked each day, and readers can earn a Tsubaki.2 generation card. PixAI has also announced plans for an anime adaptation, with further details to be revealed later.
The MV Fan Creation Challenge encourages participants to take inspiration from the song or MV scenes, produce images or videos using PixAI, and share their work on designated platforms. Rewards include Amazon gift cards, physical merchandise, PixAI credits, and participation prizes. Eligible creators can win Amazon gift cards worth up to $300, and everyone who submits a valid entry through the official form will receive a participation reward.
PixAI is also running an MV release campaign on X. Those who follow the official PixAI account, like, and repost the designated campaign post will be entered for a chance to win rewards from a combined $250 Amazon gift card prize pool.
A separate PixAI platform contest, the Ice Pop Paradise Summer Festival Contest, invites creators to submit artwork inspired by Ice Pop Paradise, summer festivals, Mio, or summer-night scenery. Winning entries will share a 54.5 million PixAI credits prize pool. Entries shared on X will also be eligible for additional rewards, including a $1,000 Amazon gift card and 9 million PixAI credits.
To make video creation more accessible during the campaign, PixAI is opening its v3.0 Lite image-to-video model to all users for a limited time, with no membership required. PixAI is also offering discounted v4.0 video-generation cards, including the Lite model for $5 and the Preview model for $12, each package containing 10 generation cards.
Daily event rewards include Tsubaki.2 generation cards—basic users can claim one card per day, while members can claim three. The Ice Pop Stick Draw also provides daily chances to win prizes, including up to 30,000 PixAI credits and bonus rewards of up to 50%.
The event features a range of limited summer decorations, including exclusive badges and avatar frames inspired by ice pops, festival stalls, beach scenery, desserts, and evening lights.
Annual memberships are available at 50% off during the campaign. Credit-pack purchases include up to 40% bonus credits and the limited avatar frame set “Whispers Among Blossoms.” Users who purchase the featured $180 early-bird Ice Pop Paradise credit pack between July 29 and August 9 will also receive the limited cosmetic item “Honeyed Sundae.”
PixAI is also offering a Mio.2 Gem Pack for $3, available for repeated purchases throughout the event, with an additional 30% Gem bonus included with every purchase.
“The Ice Pop Paradise Summer Festival was created to give users different ways to enter the same summer world,” said a Mewtant spokesperson. “Through the original MV, Mio’s seasonal story, creative challenges, video tools, and daily rewards, users can experience the festival as both viewers and creators, adding their own characters, scenes, and stories.”
Guided by the slogan “Imagination, made real,” PixAI continues to develop anime-focused creation tools and community experiences that help users turn inspiration into finished visual works.
About PixAI
PixAI is an anime-style AI art platform. Powered by its proprietary image foundation model, PixAI has been trusted by 15 million+ registered users across the US, Korea, and Japan since 2022. The platform offers a full creative toolkit—from anime-style illustration and image generation to image-to-video—alongside a social gallery where creators generate over 200 million artworks every month. Its conversational assistant, Mio.2, lets anyone turn a plain description into finished anime art, no prompts required.
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