Tokyo Requiem is an unofficial Persona 5 zine focused entirely on the ship ShuAkeShu (Joker/Akechi), set within a film noir alternate universe. This zine will be SFW, with a possible NSFW side zine. For more detailed information, please consult our Info Doc.Fill out our Interest Check HERE.


This zine will be split up into four major sections. These sections are as follows:Section 1: The Mystery Begins
This section establishes our characters and their roles- How they became private eyes, past cases or heists, previous run-ins with each other where one got away, etc. Sets up their daily lives as detectives or thieves.Section 2: On the Case!
This section focuses on mysteries and clues- whether the pair work together to piece together a puzzle like Holmes and Watson, or try to uncover secrets about the other’s misdeeds.Section 3: Cat and Mouse
With the clues compiled, the chase is on! This section focuses on the rivalry between Joker and Akechi, the thrill of the chase. Whether one hunts the other down, leaves breadcrumbs on where to be found, or the two enter a standoff, we want to focus on their many different games of cat and mouse.Section 4: Case Closed
This section details a mystery solved. Did the detective catch the criminal? Does the criminal slip away? Has the detective secretly been the criminal the whole time? Are they dating outside work and go home after a day of antics to relax? Only time will tell.

ZINE SPECIFICATIONSWe plan on including 30 Artists, 7 Merch Artists and 10 Writers, inclusive of Guests. If you’d like to apply, please review our application requirements below. Numbers are subject to change pending the Interest Check.This zine will hopefully be a physical zine. The financial model will be decided through interest checks.Contributors must be 18+ or turn 18 before contributor applications close, have a way to receive payment and be willing to give out their address to receive physical merch. Contributors retain the rights to their work, but they are not allowed to share, sell, or post their work until given permission.Sharing of previews is allowed only during our preorders period. After leftovers are over, the artist is completely free to do with their work as they wish.The created art must be completely new. You are not allowed to submit pre-existing pieces. Any use of generative AI is strictly prohibited and will result in removal from the project.

☂ CONTRIBUTOR INFO

✦ General Contributor Expectations :
• Treat fellow contributors and moderators with respect, kindness, and consideration.
• Have a Discord account or be open to creating one, as it will be the primary means of communication.
• Submit check-ins regularly, or request an extension at least 24 hours before the deadline. Failure to communicate may result in forfeiting your spot in the zine.


✦ Application Guidelines :
• While filling out the applications, please remember to provide all requested samples. Make sure the samples are accessible by opening the link in an incognito window, and that your samples are complete. Otherwise, we will have to disqualify your application.
• As this is a SFW (Safe for Work) zine, we require all your main portfolio samples to be SFW. Portfolios with NSFW (Not Safe for Work) content only will be automatically rejected.


✦ Page Artists
Artists of any skill level and following are welcome. No previous zine involvement is required. We will decide based on your style, abilities, and interest in the project.
You will be asked to create either one fully rendered page complete with a background, or a two page spread.
Requirements :
• 3 samples of what you consider your best work: ideally, this will be fully coloured pieces, akin to what you will create for the zine.
• A link to your portfolio with at least 3 completed pieces in it; while we prefer Google Drive, social media and other websites are also allowed. All we need is for your work to be easily accessible. Please put all NSFW pieces into a separate folder.
Works featuring Persona 5 characters, especially Joker/Akechi/ShuAke, are preferred, but not required. This will not have an impact on your acceptance.


✦ Comic Artists
Artists of any skill level and following are welcome. No previous zine involvement is required. We will decide based on your style, abilities, and interest in the project.
You will be asked to create a 1-2 page, fully coloured and rendered comic.
Requirements:
• 3 samples of what you consider your best work: ideally, this will be fully coloured short comics, akin to what you will create for the zine. You MUST include comics in your sample, or we won't take your application into account.
• A link to your portfolio with at least 3 completed pieces in it; while we prefer Google Drive, social media and other websites are also allowed. All we need is for your work to be easily accessible. Please put all NSFW pieces into a separate folder.
Works featuring Persona 5 characters, especially Joker/Akechi/ShuAke, are preferred, but not required. This will not have an impact on your acceptance.


✦ Merch Artists
Artists of any skill level and following are welcome. No previous zine involvement is required. We will decide based on your style, abilities, and interest in the project. You do not need to have experience creating merch.
You will be required to create two pieces of merch, with the option to work on a third one which will be a stretch goal.
Requirements :
• 3 samples of what you consider your best work: this must be in the same artstyle that you will use in your creations. For example: If you're applying to do a keychain and a print, we will require samples of both the style you would use for the keychain, and the style you will use for the print.
Feel free to show us produced merch, but initial designs will not affect your chances of being accepted.
• A link to your portfolio with at least 3 completed pieces in it; while we prefer Google Drive, social media and other websites are also allowed. All we need is for your work to be easily accessible. Please put all NSFW pieces into a separate folder.
Works featuring Persona 5 characters, especially Joker/Akechi/ShuAke, are preferred, but not required. This will not have an impact on your acceptance.


✦ Spot Artists
Artists of any skill level and following are welcome. No previous zine involvement is required. We will decide based on your style, abilities, and interest in the project. You will be assigned a writer to cooperate with and create several drawings for. The total of your art must take up no more than one full page.
Requirements :
• 3 samples of what you consider your best work: ideally focused on a spot art style (highlighting and supplementing written text), akin to what you will create for the zine.
• A link to your portfolio with at least 3 completed pieces in it; while we prefer Google Drive, social media and other websites are also allowed. All we need is for your work to be easily accessible. Please put all NSFW pieces into a separate folder.
Works featuring Persona 5 characters, especially Joker/Akechi/ShuAke, are preferred, but not required. This will not have an impact on your acceptance.


✦ Writers
We will be grading writer applications based on story flow, characterisation, and writing style.
You will be required to create a work with 1k-1,5k words, with a hard upper limit of 2k words. This can be a fanfic, a travelogue, a diary entry, a letter etc.
For poems, check out the Alternative Creations section.
Requirements :
• 3 samples of what you consider your best work: at least one must be a completed work between 1k-2k words, akin to what you will create for the zine. There is a wiggle room of about +/- 500 words. At least one sample should fit within this requirement. Other two samples, and works in your portfolio, can be excerpts from longer works, or WIPs.
• A link to your portfolio with at least 3 ADDITIONAL completed pieces in it; while we prefer Google Drive, Ao3 and other websites are also allowed. All we need is for your work to be easily accessible. Please put all NSFW pieces into a separate folder.
Works featuring Persona 5 characters, especially Joker/Akechi/ShuAke, are preferred, but not required. This will not have an impact on your acceptance.


✦ Alternative Art Creator
We will be grading alternative artist applications based on consistency, skill level or experience in their chosen medium, and their ability to complete a full piece in their chosen medium within the specifications of the zine.
Please submit a new application for each type of alternative media you plan to create (e.g. one musician application, one chef application).
Requirements :
• At least one SFW example of your best work, reflecting the standard of work you would like to contribute to this zine.
• For text based works, we ask that they are between 500 — 1,500 words for prose (about 100 words of ‘wiggle room’ are allowed). For poetry, they should take up at least one full page, up to two pages.
• We accept poetry, recipes, music, visual collages (aka edits), embroidery, and any other form of art you wish to offer.

   What is a fanzine?
A zine is a collection of works; art, writing and otherwise, created by fans on a specific topic. It can be digital, physical, and even come with fanmade merch.  Will contributors be compensated for this zine?
Yes, this is a for-profit zine. Contributors will be compensated depending on the zines financial success.
Tier 1: Digital zine + digital merch
Tier 2: Physical zine
Tier 3: Flats bundle
Tier 4: Full bundle  Can I apply to multiple roles?
Yes, but you can only be accepted as one role.  Will you ship internationally?
International shipping is available. Some restrictions may apply based on the country.  Where will the product be shipped from?
The zine will ship from Croatia. There’s a low, flat international rate for shipping. For a zine/flat only bundle, this is $6, and for a full merch bundle this amounts to $13.  What about tariffs/VAT/customs?
As we are not a business, we have no way of implementing those into the price. Every buyer is responsible for any extra costs they might have to pay. As we will be shipping from the EU, with most products being from the EU, the expected tariff for US customers is 20%.  How can we be certain our money is in the right hands?
Our team has multiple people who have either professional or zine related experience with finances. All finances will be closely monitored and the finance mod is required to send proof of every single transaction to the moderation team. The entire moderation team will also be able to request to see the PayPal accounts transactions at any point in time. The head moderator will also have login info to the PayPal for extra security.