Griffin Stewart Birthday 2026 ARG
1. A link to a Google Drive folder was posted. It contained 6 files:

• Frames 2-5 of the animation, with random-looking text (6/7 characters long) in the top right corner, different between every image
• A file named "説明.png", containing hints to obtain the solution
• [Red filled rectangle] [blank square] [blank square] 00 : [blank square]
• Arrows pointed at all blank squares, with specific hints for them expressed with doodles:
• First square: rabbit × toast
• Second square: guinea pig + toast
• Third square: Earth pointing at the blank square, Sun pointing at 31, Moon pointing at 24
• Below that, written is "Password: Outside __" in English (__ is blank)
• A password-protected file named "保護されたファイル.pdf".

2. Hints from the image:

• Doodles refer to Griffin's endings in OshiNari:
• Rabbit: Ending 10 -> Binary 2
• Guinea Pig: Ending 11 -> Binary 3
• Toast: Ending 100 -> Binary 4
• Math:
• 2×4 = 8
• 3+4 = 7
• Space symbols refer to characters' ages in OshiNari. Griffin (Earth) was 22, Amano (Sun) was 31, Kobayashi (Moon) was 24.

3. Hints combine to __ 8 7 00:22
4. This refers to Griffin's 2025 birthday video: https://youtu.be/Gpg02fbJrN0?t=22
5. At that timestamp, the video says "プレイエリアの外です", which means "outside the play area"
6. Password to PDF is "playarea"
7. After inputting the password, the PDF contains an URL to another Google Drive folder, with parts of it replaced by symbols ②-⑤ in a certain order.
8. Replacing the symbols with the text from the images yields an URL to a folder containing a congratulation message allowed to be posted on social media, all 5 frames of the animation without the text in the corner, a 1080p video of the animation, and a Google Form asking the viewer to rate the difficulty of the puzzle and a field to send a message to the creator.

The ARG is over, and the URLs are inactive, so I decided to upload it now

The red rectangle was #FF2025 in color, apparently