Legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano collaborates with Astar Network for his new NFT collection
Singapore, Singapore –News Live– Astar
Astar network, a multichain smart contract platform, today announces its partnership with legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano to create and release an exclusive NFT collection on the Astar blockchain. This is the first time Mr. Amano’s fantasy worlds and characters come to life on a blockchain, where his art can interact with the projects and communities of Astar.
Yoshitaka Amano is a renowned Japanese artist responsible for iconic artworks including Speedracer, Sandman: The Dream Hunters cover art, and, in particular, Final Fantasy. A pioneer in creating impossible worlds that draw from his interests in Western culture, Yoshitaka’s unique style of Japanese art is admired worldwide.
“Without a doubt, Yoshitaka Amano is a legendary artist of the 21st century. I am very honored to be able to work with him and host his first NFT on the Astar Network“, said Sota Watanabe, founder and CEO of Astar Network.
This also marks the beginning of Astar Network’s partnership with Twin Planet to help art professionals create their digital assets on a trusted and secure network to bring their art to the public. Twin Planet is the talent management company that represents Yoshitaka Amano and other popular artists.
“For people to see and appreciate my work is a bonus. It makes me want to draw even more. It was like this when I was a child, and it hasn’t changed since,” Yoshitaka Amano said.
Astar Network will manage Yoshitaka Amano’s Candy girl artwork, a sensational collection containing 108 angels. The art is young and glamorous, yet sophisticated and appeals to media applications – already inspiring clothing designs at ‘Tokyo Girls Collection 2017’ and high fashion at Mitsukoshi Ginza’s ‘Discover Tokyo’ event. Astar will build a Web3 entertainment site for Candy girl collection to take root in the ecosystem and branch out into new galleries, entertainment or design. Thus, NFT ownership of art will have a direct connection to fair value through the partnership. Candy Girl will lead the way for Japanese content creators to own art, music and stories, but engage with a global audience and business.
Mr. Amano’s powerful art has led him to collaborate with over 20 authors, successfully creating illustrated books that have sold millions of copies. Now, the collaboration with both Mr. Amano and Twin Planet establishes Astar Network as the blockchain of choice for professional artists to create, auction and exhibit their valuable artworks.
Creating this limited NFT collection at Astar is not only important to Japan, but also to Astar’s vision of bringing East to West, art to blockchain technology, and introducing international leaders to the Web3 world.
About Astar Network
Astar network is the future of multi-chain smart contracts. Astar Network supports the building of dApps with EVM and WASM smart contracts and offers developers true interoperability, with cross-consensus messaging (XCM). We are made by developers and for developers. Astar’s unique Build2Earn model allows developers to get paid through a dApp staking mechanism for the code they write and the dApps they build.
Astar’s vibrant ecosystem has become Polkadot’s leading Parachain globally, backed by all major exchanges and tier 1 VCs. Astar offers the flexibility of all Ethereum and WASM tools for developers to start building their dApps. To accelerate growth at Polkadot and Kusama Networks, Astar SpaceLabs offers an incubation hub for top TVL dApps.
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