Animecoin aims to transform the global anime industry into a community-owned creative network. As the Culture Coin of the anime industry, Animecoin will power a digital economy where one billion global fans can shape and own the future of anime.
ANIME is the native utility and governance token, which has the following functions:
Governance: ANIME token holders can vote on network governance decisions.
Gas Token: ANIME will be the gas token for Animechain, an Arbitrum Orbit L3.
Platform Currency: ANIME can be used for commerce on Anime.com.
The Animecoin ecosystem consists of the following major components working in conjunction:
Azuki IP: Currently have 3 NFT collections (Azuki, Elementals & Beanz), with plans to leverage for content creation & further IP development (E.g. Webtoon / Manga, TV series, film, live action adaptations).
Anime.com: The flagship consumer product & app, which aims to do for anime what Discord did for gaming—being the social layer for the entire anime industry.
Animechain: An L3 blockchain leveraging Arbitrum Orbit technology, with Animecoin as the custom gas token.
This setup simplifies the experience for web2 anime fans: they only need Animecoin (eliminating the complexity of managing multiple tokens), while also allowing for gasless (sponsored) transactions for seamless onboarding.
As at 1/23/2025, there are 3.3MM addresses signed up for Anime.com waitlist, minting 13.6MM NFTs.
Animee: Customizable anime avatar system & sticker pack designed to be the “Snapchat’s Bitmoji for anime”.
Will be available on Mobile app (iOS) & desktop / website via Anime.com.
As at January 23rd 2025, the total and max supply of ANIME is 10,000,000,000 and the circulating supply upon listing will be 5,538,604,656 (~55.39% of total token supply).
Key metrics (as at January 23rd 2025)
1. What is Animecoin?
Backed by Azuki, the premier Web3 anime brand, ANIME empowers one billion global fans to shape and own the future of anime culture. Anime fans are among the most passionate and creative communities in the world. Yet, they have long been passive consumers. Animecoin transforms the anime ecosystem into a community-owned creative economy.
1.1. Project Mission
Animecoin symbolizes the fusion of anime's boundless cultural power with web3's transformative potential, creating a future where both industries stand ready to achieve mass adoption on a global scale.
2. Token sales and economics:
2.1. Token Distribution:
2.2. Token Release Schedule:
3. Roadmap & Updates:
3.1. Completed Milestones:
3.2. Current Roadmap:
Q1 2025:
CEXs and DEXs listing.
Animechain mainnet live.
Anime.com live.
Azuki’s Enter the Garden anthology Episode 2 premiere.
Q2 2025:
Launch second consumer app.
Anime Expo Takeover.
Announce partnerships.
3.3. Commercial and Business Development Progress:
Dentsu (Renowned leader in the anime production industry that has produced many titles —including Attack on Titan, Naruto, and One Piece):
Azuki is partnering with Dentsu to create their own Azuki anime anthology series. Goro Taniguchi, known for Code Geass and the One Piece Film Red (top-grossing anime film in Japan) is the Creative Producer of the Azuki anthology series. Episode 1 release in April 2024. Episode 2 and 3 are planned to release in 2025.
AniplexUSA (Leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan):
Azuki is bringing the Fate series to Anime.com. In Nov, Anime.com supported a digital collecting experience for the Fate 20th Anniversary Showcase in Los Angeles, where event attendees and viewers on the Aniplex of America’s live stream can collect four different sticker sets featuring the series’ characters on Anime.com/Fate. Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] is streaming on the Anime.com platform soon, with more to come.
Hallway AI (AI character platform that uses AI to turn 2D characters into living, interactive personalities):
Azuki partnered with Hallway to bring the community-governed character, Bobu, to life via AI. AI characters continue to be explored as a way of interacting with your favorite anime characters and deepening engagement with fans.
Flashbots (Web3 research and development organization contributing to the Teleport project):
Using TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments), Bobu AI character tweeted on behalf of ~300 users from their X accounts during a livestream, showcasing the innovative use cases of secure, blockchain technology in storytelling and entertainment.
4. Community:
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