AnimeChain brings anime culture into the Web3 world

Besides RWAs and Lending, another real-life factor being introduced to the blockchain is anime.
Anime acts as a means of escape from reality, a door to explore new cultures and ideas. With the desire to allow fans to access anime in completely new ways through NFTs, tokens... Arbitrum has partnered with Azuki to launch AnimeChain.
AnimeChain - Blockchain dedicated to the anime community
AnimeChain is a blockchain built on Offchain Labs' Arbitrum Orbit technology. The main purpose of AnimeChain is to enable fans to have a deeper experience with anime through products integrated with blockchain technology.
Specifically, AnimeChain provides infrastructure for anime products to operate on-chain, creating an ecosystem that grants ownership and development to creators and fans.
Through AnimeChain, upcoming anime fans can use the AnimeChain wallet to trade anime NFT collections with PBT (Physical Backed Token - an ERC-721 token that uses a BEAN cryptographic chip to link to products). physical product).
To attract users in the early stages, the project launches a rewards program for creators and early fans. Users only need to connect the wallet address, X account with over 100 followers and active over 2 months to create an Azuki Collector account on AnimeCoin.
Anime is considered one of the major cultures in the market with a rapid growth rate, expected to reach 60 billion USD by 2030.
Overview of Azuki and Arbitrum Orbit
Azuki
Azuki is the first partner of AnimeChain. In the near future, Azuki will launch anime movies, games and physical products about anime on AnimeChain. From there, Azuki can expand its intellectual property (IP - Intellectual Property) business, shaping the way anime is produced and used, promoting cultural movements and the anime ecosystem.
The anime animated film product was developed by Azuki in collaboration with studio Dentsu and director Goro Taniguchi. Azuki's upcoming game project will use NFT BEANZ, a collection of Azuki's magical beasts released in Q2/2023.
Azuki is also rolling out a “Collector Status 1.0" reward model, with rumors of a token launch. Over the next few months, Azuki will release details on how to participate in its anime network.
Azuki currently has more than 100 sub-communities and 8,000 works of art. Azuki's first NFTs developed in anime style are priced at around 4.7 ETH (equivalent to 16,450 USD).
Arbitrum Orbit
Arbitrum Orbit is one of Arbitrum's flagship products, with many solutions such as Arbitrum Rollup, Arbitrum AnyTrust and Arbitrum Stylus. This product group is considered a direct competitor to Superchain using Optimism's OP Stack.
Arbitrum Orbit allows users to create custom Layer 2 or Layer 3, using Arbitrum Nitro technology. Some prominent blockchains developed from Arbitrum Orbit are Xai blockchain (specializing in gaming), Rari Chain (specializing in NFTs), and Kinto (specializing in KYC, anti-Sybil).
By launching Animechain, Azuki sets out its ambition to bring anime culture to on-chain, taking advantage of Arbitrum's strengths in fast blocktime (~250ms) and the ability to customize gas fees.