Singapore, Singapore, Sep 29, 2022, Chainwire

Astar Network, a multi-chain smart contract platform, today announces its partnership with legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano to create and launch an exclusive collection of NFTs on the Astar blockchain. This is the first time that Mr. Amano’s fantasy worlds and characters will be brought to life on a blockchain, where his art can interact with Astar projects and communities.

Yoshitaka Amano is a renowned Japanese artist responsible for iconic works of art including Speedracer, Sandman: Dreamcatchers cover and above all Final Fantasy. A pioneer in creating impossible worlds stemming from his interests in Western culture, Yoshitaka’s unique style of Japanese art is admired around the world.

“Without a doubt, Yoshitaka Amano is a legendary artist in the 21st century. I am very honored to be able to work with him and host his first NFT on 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 fine art professionals mint their digital assets on a trusted and secure network to bring their art to the public. Twin Planet is the talent management firm that represents Yoshitaka Amano and other popular artists.

“That people see and appreciate my work is an advantage. It makes me want to draw even more. That was already the case when I was a child, and it hasn’t changed since.Yoshitaka Amano said.

Astar Network will manage Yoshitaka Amano’s Sweet girl work of art, a sensational collection that has 108 angels. The art is young and glamorous, yet sophisticated and appealing to media applications: it has already inspired clothing design at “Tokyo Girls Collection 2017” and high fashion at Mitsukoshi Ginza’s “Discover Tokyo” event. Astar will build a Web3 entertainment site for the Sweet girl collection to take root in your ecosystem and branch out to new galleries, entertainment or design. Thus, NFT’s fine art property will have a direct connection to real-world value through association. Candy Girl will lead the way for Japanese content creators to own their art, music, and stories, yet engage with a global audience and business.

Mr. Amano’s powerful artistry has led him to collaborate with over 20 authors, successfully creating illustrated books that have sold millions of copies. Now the collaboration with Mr. Amano and Twin Planet establishes Astar Network as the blockchain of choice for professional artists to create, auction and display his priceless artworks.

The creation of this limited edition NFT collection at Astar is not only significant for Japan, but also for Astar’s vision of bringing East to West, fine art to blockchain technology, and introducing international leaders to the Web3 world.

About the Astar network

Astar Network en The future of smart contracts for multi-chain. Astar Network supports building 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 sharing mechanism for the code they write and the dApps they build.

Astar’s vibrant ecosystem has become the leading Polkadot 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 space labs offers an incubation center for the main TVL dApps.

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