Animoca Brands, Animoca Brands Japan, San FranTokyo, and MyAnimeList have announced today that they will be the launch partners of the Anime Foundation. The Anime Foundation is a community-owned protocol for anime and manga culture that spans both Web2 and Web3. This collaboration will create new opportunities and experiences for global fans, creators, studios, IP owners, and projects and brands originating from anime.
This strategic partnership follows Animoca Brands Japan’s strategic investment of 300 million yen in MyAnimeList, a community website and database for anime and manga with 16 million registered members.
At the same time, Anime Foundation will establish a strategic alliance with Mocaverse, a growing network with an interoperable infrastructure layer of accounts, identities, reputations, and the PointFi system established by Animoca Brands. The strategic alliance will leverage the recently announced Realm Network interoperability SDK by Mocaverse to launch Anime ID. Anime ID is a decentralized identifier and reputation layer designed to facilitate greater user entry into the Web3 ecosystem.
Anime Foundation will serve as a bridge between the traditional anime industry and the Web3 native community, enhancing fan experiences and empowering global anime culture. Anime ID will be at the core of Anime Foundation, offering new monetization models and community-building plans.
The vision of Anime Foundation is to provide anime and manga creators with more opportunities for creation and reward, as well as easier access to exclusive content distribution. The four strategic partners will leverage their unique strengths to achieve this vision: MyAnimeList and Animoca Brands Japan will utilize their industry and community networks to attract talent from the traditional anime industry, while Animoca Brands and San FranTokyo will unlock new opportunities for fan engagement through their extensive Web3 ecosystem, blockchain technology, and infrastructure.
Through the collaboration with Mocaverse, Anime Foundation will launch Anime ID, allowing fans to have unique on-chain Anime IDs to explore, contribute to, and plan their anime archives and reputations, with more functionalities to be unlocked in the future. Leveraging the interoperability infrastructure SDK of Mocaverse’s Realm Network account system, Anime ID will share the same login name with other Realm IDs, such as Moca ID, and allow community members to customize their unique digital identity domains (e.g., david.anime).
Anime ID users will have access to various Web3 applications, including GameFi, SocialFi, IP content, supported by the Moca Network, which includes Mocaverse partners as well as various Web3 projects in Animoca Brands’ extensive portfolio. Anime ID users can also earn loyalty points, known as Realm Points, through participating in and using the network.
Management Comments
Yat Siu, Co-founder of Animoca Brands, commented, “We are excited to be a launch partner of Anime Foundation and envision it as a vanguard of global anime culture. Anime Foundation has strong potential to establish itself as a universal network for on-chain identities, experiences, and economies. Unlike projects focused on a few IPs or brands, the foundation will drive the development of a comprehensive and inclusive anime universe, becoming a Web3-powered ecosystem with strong network effects and digital property rights.”
Daisuke Iwase, CEO of Animoca Brands Japan, commented, “We are delighted to be a launch partner of Anime Foundation and support it from both Web2 and Web3 perspectives through our industry networks. Animoca Brands Japan leverages Web3 technologies to provide better fan experiences for Japanese IPs and content, and our collaboration with Anime Foundation aims to enrich the global anime community. We look forward to creating outstanding anime content and deepening connections with fans worldwide.”
Atsushi Mizoguchi, CEO of MyAnimeList, commented, “We are thrilled to be one of the launch partners of Anime Foundation. The project has diverse goals, but we believe all of them will contribute to the future of Japanese content. Through our collaboration with Anime Foundation, MyAnimeList aims to distribute more manga works globally and discover the next high-potential anime works. We believe this project will help nurture existing works and new original works. We will share more details with the community.”
David Taing, CEO of San FranTokyo, commented, “Anime Foundation goes beyond the boundaries of Web3. Our vision is to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem that transcends technological borders and empowers global anime and manga culture. We also recognize the immense value of the traditional realm – from passionate creators to publishers and distributors enabling global distribution to the fan communities of works. Today, anime culture transcends the medium itself – our love for the works, characters, stories, and collaborative brands shape our identities.”
Kenneth Shek, Head of Mocaverse, commented, “We are excited to launch Anime ID together with Anime Foundation as the first Realm Network partner. I believe Anime Foundation has the opportunity to attract millions of anime fans worldwide. Through the simplicity and interoperability of the Realm Network, it will greatly facilitate the cross-pollination of users, cultures, and utility throughout the Moca Network. In the near future, Anime ID users will be able to fully explore the worlds of gaming, sports, and more, while Moca ID users will have access to a wide range of anime applications and IP networks.”
