Delivering the New Experience to Own Anime to All the Fans
Tokyo, JAPAN – October 2020: YUIMEX, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch “AniPic!” a new platform service for digital anime goods. On October 28, AniPic will start to deliver a totally new digital goods platform for anime fans using a digital bromide experience. In addition, starting today, prior to the service’s release, a pre-registration campaign will be launched, allowing users to earn “AniPic Coins” that can be used in the service.
The Concept of AniPic
Anime Daisuki!
Not enough with your favourite anime just watching them. Just want something that you can have with you all the time, but not enough…
From the world of anime consumption to the vaguely mysterious world of anime ownership—welcome to an exciting digital world where you can live side-by-side with anime.
Let’s start together. Let’s have a new digital experience!
About AniPic
AniPic concept starts from our voice of how we love Anime and providing an environment where the anime we love is always close to everyone. Due to recent globalization, Japanese anime is now loved around the world, and domestic and international sales in the anime market have been reversed since the summer of 2017. In the midst of the rapid digital transformation in the corona vortex and 5G era, a new form of relationship between fans and anime works is also required.
While digitization has been progressing, until now there has been no publicly recognized “official goods” for the experience of “storing and sharing” anime images and videos on the digital platform. This service uses the latest blockchain technology to securely manage anime data, making it possible to digitally store diceable characters and famous scenes in an authorised form. In conjunction with the launch of the service at the end of October, this service platform will make full use of anime data, the crystallization of animators’ souls, and allow users to experience a new digital ownership experience of the long-loved “bromide” as the one-of-a-kind digital bromide “AniPic”.
*The titles available will be announced in mid-October. We will announce the titles available in mid-October.
How AniPic Works
On the front side of AniPic, you can view the master data and copyrighted illustrations of the anime in ultra-high resolution, and on the back side, there are many contents that can only be seen by the purchaser, such as cast members involved in the production, staff credits up to the original AniPic image, and secret messages from the production team. You can also inscribe your own user information as the owner of the AniPic, along with production team information. You can also inscribe your own user information as the owner of the AniPic, along with production team information.
By storing the acquired AniPic in “AniPic”, you can create your own original album. Furthermore, each AniPic is assigned a unique NFT via the blockchain, which proves that it is “yours” in the same way as real goods in the digital world.
Professionally Generated Contents are digital content that you can own in an authorised form and feel connected to creators like never before.
AniPic! Platform uses blockchain technology to manage important anime copyrights, proving the uniqueness of each piece of anime data with NFT and managing the master data with blockchain. AniPic! Platform uses blockchain technology to manage important anime copyrights, proving the uniqueness of each piece of anime data with NFT and managing the master data with blockchain.
NFT stands for Non-Fungible-Token which is a token with a unique value that is issued based on the Ethereum standard, ERC721. AniPic! links the important copyright data created by animators who put their hearts and souls into their work to NFT and securely manages it on the blockchain, providing a unique and original digital proof of official status and delivering digital ownership of scenes, drawings and scenes of anime to anime fans around the world.
3 Big Campaigns Before the Release
We’re running a special campaign to get you ready for the release on October 28th!
① LINE official account and Facebook Messenger pre-registration campaign
Participate in the campaign by registering to the official SNS where you can get information on new AniPic and special services.
<How to participate>
Register on either online messaging platform on Facebook or LINE (@AniPic_Global)
<Implementation period>
Until 23:59 (GMT) on Monday, October 26, 2020
<Campaign details>
“Coins in the service” are awarded according to the number of people who register in advance!
Click here to register for an official LINE account. → https://lin.ee/VjyDCKJ
Facebook Messenger → https://www.facebook.com/AniPic-114864350319281
*1 Please note that the LINE official account will be operated in Japanese and Messenger will be operated in English.
*2 You need to register either one of these accounts to participate in this campaign.
② Official Twitter Follow & Retweet Campaign
This is a special campaign project that you can participate in by simply following and RTing the service’s latest information on Twitter.
How to participate
Follow the official Twitter account and retweet the designated posts.
Implementation period
Until 23:59(GMT) on Monday, October 26, 2020
Campaign details
5 winners will be selected by lottery to receive coins in the service!
Official Twitter Account (JPN):
https://twitter.com/AniPic_official/status/1311168049333010432
Official Twitter Account (ENG):
https://twitter.com/anipic_global/status/1313222519873183744
③ Official Twitter Hashtag Campaign
Earn in-service coins for posting hashtags
How to participate
Post a predetermined hashtag during the implementation period.
Implementation period
Until 23:59(GMT) on Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Campaign details
5 winners will be selected by lottery to receive coins in the service!
The winner of the drawing will be notified via direct message on Twitter by 28th October 2020. Please refer to the following privacy policy for the Company’s basic policy on personal information protection.
https://www.notion.so/AniPic-a185a6cedc8441a59065080780a5223e
The in-service coins (AniPic Coins) will be given to you as a “present code”. After the release, you can get the in-service Coins by entering them in the given page. The right to win is not transferable to a third party or redeemable for cash.
■4 Key Points to Remember about the new “AniPic!”
①’Looking Inside’ the ultra-high-definition digital bromide
AniPic! brings you the master data of your dice anime and characters!
②Creating Your Own Animatic Album
Let’s create your own original album by crossing the boundaries of numerous works!
③’Reading’ the Creator’s Message
AniPic is engraved with a ‘creator’s message’ that is exclusive to the purchaser. Let’s try to decipher the secret message which is only available to the purchasers!
④’Carve’ your ownership inside the AniPic.
AniPic will be given “AniPic Ownership” using the latest blockchain technology. Your user information will be engraved together with the creators as the “owner” of the AniPic!
■The Future Vision of AniPic
We are planning to add digital interactivity to AniPic, such as moving, talking, and changing. In addition, the “AniPic Trade” function, which allows distant anime fans to exchange AniPic with each other, the creation of a digital secondary market, and the creation of a system that allows creators to give back to their fans and creators, will create an unprecedented service that will help fans and creators create a better future.
The unique interactivity of AniPic
We are planning to release AniPic, which is full of fun that only digital technology can provide, such as “moving, talking, and changing” interactivity, with a focus on full-length anime scenes and newly drawn pictures.
Trade function that connects the thoughts of anime fans around the world
The “AniPic Trade” function allows anime fans to exchange AniPic with each other, the construction of an official secondary market in the digital world (NFT Marketplace), and the formation of a unique economic zone that can be returned to the creators, etc.. This will allow fans and creators to create a better future than ever before.
Service Name: AniPic!
Pricing: 360 JPY / pcs
Pcs: 50 pcs / Artwork
Sales Specifications: Each anime work is sold separately. One of them can be obtained at random. If 50 cards have not been acquired, the probability will be reduced to 1/49 from 2 cards onwards. You won’t get the same type of bromide as the one you’re wearing
Release Date: 28th Oct 2020
Delivery Channels: Available in the browser only (PC and smartphone devices) Android and iOS application development expected
YUIMEX, Inc.
E-mail：info@yuimex.co.jp
Contact Page：https://www.yuimex.co.jp/contact/
Founded Date: 14th February 2020
Headquarter Office: 5F 3-26-16 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Prefecture, JAPAN
CEO & Founder: Takuma Okamoto
