What is ANIME

I. Project Introduction

1. What Is Animecoin?

Animecoin (ANIME) 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. Through the Full Stack Anime approach described below - combining original IP creation, mainstream distribution, and purpose-built infrastructure - Animecoin will underpin a creative ecosystem that enables the fandom to be masters of the future of anime.

2. How Does Animecoin Work?

Animecoin adopts a Full Stack Anime approach, encompassing infrastructure (AnimeChain), distribution (Anime.com), and content and IP.

Infrastructure: Animechain is 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.

Distribution: The flagship dapp, Anime.com, aims to do for anime what Discord did for gaming—becoming the dominant social layer for the entire anime industry. While the platform will evolve through continuous iteration, here are the key focus areas: discovery (reimagining how fans explore anime through advanced visual discovery systems, personalized recommendations, and curated content from the community's top creators), social (creating the ultimate gathering place for anime fans), streaming (pioneering a new social-first approach to anime streaming that prioritizes shared experiences and community engagement over traditional catalog-focused platforms), collectibles (digital anime collectibles), and gamification.

Content and IP: The Animecoin ecosystem integrates Azuki's intellectual property, currently including three NFT collections: Azuki, Elementals, and Beanz, with plans for further content creation and IP development. Azuki is bringing its characters and stories to life through new series, films, and webtoons. Beyond the screen, Azuki will create short-form, viral content, and leverage AI and social platforms to flow seamlessly into the broader Full Stack Anime ecosystem.

3. Who Founded Animecoin?

The Animecoin Foundation is the administrator of Animecoin and leads the development of AnimeChain. Azuki is a core contributor to the Animecoin Foundation, supporting its mission to oversee the evolution and growth of the Animecoin ecosystem.

Zagabond (Alex Xu): Founder & CEO of Azuki, part of the founding team at 0x, former Strategic Account Manager at Google, and previously worked in brand management at Amazon. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from UC San Diego.

Ikki Okada: Co-founder of AnimeChain and Head of Investments at double jump.tokyo. He graduated from the University of Tokyo.

4. Animecoin Tokenomics

The total supply is 10 billion, allocated as follows:

Azuki Community: 37.5%, fully unlocked at TGE.

AnimeDAO: 13%, 25% of this allocation will be unlocked at TGE, and the remaining 75% unlocks monthly over 3 years.

Animecoin Foundation: 24.44%, 51.7% of this allocation will be unlocked at TGE, and following a 6-month cliff, the remaining unlocks monthly over 30 months.

Partner Communities: 2%, fully unlocked at TGE.

Team and Advisors: 15.62%, 33.33% of this allocation will be unlocked after a 1-year cliff, and the remaining 66.67% unlocks monthly over 2 years.

Azuki Company: 7.44%, 33.33% of this allocation will be unlocked after a 1-year cliff, and the remaining 66.67% unlocks monthly over 2 years.

5. Token Utility

ANIME token is a utility and governance token, primarily used for:

Governance: ANIME token holders can vote on network governance decisions.

Gas Token: ANIME will serve as the gas token for AnimeChain (Arbitrum Orbit L3).

Platform Currency: ANIME will be used for commercial activities on Anime.com.

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