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Prominent Artists From the Animation World Participate in 'Samurai Cryptos' and an Auction of Single Pieces of Art NFT Depicting 'Legendary Samurai' Will Be Held

Following Makoto Kobayashi, Michinori Chiba, Hiroya Iijima, and Range Murata, Junichi Takaoka, Ugetsu Hakua, Ai Yokoyama, and other prominent artists in the Japanese animation world are participating in the project! An exhibition of Samurai Art NFT will be held during the auction at Anime JAPAN2022 and in the Metaverse space.

double jump.tokyo Inc. (HQ: Shinjuku, Tokyo; CEO: Hironobu Ueno; hereafter "double jump.tokyo"), a developer of applications using blockchain technology, has announced the launch of the NFT business support service "NFTPLUS" through Gonzo K.K. (Headquarters: Suginami, Tokyo; President: Shinichirō Ishikawa; hereinafter "Gonzo"), all seven participating artists in the project "SAMURAI cryptos" (https://samuraicryptos.io/) are now available for auction of the Samurai Art NFT. We are pleased to inform you that we have decided to sell the following items.

◼️About the "SAMURAI cryptos" project
The project is produced by Shinichirō Ishikawa, the president of Gonzo. Under the banner of "Raising a smoke signal as a samurai from Japan in the age of blockchain and NFT," the project is taking on the challenge of creating a new anime IP for the NFT era.

After launching the project in October 2021, sales were suspended due to soaring transaction fees on the Ethereum network, but now that the artwork of all seven participating artists has been completed, the project will be renewed and restarted.

Auction Information

The art NFT auction for the SAMURAI cryptos project will be held on the marketplace OpenSea (https://opensea.io) on Friday, March 25, 2022 at 12:00 pm.

◼️Participating Artists
Michinori Chiba ("Basilisk: Koga", Sk8 the Infinity, etc.)
Hiroya Iijima ("Afro Samurai", "MAZINGER Z: INFINITY", etc.)
Junichi Takaoka ("Great Dangaioh", "The Aegis of URUK," etc.)
Ugetsu Hakua ("Burst Angel", "The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk", etc.)
Ai Yokoyama ("X-MEN", "BAYONETTA BLOODY FATE", etc.)
Range Murata ("Blue Submarine No. 6 ", "LASTEXILE", "SHANGRI-LA", etc.)

■Art NFT Sales
・Auction site: OpenSea
・Format: English Auction
・Starting price: 0.01 ETH
・Period: March 25, 2022, 12:00 - April 3, 2022, 12:00 (with an additional 10-minute time extension if new bids are received within 10 minutes before the end of the auction)
・Number of sales: 6 works x 1 each

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