NOBORDER.z FZE (CEO : RIO TAKESHI KUBO) has announced the NFT Project of the comics “ULTRAMAN” — A Japanese Comic / Anime hero by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi , published by HERO’S Inc. (CEO: Katsuya Shirai) on the NFT marketplace “XANALIA”.

 

■ About “ULTRAMAN” (by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi)

ULTRAMAN — A Japanese manga series by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi released by Comiplex(https://viewer.heros-web.com/), is the comic series inspired by “Ultraman Series” — SFX Tokusatsu TVseries produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The story unfolds decades after the world depicted in Original “Ultraman” .

The full 3DCG anime version has also been distributed worldwide over 192 countries exclusively by Netflix since April 2019 and has won first place in “What’s Hot? 2019: Top 10 Most Watched Anime (Japan)” by Netflix. The production of SEASON 2 has already been announced for spring of 2022. It has been translated into 11 languages.

Japanese manga and anime contents have been attracting tremendous attention worldwide, and among them, the ULTRAMAN series, upon which this comic is based, has a history of over 50 years.
“ULTRAMAN” has continued to evolve with the times and technology. This long-Awaited NFT project is planned to cover a wide range of NFT from Trading cards to NFT games.

Through this project, NOBORDER.z and Heroes Inc. will pursue further vitalization and new possibilities for the Japanese content business created by Japanese creators in the global market. The details of the first project and subsequent projects are scheduled to be announced within the year.

Twitter : https://twitter.com/ultraman_nft
Discord : https://discord.gg/kvMY9G4CJT

 

■ About HERO’S Inc.

HERO’S Inc. is mainly engaged in the planning, managing, and producing comic websites and character content. They run a webcomic distribution site named “Comiplex — a manga theatre (https://viewer.heros-web.com/)”, updated every Friday at 12:00 Japan time. They have serialised a variety of popular mangas such as “ULTRAMAN”, “Kamen Rider Kuuga”, “Tanzaburou Tojima wants to be a Masked Rider”, “ATOM THE BEGINNING “, “DOUDLE”, “Blank Space”, “KILLING BITES “, and “KamiKatsu ～Create a religion in Isekai!～”. and many other various mangas.

Their major shareholders are Kinoshita Group Inc. and Shogakukan Creative Inc.

Official Website: https://viewer.heros-web.com/

 

■ About NOBORDER.z

XANALIA is a next-generation entertainment technology company with operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York and Dubai. With the vision of “Wonderful World with NO Borders,” the company is developing the NFT metaverse “XANA” and the NFT platform “XANALIA” based on blockchain technology for the global NFT market.

 

■ About XANALIA

 

 

XANALIA, developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited, is an NFT marketplace attracting global attention. The marketplace has secured 8th rank in the global trading volume ranking and 1st in the expected NFT marketplace in Japan in July. The key features of XANALIA are:

1. NFT
2. Linkage with the metaverse
3. The DeFi (decentralized finance) model

which are currently the fastest-growing area in the blockchain market. Its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (about 165 billion yen) just one month after its launch.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning, IncFuji Land, Inc. and Fuji Creative Corporation are holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to promote and encourage creators globally.

Website: https://xanalia.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/xanalia_nft
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XANA
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTNrP6B0gH04_kMCsOfCSYA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xanalianft/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xanalia_nft/
Medium: https://xanalianft.medium.com/

 

Company Overview

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE (NoBorderz)
Location	Business Center, AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AL Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of blockchain technology, VR, XR, AI, NFT and operation of services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com
Twitter	https://twitter.com/rio_noborderz

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

XANALIA, a metaverse-compatible NFT marketplace developed by NOBORDER.z FZE (CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO, hereinafter referred to as “NOBORDER.z”), has announced a partnership with Chainlink Labs, the developer of [Chainlink], a large-scale blockchain project with a valuation value of over 1.4 trillion yen for the NFT technology introduction tie-up with Chainlink Labs.

XANALIA, a fast-growing NFT marketplace that ranked 8th in the world in terms of global trading volume (according to Dapps.com) in July this year, announced that it had introduced Chainlink VRF, proposed by Chainlink Labs, to enable completely random NFT minting without any tampering or bias. This ensures a higher level of transparency and fairness in how NFTs are distributed, which has an exciting game aspect of chance and unpredictability.

 

■ Background of Technology Introduction

XANALIA is a decentralized, multi-chain NFT marketplace for metaverses, providing utilities to turn intellectual property such as world-famous animations, games, and various digital art into digitally copyrighted, tradable crypto-assets that can be used in NFT games and XANALIA’s own NFT metaverse, XANA.

As well as POLYGON and Binance Smart Chain, which are faster than Ethereum and significantly reduce the cost of processing at the protocol level and inline, XANALIA provides an opportunity for everyone to have easy access to NFT.

 

■ Challenges with existing solutions

One of the new features of the XANALIA marketplace is the NFT Blind Box, which casts NFTs by random number draw based purely on contingence to the user at the time of purchase. To distribute randomly to users in a completely secure and unbiased manner, users need access to a secure random number generator (RNG) that can be independently audited. However, many smart contract-based RNG solutions used in the current NFT market are difficult to prevent manipulation by developers and prediction by the oracle completely.

For example, RNG solutions derived from on-chain data, such as block hashes, can be exploited by blockchain miners through re-org attacks. On the other hand, RNG solutions derived from off-chain data providers are opaque and cannot provide users with conclusive evidence of the integrity of the process.

 

■ Implementing a new solution

On the contrary, Chainlink VRF is a tamper-proof and auditable RNG solution that allows us to assure that our NFT distribution is verifiably fair. The Chainlink VRF is a mechanism that generates random numbers and cryptographic proofs by combining block data, which is still unknown at the time the request is made, with a private key that an Oracle node has previously committed.XANALIA accepts the input of random numbers only when there is valid cryptographic proof.XANALIA will only accept random number input if there is a valid cryptographic proof, and the cryptographic proof will only be generated if the VRF process is tamper-proof. This allows us to provide the user with automatic and publicly verifiable proof that the blind box results cannot be tampered with or predicted by Oracle, external entities, or internal developers.

 

■ The outcome of the implementation

The “Monkey King” Metaverse Avatar NFT,” the first blind box NFT collection to be launched at XANALIA, is a popular NFT series in China and has been on sale at XANALIA since September 26th, recording sales of US$427,570 (approximately 50 million Japanese yen). As a result, sales of 427,570 US dollars (about 50 million Japanese yen) were recorded.

 

 

Chain Link is a mega-unicorn in the blockchain market with a current market capitalization of over 1.4 trillion yen four years after its launch. This partnership is expected to promote the further growth of XANALIA and synergistic effects such as the expansion of Chainlink’s presence in the NFT history.

 

■ About Chainlink

Founded in 2017, Chain Link is an abstraction layer of the blockchain that enables universally connected smart contracts. Chain Link enables blockchains to securely interact with external data feeds, events, and payment methods through a decentralized oracle network, providing the critical cross-chain information needed for complex smart contracts to become mainstream digital agreements.

The Chainlink network is run by a large open-source community of data providers, node operators, smart contract developers, researchers, and security auditors. The company emphasizes that decentralized participation is guaranteed for all node operators and users willing to contribute to the network.

 

■ About XANALIA

 

 

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace attracting global attention, having won 8th place in the global trading volume ranking in July and the “No.1 Expected NFT Marketplace” in Japan. It was developed by NOBORDER.z and managed by XANALIA Limited. It features (1) NFT, (2) linkage with the metaverse, and (3) the DeFi (decentralized finance) model, which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (about 165 billion yen) just one month after its launch.

Currently, in collaboration with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fuji Land Inc., and Fuji Creative Corporation, 『XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021』 is being held to support the discovery of creators worldwide.

■ Site　https://xanalia.com
■ Twitter　https://twitter.com/xanalia_nft
■ Discord　https://discord.com/invite/XANA
■ Youtube　https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTNrP6B0gH04_kMCsOfCSYA
■ Facebook　https://www.facebook.com/xanalianft/
■ Instagram　https://www.instagram.com/xanalia_nft
■ Medium  https://xanalianft.medium.com/

 

■ About NOBORDER.z

We are a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of a “Wonderful World with No Borders.” The company is a next-generation entertainment technology company with operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York and Dubai. The company is engaged in businesses that integrate entertainment and technology, such as the blockchain technology-based Metaverse and the NFT platform.

 

■ Company Profile

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center, AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AI Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com
Twitter	https://twitter.com/rio_noborderz

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

The virtual human [KANON] developed by NOBORDER.z FZE ( CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO) appeared in a virtual fashion show using AR smart glasses at the Unicorn Fashion Awards held at Milan Fashion Week on September 22.

NOBORDER.z created the virtual human “KANON” using the technology of the company’s virtual space “XANA.”The world’s most advanced performance, in which a virtual human model appears in space, walking and posing, was presented at a special venue near Milan Central Station, attracting much local attention.

Together with the Personal Stylist Association of Japan ( CEO: Kaoru Igarashi), the Japanese secretariat and general producer of the event, the company also announced the trailer for the new virtual human show at Milan Fashion Week in 2022.

 

 

NOBORDER.z has announced the October release of an NFT featuring KANON’s show on XANALIA, a metaverse compatible NFT marketplace developed by NOBORDER.z.The company is challenging the crossover of the new technologies of the virtual human, metaverse, and NFT.

 

■ About the Unicorn Fashion Awards

A U35 fashion contest was held during Milan Fashion Week under the National Council of Italian Fashion (CMNI), the organizer of the Milan Collection. The contest aims for greater diversity and promotes a new approach in which LGBTQ and handicapped people can participate as models without distinction.

 

■ About Personal Stylist Association

The purpose of the association is to “promote and spread awareness of the personal stylist profession” and “help connect businesses and individuals (stylists)” through education (courses), systems (examinations), and services (apps) based on the concept of “bringing the happy power of fashion, which is available to everyone, to more and more people. It also serves as the Japan office of UFA.

 

■ About XANALIA

 

 

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that is currently attracting global attention. In July, XANALIA was ranked 8th in the global trading volume ranking and won Japan’s “No.1 Expected NFT Marketplace”.It is developed by NOBORDER.z and managed by XANALIA Limited. It features NFT, which is currently the fastest-growing field in the blockchain market, linkage with the metaverse, and the DeFi (decentralized finance) model, and its diluted potential market capitalization exceeded $1.4 billion (about 165 billion yen) in just one month after its launch on March 7, 2021.

Together with Pony Canyon Planning Inc., Fuji Land Inc., and Fuji Creative Corporation, the company is holding the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to support the global creativity discovery of creators.

URL	https://xanalia.com

 

■ About XANA

 

 

A metaverse (virtual space social media platform) developed by NOBORDER.z, all assets created in NFT on the blockchain. Users can dress themselves up as avatars, interact freely, and enjoy various virtual content developed by other users and companies. It has been used by various companies and organizations, including an art exhibition for the Olympics and Paralympics by Koto-Ku, Tokyo, a global DJ event, and an E-sports tournament.

URL	https://xana.net

 

■ About NOBORDER.z

We are a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of a “Wonderful World with No Borders.” the company is a next-generation entertainment technology company with operations in five countries worldwide, centered in New York and Dubai. The company is engaged in businesses that integrate entertainment and technology, such as the blockchain technology-based Metaverse and the NFT platform.

 

■ Company Profile

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center, AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AI Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

NOBORDER.z FZE (hereinafter: NOBORDER.z) (representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO) develops a metaverse-compatible NFT marketplace “XANALIA,” Hangzhou Mangong Wen Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter: IPBANK) (representative): Natsuho), it is decided to release the popular character “Monkey king” of China’s leading visual artist Zhang Kenichi as an NFT avatar for Metaverse “XANA” from September 26.

This work is 101 types of Monkey King NFTs that are a deformation of the world-famous manga hero “Goku,” which was published in France in 2004 and had the motif of the Chinese biography “Nishiyuki.” The price is 299 USD (33,000 yen).

The Chinese version of this work, which was released only in China prior to the international version, sold out in just one minute, and the selling price is 999 yuan (about 17,000 yen) to the current maximum of 500,000 yuan (8.5 million yen). ) Has gained popularity, and the release of the international version is also attracting attention.

The feature of NFT owners is that they can use their avatars in the NFT metaverse “XANA” that works with “XANALIA”.

 

■ Sales page

https://xanalia.com/store/MONKEY_KING

 

■ Release information

 

September 26, 21:00 Japan time	No.1 –No.10	Limited to 100 each
September 27, 21:00 Japan time	No.11 –No.20	Limited to 100 each
September 28, 21:00 Japan time	No.21 –No.30	Limited to 100 each
September 29, 21:00 Japan time	No.31 –No.40	Limited to 100 each
September 30th, 21:00 Japan time	No.41 –No.50	Limited to 100 each
October 1st, 21:00 Japan time	No.51 –No.60	Limited to 100 each
October 2nd, 21:00 Japan time	No.61 –No.70	Limited to 100 each
October 3rd, 21:00 Japan time	No.71 –No.80	Limited to 100 each
October 4, 21:00 Japan time	No.81 –No.90	Limited to 100 each
October 5th, 21:00 Japan time	No.91 –No.101	Limited to 100 each

 

■ About Monkey King (Son-Goku) Metaverse Avatar NFT

The latest version of Goku (Monkey King), the main character of Zhang Jian’s masterpiece “Nishi Yuuki,” is designed in a familiar form so that it can be applied to various purposes. It was sold out in China in just one minute after its release in September 2021.

“Sun Wukong” is a curious young monkey character who is not satisfied with being a monkey and enjoys transforming into various shapes, so he has become 101 types of avatars.

 

■ About Zhang Jian Yi

A well-known Chinese visual artist. He teaches at the Beijing Film Academy Animation School and the Central Academy of Fine Arts of China. He has been involved in animation production for many years, has published numerous comic works internationally, and is one of the earliest representatives of Chinese original animation, such as publishing a guidebook for animation production.

On the other hand, Kenichi has been successful as a businessman by establishing the sports trend brand “Muscle Dog” and expanding it to various countries. He is also a well-known tattoo artist and has worked on many works of world-famous people including Hollywood stars.

 

■ About XANALIA

 

 

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that is currently attracting worldwide attention, ranking 8th in the world trading volume ranking in July and winning the “1st place in the expected NFT marketplace” in Japan. Developed by NOBORDER.z and operated by XANALIA Limited. It features NFT, which is currently the fastest-growing field in the blockchain market, and its linkage with the Metaverse, as well as a DeFi (decentralized finance) model. The total amount has exceeded 1.4 billion dollars (about 165 billion yen).

Currently, together with Pony Canyon Planning Co., Ltd., Fuji Land Co., Ltd., and Fuji Creative Corporation, we are holding “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021” to help discover and support creators around the world.

https://xanalia.com

 

■ About XANA

 

 

A metaverse (virtual space social media platform) developed by NOBORDER.z, in which all assets are created by NFT on the blockchain. Users can dress up as avatars and interact freely while enjoying various virtual content developed by other users and companies.

It is used by various companies and organizations such as the Olympic Games in Koto-ku, Tokyo, art exhibitions for the Paralympics, global DJ events, and South Asian esports competitions.

https://xana.net

 

■ About Hangzhou Mansung Wen Technology Co., Ltd. (IPBANK)

IPBANK is a Chinese eco-industry chain service platform that focuses on copyright assets and uses blockchain digital rights development applications to add value to copyright assets.

Currently, he operates and develops more than 2000 global IPs such as movies, animations, literature, cultural properties, works of art, celebrities, games, sports, and NFT digital rights.

 

■ About NOBORDER.z

A next-generation entertainment technology company that has a vision of “a world without borders” and operates in five countries around the world, centered on New York and Dubai in the United States. It is a business that integrates entertainment and technology, such as Metaverse based on blockchain technology and the NFT platform.

 

■ Company Profile

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center,  AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AL Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

 

NOBORDER.z, a next-generation entertainment technology company based in New York and Dubai with operations in five countries around the world, created a virtual fashion show for the Unicorn Fashion Awards in Japan at Milan Fashion Week 2021, one of the four major fashion weeks in the world, in July this year, utilizing its XANA virtual space technology.

NOBORDER.z is also developing the NFT platform “XANALIA”. In this issue, we interviewed the company’s CEO, RIO TAKESHI KUBO, about the company’s vision of a virtual platform and NFT market.

PROFILE

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■ To create a virtual platform for smartphone users

— First of all, could you give us an overview of the virtual space “XANA” and the next generation NFT marketplace “XANALIA” and their features?

“XANA is a metaverse (virtual space) that we are developing.We aim to create a platform where users can become avatars, create whatever they want, and offer various services to create a lifestyle and economic zone.

In this kind of virtual space, it is important to create digital assets, so I use NFT for all my avatars, such as the clothes I wear, and the houses and land I own. That’s why we created XANALIA, a marketplace where you can buy and sell NFTs.

 

— How did you get involved in this virtual industry?

My background is not in IT, but in music entertainment. The name of our company, NOBORDER.z, means “those who cross all barriers”, but it was originally the name of a multinational DJ group when I was touring the world as a DJ.The only goal was to create entertainment that would bring the world together, but at the time we thought the way to do that was to hold a global festival, so we were constantly touring and planning.

Then one day, while on tour in China, I happened to come across blockchain, and it made a tremendous impact on me.
I realized that the time had come for the world to become “NOBORDER.z”, and that technology was going to make it happen! That’s what I thought. I realised that if I could combine technology and entertainment, I could do what I had always wanted to do, so I put all my money into it, gathered my friends and started my own business.

 

— At the current time, Are there any users or companies that have already entered the market?

Since the end of last year, we’ve been doing test releases and helping companies with their virtual events within XANA.In May this year, we also helped companies and governments that had been working towards the Olympic Games because of the Corona disaster, as they restricted their real events and switched to virtual events.

For example, Koto Ward in Tokyo is planning to hold an exhibition of art created by disabled people to promote the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and asked us if we could create a virtual space for it.Although the schedule was tight, we were able to develop a virtual exhibition where visitors could view a variety of art works and the artists and judges would explain their work.

These activities have been so well received that we are currently in contact with a number of industries, both domestic and international, and are in the process of communicating with them about collaborations.

 

— What are the strengths and features of XANA?

I’ve been researching VR chat myself because I like it a lot.The communication is innovative, and it’s fun to watch users from the US and other countries having fun.

However, it is difficult to make this a business opportunity for general companies, with the exception of a few of the more innovative technology companies.For companies that target the general consumer, VR was too much of a hurdle to prepare their equipment, because the devices that the target users are familiar with are their smartphones.

That’s why we prioritized the development of services for smartphone users.XANA’s great strength is that you can experience VR, PC or smartphone, but our policy is to provide a virtual space for smartphone users first, so that those who have VR equipment can enjoy VR with upward compatibility.

We believe that it is the link with NFT that differentiates us from the existing metaverse, especially in VR chat.Until now, no matter how much you played in the virtual space or dressed up your avatar, it did not lead to business or profit.However, there will be a time when playing in the virtual space, creating the space itself, and creating what the avatar wears will itself lead to economic activity.At the moment, there are only a few businesses like this in the world, so we want to move forward with a sense of speed that only a venture can provide.

 

— Is the organization and development based abroad?

Our legal entities are located in Dubai, USA, India and Pakistan. I myself live in Dubai, most of our engineers live in India and Pakistan, and we also have engineers from the UK and various other countries.Our development in Japan started when we were introduced to companies and governments who were looking to develop their business through virtualization and other ways. Until then, it was difficult to connect with Japanese companies, but now, thankfully, we are rapidly expanding our circle of Japanese clients.

 

 

■ The next generation virtual fashion show (trial).

— “You have organised a virtual fashion show using XANA technology, can you give us an overview of this?

The Unicorn Fashion Award (UFA) had already decided to hold a show using Volumetric, but they needed a team that could direct the production and creative side of the show to show the world and its possibilities, so they asked us.When we presented them with the world of virtual humans and 3D virtual spaces that we were working on, they saw a lot of potential in it.Before we joined the team, many of the ideas were ones that we had already seen in real life shows, but we decided that if we were going to do this, we should create a fantastical space that took advantage of the unique expressions of VR technology.

The final show can be viewed using the AR goggles produced by KDDI, or in a VR virtual space using the XANA technology.

 

— What do you mean by “virtual space”? What exactly does this mean?

The world was devastated by the Corona disaster, but we decided to use it as an opportunity to look at ourselves in a new and positive way, to rediscover ourselves and to create a fashion show that would be a new way of self-expression and communication virtually.

The theme of this show is [Re-Birth], and the model walks on the water based on the image of the sea and the amniotic fluid as the landscape of the source of life, and the image of the sea in the morning sun.This is definitely something that can only be done virtually.The camerawork is not just a standard picture like in the past, but like in a science fiction movie, where the camera moves freely 360 degrees without using any cuts, from angles that would be difficult to achieve in reality, such as above the sky or just past the surface of the sea. This is the first time a fashion show has ever been shown.

 

— How do you think fashion shows can be enhanced by the use of virtual technology?

Like XR, we predict that the real and the virtual will coexist and diversify.Fashion shows, which until now have only been seen in person by a select group of people, many of whom have only been able to see them through a flat screen, will be able to be seen from the comfort of your own home, in a café or at work, as if you were at the fashion show.

And there you will be able to complete your purchase immediately.There’s another most important part of the process: the clothes are, after all, yours to wear.With just one click you can see your avatar trying it on, just like you.

In this way, the process from discovering new designs and trends at the show to trying them on and buying them will become a new experience in an unprecedented way.Users and creators will become more connected. This fusion of the fashion sector and the virtual is full of possibilities.

 

— You are planning to present this show as NFT at “XANALIA”, how do you plan to present it to the public?

As this event was meant to be a technical trial and error. NFT will not be sold at this stage.
We are discussing how to make the NFT into a product when the final designers’ products for the awards come out. We are discussing how to turn them into NFTs.

We specialise in creating NFTs that are not simply still or moving images, but that are 3D and virtual in nature.In addition to physical sales, we also offer designers the possibility to capitalise on their designs virtually, giving them limited ownership and allowing avatars to wear them. We hope to provide a new framework and a means of monetization that has not existed in the fashion industry until now.And of course, it’s a project that involves a lot of companies and brands across the region.We would like to start with a minimal start on a trial basis, so that we can create a success story and move on to the next.

 

 

■ The future of fashion and NFT

— How do you plan to develop the NFT business in the fashion sector?

We think that the NFT of the show is just a starting point, and we would like to create NFTs of brands for avatars to wear in the Metaverse. The items shown at the show are limited edition, so it’s not easy to wear them daily, but you can wear them all you like as an avatar. Many people will find it worthwhile to buy the limited 10-piece collection and take a photo with their avatar.

It took about 10 years for everyone to set their own icons on LINE and Facebook and share selfies on Instagram. And I think the next decade will be where everyone interacts as avatars, looking and feeling the way they want to, instead of icons, selfies, and chat bubbles.

Just as it’s hard to find someone who doesn’t have an account on a social network today, it will be harder to find someone who doesn’t have an avatar in ten years. The need for fashion for avatars will then be the same as for people in the real world. It’s a tremendous change. In the financial world, crypto assets have suddenly appeared in a world where you used to be able to invest in stocks, and now they are a common topic of conversation every day. In the art world, where the only value was in physical objects, with the advent of the NFT, digital assets suddenly have a value of their own.In the same way that in just six months, no one in the art world has heard of the NFT, digital fashion is set to bring about a revolution in a fashion that will go down in the history of the world.

 

— Do you notice any regional differences in the adoption and spread of virtual and NFT?

The pandemic has greatly accelerated the wave of virtualisation that was bound to come. We wouldn’t have seen so many companies jumping into the virtual business, if it wasn’t for the pandemic. In response, players from all over the world have boosted their efforts. I think that the US and South Korea are leading the way, and China is growing at a very different pace. I think China is growing rapidly, it’s digitalising very fast, it’s investing a lot of money, so it’s hard to take your eyes off it. In my personal view, the US and Korea are leading in creativity and taste, while China is showing strong initiative in business scale, financial power, and monetisation.

Japan has many great creations, such as anime and manga, but there are only a few animated films and games that have a global market. I have the impression that there is still a lot of content that has yet to reach the world, so I believe there is a way to develop avatars and virtual fashion that only Japan can offer. We are a unique company in that only I and a few others are Japanese, and the majority of our employees are from overseas. That’s why I believe that we can use our uniquely Japanese creative minds to create something that can be used around the world.

— What would you like to pursue in the future as NOBORDER.z?

If you look at the popular content overseas, you’ll see that it’s not just the well-crafted games; it’s also the characters and games created by the users themselves that are incomprehensible. I think one of the reasons for this is that there is a vicious circle of creative users who come together to provide interesting things for other users, which in turn makes money for the creators. In order to create this cycle, we prioritize the development of a user-driven environment where users can freely create and buy clothes and items.

We also want to work with companies, brands, and creators who are currently developing their businesses based on the real world to create the forefront of the virtual business. It’s an exciting time for us because we are literally creating a new era. We’re looking forward to hearing from all kinds of people about collaborating with us.

 

 

NOBORDER.z FZE (Representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO), an entertainment technology company developing the next-generation NFT marketplace (XANALIA), in collaboration with Pony Canyon Planning Inc.(President and Representative Director: Hideki Ohyanagi), Fujiland Corporation Inc.(President and Representative Director: Yoichi Okabe),and Fuji Creative Corporation, Inc.(President and Representative Director: Kazuya Maeda) to present the “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021″, a global NFT award to identify, encourage and support new NFT creators around the world. NFTART AWARD 2021”, this event has been already announced by the officials.

This award is the world’s first NFT art competition event. NFT digital arts, which is currently attracting attention globally, are invited from all over the world to be auctioned in the form of “NFTART AWARD” excellent works are awarded by auction ranking and jury voting. This is the world’s first NFT art competition event. In addition, the nominated works and the award ceremony will be held in the NFT metaverse ( XANA ), which NOBORDER.z develops in a borderless format.

 

■ Purpose of the project

In 2020-2021, the whole world was hit by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which radically changed people’s lives. In the fight against the virus, people are forced to avoid physical contact with others, and the wave of “digitalisation” has accelerated. As a result, the digital world has evolved into a network that connects the world more closely.

In this context, the revolutionary innovation “NFT” (Non-Fungible Token), which utilises the basic technology of “blockchain” (virtual currency) to revolutionise entertainment, has been put to practical use and is beginning to open up new possibilities in the genre of “art”.
NFT is a blockchain token. “NFTs are digital data issued and distributed on a blockchain, and by storing the associated meta-information on a blockchain which is difficult to tamper with, the information equivalent to a certificate of authenticity and a certificate of ownership is stored and disclosed in a state which cannot be forged. The information is stored and made public in a state that cannot be forged.

Since 2021, the world has seen an explosion of interest in this technology, which has begun to be applied to a wide range of art, music, games, content and IP. This innovation allows artists worldwide to present their copyrighted “art” with confidence and to add value freely. A marketplace has sprung up around the world where NFT art can be displayed, appreciated and traded.

Christie’s New York, the leading auction house in the world for over 250 years, held an online auction (25 February – 11 March 2021) of an NFT artwork by the artist ‘Beeple’ entitled Everyday: The First 5000 Days” by the artist “Beeple” was auctioned for a record-breaking price of $6,934,250 (approximately ¥7.5 billion).

The XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021 is designed to give hope and dreams for the future of artists, creators and “golden eggs”, regardless of age, nationality, gender, professional or amateur, who have had limited opportunities to present their work. XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021″ will be held in the hope that it will be a chance for everyone to enjoy art more freely and easily.

 

 

■ Summary of application

[Flow of the Event]

Submit your work	Fill in the application form on the exclusive website and submit your work. https://xanalia.com/nftartawards2021
Acceptance	You will be notified of the acceptance of your entry by email within 48 hours.
Twitter	All you have to do is follow the official Twitter account (https://twitter.com/xanalia_nft) and tweet your work page with the hashtags (#xanalia #nftart #nftawards2021). ※This is not a mandatory condition.If you tweet, the official account will retweet your entry.
Nominations	Up to 1,000 works will be nominated in XANALIA during each of the four submission phases and available for bidding in the auction.The top 100 entries will be displayed in XANA’s virtual gallery.
Awards announcement	Early March 2022, the top three winners will be announced from among the 100 works displayed in the virtual gallery.

 

[Regarding the Applications(entries)]

Application Entries	Digital artwork created using a computer. 2D, 3D, VR, still image, Video (within 10 seconds), etc.
Rules and conditions	*The work must be completely original or not copyrighted by anyone else. *The work must be able to be displayed and run on a Macintosh or Windows environment. The format must be JPEG or PNG still images, GIFs or videos (up to 50 GB). (Video format must be H.264, audio must be mp3 or AAC with mp4 extension) For video works, the audio can be made optional.

 

• The work will be displayed on the XANALIA Marketplace and sold at auction as an NFT with the same asset value as a real work of art.
• The “XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021 Project” will manage the submitted works.
• The copyright of the selected “nominated work” belongs to the author but may be used by the organising committee to announce the competition results and for advertising purposes.

 

■ Prize

[AWARD] The top works will be exhibited in a state-of-the-art virtual space. The three best works will be selected by a Judges vote and auction, and the following cash prizes will be awarded as extra prizes

First Rank	Gold Award	US $ 10,000
Second Rank	Silver Award	US $ 5,000
Third Rank	Bronze Award	US $ 3,000

 

• The prize money will be used as an advance of the royalty to be distributed to the copyright holder from the subsequent sales (profit from sales) of the work in question (advance money => profit guarantee).Of course, in the event that the revenue share exceeds the prize money, the excess will be paid out permanently in the subsequent payments.
• The NFT Marketplace system will permanently allocate the royalty fee for the original copyright to the creator (original author) when the work is sold in the primary auction and subsequent permanent secondary transactions.
• In this event, the sales return (rights fee) will be 50% of the sale price for the first sale (auction) and 10% of the sale price for each subsequent resale (resale) on a semi-permanent basis.
• Other than the prize money, the distribution of sales revenue to the creators (original authors) will be paid in virtual currency such as Bitcoin.

 

■ Schedule

First deadline:	09/30, 23:59 (JST)
Second deadline:	10/31, 23:59 (JST)
Third deadline:	11/30, 23:59 (JST)
Fourth deadline:	12/31, 23:59 (JST)

※The entries to the marketplace will be published in the order in which they are received.

 

Virtual Gallery Exhibition	01/10 ~02 / 28
Bidding Deadline:	02/28/2022
Announcement & VR Award Ceremony	Scheduled for early March 2022

 

■ Judges Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

■ Points to Remember

• If your work is not selected as a ‘Nominated Work,’ it will not be converted to NFT and will not be exhibited.
• However, works that have already been converted to NFT are not eligible for this event.
• If there are no buyers at the end of the exhibition, we will continue to sell the work at the fixed price, but we may withdraw the work after a certain time.
• The number of entries per person can be as many as you like, but the number of ‘nominated works’ may be limited.
• Any work that falls under any of the following categories will be disqualified from the selection process. If plagiarism or copyright infringement is discovered after work has been nominated, it will be immediately disqualified.
  1. Entries that violate a third party’s copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, or any other rights under the laws of any country.
  2. Any content that defames or libels a specific person or damages the reputation or credibility of a specific person. In addition, any content that provides personal information about a specific person without that person’s permission.
  3. Content that violates public order and morals or the laws of each country. Any content that is, or maybe, contrary to public order and morals or the laws of any country.
  4. Any other content that is deemed inappropriate by the Project Committee as listed below. (above are Examples only, not limited to these)
     • Violent, grotesque, or other material that the general public would find offensive.
     • Discrimination or encouragement of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, religion, gender, nationality, etc.
       Content that contains an explicit sexual expression.
     • Any content that contains political claims or political content leads to the solicitation, dissemination, profit sharing, or cooperation of specific religious groups, anti-social forces, political groups (including similar groups), or ideological groups.
     • Any content that may lead to the invitation, dissemination, benefits provision, or cooperation of specific religious groups, political groups (including similar groups), or ideological groups.
     • Any content that may lead to the invitation of Infinite Chain Scheme, Multi Level Marketing, etc.

 

■ Organisation and Management

XANALIA NFTART AWARDS 2021 Project
(NOBORDERZ FZE / Pony Canyon Planning Co., Ltd. / Fuji Land Co., Ltd. / Fuji Creative Co., Ltd. )

 

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that is currently attracting global attention, having won the “No.1 Expected NFT Marketplace” award in Japan. It is developed by NOBORDER.z ZFE and managed by XANALIA Limited. It is the world’s fastest-growing NFT and DeFi (Decentralized Finance) marketplace, with a diluted potential market capitalisation of over $1.4 billion in just one month after its launch on March 7, 2021. The fact that the company is still trading at a high of $700 million shows the company’s high level of global interest. In July, it was ranked eighth in the world in terms of the trading volume.
The company has released several groundbreaking NFTs globally, including an NFT of a virtual fashion show during Milan Fashion Week 2021, an official NFT art piece of Hokusai Katsushika, one of the greatest Japanese artists the first NFT linked to a TV drama in China.

 

URL	https://xanalia.com

 

■ About XANA

A metaverse (virtual space social media platform) developed by NOBORDER.z, all assets created in NFT on the blockchain. Users can dress themselves up as avatars, interact freely, and enjoy various virtual content developed by other users and other companies.
It has been used by various companies and organisations, including Koto-ku’s art exhibition for the Olympics and Paralympics, a global DJ event, and an e-sports tournament in South Asia.

 

URL	https://xana.net

 

■ Company Profile

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center,  AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AL Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

 

Yukinori Tokoro, a leading expert in fine art photography, and Live Publishing Co., Ltd. have created NFT artworks of Mr Tokoro, who was selected as a representative of Japan and released them on XANALIA, a next-generation NFT marketplace for AR/VR developed by NOBORDER.z FZE (Representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO).

 

■ About the NFT

Yukinori Tokoro is a world-renowned photographer who has been active in international magazine features and solo exhibitions. He was selected as the Japanese representative for “New Expressions of the World” at Photokina 92, the world’s largest photography fair in Cologne, in 1992. Yukinori Tokoro has selected the most famous works from his representative series “Einstein Romance” (14 works), “ONE SECOND” (53 works) and “Rabbit Girl & Black Rimmed Eyeglasses” (34 works) and released them as NFTs on the NFT marketplace “XANALIA” for the first time in the world.

「Einstein Romance」 series
A series of works on the theme of time, taken from a bullet train travelling at 300 km/h, as a tribute to Einstein’s theory of relativity, including two works from the MoMA collection.

「ONE SECOND」 series
A series of works expressing the city (Shibuya, Ginza, New York, Paris, Montreal), fashion, dance, and esoteric Buddhism within the flow of one second, including two works used at the Paris Collection and the beginning of the press pamphlet for HIROKO KOSHINO.

 

 

「Rabbit Girl & Black Rimmed Eyeglasses」
As with the other works in this series, the theme was time. A collaboration with the model’s beloved daughter.

 

 

This work will be exhibited in a virtual museum in XANA, the NFT virtual space developed by NOBORDER.z, and users will view it using VR or smartphones.

 

■ Sales link

【NFT Store】
https://xanalia.com

【Artist Page】
https://xanalia.com/artist/60ffb65b9d22af09aaf17242

 

■ Yukinori Tokoro

After graduating from Osaka University of Arts with a degree in photography, he began working as a freelance photographer in magazines, advertisements, and photo books.

In fashion, he has worked on posters in Germany and England and Japan, including photographs of models for fashion

magazines. His unique perspective towards the world has earned him a high reputation worldwide. From his early works, he has been presenting fantasy works of angels and fairies. His famous front covers include Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Shigeo Nagashima, Coach Ivica Osim, Stojkovic, Bob Sapp, and speed skater Shimizu. The advertising consists of Cartier, Coca-Cola, Alan Silverstein, Michiko Koshino, Hiroko Koshino, WEST (Germany), HERB & SPICE COMPANY (London), Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TV Asahi, Shikoku Digital Tsuka, Panasonic, Nike, Canon, Casio, PARCO Theater, Mitsubishi Electric, and Mitsubishi Electric, Levi’s, Japan Riva, etc. In 2007, I created six sets of posters for the World Figure Skating Championships, featuring Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Yukari Nakano, Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda, and the ice dance pair of Kido and Watanabe. His miraculous works, which have a unique worldview and seem to float between reality and unreality, have surpassed the photography framework. He has received high praise from various fields as an individual artist in the world.

In 2007, he decided to reset his career as Yukinori Tokoro for the first time with a compilation of his works, “CHIAROSCURO: A Genealogy Leading to Angels,” published by Bijutsu Shuppansha in 2006.

In 2007, he began a new phase of his career as Yukinori Tokoro, focusing on the monochrome landscapes of Shibuya, Tokyo. In 2008, he started working on the One Second series, which incorporates a different concept of the time axis than the moment. In the autumn of 2008, he held his solo exhibition “Shibuya One Second Moment and Eternity” in Shibuya. In May 2009, he was featured in Eyemazing (a Dutch fine art photography magazine) for his “Shibuya one second” series, and in spring 2012, he was featured in the same magazine for his new nude series.

He is currently working on a series of articles for CAPA (Gakken) in Japan, titled Slow Photo, starting with the October 2011 issue. From April 2014 to March 2019, he was appointed as a visiting professor at Osaka University of Arts, where he lectures at local governments and takes photographs on the theme of time. Since then, he has been asked to give many lectures and performances by local governments and corporate universities such as Hiroshima, Takamatsu, and Kagawa Universities. As an artist, he continues to present his work on time in solo exhibitions and books.

 

■ Portrait of Yukinori Tokoro

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Yumi Matsutoya, Shigeru Sugiura, Patrice Leconte, Yasushi Machida, Tadanori Yokoo, Taro Okamoto, Akihiro Miwa, Gackt, Fumiya Fujii, Yasuyuki Suto, Tetsuya Kumagawa, Tamio Kusakari, Cornelius, Original Love, BUCK-TICK, Taro Okamoto, Fujio Akatsuka, Hinano Yoshikawa, Shinji Takeda, Kyoko Fukada, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hitomi Kuroki, Honami Suzuki, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kyoko Fukada, Kyoka Suzuki, Toshiaki Karasawa, Kunie Tanaka, Manami Konishi, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kyoko Koizumi, Eri Fukatsu, Goro Kishitani, Koichi Sato, Tomoya Nagase, Makiko Esumi, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Takashi Fujii, Seiichi Tanabe, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Flipper’s Guitar, Shigeo Nagashima, Sadaharu Oh, Dragan Stojkovic, Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, Hiroyasu Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Kitazawa, Hidehiko Yoshida, Mao Asada, Daisuke Takahashi, Keisuke Honda, Coach Osim (in no particular order), and many others.

 

■ About XANALIA

 

 

XANALIA, developed by NOBORDER.z FZE and managed by XANALIA LIMITED, is an NFT marketplace that is currently attracting global attention, and ranked as the “No. 1 NFT Marketplace with high expectations” in Japan. By incorporating NFT and DeFi (decentralized finance), which are the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, the diluted potential market capitalization temporarily exceeded $1.4 billion (about 165 billion yen) in just one month after its launch on March 7, 2021.

And even now, following the virtual currency market crash, it maintains a high value of $400 million (approx. 44 billion yen), indicating the high level of global attention.

The company has released several epoch-making NFTs globally, including an NFT of a virtual fashion show during Milan Fashion Week 2021, an official NFT artwork of Hokusai Katsushika, one of the greatest Japanese artists the first program-linked NFT in the Chinese TV drama industry.

 

■ About Live Publishing Co.

We are a publishing company with the theme, “Actively involved in what’s happening globally, and giving back to society a vibrant sense of joy. Established in January 2021, the company is based on publishing and seamlessly developing various businesses.

Official website: https://livepublishing.co.jp/

 

■ NOBORDER.z

We are a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of a “More Wonders No Borders”. The company’s vision is to create a world without borders, and it operates in five countries around the world, with offices in New York and Dubai. The company’s business combines cross-reality technologies using VR and AR, blockchain, NFT and AI with entertainment.

 

■ Company Profile

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center,  AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AL Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

 

Koichi Nakata (MEIBIS +), a video artist who handles the digital processing and collection of ukiyo-e, and Live Publishing Co., Ltd., is known for “Kanagawa Okinami Ura” and other works by Katsushika Hokusai “Fugakusanjuro”. XANALIA, the AR / VR compatible NFT market, developed by NOBORDER.z FZE (Japanese name: No Borders) (Representative: RIO TAKESHI KUBO), a next-generation entertainment technology company, released the NFT artworks of “Kei” (46 figures in total).

 

■ About the NFT

The “Fugakusanjurokkei” (46 figures in total), which is famous for “Kanagawa Okinami Ura” etc. is a collection of Fuji illustrations (large format Nishiki-e) which was published in 1831-34 (Tempo 2-5) by Katsushika Hokusai. This NFT consists of digital still images owned by Mr Koichi Nakata and all 46 figures that Mr Nakata has applied motion processing to. It will be released as the world’s first official NFT of Katsushika Hokusai, which has a worldwide reputation.

(Kouichi Nakata) Many ukiyo-e prints are not of high quality as a popular culture, so the beauty of prints is impaired, such as colour burn, damage, colour shift, worm-eaten, and stains. There are many. Hokusai’s work, which is currently said to be the first edition, is priced at tens of millions of yen.

The images to be released this time are scanned, modified and restored in various editions by utilising the technology acquired by our original 28 years of ukiyo-e image restoration, securing copyrights, and the network with antique art owners built during that time. -It has been revised and has been evaluated as the closest digital art to the first edition.

In addition, this work will be exhibited at the virtual museum in the NFT virtual space XANA developed by NOBORDER.z, and users will be able to view it on VR and smartphones.

 

■ Sales link

https://xanalia.com

https://xanalia.com/artist/60ec85d177e852a2dfe0a65f

 

■ About the original author

Katsushika Hokusai is an ukiyo-e artist in the late Edo period and one of the representatives of Kasei culture. His representative works include “Thirty-six Views of Tomitake” and “Hokusai Manga”, and he is a world-famous painter. In 1999, he was the only Japanese to rank 86th in the “100 People in the World Who Made the Most Important Achievements in the Last 1000 Years” project of the American magazine “Life”..

 

 

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is an NFT marketplace that is currently attracting worldwide attention, with the number one expected NFT marketplace in Japan. Developed by NOBORDER.z ZFE and operated by XANALIA LIMITED. With the introduction of NFT and DeFi (Decentralized Finance), which are currently the fastest growing areas in the blockchain market, the diluted potential market capitalization is temporary $ 1.4 billion in just one month after launch on March 7, 2021. It has exceeded (about 165 billion yen) and remains at 400 million dollars (about 44 billion yen) even after the collapse of the virtual currency market, showing its high level of worldwide attention.

Global breakthroughs such as NFT of virtual fashion shows developed in Milan Fashion Week 2021, official NFT artwork of Katsushika Hokusai, the highest peak of Japanese artists, and the first program-linked NFT Chinese large-scale TV drama world Refrain from releasing many popular NFTs.

 

 

■ About the creator

Nakata calf (MEIBIS Tasu)

(Koichi Nakata)

first attache type PC developed world in 1985 (manufacturing Melbourne).

April 23, 1992 Development of the second CD ROM writer in Japan (Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, page 1 article published).

November 1, 1993 Announcement of composite photography technology (Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun article announcement).

With the above development and release, images will be edited, modified, repaired, and converted to CDR.

For the release of this CDR photo book, many images were needed, and at the same time, it was essential to secure the copyright.

In the process of collecting as described above, I came to meet many ukiyo-e and antique art owners and also worked on repairing and repairing damaged works.

In addition, many users want the copyright of such images, and they are now on sale as CDR works.

Among the antique art, many of the colour prints are ukiyo-e prints, so this is the main product.

Other works (scanning + correction restoration + colourisation) include antique art images centred on Japan, original antique photographs (each field), and old drawing prints in each area.

 

■ About Live Publishing Inc.

A publisher with the theme of “actively engaging in what is happening in the world and returning lively joy to society.” Based on publishing, we will seamlessly develop various businesses. It was established in January 2021.

 

■ NOBORDER.z

We are a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of a “More Wonders, No Borders“. The company’s vision is to create a world without borders, and it operates in five countries around the world, with offices in New York and Dubai. The company’s business combines cross-reality technologies using VR and AR, blockchain, NFT and AI with entertainment.

 

■ Company Profile

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center, AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AL Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
CEO	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Website	https://www.noborderz.com

 

■ Contact

Dept.	Public Relations Department
Inquiries	[email protected]

 

 

Masami Tanaka, the world’s leading aurora photographer, and Live Publishing Inc. have been invited to participate in XANALIA, an AR/VR-enabled NFT marketplace developed by NOBORDER.z FZE (CEO: RIO TAKESHI KUBO), a next-generation entertainment technology company operating in five countries around the world. XANALIA, an AR/VR compatible NFT marketplace, has released a total of 134 aurora works by world-renowned aurora photographer Masami Tanaka on the platform.

 

■ About this NFT

Masami Tanaka has been photographing the aurora borealis in Yellowknife (Northwest Territories, Canada) for 23 years, and has been featured in various media, including a particular program on NHK, and has many fans overseas. A total of 134 works, including 100 still images, 6 VR360 PANORAMA videos, 18 time-lapse videos and ten rare real-time videos, will be released in NFT format. The works will be exhibited in a virtual museum in XANA, the NFT virtual space developed by NOBORDER.z, where users can view them via VR or smartphone.

 

■ Masami Tanaka XANALIA Store Link

https://xanalia.com/artist/60ec85ec77e852a2dfe0a660

 

■ About XANALIA

XANALIA is a global NFT marketplace, developed by NOBORDER.z FZE and managed by XANALIA LIMITED. By incorporating NFT and DeFi (decentralised finance), the two fastest-growing areas in the blockchain market, NOBORDER.z FZE’s diluted potential market capitalisation temporarily exceeded $1.4 billion in just one month after its launch on March 7, 2021.

The company’s diluted potential market capitalisation exceeded $1.4 billion at one point within a month. It remained at $400 million even after the virtual currency market crash shows the high level of global attention it is receiving.

The company is about to release several groundbreaking global NFTs, including the NFT of a virtual fashion show during Milan Fashion Week 2021, the official NFT artwork of Hokusai Katsushika, one of the greatest Japanese artists, and the first NFT linked to a TV show in the Chinese TV drama industry.

 

 

■ About the creator

Masami Tanaka
Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Since childhood, he has been interested in photography. At the age of 18, he built a darkroom in his house and started developing colour photographs and reversal films.

After graduating from photography school, he worked for a film company doing hand-burning. After two years, he became independent and started taking nature photos on his own. At the age of 23, he met a kingfisher in a mountain stream and was fascinated by its sight, which he spent the next 12 years photographing. He published his first photo book in Japan (Yama Jade).In 1988, he began photographing nature above 60 degrees north latitude. His current focus is on still and moving VR360 panoramas and motion timelapse.

He teaches Aurora and Timelapse at NHK and Kogakuin University for both amateurs and professionals. His work has been featured in the Nikkei newspaper, Fuji Sankei, NHK, BS-TBS NTV and NHK-BS Premium.

 

■ Typical programmes

NHK-G: A spectacular view of the sky – Aurora Borealis, a spectacular view of the four seasons
NHK-4K My cousin’s Aurora Borealis – The story of the people and the fantastic view of Canada’s northern land
NHK-BS Premium Aurora Borealis: The Spectacular Four Seasons
NHK-8K The world of ultra-high resolution 8K time-lapse video
BS-TBS New Earth Scenery
BS-TBS New Earth Traveller’s Journal
Published in nature and travel magazines, pamphlets and many others.
He is a lecturer at manufacturers’ events, a touring instructor for travel companies and an accompanying photography instructor.
He was contacted by the Memorial Hall of Shibusawa Eiichi (Shibusawa Eiichi Foundation), a businessman and educator, because of his resemblance to Shibusawa Eiichi, and has written an essay for the Foundation’s journal, Sieben.

 

■ Main publications

“Panorama of the Northern Lights” (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
“Beyond the Arctic” Real-Time Aurora (Kosaido Shuppan)
Mountain Jade (Cleo) etc.
His photographs have been exhibited at the Fuji Photo Gallery and other manufacturers’ exhibitions and joint exhibitions.

He is an accredited nature photographer with Tourism Canada and Tourism Northwest Territories.
Member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society (JPS)
Member of the Advertising Photographers’ Association of Japan (APA)

 

 

■ About Live Publishing Inc.

“We are a publishing company that is actively involved in what is happening in the world. We aim to be actively engaged in what’s happening globally and bring joy to society. Founded in January 2021, we are a publishing company that seamlessly develops various businesses based on publishing.

 

■ NOBORDER.z

We are a next-generation entertainment technology company with a vision of a “More Wonders, No Borders“. The company’s vision is to create a world without borders, and it operates in five countries around the world, with offices in New York and Dubai. The company’s business combines cross-reality technologies using VR and AR, blockchain, NFT and AI with entertainment.

 

■ company overview

Company Name	NOBORDER.z FZE
Location	Business Center, AI Smooch Building, UAQ Free Trade Zone, Umm AI Quwain, UAE.
Business	Development of VR, XR, AI, NFT, and blockchain technologies and management services
Representative	Rio Takeshi Kubo
Corporate site	https://www.noborderz.com

 

■ Contact

Department	Public relations department
Inquiry	[email protected]

 

 

NOBORDER.z (CEO: Rio Takeshi Kubo), a Cross-reality business based in New York and Dubai, has developed a Blockchain-based platform, XANALIA. It will be used in the large-scale reality program “Remember Me” (Chinese name: Demanding Sumiga) which is based on influencers and will be aired mainly in mainland China in 2022. The show has announced the production of the NFT series.

 

■ About the Program

In recent years, a new profession called influencer has emerged worldwide, including in China. Everyone wonders what influencers think and how they promote their ideas.

What kind of battle will you go through to win as a top influencer? So, “Remember me” will be produced as a survival-style reality show by fan voting. The program will welcome many top influencers, and the total production cost will be over 2 billion yen.

 

■ About NFT Program

For the first time, NOBORDER.z will introduce blockchain technology on the program allowing influencers to sell NFTs based on fan voting or their own creations as an NFT on the program’s official website and the NFT marketplace “XANALIA” developed by NOBORDER.z.

Also, it introduces a virtual space XANA to create and sell virtual content utilizing the NFT.

 

■ Chinese Entertainment (sponsored by China)

The company has the most significant number of distributors on the social platform TikTok (Chinese name).

Currently, we are managing 80,000 contract distributors and an average of more than 6,000 live distributors every day. Monthly viewers exceed 200 million.

 

■ Kingdom Entertainment Group (Production)

Kingdom Entertainment Group is an entertainment company that produces international shows of giant brands such as Victoria’s Secret shows.

It is one of the top 10 shows globally, broadcasted live in 160 countries worldwide, and has more than 1.5 billion viewers.

 

■ IPE Universal (Co-sponsor from Asia)

For 15 years, IPE Universal has been producing videos, games, and business-related programs that have produced more than 200 well-known IPs.