NOBORDER.z FZE（首席执行官：RIO TAKESHI KUBO）宣布了由HERO'S Inc.（首席执行官：Katsuya Shirai）在NFT市场 "XANALIA "上出版的漫画 "ULTRAMAN" - 日本漫画/动画英雄，由Eiichi Shimizu和Tomohiro Shimoguchi创作的NFT项目。

■ 关于《超能陆战队》（作者：清水荣一和下口智广）

ULTRAMAN - 由Comiplex(https://viewer.heros-web.com/)发行的清水荣一和下口智博的日本漫画系列，是受 "奥特曼系列 "启发的漫画系列--由Tsuburaya Productions制作的SFX Tokusatsu TVseries。故事在原版《奥特曼》中描述的世界几十年后展开。

完整的3DCG动漫版也从2019年4月起由Netflix在全球192个国家独家发行，并获得了 "什么是热门？2019年：十大最受欢迎的动漫（日本）"中获得第一名，由Netflix制作。SEASON 2的制作已经宣布在2022年春季进行。它已被翻译成11种语言。

日本的漫画和动画内容一直吸引着全世界的巨大关注，其中，本漫画所依据的《超能陆战队》系列有超过50年的历史。
"ULTRAMAN "一直随着时代和技术的发展而不断发展。这个期待已久的NFT项目计划涵盖从交易卡到NFT游戏的广泛NFT范围。

通过这个项目，NOBORDER.z和Heroes Inc.将为日本创作者在全球市场创造的日本内容业务追求进一步的活力和新的可能性。第一个项目和后续项目的细节计划在年内公布。

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

关于HERO'S公司。

HERO'S公司主要从事漫画网站和人物内容的策划、管理和制作。他们经营一个名为 "Comiplex--漫画剧场（https://viewer.heros-web.com/）"的网络漫画发行网站，每周五日本时间12:00更新。他们连载了各种流行的漫画，如 "超能战士"、"Kamen Rider Kuuga"、"Tanzaburou Tojima想成为假面骑士"、"ATOM THE BEGINNING"、"DOUDLE"、"Blank Space"、"KILLING BITES "和 "KamiKatsu ～Create a religion in Isekai！～" 以及许多其他各种漫画。

他们的主要股东是Kinoshita Group Inc.和Shogakukan Creative Inc。

官方网站。 https://viewer.heros-web.com/

关于NOBORDER.z

XANALIA是一家下一代娱乐技术公司，以纽约和迪拜为中心，在全球五个国家开展业务。该公司以 "无国界的精彩世界 "为愿景，正在为全球NFT市场开发基于区块链技术的NFT元宇宙 "XANA "和NFT平台 "XANALIA"。

关于XANALIA

XANALIA，由NOBORDER.z开发，由XANALIA有限公司运营，是一个吸引全球关注的NFT市场。该市场在全球交易量排名中获得第8位，在7月份日本预期的NFT市场中获得第1位。XANALIA的主要特点是。

1. NFT
2. 与元宇宙的联系
3. DeFi（分散式金融）模式

这也是目前区块链市场中增长最快的领域。其稀释后的潜在市值在推出一个月后就超过了$1.4亿（约1650亿日元）。

与Pony Canyon Planning, IncFuji Land, Inc.和Fuji Creative Corporation一起举办 "2021年XANALIA NFTART AWARDS"，以促进和鼓励全球创作者。

网站。 https://xanalia.com
推特。 https://twitter.com/xanalia_nft
纪晓岚。 https://discord.com/invite/XANA
在Youtube上。 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTNrP6B0gH04_kMCsOfCSYA
脸书。 https://www.facebook.com/xanalianft/
Instagram。 https://www.instagram.com/xanalia_nft/
介质。 https://xanalianft.medium.com/

公司概述

联系

由NOBORDER.z FZE（首席执行官：RIO TAKESHI KUBO，以下简称 "NOBORDER.z"）开发的兼容元宇宙的NFT市场XANALIA宣布与Chainlink Labs（估值超过1.4万亿日元的大型区块链项目）的开发商合作，进行NFT技术引进合作。

XANALIA是一个快速发展的NFT市场，今年7月在全球交易量方面排名第八（根据Dapps.com），它宣布引入Chainlink实验室提出的Chainlink VRF，以实现完全随机的NFT铸币，没有任何篡改或偏见。这确保了NFT的分配方式具有更高的透明度和公平性，这有一个令人兴奋的游戏方面的机会和不可预测性。

■ 技术背景介绍

XANALIA是一个去中心化、多链的NFT元空间市场，提供实用程序，将世界著名的动画、游戏和各种数字艺术等知识产权转化为有数字版权、可交易的加密资产，可用于NFT游戏和XANALIA自己的NFT元空间XANA。

以及POLYGON和Binance智能链，它们比以太坊更快，并大大降低了协议层面和内联的处理成本，XANALIA为每个人提供了一个轻松获得NFT的机会。

■ 现有解决方案的挑战

XANALIA市场的新功能之一是NFT盲盒，它在购买时完全根据意外情况向用户投出NFT，通过随机数字抽奖。为了以完全安全和无偏见的方式向用户随机分配，用户需要访问一个可以独立审计的安全随机数发生器（RNG）。然而，目前NFT市场上使用的许多基于智能合约的RNG解决方案，很难完全防止开发者的操纵和神谕的预测。

例如，源自链上数据的RNG解决方案，如区块哈希值，可以被区块链矿工通过重新org攻击来利用。另一方面，源自链外数据提供者的RNG解决方案是不透明的，不能为用户提供流程完整性的确凿证据。

■ 实施一个新的解决方案

相反，Chainlink VRF是一个防篡改和可审计的RNG解决方案，使我们能够保证我们的NFT分布是可核查的公平。Chainlink VRF是一种机制，通过将请求时仍未知的区块数据与Oracle节点之前承诺的私钥相结合，生成随机数和加密证明。"XANALIA只有在有有效的加密证明时才接受随机数的输入，而加密证明只有在VRF过程是防篡改的情况下才会生成。这使我们能够为用户提供自动和可公开验证的证明，即盲盒结果不能被甲骨文、外部实体或内部开发人员篡改或预测。

■ 执行的结果

在XANALIA推出的第一个盲盒NFT系列 "孙悟空 "Metaverse Avatar NFT "在中国很受欢迎，从9月26日开始在XANALIA销售，录得销售额$427570美元（约5000万日元）。因此，记录了427,570美元（约5000万日元）的销售额。

Chain Link是区块链市场的巨型独角兽，在推出四年后，目前市值超过1.4万亿日元。此次合作有望促进XANALIA的进一步发展，并产生协同效应，如扩大Chainlink在NFT历史上的影响力。

关于链家

Chain Link成立于2017年，是区块链的一个抽象层，能够实现普遍连接的智能合约。Chain Link使区块链能够通过去中心化的甲骨文网络与外部数据源、事件和支付方式安全地互动，提供复杂的智能合约成为主流数字协议所需的关键跨链信息。

Chainlink网络由一个由数据提供商、节点运营商、智能合约开发者、研究人员和安全审计人员组成的大型开源社区运行。该公司强调，对于所有愿意为网络做出贡献的节点运营商和用户来说，去中心化的参与是有保障的。

关于XANALIA

XANALIA是一个吸引全球关注的NFT市场，在7月的全球交易量排名中获得第8名，并在日本获得 "第一预期NFT市场"。它由NOBORDER.z开发，由XANALIA有限公司管理。它的特点是(1)NFT，(2)与metaverse联动，(3)DeFi（去中心化金融）模式，这些都是目前区块链市场增长最快的领域，其稀释后的潜在市值在推出后一个月就超过了$1.4亿（约1650亿日元）。

目前，与Pony Canyon Planning Inc.、Fuji Land Inc.和Fuji Creative Corporation合作，正在举办 "2021年XANALIA NFTART AWARDS"，以支持全球创作者的发现。

网站https://xanalia.com
推特https://twitter.com/xanalia_nft
纪晓岚https://discord.com/invite/XANA
Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTNrP6B0gH04_kMCsOfCSYA
脸书https://www.facebook.com/xanalianft/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/xanalia_nft
中  https://xanalianft.medium.com/

关于NOBORDER.z

我们是一家下一代娱乐技术公司，其愿景是 "无国界的精彩世界"。该公司是一家下一代娱乐技术公司，以纽约和迪拜为中心，在全球五个国家开展业务。该公司从事的业务是将娱乐和技术结合起来，如基于区块链技术的Metaverse和NFT平台。

■公司简介

联系

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.

■ 关于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.

■ 关于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.

关于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.

■公司简介

联系

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

■ 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.

关于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

关于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.

关于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.

■公司简介

联系

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

■ 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]

[Regarding the Applications(entries)]

• 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

• 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

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

■ 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. )

关于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.

关于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.

■公司简介

联系

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.

关于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.

■公司简介

联系

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”..

关于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.

■公司简介

联系

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

关于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

联系

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.