Animoca Brands Japan is set to launch a non-fungible token collection inspired by the popular Japanese cyberpunk franchise Ghost in the Shell. The tokens will be launched on the Ethereum network from October 31.
According to an October 25 press release, the Ghost in the Shell Collection will consist of 500 unique NFTs featuring characters from the 1995 anime film adaptation based on the 1989 manga series by Masamune Shirow.
The Ghost in the Shell NFT Collection will launch on Animoca Brands’ Japanese NFT trading platform SORAH. The sale starts on October 31 at 12:00 JST. The platform uses a lottery-based sales model and a first-come, first-served sales model using the Allow List, also known as priority purchasing rights.
The NFTs will be built using the ERC-721 NFT standard of the Ethereum (ETH) protocol and will be sold for ETH 0.018 per token or equal to $45.16 per token based on the current price. The Ghost in the Shell Pack will be the first part of the NFT series “AnimeTraits” in which Animoca plans to collaborate with more fan-favorite anime and manga franchises to create NFT collections that it will launch in the future .
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“AnimeTraits lets you dress up your PFPs with parts from Japanese anime characters. Will be available on SORAH on October 31st. Don’t miss it!” Animoca wrote on an X-post announcing the upcoming launch.
The X-post contains a video of an iconic scene from the 1995 film adaptation in which the main character, Major Motoko Kusanagi, falls from a building. The scene then cuts to show a pink mascot with three eyes from the Mocaverse, a previous NFT membership collection from Animoca Brands, consisting of 8,888 unique characters.
Exciting news!
The first AnimeTraits collection with “GHOST IN THE SHELL” (1995) is coming soon 🎉Customize your PFP with iconic outfits and items from the anime. Applies to @Moca_Network, @coolcats and @San_FranTokyo PFPs.
AnimeTraits lets you dress… pic.twitter.com/wthgo6XZ35
— Animoca Brands Japan (@Animocabrandskk) October 25, 2024
The company will also offer customization options for the owners of its Mocaverse offerings, as well as those who own CoolCats and San FranTokyo collections. In November 2023, Animoca announced partnerships with CoolCats Group and San FranTokyo.
Based on information from the company release, users can also purchase the modified costume images as merchandise on the AnimeTraits site.
First released in 1989, Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese cyberpunk manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga was later adapted into several anime adaptations, including the most famous 1995 film adaptation, directed by Mamoru Oshii.
The film is set in 2029 in a fictional place called New Port City. The main character is a cyborg security agent named Motoko Kusanagi who sets out to track down an enigmatic hacker known as the Puppet Master. The film contains many philosophical themes revolving around self-identity in a technologically advanced world.
On May 25, it was announced that a new anime television series adaptation for Ghost in the Shell is in the works. Japanese animation studio Science Saru will produce it and the anime series is expected to premiere in 2026.
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