Legendary Artist Yoshitaka Amano Partners With Astar Network For His New NFT Collection

In the modern world of art, there is no better option than NFTs to store the artworks forever. Well, for the first time, the iconic artworks including Speedracer, Sandman: The Dream Hunters cover art, and Final Fantasy by the legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano will appear in NFT form. Astar Network, a smart contracts platform for multichain, announced its partnership with Yoshitaka.

Yoshitaka Amano's powerful art has led him to collaborate with over 20 authors, successfully creating illustrated books that have sold millions of copies. Yoshitaka is a master of creating impossible worlds that pull from his interests in Western culture. His unique style of Japanese art is admired across the globe. Amano often drew inspiration from Western art, including the Art Nouveau and Pop Art movements. In the 1980s, he began working on comic books and graphic novels, starting with Demon City Shinjuku and Vampire Hunter D. After taking a job with Square, he began to work on video games.

Sota Watanabe, founder, and CEO of Astar Network is thrilled about this collaboration as he said,  "Without a doubt, Yoshitaka Amano is a legendary artist in the 21st century. I am very honored to be able to work with him and host his first NFT on Astar Network." on the other hand, Yoshitaka Amano is really happy how this has turned out. He said, "For people to see and appreciate my work is a bonus. It makes me want to draw even more. That was already the case when I was a child, and it hasn't changed ever since."

The main work that Astar Network will manage for Yoshitaka Amano is Candy Girl. It is a sensational collection that features 108 angels. The art is young and glamorous, yet sophisticated and appealing to media applications – already inspiring clothing design at "Tokyo Girls Collection 2017" and high fashion at the Mitsukoshi Ginza's "Discover Tokyo" event. Astar will build a Web3 entertainment site for the Candy Girl collection to take root in its ecosystem and branch to new galleries, entertainment, or design. Thus, NFT ownership of fine art will have a direct connection to real-world value through the partnership. Candy Girl will lead the way for Japanese content creators to own their art, music, and stories, but engage with a global audience and business.

Now, this will also be quite beneficial for Aster network as the collaboration with both Mr. Amano and Twin Planet establishes it as the blockchain of choice for professional artists to create, auction, and exhibit their valuable artwork. This limited edition NFT collection is also a representation of Aster's motif to bring the East to the West, fine art to blockchain technology, and introduce international leaders to the Web3 world.

About Astar Network

Astar Network is The Future of Smart Contracts for Multichain. Astar Network supports the building of dApps with EVM and WASM smart contracts and offers developers true interoperability, with cross-consensus messaging (XCM). We are made by developers and for developers. Astar's unique Build2Earn model empowers developers to get paid through a dApp staking mechanism for the code they write and dApps they build.

Astar's vibrant ecosystem has become Polkadot's leading Parachain globally, supported by all major exchanges and tier 1 VCs. Astar offers the flexibility of all Ethereum and WASM toolings for developers to start building their dApps. To accelerate growth on Polkadot and Kusama Networks, Astar SpaceLabs offers an Incubation Hub for top TVL dApps.