{"id":9471,"date":"2022-02-09T20:36:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T11:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T06:11:18","slug":"20220209-9471","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220209-9471\/","title":{"rendered":"Astro Boy NFTs announced: usable in Play-to-Earn NFT card game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>NOBORDER.z, Tezuka Productions, and J&amp;J Business Development Corp. have announced <strong>Astro Boy Japan NFT<\/strong> that are usable in NOBORDER.z\u2019s NFT marketplace XANALIA, the NFT based metaverse XANA, and the NFT Play-to-Earn trading card game <em>NFTDUEL<\/em>. They are being made to collaborate with and promote local cities in Japan to attract tourism and support the local economies affected by the ongoing COVID-19 situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basically, they are using the popular Japanese manga\/anime IP<em>Astro Boy<\/em> to sell NFTs (Non-fungible token) usable in their metaverse and NFT game while giving part of the profits to local businesses. Perhaps coincidentally, the announcement was made on the anniversary of <em>Astro Boy<\/em> manga artist Osamu Tezuka\u2019s death (February 9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also aim to stimulate inbound tourism demand in preparation for a post-COVID-19 world. According to their press release, these NFTs are filled with the cultural appeal of each locale, and users can monetize by selling or combining them with other cards to generate new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first batch from the collaboration is being done with Tottori Prefecture and its cities\/towns such as Tottori City, Kurayoshi City, Misasa Town, Kofu Town, and Chizu Town. The newly announced NFTs will supposedly promote Tottori\u2019s various scenic spots, culture, and local cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOBORDER.z is an AR\/VR entertainment company known for services that utilize blockchain technology, notably the NFT marketplace XANALIA and NFT based metaverse XANA. Their NFT trading card game <em>NFTDUEL<\/em> is scheduled to launch within the XANA metaverse in Q1 2022. And <em>Astro Boy<\/em> isn\u2019t the first IP <em>NFTDUEL<\/em> is collaborating with. NOBORDER.z <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noborderz.com\/xanalia-and-heros-inc-release-ultraman-nft-worldwide\/?lang=en_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> last year that they are making NFT based on the <em>Ultraman<\/em> manga series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The first ever ULTRAMAN Play2Earn Game | NFT trading card game NFTDuel by XANA Metaverse\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FjVBlbZlQqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The reply section of XANA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XANAMetaverse\/status\/1491249795838607361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement tweet<\/a> is filled with suspiciously samey congratulatory comments like the other tweets before it. I can\u2019t shake off the feeling of doubt when seeing promotional activities like these. But to be fair, the <em>Astro Boy<\/em> collaboration itself seems legitimate. Not some stolen art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of <em>Astro Boy<\/em> and trading card games, there once was a free-to-play digital card game called <em>Astro Boy: Edge of Time<\/em> created by Active Gaming Media, our website\u2019s owner. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/542560\/announcements\/detail\/1646500405931699937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the service ended<\/a> in March of 2018. But it looks like <em>Astro Boy<\/em> managed to find its way back into the digital card game market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Update 2022\/02\/09 21:48 JST] fixed grammatical errors.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astro Boy Japan NFT announced: usable in a Play-to-Earn NFT card game called NFTDUEL. 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