Solo Leveling: Unlimited partners with Anime Foundation and San FranTokyo to level up global anime and collector culture.
13 November 2024 - Otherworld’s Solo Leveling : Unlimited, Anime Foundation and San Fran Tokyo announced a strategic partnership to advance global anime and collector culture. Anime Foundation will integrate its Anime ID with the digital collectible platform Solo Leveling : Unlimited, and Otherworld and San Fran Tokyo will release Season 1 of Solo leveling digital e-figurines on Weebox. Anime ID is a decentralized identifier(DID) and reputation layer created with Mocaverse’s Realm Network interoperable SDK to facilitate onboarding anime and manga fans to the Web3 ecosystem.
Solo Leveling is one of the most successful Korean webtoons ever published, boasting over 14 billion views worldwide. The popular property is being further expanded including via an anime series adaptation, a sequel webtoon. The recently released first season of the anime series Solo Leveling sits in sixth place on Crunchroll’s most popular list. Otherworld, which holds the exclusive Web3 rights to Solo Leveling, is a social protocol that combines the benefits of Web3 and digital asset ownership with traditional social media features. On 13 August 2024 , Otherworld launched the open beta for "Solo Leveling: Unlimited," an interactive NFT collectible platform based on the global mega-hit webtoon, and that seeks to strengthen the global anime collector culture.
Anime Foundation is a community-owned protocol for anime and manga culture, with a mission to onboard and serve a global network of fans, creators and industry. To achieve its global vision, Anime Foundation formed a strategic alliance with Mocaverse, the marquee consumer network with an interoperable infrastructure layer across the Moca Network seeded by Animoca Brands. Through integration of Anime ID and access to Anime Passport, fans of Solo Leveling will be able to claim their unique on-chain ID, curate their profiles and start building their anime reputation. Solo Leveling: Unlimited will be one of the first applications to integrate Anime ID to connect the experience for fans back to their Anime Passport.
As part of the partnership, Otherworld and San FranTokyo will launch the Season 1 of Solo Leveling digital e-figurines collection on Weebox, the official digital and physical collectibles store by San FranTokyo, featuring main characters Sung Jin Woo, Cha Hae-In and Igris. This is scheduled for Q4 2024 and will feature integration of Anime ID and Anime Passport.
David Taing, CEO of San FranTokyo and a core contributor to Anime Foundation, stated “Anime Foundation looks beyond the horizon of Web3. The mission is to foster a vibrant ecosystem that transcends technological boundaries and empowers anime and manga culture worldwide. Today, anime culture transcends the medium itself - our affinity for titles, characters, storytelling and the synergistic brands shape our identities. Together with Otherworld and our partners at Mocaverse, we will onboard fans through top tier IP and help them discover the future of fandom through an anime ecosystem powered by Web3.”
Mike Lee, CEO of Otherworld, stated, “Our first product, ‘Solo Leveling: Unlimited,’ has garnered significant interest and participation from fans who cherish the original IP and global anime fans in general. This has shown us the potential to offer experiences utilizing a broader range of IPs and contribute to the collector culture through our collections. Partnering with San FranTokyo and Anime Foundation is an important step towards a common goal and one we are proud to be taking. ”
About Otherworld
Otherworld is a Web3 social protocol blending traditional social media features with Web3 benefits like digital asset ownership. Leveraging major entertainment IP rights, it builds a decentralized content universe. Collaborations with creators and companies deliver unique experiences such as webtoons and dynamic music, merging entertainment with social engagement. Its inaugural original content, “Solo Leveling: Unlimited,” is an interactive NFT collectible platform. This platform sets a new standard for content-centric social ecosystems by integrating social interaction with exclusive storytelling.
About Anime Foundation
The Anime Foundation is an initiative dedicated to supporting and promoting the anime industry through blockchain and Web3 tech. The foundation's mission is to power global anime culture by onboarding and fostering the largest international network of fans on-chain. Strategic launch partners include Animoca Brands, Animoca Brands Japan, San FranTokyo and MyAnimeList.
About San FranTokyo
San FranTokyo is a fictional city that brings together IP and brands, focused on anime, manga and pop culture fandom to deliver new experiences powered by web3 tech. Its two core strategic product pillars include original IP and redefining the phygital collector experience through digital tokenization of officially licensed anime IP to craft physical anime collectibles.About MocaverseMocaverse is the marquee consumer network with an interoperable infrastructure layer of Account, Identity, and Reputation systems across the Moca Network, seeded by Animoca Brands. Leveraging but not limited to Animoca Brands’ investment portfolio of more than 540 companies and projects, Mocaverse is dedicated to building the largest on-chain cultural economy by connecting and scaling the network effect of the Moca Network.
About Mocaverse
Mocaverse is the marquee consumer network with an interoperable infrastructure layer of Account, Identity, and Reputation systems across the Moca Network, seeded by Animoca Brands. Leveraging but not limited to Animoca Brands’ investment portfolio of more than 540 companies and projects, Mocaverse is dedicated to building the largest on-chain cultural economy by connecting and scaling the network effect of the Moca Network.
