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The World's 1st 4K Anime 'Lights of Sand' by Gainax

BLOCKPUNK USES BLOCKCHAIN DAO TECHNOLOGY TO OPEN UP THE COMMERCIAL RIGHTS AND MASTER FILES TO WORLD'S FIRST 4K ANIME FILM BY GAINAX

Singapore, 18th February 2020: BlockPunk, the blockchain anime studio, is pleased to announce a collaboration with leading anime creators Hiroyuki Yamaga (producer, Neon Genesis Evangelion), Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (character designer, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Great Pretender), and Hiroaki Takeuchi (The Animatrix, Netflix anime original “Sound and Fury”) in a ground-breaking world first involving anime and blockchain. The commercial rights and exclusive access to master creative assets to the team's 4K anime short film “Lights of Sand” will be made available as a ‘co-producer’ digital token recorded on blockchain.

About Lights of Sand: In a dark desert, a boy picks up a golden stone that grants him the power of light. The light reveals another dimension and connection to a world he could never have imagined. The world's first ever 4K hand-drawn anime from the producer and character designer of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hiroyuki Yamaga and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto was produced by Hiroaki Takeuchi (former CEO of Comixwave, producer of The Animatrix, Netflix original Sound & Fury) and is streamed worldwide by BlockPunk.


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