Gonzo reveals new promotional video for NFT/Blockchain project “SAMURAI cryptos” – News

Animation studio GONZO on Tuesday unveiled a new video for its blockchain and NFT project “SAMURAI cryptos”, entitled “SAMURAI RELIGION”.

Ai Yokoyama (character design and animation director for Space Battleship Tiramisu series, character design and animation for Bayonetta: Bloody Destiny film) directed the video and was also in charge of the storyboard.

The “SAMURAI RELIGION” video features Amakusa Shiro’s character song titled “Gloria (feat. Nozomi TanabéMikey, B Swamp & Mayuko Kubota)” by AI singer Topaz. The AI ​​singer was created by the latest AI singing software from the GEMVOX project.

The “SAMURAI cryptos” project launched in 2021. GONZO president Shinichiro Ichikawa said the project will create “a new era of animation for the NFT era with Japanese samurai” and will focus on the keywords “Cypher”, “Decentralized” and “Solidarity”. The project presents designs of Makoto Kobayashi (Last exile, Gundam ZZ Mobile Suit), Michinori Chiba (Basil, Sk8 infinity), Hiroya Iijima (Afro Samurai, Mazinger Z: Infinite), Murata Range (Last exile, Solty Rei), Junichi Takaoka (The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk), Ugetsu Hakua (Burst angel), And Ai Yokoyama.

Ancient Gainax members founded the anime studio GONZO in 1992. The company merged with Shinichiro IshikawaIt is Digimation company in 2000 and a new parent company, GDH (which represents Gonzo Digimation Holdings), was created. GDH absorbed GONZO in 2008 and adopted the name GONZO for himself. Tokyo Stock Exchange listed GONZO in 2004, but it delisted the company in 2009. The company was restructured through investment funds, and Asatsu-DK acquired and achieved GONZO a consolidated subsidiary in 2016. The company conducted an “absorption-style corporate spin-off” in 2019, transferring part of its anime production, intellectual property, and rights management activities to the then newly established company. Studio KAI business.

Source: GONZOIt is YouTube channel