Dear Astar Community,
I am Ayu and a Community Manager of CANDY GIRL, an NFT project on Astar Network. We would like to share more about our progress and introduce CANDY GIRL to the community. Also, we are now seeking community members to support our project and participate in the dApp Staking program so that we can promote further development and build a stronger community on Astar.
Project Overview
CANDY GIRL is an NFT fine art collection by world-renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano on Astar, which offers many utilities and holder benefits beyond the PFP project.
Our mission is to develop CANDY GIRL as a global entertainment project that brings together art, music, story, fashion, food, and digital art. We will work with NFT holders to create an ecosystem where CANDY GIRL can flourish in both the real and digital worlds.
Who is Yoshitaka Amano?
Born in 1952 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan and joined the animation production company Tatsunoko Productions where he worked on numerous character designs, including âYattermanâ, "The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybeeâ, and âNeo-Human Casshernâ when he was 15. After becoming independent, he was in charge of the logo and image illustrations for the âFinal Fantasyâ series, and his worldview became widely known. He was nominated for the Hugo Award and received the Eisner Award. His fine art series have been acclaimed in New York, London, and Paris, and he has held numerous solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad.
Core Team
Candy Girl is made up of members of TWIN PLANET, an âIP platformerâ that develops a wide range of entertainment businesses based on intellectual property, and other members who are passionate about the Astar ecosystem. Astar founder, Sota Watanabe and core Astar members also support the team as advisors.
This team has extensive experience in IP business, commercialization, promotion development, media and event development, and community promotion.
-
Fukuyama l VP of Twin Planet, Founder
-
Naruya | Twin Planet, Team Member
-
Himeno | Twin Planet, Team Member
-
Murayama | Twin Planet, Team Member, PM
-
Mika | Twin Planet, Team Member, Community Manager
-
Masa | PM, Advisor
-
Ayu | Community Manager
Twin Planet:
TWIN PLANET Co., LTD. is an âIP platformerâ that develops a wide range of businesses in the entertainment field based on Intellectual Property. We consider not only characters, but also âpeople, things, and eventsâ as IP. We maximize the value of original IP, joint IP, and influential IP by utilizing our âplanningâ and âcreativeâ skills to create a buzz. We provide services in a variety of forms, including productization, promotion, and media and event development.
HP: https://twinplanet.co.jp/
Past Performance
It is an early-stage project that was launched just a few months ago and currently has over 5,000 candy lovers participating. It is also Astarâs first collaboration with Twin Planet and fine artwork by world-renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano.
We launched our first NFT collection on December 3, 2022, at 2000 ASTR in Presale and 3000 ASTR in Public sale and 2,222 of the total supply was sold out within 48 hours, and did our art reveal on December 14, 2022. The most popular of the seven artworks in the auction also sold for 321,000 ASTR ($12,500 at the time).
Past collaboration with major companies
-
In 2016, collaboration with âDiscover Tokyo,â a Tokyo pop culture close-up event held at the Mitsukoshi Ginza store. About 50 items and 200 types of âCANDY GIRLâ items were sold exclusively at the Mitsukoshi Ginza store.
-
In 2017, âCANDY GIRLâ was used as the key visual for âTokyo Girls Collection,â and actresses and models wore kimonos with cute characters under the theme of âfashion x art,â creating a buzz.
-
KIKKA GALLERY" operated by Twin Planet participated in the â14th Shibuya Art Festival 2022 - SHIBUYA ART SCRAMBLEâ and held a content planning exhibition âCANDY GIRL BY YOSHITAKA AMANOâ.
*KIKKA GALLERY" is a gallery that exhibits contemporary, colorful & pop âCANDY GIRLâ by world-renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano.
Features/Roadmap
The Virtual Artist Adventure Begins:
In Q1, weâll mainly work on music production and 3D modeling, selecting a music producer and applying for Astar dApp staking, aiming for a Q2 debut and 1st Music Release. We are currently negotiating with production companies and organizing contests for Candy holders to select candy girls to do modeling.
Debut:
In Q2, we will have the debut of Candy Girls with the release of the first song and its music video. As a benefit to the holders, we will be offering limited access to the production process and the first release of the music. Also, we will renew our website to include a listing of Candy Girls.
Overseas Expansion:
In Q3, after the debut, we will increase collaborative activities with IP companies and major corporations as well as offline events related to Candy Girls. A new story of CANDY has begun, moving toward musical performances overseas and a global fashion collection.
The Adventure ContinuesâŚ
In the future, we will work with NFT holders to create an ecosystem in which CANDY GIRL can be active in both the real and digital worlds as a global entertainment project, with the goal of performing musicals in the United States.
dApp Staking Reward Usage Breakdown
- Project Development
- Music and Video Production / 3D modeling production
- Educational material on art and development
- Secondary collection and all other development related to operations
- Broad Marketing Strategy and Campaigns
- Collaborative activities with IP companies and major corporations
- Collaboration with other NFT projects(AMAs / Giveaways / Airdrops)
- Social Media Management and Content Dissemination
- Community / Holder Benefits
- KIKKA Gallery Offline Event / Holder-only event or Exhibitions
- Production of Candy goods and confectionery
- Adding additional utility to our NFT collections.
Benefit and value to Astar Network
The dApp staking of Candy Gilr will help set a precedent and example for other Japanese IPs to follow and learn from. We plan to keep reinvesting funds earned into Candy Girl and its development.
This can also be marketed in a way that helps users understand the power of dApp staking in the web3 creators economy. We hope our venture as a major IP into dApp staking can influence many more IPs as results are seen and marketed.
This adds untapped value we havenât seen as a legendary artist and the community around his NFT project will be helping each other in the development of the road map through passive income from dApp staking. The success of Candy Girl is also the success of Astar.
Appendix
HP: https://candygirl-nft.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/candygirl_nft
Discord: CANDY GIRL
TofuNF: https://tofunft.com/collection/candygirl
Glad to see Candyâs amazing project joining the dApp hub 