ANIME is firmly positioned as the first anime culture coin, a token designed to unify fandom, commerce, and governance into a single digital economy. Built on the foundation of Azuki’s NFT ecosystem, which proved anime-inspired IP could thrive in Web3, Animecoin expands this model into a standardized ecosystem that represents both cultural identity and financial utility. The protocol’s design centers ANIME as the connective currency across ecosystem verticals: Animechain as the infrastructure, Anime.com as a discovery platform, and fan-driven initiatives such as Azuki’s trading card game. By tying these components together under one token, ANIME consolidates the anime industry’s fragmented landscape into a unified token where cultural participation and financial utility converge.