Anime-Style Digital Avatars by Murakami

In the year 2020, the craze for Anime was at its peak, around 100 Million watched at least 1 anime title, worldwide. Considering the trend, Takashi Murakami decided to fulfill the desire of anime and NFT fans in a single frame, by introducing a collection of 19.5K unique items.

What’s the main purpose behind the collaboration? Let’s explore the story in detail.

How are Lines of Clones Actualized?

Takashi Murakami, a Japanese artist mainly works with the fine arts and commercial media, bridging the gap between high and low arts. The call to jump into the NFT space was one of the successful stories of Murakami’s life. However, the journey was not easy as he tolerated many of the ups and downs throughout the ride.

Murakami’s first move to the NFT project was unsuccessful and had better luck with Clones. The collaboration of Takashi with design studio RTFKT was added to one of the most thriving hearsays in 2021 and is trending now. The collection was launched in December 2021 and within a week, the Clones were sold for more than $1 Million worth of Ethereum. The combination of digital art and anime-style profile pictures (PFPs) played well to make a win-win game. The Clone X collection, opened doors for the Murakami art fans to own one of his digital pieces. Another reason behind the project’s success is diversity, as the Clones were available in a variety of skin tones.

Clone X NFT is a collection of 19.5K unique items streaming over the Ethereum blockchain, classified into the PFPs category. The collection is available in 8 different DNA including human, robot, angel, demon, reptile, undead, Murakami, and alien. Traits like background, clothing, back, accessories, facial features, jewelry, mouth, hair eyewear, etc. make each item different and unique.

Talking about the popularity, CloneX #1416 is the most popular item in the collection with $150.7K views, accessible at a best price of 1.323 WETH. Addressing the expensiveness. CloneX #10089 is the most expensive item in the collection, holding a value of 1,000 ETH ($1,651,180.00). Whereas, CloneZ #11628 is the most economical item on the list, available at the current price of 1.497 ETH ($2,471.82).

Popularity of Clone X NFT

The overall performance of the Clone X NFT collection is skyrocketing. The collection holds a total volume of 396,545 ETH with the current floor price of 1.497 ETH. Clone X has around 9,517 owners of which 49% are unique owners.

In the past 24 hours, the NFT gained a volume of 329 ETH, an upsurge of 378% with total sales of 218. In all, the collection is performing well and is predicted to boom the NFT space.

Conclusion

The collaboration of Takashi Murakami with digital studio RTFKT is ready for a new history in the NFT space. The collection of 19.5K unique items is offered to NFT enthusiasts in the form of anime-style digital avatars.