ProposalsProposal 451
ProposalsProposal 451
Book of Nouns" - 名詞の本 - An Internet-first Anime Story !
Executed
For
86
Against
16
Abstain
4
Quorum: 51
Proposed by , sponsored by
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This proposal is seeking 96,000 USDC to conceptualise an original anime universe based on ⌐◨-◨. Within scope of this proposal, we will develop original anime / video stories (60-65 / 10-15 seconds runtime each) fit for short format distribution over social media on the course of five months totalling a run-time of 12-14 mins.
Nouns have explored different art directions over time that gravitated towards a more westernised aesthetic and kids/family genre + focused on more wholesome vibes. Nouns Movie, Wizard Hat Short film, Nouns Short Film festival are good examples of that. We wanted to propose a radically different art direction which focuses more on "Seinen" than "Shonen".
With Book of Nouns, we want to create a world which is more adult themed, more brain food & thought provoking, and has a diehard community of fans who love it.
You can also access this preliminary world bible here in pdf format.
Tl;dr: It’s NOT another existing story with retrofitted noggles on it.
How did that happen?
Cheese is his secret formula. He can turn into a werewolf when he eats cheese and turn back into human form again. In wolf form he is always gluttonous and greedy. Cheese vanishes once one of the ingredients is locked away via the book.
Now his pursuit is the same as our MC, where he needs to find the lost word(s) to escape this fate.
Creative Director My name is Erene. I have worked as a Lead Artist and creative director in the anime industry for over 10 years now. I had the opportunity to contribute in Attack on Titan S1, Vinland Saga, Demon Slayer, Star Wars Visions etc to name a few. I've since found my passion in independent work and when i heard about Nouns, I fell in love with the idea and the goals!
Animation Director Meet my co-director Ivan Mina. Ivan has been a veteran in the Animation Industry being Key Animators in the OG One Piece Series, Digimon etc. Ivan is a long-time Toei Animation Alumnus and currently mentors and freelances all over the world on incredible Anime titles.
Here is the full list of team of people involved on "Book of Nouns". We're based out of Korea, Philippines and Vietnam.
Together we are known as Otsu Labs. We've worked with MAPPA, Toei Animation, WIT Studios and MadHouse and now want to create an original anime universe built atop of cc0 art and ethos.
In adult anime genre, World building needs to be deliberate and today's internet is the new testbed of rapid iteration. In the traditional ways, you have seen authors build following on a franchise through Manga / Comics (e.g. Jujitsu Kaisen)Webtoons or Manhwa (e.g. Solo Levelling) before they graduated into a full anime adaption.
We have done this before.
Another example is Luna Gardner who does chain based interactive story where fans co-investigate with her to solve a mystery.
In Summary... We want to experiment with short video format to weave a story with dozens of pieces which we can iterate and can compete in shrinking attention environment. It becomes an alternative to developing the lore via traditional mediums like manga where distribution continues to be a chokepoint for many.
Once a core fanbase is established, you can proceed with more confidence to tackle time consuming formats like full-anime series which is resource intensive. (Attack of Titan S1 took 2+ years to make!)
We're requesting 96,000 USDC to help us jumpstart this world. 100% of the funding goes into early conceptualisation, spinning up the social properties, and production.
We will be building out dedicated "Book-of-Nouns" social presence alongside a web property to house this growing world view as more is revealed to the fans.
The funding is requested in 2 parts:
Atrium introduced us to nouns through the nouns movie project. We will rely on their guidance to plan and appropriately reflect the core nouns ethos in the world we build.
After spending more than a decade co-creating the best anime you've watched and love, We want to make something for Nouns and ourselves.
If we are successful in establishing the core true fan group via this project, we will have the groundwork ready for a lasting anime brand people love and follow passionately.
Opportunities are endless
...While retaining ownership because of the said fan group.
All roads lead back to nouns.
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Throwing weight behind zero weight votes with reason.
FOR - 7 VOTES
benbodhi | "Seems like a good (and large)team to make a bet on. We haven't seen much in the anime space for Nouns yet, and I think there could be some interesting development."
AGAINST - 30 VOTES
ABSTAINS - 6 VOTES
excited to have this team explore this style and content format in a nounish way
https://www.lilnouns.wtf/vote/nounsdao/451/votes FOR 16 VOTES 0x2eE0485f71764bcD2062A84d9455688c581B90f8 | "IM a solid yes on this. I may not understand anime, but my children LOVE it... " 0xc6a39E2f9A7626612292AD56e76d738DB43596E4 | "small ask, sick art. more Japan engagement" AGAINST 66 VOTES 0x36A5Bc205DF1ED65C86301022cfc343a6ce546ff | "I'd welcome a new version of this prop with the breakdown of budget for 100k." ABSTAINS 89 VOTES 0x63aa1670aBAF10b93a8fD9804eA304641Ec8aCE8 | "Until the implementation of autonomous voting for off-chain props, I vote abstain on Nouns props. " 0x9e0e9D25a5ED9bc773f91691f0b45599255257B1 | "I'll only vote on proposals that require explanations once the proposer attends our weekly calls to explain them. "
Artwork looks great and ask seems reasonable wrt quality and potential impact. Im just genuinely excited about this prop. Will be looking forward to its content!
(noun40 voting via agora)
love this a lot. the concept / storyline feels intriguing. love the characters / sketch artwork. i think the way you're thinking about attracting attraction online through shorts is spot on. i also just personally love the art style of attack of titan, vinland saga, etc. feel like this has a good chance to hit and is a very reasonable production cost to try!
Love the artwork!
The ask is very fair for the amount and quality of the content being produced. Also a fan of the shorter format which is more prone to going viral.
Overall happy to experiment in this different direction within animation.
I love this prop! I think 96K is a reasonable ask given past animation proposals.
P.S. I also hope to add these content to my Nouns+TV iOS app.
Download link >> https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/nouns-tv/id6469204939?platform=iphone
This proposal is seeking 96,000 USDC to conceptualise an original anime universe based on ⌐◨-◨. Within scope of this proposal, we will develop original anime / video stories (60-65 / 10-15 seconds runtime each) fit for short format distribution over social media on the course of five months totalling a run-time of 12-14 mins.
Nouns have explored different art directions over time that gravitated towards a more westernised aesthetic and kids/family genre + focused on more wholesome vibes. Nouns Movie, Wizard Hat Short film, Nouns Short Film festival are good examples of that. We wanted to propose a radically different art direction which focuses more on "Seinen" than "Shonen".
With Book of Nouns, we want to create a world which is more adult themed, more brain food & thought provoking, and has a diehard community of fans who love it.
You can also access this preliminary world bible here in pdf format.
Tl;dr: It’s NOT another existing story with retrofitted noggles on it.
How did that happen?
Cheese is his secret formula. He can turn into a werewolf when he eats cheese and turn back into human form again. In wolf form he is always gluttonous and greedy. Cheese vanishes once one of the ingredients is locked away via the book.
Now his pursuit is the same as our MC, where he needs to find the lost word(s) to escape this fate.
Creative Director My name is Erene. I have worked as a Lead Artist and creative director in the anime industry for over 10 years now. I had the opportunity to contribute in Attack on Titan S1, Vinland Saga, Demon Slayer, Star Wars Visions etc to name a few. I've since found my passion in independent work and when i heard about Nouns, I fell in love with the idea and the goals!
Animation Director Meet my co-director Ivan Mina. Ivan has been a veteran in the Animation Industry being Key Animators in the OG One Piece Series, Digimon etc. Ivan is a long-time Toei Animation Alumnus and currently mentors and freelances all over the world on incredible Anime titles.
Here is the full list of team of people involved on "Book of Nouns". We're based out of Korea, Philippines and Vietnam.
Together we are known as Otsu Labs. We've worked with MAPPA, Toei Animation, WIT Studios and MadHouse and now want to create an original anime universe built atop of cc0 art and ethos.
In adult anime genre, World building needs to be deliberate and today's internet is the new testbed of rapid iteration. In the traditional ways, you have seen authors build following on a franchise through Manga / Comics (e.g. Jujitsu Kaisen)Webtoons or Manhwa (e.g. Solo Levelling) before they graduated into a full anime adaption.
We have done this before.
Another example is Luna Gardner who does chain based interactive story where fans co-investigate with her to solve a mystery.
In Summary... We want to experiment with short video format to weave a story with dozens of pieces which we can iterate and can compete in shrinking attention environment. It becomes an alternative to developing the lore via traditional mediums like manga where distribution continues to be a chokepoint for many.
Once a core fanbase is established, you can proceed with more confidence to tackle time consuming formats like full-anime series which is resource intensive. (Attack of Titan S1 took 2+ years to make!)
We're requesting 96,000 USDC to help us jumpstart this world. 100% of the funding goes into early conceptualisation, spinning up the social properties, and production.
We will be building out dedicated "Book-of-Nouns" social presence alongside a web property to house this growing world view as more is revealed to the fans.
The funding is requested in 2 parts:
Atrium introduced us to nouns through the nouns movie project. We will rely on their guidance to plan and appropriately reflect the core nouns ethos in the world we build.
After spending more than a decade co-creating the best anime you've watched and love, We want to make something for Nouns and ourselves.
If we are successful in establishing the core true fan group via this project, we will have the groundwork ready for a lasting anime brand people love and follow passionately.
Opportunities are endless
...While retaining ownership because of the said fan group.
All roads lead back to nouns.
