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Monday, July 19 2021 - 16:00
AsiaNet
"Maschinen Krieger" to Join OpenSea as NFT Art
YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 19, 2021 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

ejworks corporation has announced that digital artwork of Kow Yokoyama, a 
well-known mechanical designer, is going to be put up on the OpenSea 
marketplace as a non-fungible token (NFT) on August 6, 2021, for the first time 
in the world. Yokoyama, one of active Japanese leaders in the mechanical design 
world, is well known for his masterpiece, "Maschinen Krieger," and also for 
mechanical design for Japanese games and movies.

Image1: 
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI1fl_gwUkB1UD.jpg


On the occasion of releasing the NFT art, he answered his thoughts on his past 
and future works in an interview with ejworks corporation.

https://s.ejworks.com/interviewKowYokoyama

In this collection, Yokoyama will release four works of his most famous 
illustrations of science fiction weapons, including his latest work "SCHWARZER 
HUND 2021," from "Maschinen Krieger."

Event website
https://www.ejworks.com/nft/kowyokoyama/en.html

NFTs and auction details
https://s.ejworks.com/openseaKowYokoyama
Start time: 12:30 (UTC), August 6, 2021 
End time: 23:00 (UTC), August 9, 2021 

Image2: "snowmanpaint 2018"
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI2fl_DF30xbIt.jpg

- Price: $500 & upward
- NFTs produced: 1 unit

Image3: "Big Nut SAFS"
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI3fl_jOI1g7Vh.jpg

- Price: $500 & upward
- NFTs produced: 1 unit

Image4: "Operation Super Hammer"
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI4fl_1EFF98Zp.jpg

- Price: $500 & upward
- NFTs produced: 1 unit

Image5: "SCHWARZER HUND 2021"
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PI5fl_5m49z3ip.jpg

- Price: $500 & upward
- NFTs produced: 1 unit

Kow Yokoyama
The most famous Japanese illustrator and modeler, Yokoyama graduated from 
Musashino Art University's Department of Japanese Painting in 1980. His 
representative work is "Maschinen Krieger ZbV3000 (S.F.3.D ORIGINAL)."

Maschinen Krieger ZbV3000
"Maschinen Krieger" is a science fiction mechanical work created in 1980. The 
series had originally been published in the regular feature series of "SF3D" in 
a monthly magazine at the time, and it is still in almost the same world as 
then. Their plastic models that appear in the series have been very popular 
with fans. It is often abbreviated to "Ma.K."

About ejworks corporation
ejworks corporation develops, provides, and supports the operation of NFT 
platforms for artists. The company promotes sales of NFT galleries in its VR 
space and supports related DX using NFTs for the industry of gaming or 
publishing, and for leisure or commercial facilities.

Company details: 
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M106711/202107137632/_prw_PA1fl_3qy4gEn4.pdf



Source: ejworks corporation
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