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Virtual Tokyo (News, The Star)
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Written by Clark Columbia
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Sunday, 10 June 2007 |
 by KITTY SENSEI
THE anime designers at animation companies Production I.G and Studio Pierrot are crafting characters for a virtual 3D world modelled on Tokyo. This “metaverse” is the creation of Co-Core, a joint venture between the Transcosmos marketing firm, the Sankei Shimbun news organisation, and the From Software game developer.
The metaverse will have a digital version of Tokyo’s 23 wards and it’ll be appropriate for all ages, meaning, there will be no adult content.
Wish you were here – a snapshot of Co-Core's virtual Tokyo Production I.G is behind projects like Ghost in the Shell, while Studio Pierrot worked on anime hits such as Naruto and Bleach.
The makers hope to include other regions of Japan in the metaverse eventually, and there are even plans to include other countries.
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