Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc., a multimedia and entertainment venture company, is entering the anime world through a strategic partnership with the newly formed Studio Azuki. Studio Azuki, a US-based animation company, is a joint venture between NFT brand Azuki and Japanese firms Comisma Inc. and Xenotoon Inc. The studio aims to merge Web3 technology with anime to create next-gen content for global audiences. The collaboration will combine Studio Azuki’s production skills with Westbrook’s extensive Hollywood network and expertise in global entertainment, as first reported by Variety.
New York-based wellness startup Better & Better, which makes “vitamin-infused” vegan toothpaste, has just raised $4 million from investors including a VC firm cofounded by Will Smith and Japanese soccer player Keisuke Honda. Vladimir Vukicevic, cofounder and CEO of Better & Better, said the startup’s launch in 2020 was done with the ambition of allowing consumers to “microdose” vitamins through daily habits people have such as brushing their teeth. Microdosing involves the taking of small doses of substances, which has seen increased attention in recent years as scientists have tested
Location-based VR destination Dreamscape and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality have announced they’re launching a new VR experience that puts a group of people in the shoes of the ‘Men in Black: First Assignment’ crew. Dreamscape, founded just four years ago, will allow six attendees per round to take part in an exhilarating adventure where they will face and defeat incoming virtual aliens. According to the Dreamscape website, you will have to suit up as an agent. Participants will get exclusive access to the “secret command center,” where they will receive assistance from more friendly aliens and
