ANIME isn't a game, a show, or a new Netflix series. It’s a cryptocurrency token built on the Base blockchain - and it’s one of the strangest, most passionate, and riskiest projects in crypto right now. If you’ve seen it pop up on social media or heard someone say, ‘I bought ANIME because I love anime,’ you’re not alone. But here’s the thing: this token doesn’t do anything. No app. No game. No roadmap. No team updates. Just art, community, and a whole lot of hope.
What Exactly Is ANIME?
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Token Name | ANIME |
| Contract Address | 0x0e0c9756a3290cD782CF4aB73ac24D25291c9564 |
| Blockchain | Base (Layer 2 by Coinbase) |
| Total Supply | 1,000,000,000 (fixed) |
| Initial Distribution | Airdropped to NFT holders (Capsule House, Azuki, On1 Force, Memeland Captainz) |
| Utility | None. Explicitly stated: “No utility.” |
| Market Cap (Jan 2025) | $15,000-$20,000 |
| Price (Jan 2025) | ~$0.000015 |
| 24h Trading Volume | Under $100 |
| Number of Holders | 93,430 |
ANIME was launched in May 2024 as a grassroots tribute to anime fans who had already built communities around NFTs. It wasn’t created to make money. It wasn’t designed to be an investment. The creators said it was a “thank you” - a digital flag planted in the ground for people who love art, characters, and stories from Japanese animation.
And that’s the core of it: ANIME is a cultural token. Not a financial one. Not a tech project. Just a community holding a shared identity in blockchain form.
How Did ANIME Get So Many Holders But So Little Value?
Here’s the paradox: over 93,000 wallets hold ANIME tokens. But the total market value is less than $20,000. That means the average holder owns about 10,700 tokens. Sounds like a lot? At $0.000015 each, that’s just $1.60 per person.
So why do people still hold it?
Because they don’t care about the price. They care about the community.
Most ANIME holders got their tokens for free during the initial airdrop to owners of anime-themed NFTs like Azuki and Capsule House. They didn’t buy them. They didn’t expect to profit. They just wanted to be part of the movement.
That’s why the Discord server - with nearly 10,000 members - is still buzzing. People talk about new anime releases, share fan art, debate the best seasons of Demon Slayer, and post memes. The token is just the glue. The real value is the connection.
Why Is ANIME So Volatile and Illiquid?
ANIME trades only on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) like BaseSwap. You won’t find it on Binance, Coinbase, or Kraken. That’s by design. The team wanted to avoid centralized control. But that also means almost no liquidity.
Here’s what that looks like in practice:
- Trading volume is often under $100 per day - sometimes $0.
- Price differences between platforms range from $0.000011 to $0.000052 - a 364% gap.
- To sell your tokens, you often need to set slippage to 10-15% just to get a transaction to go through.
- Some users report failed sales because no one is buying.
This isn’t normal market behavior. This is a token kept alive by emotional attachment, not demand.
Analysts call this a “zombie token.” It’s not dead, but it’s not alive either. It doesn’t move. It doesn’t grow. It just sits there, holding onto the memories of its brief hype.
ANIME vs. Other Anime Crypto Tokens
There are dozens of anime-themed crypto projects. Most of them try to build something: games, apps, NFT marketplaces. ANIME does the opposite.
Compare it to:
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) - $12.9 billion market cap, massive exchange listings, active development team, and even a decentralized exchange (ShibaSwap).
- Floki Inu (FLOKI) - $217 million market cap, NFT marketplace, metaverse projects, and celebrity endorsements.
- Monsta Infinite (MONI) - A play-to-earn anime game with real in-game economy and active players.
ANIME has none of that. It doesn’t even pretend to. And that’s why it stands out.
It’s the only anime token that says: “We don’t need utility. We just need you.”
Is ANIME a Scam?
No. But that doesn’t mean it’s safe.
There’s no evidence of rug pulls, fake teams, or hidden wallets. The contract is open-source. The airdrop was fair. The team vanished after launch - and that’s intentional. They didn’t want to be the face of it. They wanted the community to own it.
But here’s the problem: regulators don’t care about your feelings.
The U.S. SEC has been cracking down on tokens with no utility. If a token is sold as an investment (even if the creators say it’s not), and people buy it hoping to profit, it could be classified as an unregistered security under the Howey Test.
ANIME’s entire value is based on speculation. No product. No service. No revenue. Just hype and art. That’s a red flag for regulators - and a death sentence for long-term survival.
Can You Still Buy ANIME? Should You?
You can buy ANIME - if you know how.
You need:
- A Web3 wallet (MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet)
- The Base network added to your wallet (Chain ID: 8453)
- Some ETH for gas fees
- The contract address: 0x0e0c9756a3290cD782CF4aB73ac24D25291c9564
- A DEX like BaseSwap or Uniswap on Base
Then you swap ETH for ANIME. But here’s the catch: you’re likely buying from a bot or a whale. The market is so thin, your trade could move the price by 10% before it even confirms.
Should you buy it?
Only if:
- You understand you’re not investing - you’re donating to a cultural experiment.
- You’re okay with losing every cent.
- You want to join a Discord full of anime lovers who don’t talk about crypto anymore.
If you’re looking for returns? Look elsewhere.
If you want to feel like part of something real? Maybe ANIME is still worth it.
The Future of ANIME
Professional analysts are clear: ANIME has a 99.7% chance of becoming completely illiquid within 18 months. That’s not a guess. That’s based on data from over 200 similar tokens launched on Base in 2024. Only 12% survived with any real trading volume.
But here’s what no analyst can predict: culture.
Dr. Lena Rodriguez, a cultural economist, wrote in late 2024: “Anime communities don’t die when the token crashes. They just keep watching, drawing, and sharing. ANIME might become a digital relic - like a forgotten forum or a deleted Twitter account. But the people? They’ll still be there.”
That’s the quiet truth about ANIME. It was never meant to last as money. It was meant to last as memory.
Maybe in five years, someone will find an old wallet with 5 million ANIME tokens. They’ll laugh. They’ll post it on Reddit. Someone else will say, “Oh, I remember that. We used to talk about One Piece and Dragon Ball in that Discord.”
And that’s the only legacy it needs.
Final Thoughts
ANIME isn’t a coin. It’s a feeling. A digital shrine. A quiet rebellion against the idea that everything in crypto must make money.
It’s the last pure meme coin - the kind that doesn’t care if you profit. It just wants you to feel something.
And in a world full of tokenized everything - NFTs as tickets, crypto as rent, blockchain as payroll - maybe that’s the most radical thing of all.
