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INTEREST: Pockie Ninja Game Trailer Features Anime Lookalikes


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Psycho_Despair



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:44 am Reply with quote
This sounds very dangerous, somehow this might cause problems -_-
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:48 am Reply with quote
Wow, not even citing Shueisha or the respective authors in the credits? Someone wants a lawsuit.

And it's been awhile since I've seen Naruto, but I'm 99% sure the music playing in the advertisement was lifted directly from the anime.
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Primus



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:50 am Reply with quote
Megiddo wrote:
Wow, not even citing Shueisha or the respective authors in the credits? Someone wants a lawsuit.

And it's been awhile since I've seen Naruto, but I'm 99% the music playing in the advertisement was lifted directly from the anime.


Yeah, that music sounds like it was lifted from the Naruto OSTs.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:53 am Reply with quote
Why did I read that as Pocket Ninja? Must be the Pocket Monsters. Laughing
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:05 am Reply with quote
Christ, if Gene Simmons' kid couldn't get away with it, what makes that company think it can?
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Emma Iveli



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:27 am Reply with quote
Oh sweet merciful!

That thing is just begging for a law suit, seriously. I mean... god!

Oh and yes, that song is from the Naruto OST, the first one, The Raising Fighting Spirit, (I have the whole album on my computer).

But man!
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v1cious



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:05 am Reply with quote
I'm sorry, "Similarities"? This is blatant copyright infringement. I don't see any maybes here.
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ultimafullmetal



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:20 am Reply with quote
Can you say "lawsuit"?
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Dejiko



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:31 am Reply with quote
Good Lord, how naive can a company be? Shueisha makes perfectly legal publishers jump through flaming hoops before they allow any reproduction of their materials. And here they think they can take it and walk away with it? It'd be even funnier if it weren't true...
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Rukiia



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:40 am Reply with quote
What in God's name is this load of plagurism? Lookalike my ass.

....Did I just see Aizen pull a ninjetsu move? And Ichigo using a scroll? Are you kidding me?!

.......

First Nick Simmons's stunt and now this. -_-
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6Hokage



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 5:53 am Reply with quote
striking similarities? It's the exact copy -___-

I smell prison.
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Sakurazuka_Reika



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:10 am Reply with quote
You know, there is only one word to describe this:

*facepalm*
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Ulinox



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:23 am Reply with quote
No One Piece? I mean if they're targeting the big ones, they might aswell...
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:03 am Reply with quote
Ulinox wrote:
No One Piece? I mean if they're targeting the big ones, they might aswell...


Nobody cares about pirates in the west. Laughing
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Funkatronic



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 8:52 am Reply with quote
I found the youtube link and tried to look around to see if indeed they had a license to do this. The only thing I saw was that in their news section they admit that these were pre-existing anime characters but gave no reference to their source. They also made it seem that these weren't the only two anime they were using for characters.


Oy.... I hope Viz has a biiiiig legal department
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