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PlayStation 4 Lineup Music Video Animation Allegedly Traces FLCL, Steven Universe, Others (Update)
posted on by Kim Morrissy
Update: Eallin Animation issued an official statement on Wednesday.
We had no knowledge that the work produced by Kevin Bao was plagiarized. We have ceased with immediate effect any representation of Kevin Boa's work and have contacted Kevin for a response.
— Eallin Animation (@EallinAnimation) December 4, 2019
Kevin Bao has also removed his work from his social media accounts. (Via Cartoon Brew)
PlayStation Japan posted a music video promoting its lineup of winter 2019 PlayStation 4 games last Thursday. The video features animated segments directed by Canadian artist Kevin Bao. The video has been taken offline as of the time of this writing.
Since the video went public, various animators and other users on Twitter have called attention to segments that appear to have been traced from other animated works, including FLCL and Steven Universe: The Movie.
It appears that @PlayStation_jp made a promo that swiped some of @porigoshi's animation from Steven Universe The Movie. This looks to be more of a direct trace than an homage:
— ianjq (@ianjq) December 4, 2019
(Steven Universe: The Movie first, @PlayStation Promo second) pic.twitter.com/k8Ru2IjION
Yeah it's pretty bad they have also ripped off a FLCL sequence from Yoh Yoshinari :/ pic.twitter.com/E7dHD1LhjV
— - ̗̀ Kittyfries ̖́- 🗡 (@Kittyfries9) December 4, 2019
Sequences from @PlayStation's Lineup Video compared with the originals by @gobelins_paris's students pic.twitter.com/YYE8hhOJsZ
— Insom (@insom_art) December 4, 2019
Latest Sony PS4 Lineup Music Video is a rip of many animations from all around the world ......
— Catsuka (@catsuka) December 4, 2019
(Steven Universe, FLCL, Gobelins, Souviens Ten-Zan ...).
The video is now offline : https://t.co/LPWyFWzEEw
But you can still find it online : https://t.co/KfS79oRrs5 pic.twitter.com/6Q0hrFK2AT
Latest Sony PS4 Lineup Music Video is a rip of many animations from all around the world ......
— Catsuka (@catsuka) December 4, 2019
(Steven Universe, FLCL, Gobelins, Souviens Ten-Zan ...).
The video is now offline : https://t.co/LPWyFWzEEw
But you can still find it online : https://t.co/KfS79oRrs5 pic.twitter.com/6Q0hrFK2AT
Russian animator Oleg Kositsyn directly responded to PlayStation Japan's Twitter account with an animated clip that he drew independently for a fake trailer, which also strongly resembles the clip posted by PlayStation Japan.
cool animation,
— bbwb anim (@brdbrwthbeer) December 2, 2019
thanks for perpetuating 🙁👍https://t.co/f5uDBKK2hr pic.twitter.com/nE0eJe434G
As of Wednesday, Kevin Bao's information has been removed from the art agency Connection's website. Animators have shared other, earlier animation by Bao and found similarities to pre-existing work.
Scratch that! Just watched some more of Kevin's work and spotted this Golden Wolf rip immediately. pic.twitter.com/ZzztUJQ73L
— Kristian Duffy (@KristianDuffy) December 4, 2019
It's even worse tho pic.twitter.com/ud37qwuP2O
— Insom (@insom_art) December 4, 2019
.@thea_glad Friend of yours? https://t.co/XyLPG4oydA pic.twitter.com/dxlEKAtby9
— Thomas Weeden (@Thomas_Weeden) December 4, 2019
Thanks to Callum for the tip.
Source: Ian Jones-Quartey
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