{"id":15286,"date":"2022-08-27T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T04:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=15286"},"modified":"2022-08-27T13:09:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T04:09:53","slug":"20220827-15286","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220827-15286\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc System Works warns of fake images, likely in response to Bridget related tweets that talk about the Guilty Gear character\u2019s gender identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Arc System Works has released a notice on its official Twitter account warning users about the spread of fabricated images that attempt to imitate an official response from its customer support team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010NOTICE\u3011<br>Our Customer Support has become aware that someone has impersonated them and fabricated images made to look like official responses. ASW will not individually answer questions relating to content that is not published in-game or on our website.<\/p>&mdash; Arc System Works America (@ArcSystemWorksU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcSystemWorksU\/status\/1563090187172777985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company does not specifically mention the content of the fabricated images in question, simply stating, \u201cASW will not individually answer questions relating to content that is not published in-game or on our website.\u201d This suggests that the fabricated images being spread are related to the company\u2019s games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This notice has received a great number of responses that talk about Bridget, a playable character in the <em>Guilty Gear<\/em> fighting game series. The recent addition of Bridget to <em>Guilty Gear -Strive-<\/em>, the latest game in the series, received great fanfare, and the character\u2019s gender identity quickly became a hot topic (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220810-14839\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>). \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bridget is a character who was born a boy but raised as a girl. This is because Bridget\u2019s parents wanted to hide the character\u2019s gender due to the superstitions of their village. Bridget\u2019s feminine looking design can likely be attributed to this backstory. The character became popular among fans, especially in Japan, as a so-called \u201cotokonoko\u201d (male with a feminine appearance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Season Pass 2 Playable Character #1 Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMlf83j7WD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Guilty Gear -Strive-<\/em>, Bridget\u2019s appearance remains feminine despite now wearing more casual attire. The symbol on the character\u2019s hat representing \u201cmale\u201d has been changed to a symbol that closely resembles the one used for \u201ctransgender\u201d or \u201candrogynous.\u201d Based on this change and some of the conversations that take place within the game, fans began to wonder whether Bridget was now transgender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has not been any official declaration made about whether this is indeed the case or if the character remains a male with a feminine appearance (otokonoko). Still, a number of fans have expressed critical opinions about the latest development of the beloved character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of this internet debate, an image of what appears to be response email from Arc System Works\u2019 customer support began being circulated. The email touches on the interpretation of the events that take place during Bridget\u2019s story in <em>Guilty Gear -Strive-<\/em> and provides a clear and definite answer to the question surrounding the character\u2019s gender. The content of this email was translated into English by fans and the information spread on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Arc System Works did not specifically mention that the notice it released was in relation to this image about Bridget, based on the wording \u201ccontent that is not published in-game or on our website,\u201d there\u2019s a very high possibility that this is the case. If you happen to come across an image like this, then it is probably best to view it with an ample amount of doubt.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220826-216535\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-08-26 21:22 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Likely in response to Bridget related tweets that talk about the Guilty Gear character&#8217;s gender identity, Arc System Works has released a notice on its official Twitter account warning users about the spread of fabricated images  that attempt to imitate an official response from its customer support team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-15286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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