{"id":20174,"date":"2023-07-20T11:13:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T02:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=20174"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T02:13:56","slug":"20230720-20174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230720-20174\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese game creators speak out on “idea theft” and issue of fans submitting unsolicited ideas\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Game creator Takanobu Terada expressed his concerns regarding \u201cfan-submitted ideas\u201d through a series of tweets on July 17. He currently works as a freelancer and mentioned that creators in such a position would have a very difficult time dealing with the issue of a fan claiming that their \u201cidea was stolen\u201d after proposing it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Takanobu Terada is a game creator best known for his work as a producer on the Super Robot Wars series. He began his involvement in the development of the series shortly after joining Banpresto and mainly served as a producer starting with the Game Boy port of 2nd Super Robot Wars, otherwise known as 2nd Super Robot Wars G. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1994, Banpresto established subsidiary Banpre Kikaku to focus on developing home console games, and in 1997, it was unified with Banpresto\u2019s game software planning and development division to become Banpresoft. Later in 2008, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bandai Namco Games (currently Bandai Namco Entertainment). In 2011, Bandai Namco merged Banpresoft with BEC, forming B.B. Studio.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At B.B. Studio, Terada served as producer on Super Robot Wars 30, released to commemorate the series\u2019 30th anniversary, before announcing that he had resigned from the company in December 2021. He currently works as a freelancer but continues to have a hand in the series as a supervisor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On July 17, Terada discussed one particular concern that he has regarding his freelance work. This was prompted by a tweet from Tsuburaya Productions character designer Masayuki Gotoh, best known for his work on the Ultraman series. For some time, Gotoh has included a note in both his Twitter bio and pinned tweet that says, \u201cPlease do not send me any original Ultraman designs or story ideas,\u201d and he reiterated this point through a tweet on July 17. It appears that despite these warnings some fans are still sending him their ideas. He stated that although he does not believe that these fans have ill intentions, he is concerned that it could result in \u201ctrouble\u201d later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tweet has become quite the talking point, with over 17,000 likes and 10,000 retweets as of the time of writing, including a reaction from illustrator and character designer Akira \u201cAkiman\u201d Yasuda. He voiced his worries about the possibility of a fan sending an Ultraman idea to a creator in a one-sided act and then believing that their idea was \u201cused without permission.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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