{"id":30930,"date":"2024-05-15T17:43:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=30930"},"modified":"2024-05-15T17:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T08:43:29","slug":"pokemon-sleep-dev-denies-copying-fanart-for-in-game-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-sleep-dev-denies-copying-fanart-for-in-game-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sleep dev denies copying fanart for in-game designs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, there had been rumors circulating among Japanese users on social media that <strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sleep<\/strong>\u2019s depictions of sleeping Pok\u00e9mon may reference or even copy existing fanart. Koya Nakahata, the director of Pok\u00e9mon Sleep and CEO of Select Button, took to his personal X account to directly deny these rumors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sleep tracking app Pok\u00e9mon Sleep depicts unique sleep styles of numerous Pok\u00e9mon, which are designed to reflect each Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s biological characteristics and temperament. Several (no longer publicly visible) posts had made allegations that the sleeping Pok\u00e9mon designs imitated existing art made by fan illustrators. The rumors escalated far enough to reach the ears of the game\u2019s director Nakahata, who swiftly denied the allegations, as seen in the post below.\u00a0<\/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=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">SNS\u4e0a\u306b\u304a\u3044\u3066\u3001\u300ePok\u00e9mon Sleep\u300f\u306e\u5bdd\u9854\u306e\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8\u3092\u3001\u5f0a\u793e\uff08SELECT BUTTON inc.\uff09\u304c\u4e8c\u6b21\u5275\u4f5c\u3092\u53c2\u8003\u306b\u63cf\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u6295\u7a3f\u3092\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u3001\u975e\u5e38\u306b\u6b8b\u5ff5\u306a\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3067\u3059\u3002 <br><br>\u300ePok\u00e9mon Sleep\u300f\u306b\u767b\u5834\u3059\u308b\u5bdd\u9854\u306e\u4e00\u90e8\u306f\u3001\u3053\u308c\u307e\u3067\u306e\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u306b\u767b\u5834\u3057\u305f\u7761\u7720\u306e\u751f\u614b\u3092\u53c2\u8003\u306b\u5236\u4f5c\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Nakahata Koya (@kouya1024) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kouya1024\/status\/1789929581253972088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<em> <\/em><\/strong><em>I\u2019m seeing posts on social media saying that my company (Select Button) referenced fan illustrations for the sleeping Pok\u00e9mon designs featured in Pok\u00e9mon Sleep, and I\u2019m deeply saddened by this. While some of our sleeping Pok\u00e9mon designs reference other Pok\u00e9mon games, we absolutely do not create our designs based on fanart. We will continue working on the game while bringing out the best in each Pok\u00e9mon, and we hope you will continue to look forward to them!\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While noting that Pok\u00e9mon Sleep references the existing official Pok\u00e9mon games and their depictions of sleeping Pok\u00e9mon, Nakahata categorically denies any possibility of the development team copying fanart for the game\u2019s designs. In response, the public has largely supported the developers\u2019 stance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fanart and fan submitted ideas can often lead to trouble for the source content\u2019s creator, which is why many companies sternly refuse to accept or even view content submitted by fans. For example, Game Freak, the developer of the Pok\u00e9mon series, has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefreak.co.jp\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disclaimer on their website<\/a> that warns users against sending ideas such as proposals, designs and scripts while noting that such inquiries are checked and disposed of by staff not involved in game development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the issue of Pok\u00e9mon Sleep\u2019s designs is more complicated, as it involves fanart posted on social media, rather than a direct submission. In this case, it\u2019s very difficult to prove whether a developer saw the fanart or not. The Pok\u00e9mon Company has established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.co.jp\/rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidelines<\/a> for intellectual property rights for derivative creations (i.e. fanart). According to these guidelines, creators and users of derivative content grant Pok\u00e9mon and its affiliates a nonexclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to use all or part of the derivative content for any purpose and in any format. Regardless of whether such use actually occurs, these regulations exist to prevent any fanart-related troubles from arising.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that said, the allegations this time around have been firmly denied by Pok\u00e9mon Sleep\u2019s developer.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><br><br><br><em>Translated by. 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