{"id":50633,"date":"2025-08-01T14:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T05:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=50633"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T06:21:48","slug":"the-pokemon-company-claims-full-responsibility-for-tcg-pocket-card-plagiarism-issue-asks-fans-not-to-criticize-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-pokemon-company-claims-full-responsibility-for-tcg-pocket-card-plagiarism-issue-asks-fans-not-to-criticize-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pok\u00e9mon Company claims full responsibility for TCG Pocket card plagiarism issue, asks fans not to criticize artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/strong> publisher The Pok\u00e9mon Company announced on July 29 that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-tcg-pocket-replaces-card-designs-amidst-plagiarism-accusations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they would be replacing the designs<\/a> for two high-rarity cards after an illustration featured in them raised suspicions of plagiarism. As online criticism and tracing accusations persisted following the announcement, The Pok\u00e9mon Company and Creatures Inc. have released a follow-up statement, claiming full responsibility for the issue and asking fans not to criticize or harass the artists behind the cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their original statement from July 29, The Pok\u00e9mon Company explained that Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket\u2019s card production team mistakenly \u201cprovided incorrect materials as official references\u201d to the illustrator commissioned to create the cards in question. As they didn\u2019t provide exact details on how the illustration ended up \u201cplagiarizing\u201d fan art, it seems that some fans continued pointing fingers at the illustrator credited for the card\u2019s artwork. Two days later, the two companies decided to clear up the misunderstanding in a follow-up X post.<\/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\">\u300ePok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket\u300f\u30db\u30a6\u30aa\u30a6ex\uff08\u26053\uff09\u3001\u30eb\u30ae\u30a2ex\uff08\u26053\uff09\u306b\u95a2\u3059\u308b\u304a\u9858\u3044 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q28OTfw3ga\">pic.twitter.com\/Q28OTfw3ga<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30dd\u30b1\u30dd\u30b1\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\uff08Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket\uff09 (@PokemonTCGP_JP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonTCGP_JP\/status\/1950874266016354333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRegarding the previously announced issue with the Ho-Oh EX (3-star) and Lugia EX (3-star) illustrations \u2013 it has come to our attention that there is criticism towards the cards\u2019 illustrator circulating online. The illustration errors were caused by the production teams of The Pok\u00e9mon Company and Creatures Inc, who provided incorrect materials as official documents to the illustrator, and we intend to take full responsibility for it,\u201d the official Japanese X account of Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the post, the process of creating Pok\u00e9mon cards for the game follows two distinct workflows. The first and more common one is producing cards by having illustrators provide direct creative input and using their originality to the full extent. The second card production method involves the production team first making a sketch or a blueprint for the card, and then having the illustrators make a brushed-up, final version of it. In the case of the Ho-oh and Lugia cards, the production process followed the latter method, as explained in the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250801-506330001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250801-506330001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250801-506330001-380x214.jpg 380w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Judging by this information, it seems like the artist hired for the Ho-oh and Lugia cards had very little say in the creative direction of the illustrations, merely finalizing the concept they were provided with. Another interesting thing to note is that, while they are the game\u2019s key developers, it seems like DeNA is not involved in designing the Pok\u00e9mon cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon TGC Pocket team once more called for fans to refrain from attacking or slandering the artist. They have also promised to take stricter measures in order to improve their quality management, and thus avoid similar incidents happening in the future. New artwork for Ho-Oh EX (3-Star) and Lugia EX (3-Star) is currently in the works and will be implemented in-game as soon as it\u2019s completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japanese-city-accused-of-plagiarizing-pokemon-trading-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese city accused of plagiarizing Pok\u00e9mon trading cards\u00a0<br><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-card-shop-robbed-of-valuable-cards-by-other-pokemon-card-shop-a-few-blocks-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon card shop robbed of valuable cards by other Pok\u00e9mon card shop a few blocks away\u00a0\u00a0<br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok\u00e9mon company sheds light on the production process of the cards, taking full responsibility for the recent &#8220;plagiarism&#8221; issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":50636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-50633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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