China Rips Off Naruto, Pokémon: “Imitation is Not Plagiarism”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 13, 2009 07:17 JST
- Tags: China, Made in China, Naruto, Plagiarism, Pokemon, Production Controversy
China’s top state run broadcaster is being accused of plagiarising elements of Pokémon and Naruto in its latest children’s anime, not long after it was discovered to have shamelessly copied 5cm Per Second wholesale; the broadcaster obstinately denies the charges, saying there is a difference between “plagiarism” and “imitation.”
Chinese Central Television (or CCTV), under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Propaganda Department, recently began airing 恐龙宝贝之龙神勇士, loosely “Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes,” but Chinese anime fans soon spotted the fact that the anime was copying character designs, story and music from a variety of Japanese anime, most notably Pokémon, Digimon and Naruto.
The director of CCTV’s Children’s Channel was soon confronted over the issue, but he angrily denied all wrong-doing, saying it was a matter for the studio responsible, and then asking those doubting the work to “consider the difference between imitation and plagiarism.”
With the government having banned non-Chinese anime from TV due to fear of foreign influences and to foster homegrown anime, domestic producers have struggled to satisfy demand, generally producing anime of very low quality, loathed by many Chinese for its highly propagandistic nature.
This difficult position, coupled with the lack of respect for copyright the mainland is notorious for, seems to have led many studios to simply plagiarise Japanese anime, frequently passing it off as “100% domestic,” and often doing so in direct collusion with the state.
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Not even 4Kids would want to dub this series.
That sounds like a challenge.
more like mission impossible
The Chinese animators are so jealous of the Japanese, it's not even funny. The Chinese animators should be ashamed of them self for making a ripoff of good old Anime series from the 1990's which is Pokemon and Digimon. And a series which is based on a hit Manga seies, which is Naruto. And a bunch of newer Anime series that are for children.
chinese way of thinking:
WE build an empire of low quality & no human rights
...or shit'n'crap
Don't generalize the Chinese based on a few petty examples.
Look at the whole and you get the same conclusion (except panda express)
That's what a lot of people like to do though.
Generalize the Chinese based on a few petty examples.
"China Rips Off Naruto, Pokémon"
And nothing of value was lost.
+1
but if they rip off lucky star we must nuke them
Stay classy China!
Yeah, I saw that one too.
What did they do to mai waifu ;_;
What's sad is we all know that the chinks are fully capable of creating awesome original shits from the few impressive creations that was posted here in Sankaku before, instead of doing these cheap copies... But the nature of their present day society discourages these orignal break throughs, now they prefer the safer route of stealing ideas instead of coming up with their own.
Chinks used to be innovative, but the commie system has pretty much sat them back 500+ years.
wow,racist much?
Nope, truth much.
So tru
They're able to create something original? I missed that. From the crap they produce usually you'd think they're a race of copy-machines, incapable of independent thought.
China = Malaysia
Both of them are a fuckin thief.
nuff said
Another
Indonesian patriot
U FAIL!
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xxviii/china-rips-off-naruto-pokemon-digimon-2.jpg
the girl whit red hair and hairband reminds me a hell lot of Akiha from Tsukihime
Zynix0:
Man I feel disgusted, to censor some people and then copy from them, the Chinese government ain't got no shame.
I mean they don't even respect their own people, they take them for idiots. they don't give a damn about how they would look like in the eyes of the population when they find out about what they are presented with (not that it will any time at all). that's the Chinese government for you alright, to hell with censorship, with that censorship crap it doesn't feel like we're living in the 21st century at all, thank god I'm not Chinese, even though I sympathize with the poor guys.
Gawd, do China animators really have no originality, creativity, idea and not to mention shame..?
Oh well, several Malaysian animations suffered the same thing too; Sang Wira ripping off Doraemon, Along comics 99% plagiarised Doraemon's manga, Keluangman ripping off Batman, and GAR ripping off Incredible Hulk..
Keluangman
-A crazy guy found a batman suit & became a super hero is not original.LOL!
the watch reminds me of megami tensei imagine
china freaking fail.
this is some fail shit right here.
There is no defence for failure. Such epic failure as this just validates how stupid they are. Anyone that knows digimon can see the clearly copied designs.
the next frontier of chinese knockoffs
you know this reminds of the time when in Japan some company released Numa Numa as a cd, the record company ripped off a 2ch character, and said some shit like "we're only 'borrowing' the concept". now that compared to this? well i don't know which is bad. Just some companies are asses
Chinese Central TV = Closed Circuit TV
Anybody have a torrent for this or some kind of link.
I just have to see it for myself.
Does SC staff recognize the difference between Pokémon and Digimon? Well, I do. These are mixed.
Oh God, FUCK YOU,China! You make the Chinese across the globe look bad in general! Awful art! Copycats!
china can only imitate other country products
just look how many imitation products from china
china can't make something new.. they just sucks
sorry for bad english
and I HATE CHINA
I wont call that plag but fugly "inspirtation" from digimons
what u expact....china product =.="
Lol haven't we noticed that sankaku in itself is propaganda against China?
I mean I travelled there two months ago and its quite a civilised place, and I'm pretty sure I saw dubbed Japanese anime.
Yes,it is very civilized nation.Women can now travel on inside of bus and homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats.
I bet the final boss is capitalism.
heck it is still better than those awful Cartoon Network
Cartoons!
It's not that they are being rip-offs, or their self-righteousness, its the cheesy, lame-ass epic FAIL the show is.
I still wanna see this, if I could..... It looks cute.
you celestial dynasty appreciate plagiarism
Haha china faill big time... even though i am chinese i dont really support china ^^ after all singaporean are realistic..
As a fan of Batman: The Animated Series, Futurama, Darkwing Duck and other American greats (in addition to enjoying anime, mind you), I'm going to have to kick your weeaboo ass.
you barbarians cannot appreciate celestial dynasty's animation
What is great on that shit? Is it because it is great shit? You can leave anime alone. You`re clearly blind or do not understand what you see because you have watched anime and still talk about that American shit.
im chinese and im sick and tired of all these retarded chinese "anime"
you barbarians cannot appreciate celestial dynasty's animation!
What the fuck is this shit?
China:HEY GUYZ ITZ ORIGINAL
hahahahahha bot
If you want to see this series, use this link.
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"dinosaur baby holy heroes".. thats a dumb name.
That's so sad :S
One more thing! Sorry for the miss spelling.
Man, this is no worse than what happened with Princess Lover!. The male lead looks almost exactly like Sasuke Uchiha (complete with drama llama backstory) and he's surrounded by copies of the girls that are love-rivals that look suspiciously like the girls of Naruto (with huge racks).
imitation is the WORST form of plagiarism.
this thing's so fugly i doubt anyone will care.
I'm sorry, but the name "Dinosaur Baby Holy Heros" is more offensive to the pallette than the blatant plagirism.
Never liked Naruto, Pokemon and all that shit anyway ._. What else is new though?
Just as long as they don't rip off DBZ D:
>Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes
I chuckled a little.
This will not fly with Nintendo...... When you Fuck with Nintendo they make shore you pay for it. Its just a matter of time.......
Ehh, come on. Japanese companies have been ripping off Pokemon for years now. There are so many damn clones of that thing. Some even have creatures that look similar like Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters.
This is a little further than comparing pokemon to digimon or other similar shows, they don't just copy the basic elements, they are copying character designs and stuff and even ripped off the music.
I feel you`re trolling. But if not, tell us from which country do Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh originate from?
Isnt that Lord Ilpalazzo on excel saga on top of that picture?
CHINESE GOVT IS ONE BIG, FAT JOKE!
pokemon already got ripped.
dinosuar king
digimon
and many more anime involving kids and sidekick animals.
The person who claims "Chinese anime will never sell" reminds me of people in the 60's predicting that Japanese cars/products will always be garbage. (And in even earlier times Europe joked American exports the same way)
This anime looks like a first step in developing a sizable cartoon industry. Yeah bash them some more and you may just stimulate their perseverance to improve as they have done for many other industries.
Not impress as before (hollywood x anime).
But still, now I know how cheap is China with anime.
First there was Harubin now its this.
BUSTED!
china, forever fail.
But, isn't imitation a part of plagiarism? Add "calling it your own" to imitation and you got plagiarism!
As much as how we generalize Americans, Europeans and so on.
As they say on slashdot "And nothing of value was lost" or uh, plagiarized, I guess. At least it has an hilarious title.
Honestly though, I write this up like I do anything done by, say... North Korea. I just go "Well, what the fuck ELSE are they going to do?", shrug my shoulders, and move on.
It's kind of sad to acknowledge that China is steadily slipping into that realm of 'complete laughingstock' that North Korea inhabits, but that's just how it goes. It's getting to where everything that happens in China is some shade of crazy.
It already seems like almost everything that china copies is just shit but on the other side, everything that is original made in china these days is shit too.
If your going to imitate something, at least do a good job of it...
Chinese fail... This is exactly what they mean by ban1 men2 nong4 fu3. Acting pro in front of pros. Hello?! Japan is right beside you, and you are trying to act high and mighty... I thought the Chinese were at least smart enough to heed their own sayings.
There's a difference between imitation and plagiarism agreed. The Chinese, in general, just don't seem to be able to tell when they've crossed from one to another.
Out of the millions of Chinese citizens, isn't there ONE with talent??
not with all the fumes from the garbage burning in the streets.
Sure, didn't you see the other post about the, "Green Dam" character created to mock the government's policy on that filtering software?
I love Green Dam-tan~ She's a good example that there IS creativity in China, just that no one is harnessing it.
no one in the professional industry is harnessing it*
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/index?tags=sayori
Rape some good stuff, fucking China.
i think its more a clone of haseo rather than sasuke...well haseo is a clone of sasuke after all
Just because you got the same hairstyle it doesn't mean you're copying other, after all Haseo's hair changed a bit later on
Well, the one thing China is good at doing is making cheap knockoffs.
what about all the chars, skills, fighting secuences, naruto has copy.........even that great and original story???
yeah the chinese stole all that ORIGINAL ideas from the great kishimoto pfffffffffffff
China fucking sucks.
lets see if they copy haruhi eight times, that I would watch ROFL!
Chingamon, Narupon, Balldragon, Duel Mastel and Chuchihime are 100% original shows created in china. This news cleates disinfolmation.
For some reason it look more like DB...those 3 girls on the 1st pic...From back - Launch(she sneezes to change to the blond) from Dragon Ball Movie 2: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle , Zola from Blue Dragon and lastly Pan from DB GT..i could be wrong...
china idiocy +1
History recorder:
1. China plagiarised 5cm/s. Anime fans complained.
2. China plagiarised Naruto+Pokemon+Digimon. Anime fans flamed.
3. China plagiarised Touhou+Persona. World War 3.
+9000...
They should rename it "Digi-po-naru-mon Xtreme".
GJ china!!
I can't wait until China rips off Night Shift Nurses . . .
..with loooooooooong skirts and 0% sex, 0% pantyshots, and 0% nudity...
Don't forget communism.
yay then we can porn where all the characters look like they have downs
I lol'd cuz it's true.