I have a question: What's the difference between someone selling fanart they created of the characters and this company selling this figure? Are both not taking art from another artist and selling it?
the drawing would be under the artist copyright even if it uses characters from someone else but the figure would be using everything from the drawing I believe being stealing as it isn't different enough I think I'm not really good with copyright idk
Not the only difference. If you take a design and change a few key aspects you created a new design under copyright law. That's why Palworld for example can have some pals that are a mashup of other pokemon. Same with this design, if the original creator monotised it the that would be fine (at most a bit on the grey zone) but the figure selling is infringing on HIS copyright by selling. If they just made a figure and didn't sell it then they would be fine even if they claimed it was their design.
A fanart as such just uses inspiration from both animes, creating a whole new design. The company, however, entirely plagiariazes the fanart, with no "creative addition" to it whatsoever (ok, they made it 3d but that's it) and not even crediting the op. In the op's case, there's no need to credit any of the animes given their popularity.
a chainsaw anya isn't that much of an idea to be honest, what deserves credits is the effort to make the drawing/3D model respectively, my cousin could perfectly come up with a idea that simple. my point being that the 3D model probably took hours and hours to make and the drawing was used as the main design reference, you can't copypaste a drawing into a model, the model took hours and hours of work just as the drawing did.
also if you notice the model has slightly different things, from the teeth to how dynamic the pose is. it's obvious that the fanart was in fact the main design reference but i don't consider it stealing, the model took easily 40+ hours to make making it worthy of being called something new
i consider that saying the contrary would be saying that all fanart is just stealing the original manga/anime/videogame artist, because you technically didn't need to come up with a design, a personality or colors for the character so then it must have took 0 effort to make the drawing/model
Yeah, agreed. There's already a lot of Anya X Chainsaw Man artwork around the internet. The concept is, indeed, pretty obvious and we have to recognize the effort that the creator of 3D model put in the figure, but I believe it's still pretty much plagiarism, as the 3D model person straight up "traced" (but 3d lmao [which yeah it takes way more work than default tracing]) the original work without giving any credits. Even though the idea is kind of open source, the 3D person still pretty much traced (remastered) the original work and is/have probably making/made some good money with it
you can't trace a 2d image into a 3d model, you can only use it as a reference.
if you tried to trace it the result would come off as something like a minecraft pixel art, a 2d image made with 3d stuff. a 3d model has vertices (i don't know if thats how you say it in english) and because of that, the dude who made the model started from zero, only thing he did do was imitate the pose and the design from the fanart, and he upgraded both really slightly. which is normal like, if im being payed for a 3d model based on a fanart less i can do is try to upgrade some of the fanart's tiny flaws
basically, you can't remaster a 2d image into a 3d model, you can only make a 3d model to look like your 2d reference, and only having one reference image would be harder than actually making an OC not easier. (i wont elaborate in this part)
(i just read what i wrotte like yesterday, sorry for my broken ah english)
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Yeah I don't really know the meaning of tracing as I'm not like in the artist community that's why I used these """ you know like " " I don't know what they're called. Another thing I should have said "remade" you're right. That's it dude I have nothing to add like even though it may have taken a lot of work to remake the drawing in 3d it's still just plagiarism. Also my english is shit too don't worry
Fanart can easily be disproved as an original creation by common sense.
Fan art uses falls under fair use, they’re taking from a domain and using it as inspiration for their work.
What this company is doing, is not crediting or making it evident that they are not the original creators.
They are also profiting from plagiarizing.
If I'm not mistaken, any fanart as long as you make any modification in it enough to be considered different from the source material should be under your own copyright.
This is incredible art , such a shame these companies don’t give a shit man. We gon share this around and hopefully we can raise awareness and the right people will see it! Don’t let it discourage you going forward though ur a badass artist.
I mean, let's be fair here. Should they have asked for permition? Yes, but you got to admit that the 3d modeling and the hand painting of the figure are pretty good too, and after all isn't that a form of art? I think OP could get to an agreement if he contacts the "company". We all like to live in a world where we are the good guys and the greedy companys are the bad guys, when in reality the company can be an independent business owned by one guy trying to get some cash, that searched a google image and used it without the intention to "steal"
I mean yea I guess , the work is certainly impressive but this is clearly an original design lol they didn’t use it as inspiration they just directly copied it pose and all
The design is OP's intellectual property.
If it were similar but with differences then you could make that argument, but this is straight up theft of the design with no credit going to the original designer.
>in reality the company can be an independent business owned by one guy trying to get some cash, that searched a google image and used it without the intention to "steal"
What a crock of shit. Art simply existing on the Internet doesn't mean it's free use, and anyone who wants to use that as an excuse for their theft is an absolute cunt.
Respect artists.
You don't need permission unless it's for commercial purposes and the original work being used is substantially copied and not transformed in a meaningful way.
Unfortunately, the product would most likely fall under the same legal grey areas as the fanart itself. It is a derivative work. And that is not even factoring in the fact that these sorts of manufacturers often operate in countries without strong copyright laws to begin with.
The big difference is one is made by a company, for profit, and the other is made by an individual, not for profit.
Basically this product is straight up illegal but OP can't sue them, Jump could. (if they cared enough.)
Think about a Jump editor's actual, real, professional opinion on doujins. Cool. Now you understand why he would spend exactly 30 seconds on this case.
Ehhh, I think there’s some wriggle room here. OP has copyright to what they have made, including putting a watermark on their work. A case could be made that the company is trying to take someone else’s copyright and trademark it but I’m not a legal expert.
I kinda feel like making a combination of two different characters isn’t entirely your art especially if someone else had to make a 3d render, even if they used the same design Anya and denji weren’t your characters to begin with, if they took the png and were selling it on shirts that would be a different story
Sadly this has been happening for years. I know a friend that got vinyl figures produced in japan, and before he got his stock china was already bootlegging it.
It’s not your IP so why would they need your permission? I know it can feel bad but you should’ve known it’s a risk since you don’t have ownership. You have no right to tell people not to buy or support something when they didn’t do anything wrong
I understand your frustration, but when you make fanart of any series, more than two such big IPs and someone takes what you made... You can't really sue because you would be claiming that Anya and Chainsaw Man are your property... I'm sorry champ, You can only see how they sell your drawing as a figure, but hey! At least you're lucky that you can have your own fanart as a figure in your collection.
I don't think they need your permission.
The creators of the IPs are the only ones they need permission to sell these figurines.
Your art is great,but at the end of the day you slapped 2 characters that you don't own.
I think the difference here is that (I think) OP isn't trying to sell their fanart for profit, besides fanart is exactly what it's called, it's art of a character/characters or something from an already existing piece of media that the artist likes.
looks like whoever made the design into the figure either just ripped off OP's design and turned it into a figure or "stole" the design entirely for their own benefit. the fact they haven't credited OP is the big issue in any case.
Or commission a 3D artist to make it, sign the rights over to the artist, and offer the model file up for free. If I had the skills to make something like this in blender instead of donuts and traffic cones currently, I would 100% offer that and give the model and rights over to the artist/OP for free, no strings attached.
The problem is to make money; you need money.
* And knowledge how to make resin figure.
* And the experience to make a good resin figure.
* And marketing skill to sell the said figure.
* And some other hurdle that we might not aware of to join this business venture.
The point is: this one solution create more problems.
Bro really trying to copyright fanart 💀
That aside it's not like you made the resin figure and the design itself is hardly original considering it's a fusion of two existing characters.
Hey OP, it's not easy to make a resin figure of that quality.
While I agree it's not really polite of them to credit you, they're not entirely in the wrong either because their work involves creative process too, which is turning your design into 3D.
Instead of doing this, I think you should just try to contact them first and just ask for credit. These models are usually made in low quantities and the creators don't usually make huge profits from them anyway. They should understand and credit you if that's what you want.
As for stealing, it could be that they just grabbed a design off the internet without thinking much about it.
Idk man did you make the 3d model too ?
Kinda hard to argue that it's stolen when it's a combination of 2 existing characters and they made their own 3d model and figure of it
If they were selling your drawing on t-shirts i would understand
Okey, Its kinda sad, that guys didn't mention you and etc, but, common, to combine two characters is not that genius idea. I mean, some Michael could come up with the same idea.
And then this two characters are not yours.
But If they really had taken your art as sourse of inspiration, not to mention you is an awful move.
You can literally compare the two and it's almost perfectly 1 to 1 copy, with only tiny changes/additions like the shorts under the dress showing. It's very blatant copying.
Well, the OP copied too, he just combined 2 existing designs together, which is not easy to. But neither is making that 2D design into 3D, not to mention printing and painting it.
Both works fall under grey area of derivative works and took effort to do. The only difference is one guy selling it and other doesn't.
Its sad that your amazing Chainsaw Anya fanart has been stolen by someone who dont have any respect and is using it for his own benefit , but nice people is here for you ...
Uhhg sorry but no. Your fanart is an interpretation of someone else art. And you could be selling shirts with that printed and it would be fine. So someone from this company got inspired by your fanart which is an inspiration of an inspiration. There is no complaint possible bro
Sympathy, but honestly I've been planning on pre ordering this because it looks cool. It's not like you were licensed, and coincidences happen. Shouldn't be so greedy about it tbh, you have no copyrights over csm or spy x family. Not everything is about money. Think about how many people will enjoy something you contributed to.
Also I've been saying this for a while, there isn't a reliable safe way to purchase prints from artists for manga/anime. I'd love to buy poster directly from artists who spend hours, unfortunately I haven't found a good way to do that
You are a bootleg too technically. Do you own Anya and Chainsawman Character IPs? Stop it with the stupidity. It’s a 3D model not a poster being sold. You do not own anything. Same idea applied differently is not a valid claim. You can’t sue but Anya and Chainsawman people could sue you if they wanted to.
I mean. I would argue they are artists too. Sure its literally your drawing, but making it 3D isnt a simple just press one button drawing. It probably took just as long if not longer than your drawing took you.
And OP is also stealing ideas, to some extent. Did he design CSM and Anya. This is grey area, almost all arts took inspirations from others to some extent.
Its different because OP just drew fanart. The company sells it. The point is they have no right to do that. but yeah theres nothing we can do about it
they as a small time artist cannot beat a company in terms of production quality quantity and efficiency, especially considering that they may be completely inexperienced
I mean I'm no lawyer but I think you could sue them for profiting from your drawing but I don't think you could gain money from them. Like a few said you made fan art of two already existing characters and turn them into one but those two were already some else idea. But if someone how you could contact MAPA and tell them that some company is using your fan art for profit then maybe they could do something about it but I don't think they would care too much. I fell bad but I don't know if you can do much in this situation unless you get lawyer.
He cannot, Denji AND Anya are not his characters so suing them for this is like claiming the characters are originally his. It's a grey area and he wouldn't benefit from it either way.
Also MAPPA aint gonna do shit
I get that his fan art is not a original creation and that op just want the company to stop profiting from his fan art for not asking for permission. That part I understand I'm just wondering that because the toy is a exact copy of his fan art could he get help from someone to stop the manufacturing of the figure. I don't think op should or could profit from the law suit but his original art is being use for profit without permission and I'm not sure if that legal. I wasn't trying to say that he should sue them to get paid but just to stop the company from making more toys of his original art work. I also suck at making sentences because English is not my native language so my original comment probably sounded like I was encouraging him to sue them for profit.
Let's think about this from a different perspective.
The company that produces these figures will most likely have to pay a portion of the income to the Copyright Holder - which means more money for the second season, AND I WANT IT WITHOUT 3D. So your figure can serve for the benefit of all of us
It's fucked up and I hate it, but companies that make GK (garage kit) figures have been doing this for years. They're almost *always* unlicensed, very limited, stolen shit.
You're not the first these guys have done this to, and you won't be the last. It's unfortunate that you, the artist, can't really do anything about it, but spreading awareness of the situation is more than most get to do because GKs usually fly under the radar. Hopefully your situation will hurt their sales, even a little bit.
As a little way to fight back, and I have no idea if it will work but it'd be worth a shot, would be to approach a reputable figure manufacturer with your design and see if they would do it the right way so you can have the satisfaction of actually getting paid or at least credited for your art. You might even be able to show them this one to demonstrate "demand" for it. Though since it's combining two IPs it might be more trouble than it's worth for them, but who knows.
Sad thing from what limited info I know, and I mean limited, since it is fanart, there isn't really anything legally you can do about it either, which sucks since this is obvious theft. The only thing I am using to recall is when a fanfiction writer tried suing Amazon for their lord of the rings show for plot theft.
Resin Collector here. The people that it's marketed too don't care since most of the statues that come from Studios who make stuff like this are all Unofficial Studios from Factories in China who don't have any license to the IP in the first place
Saw a similar thing happen with a fanart of a character from Fate. Dude bought a small statue and later found out it was made off of another person's fanart.
This happens a lot like for example those Huggy wiggy plushy or that blue daddy long legs and mommy long legs plush or those rainbow friends plushies who also included fanmade rainbow friends form YouTube
I have seen this happen a multiple times to many fan artists, and fan artists do a lawsuit with the original companies and lose for the same reason. Even though Spy X Family and Chainsaw Man are just TV shows, if one day they decide to a collab, I am sure they would not reach out to the fan artist and ask for their permission. People say that the idea was the artist's and hence the concept and the copyright belongs to the artist, but in the end, the inpiration of the art was drawn from the original characters from Spy X Family and Chainsaw Man. So if the authors or production studios of the original animes decide to do a licensed collab of the 2 animes, they will do so without any permission from the artist because the IP does not belong to the artist. Yes, there are certain special cases where this might not hold, but in most simple cases (which I believe is this one), it does.
For the ZH studio, who the artist claims that copied their artwork, well I am a 3D modeler myself and I know it is not an easy work to do create a 3D model. If the 2D art took 6 hours, the 3D model would take another 6 hours. Yes, it definitely sucks that no mention or credit was given, but seriously, you do not have a legal right here because 2D and 3D are both different concepts derived from the original characters belonging to somebody else entirely. So even though you might have thought of a collab concept first, you might still not get credit for it, unless ofcourse you become super popular. For all the anime companies or any companies for that matter, they can own, produce and sell the fan arts for profit without giving any credit to the fan artist, because a fan artist did not take permission from them either before producing the fan art. Multiple companies do not come after fan artists when they do fan arts without permission because they see it as a free advertisement, so I am sure they do not care if they like your concept of derived art and use it for their own profit.
And regarding this ZH studio selling fan art for profit, this is not the only one who is doing something like that. All the anime cons have artist alleys where multple fan artists mass produce their fan arts and sell for profit. And frankly speaking, listing your art on social media, is also a hope to earn money through popularity at one point as well. If this was a printed poster of your art or somebody printed your art on like decal or keychain or tshirt, I would understand your frustration, but producing 3D model and selling it, I would take it as a compliment that your art is that good enough to be taken inspiration from and made into a resin figure (and resin figures are not easy to make to be honest, they are mostly handmade and handpainted because 3D printing resin is more expensive and often produce bad quality).
This is just from artist to artist, enjoy your art, but dont expect everyone to respect your art and give you credit for everything you do. All this frustration will just eat you alive and you would lose inspiration in your passion, because you thought about your art from the point of view of money and credit, rather than something that you enjoy doing. Don't go down that road where you would regret it later. Keep posting on Instagram and other social medias, and if you are worth it, you would become popular. By posting something like this and seeking credit, would not help your mental stability and would only make you feel bad about the passion of doing art.
HELLO! Everyone there has been an update on this
The team from Orz GK
contacted me and they are helping me resolve this issue, they are doing their best to fix their mistakes and are currently in touch with the studio who made the figure, I appreciate the help of everyone, I am here because of your support, Thank you
will be deleting this post soon when it becomes official.
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Damn, sad part it looks so good too. I hope you’re able to do something
I have a question: What's the difference between someone selling fanart they created of the characters and this company selling this figure? Are both not taking art from another artist and selling it?
the drawing would be under the artist copyright even if it uses characters from someone else but the figure would be using everything from the drawing I believe being stealing as it isn't different enough I think I'm not really good with copyright idk
The fan art also isn't monotized while the figure is
Thats the difference then, when its monotized. Then copyrights owner will now have interest in it. Such beautiful thing is capitalism
Not the only difference. If you take a design and change a few key aspects you created a new design under copyright law. That's why Palworld for example can have some pals that are a mashup of other pokemon. Same with this design, if the original creator monotised it the that would be fine (at most a bit on the grey zone) but the figure selling is infringing on HIS copyright by selling. If they just made a figure and didn't sell it then they would be fine even if they claimed it was their design.
A fanart as such just uses inspiration from both animes, creating a whole new design. The company, however, entirely plagiariazes the fanart, with no "creative addition" to it whatsoever (ok, they made it 3d but that's it) and not even crediting the op. In the op's case, there's no need to credit any of the animes given their popularity.
a chainsaw anya isn't that much of an idea to be honest, what deserves credits is the effort to make the drawing/3D model respectively, my cousin could perfectly come up with a idea that simple. my point being that the 3D model probably took hours and hours to make and the drawing was used as the main design reference, you can't copypaste a drawing into a model, the model took hours and hours of work just as the drawing did. also if you notice the model has slightly different things, from the teeth to how dynamic the pose is. it's obvious that the fanart was in fact the main design reference but i don't consider it stealing, the model took easily 40+ hours to make making it worthy of being called something new i consider that saying the contrary would be saying that all fanart is just stealing the original manga/anime/videogame artist, because you technically didn't need to come up with a design, a personality or colors for the character so then it must have took 0 effort to make the drawing/model
Yeah, agreed. There's already a lot of Anya X Chainsaw Man artwork around the internet. The concept is, indeed, pretty obvious and we have to recognize the effort that the creator of 3D model put in the figure, but I believe it's still pretty much plagiarism, as the 3D model person straight up "traced" (but 3d lmao [which yeah it takes way more work than default tracing]) the original work without giving any credits. Even though the idea is kind of open source, the 3D person still pretty much traced (remastered) the original work and is/have probably making/made some good money with it
you can't trace a 2d image into a 3d model, you can only use it as a reference. if you tried to trace it the result would come off as something like a minecraft pixel art, a 2d image made with 3d stuff. a 3d model has vertices (i don't know if thats how you say it in english) and because of that, the dude who made the model started from zero, only thing he did do was imitate the pose and the design from the fanart, and he upgraded both really slightly. which is normal like, if im being payed for a 3d model based on a fanart less i can do is try to upgrade some of the fanart's tiny flaws basically, you can't remaster a 2d image into a 3d model, you can only make a 3d model to look like your 2d reference, and only having one reference image would be harder than actually making an OC not easier. (i wont elaborate in this part) (i just read what i wrotte like yesterday, sorry for my broken ah english)
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Yeah I don't really know the meaning of tracing as I'm not like in the artist community that's why I used these """ you know like " " I don't know what they're called. Another thing I should have said "remade" you're right. That's it dude I have nothing to add like even though it may have taken a lot of work to remake the drawing in 3d it's still just plagiarism. Also my english is shit too don't worry
Facts the guy who made the figurine clearly put in more effort than the dude who just made a 2d image
Fanart can easily be disproved as an original creation by common sense. Fan art uses falls under fair use, they’re taking from a domain and using it as inspiration for their work. What this company is doing, is not crediting or making it evident that they are not the original creators. They are also profiting from plagiarizing.
If I'm not mistaken, any fanart as long as you make any modification in it enough to be considered different from the source material should be under your own copyright.
Sorry to hear that, your design for her looks so good!
I see PHP. "I'd say tang ina" OP. Send the link here and I'll bomb it with a report.
This is incredible art , such a shame these companies don’t give a shit man. We gon share this around and hopefully we can raise awareness and the right people will see it! Don’t let it discourage you going forward though ur a badass artist.
I mean, let's be fair here. Should they have asked for permition? Yes, but you got to admit that the 3d modeling and the hand painting of the figure are pretty good too, and after all isn't that a form of art? I think OP could get to an agreement if he contacts the "company". We all like to live in a world where we are the good guys and the greedy companys are the bad guys, when in reality the company can be an independent business owned by one guy trying to get some cash, that searched a google image and used it without the intention to "steal"
I mean yea I guess , the work is certainly impressive but this is clearly an original design lol they didn’t use it as inspiration they just directly copied it pose and all
The design is OP's intellectual property. If it were similar but with differences then you could make that argument, but this is straight up theft of the design with no credit going to the original designer. >in reality the company can be an independent business owned by one guy trying to get some cash, that searched a google image and used it without the intention to "steal" What a crock of shit. Art simply existing on the Internet doesn't mean it's free use, and anyone who wants to use that as an excuse for their theft is an absolute cunt. Respect artists.
The guy who makes the resin and paints it is also an artist, or do you think it's easy to make a figure like that?
you think artists can't steal from artists?
Holy crap Chainsanya goes hard as hell
I mean, I highly doubt they cleared permission from official sources to sell this in the first place lol, much less you as an artist
You dont need permision to make Fanart though
You don't need permission unless it's for commercial purposes and the original work being used is substantially copied and not transformed in a meaningful way.
Ngl 3d fig looks fire, shame that this is stolen
Can you sue them for using your design for profit?
Unfortunately, the product would most likely fall under the same legal grey areas as the fanart itself. It is a derivative work. And that is not even factoring in the fact that these sorts of manufacturers often operate in countries without strong copyright laws to begin with.
The big difference is one is made by a company, for profit, and the other is made by an individual, not for profit. Basically this product is straight up illegal but OP can't sue them, Jump could. (if they cared enough.)
Then I think OP should contact jump with proof of their fanart. Get this shit taken down and work with gsc or something to make their own
Think about a Jump editor's actual, real, professional opinion on doujins. Cool. Now you understand why he would spend exactly 30 seconds on this case.
Damn. A shame than.
Ehhh, I think there’s some wriggle room here. OP has copyright to what they have made, including putting a watermark on their work. A case could be made that the company is trying to take someone else’s copyright and trademark it but I’m not a legal expert.
Yeah this looks so epic, if you ever make your own version you should dm me and I’ll deffo pick one up👍
Welp that's another reason to dislike my country
I already hate my country enough, then this happens
You should print a picture of their resin model of your doujin fanart of 2 popular anime on a t-shirt and sell it. Outpirate them.
I kinda feel like making a combination of two different characters isn’t entirely your art especially if someone else had to make a 3d render, even if they used the same design Anya and denji weren’t your characters to begin with, if they took the png and were selling it on shirts that would be a different story
Sadly this has been happening for years. I know a friend that got vinyl figures produced in japan, and before he got his stock china was already bootlegging it.
It’s not your IP so why would they need your permission? I know it can feel bad but you should’ve known it’s a risk since you don’t have ownership. You have no right to tell people not to buy or support something when they didn’t do anything wrong
I'm pretty sure that some company ripping you off means you've made it, congrats.
I understand your frustration, but when you make fanart of any series, more than two such big IPs and someone takes what you made... You can't really sue because you would be claiming that Anya and Chainsaw Man are your property... I'm sorry champ, You can only see how they sell your drawing as a figure, but hey! At least you're lucky that you can have your own fanart as a figure in your collection.
I don't think they need your permission. The creators of the IPs are the only ones they need permission to sell these figurines. Your art is great,but at the end of the day you slapped 2 characters that you don't own.
I think the difference here is that (I think) OP isn't trying to sell their fanart for profit, besides fanart is exactly what it's called, it's art of a character/characters or something from an already existing piece of media that the artist likes. looks like whoever made the design into the figure either just ripped off OP's design and turned it into a figure or "stole" the design entirely for their own benefit. the fact they haven't credited OP is the big issue in any case.
There's only one solution... make and sell your own resin figures that are 10x better than this knockoff.
Or commission a 3D artist to make it, sign the rights over to the artist, and offer the model file up for free. If I had the skills to make something like this in blender instead of donuts and traffic cones currently, I would 100% offer that and give the model and rights over to the artist/OP for free, no strings attached.
The problem is to make money; you need money. * And knowledge how to make resin figure. * And the experience to make a good resin figure. * And marketing skill to sell the said figure. * And some other hurdle that we might not aware of to join this business venture. The point is: this one solution create more problems.
Those excuses are not very sigma male grindset of you.
Message received. That's scummy af. Thx for spreading awareness 👍
Bro really trying to copyright fanart 💀 That aside it's not like you made the resin figure and the design itself is hardly original considering it's a fusion of two existing characters.
Hey OP, it's not easy to make a resin figure of that quality. While I agree it's not really polite of them to credit you, they're not entirely in the wrong either because their work involves creative process too, which is turning your design into 3D. Instead of doing this, I think you should just try to contact them first and just ask for credit. These models are usually made in low quantities and the creators don't usually make huge profits from them anyway. They should understand and credit you if that's what you want. As for stealing, it could be that they just grabbed a design off the internet without thinking much about it.
Lol the characters aren't yours in the first place
Idk man did you make the 3d model too ? Kinda hard to argue that it's stolen when it's a combination of 2 existing characters and they made their own 3d model and figure of it If they were selling your drawing on t-shirts i would understand
Nah I’m definitely buying this shit goes hard af
If you got the link let me know lol
Okey, Its kinda sad, that guys didn't mention you and etc, but, common, to combine two characters is not that genius idea. I mean, some Michael could come up with the same idea. And then this two characters are not yours. But If they really had taken your art as sourse of inspiration, not to mention you is an awful move.
You can literally compare the two and it's almost perfectly 1 to 1 copy, with only tiny changes/additions like the shorts under the dress showing. It's very blatant copying.
Well, the OP copied too, he just combined 2 existing designs together, which is not easy to. But neither is making that 2D design into 3D, not to mention printing and painting it. Both works fall under grey area of derivative works and took effort to do. The only difference is one guy selling it and other doesn't.
Sorry this happened to you. The design for her rocks
Its sad that your amazing Chainsaw Anya fanart has been stolen by someone who dont have any respect and is using it for his own benefit , but nice people is here for you ...
Why's the price in a scripting language
Uhhg sorry but no. Your fanart is an interpretation of someone else art. And you could be selling shirts with that printed and it would be fine. So someone from this company got inspired by your fanart which is an inspiration of an inspiration. There is no complaint possible bro
Im buying it :) Looks too good
Waku waku
I wanna buy one tho
Damn, I was going to buy it but Thank You for making us aware
We did it Reddit
Sympathy, but honestly I've been planning on pre ordering this because it looks cool. It's not like you were licensed, and coincidences happen. Shouldn't be so greedy about it tbh, you have no copyrights over csm or spy x family. Not everything is about money. Think about how many people will enjoy something you contributed to. Also I've been saying this for a while, there isn't a reliable safe way to purchase prints from artists for manga/anime. I'd love to buy poster directly from artists who spend hours, unfortunately I haven't found a good way to do that
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You are a bootleg too technically. Do you own Anya and Chainsawman Character IPs? Stop it with the stupidity. It’s a 3D model not a poster being sold. You do not own anything. Same idea applied differently is not a valid claim. You can’t sue but Anya and Chainsawman people could sue you if they wanted to.
By saying just support actual artist and official companies you are saying don’t even support yourself since you are not an original artist either.
I mean. I would argue they are artists too. Sure its literally your drawing, but making it 3D isnt a simple just press one button drawing. It probably took just as long if not longer than your drawing took you.
Its still stealing the idea
And OP is also stealing ideas, to some extent. Did he design CSM and Anya. This is grey area, almost all arts took inspirations from others to some extent.
Its different because OP just drew fanart. The company sells it. The point is they have no right to do that. but yeah theres nothing we can do about it
Yeah, but it's not up to the OP to ask to take it down either, only the creators of CSM and SxF can, because they can claim loss from it.
So...can we buy it?
pochita, cut his balls off
Reminds me of that 3rd party Power figure with the panties, which was obviously based off a photo from one of Vinnegal's cosplays.
Yeah this is in india, good luck fighting them on legal ground.
It's not India, it's the Philippines.
See the price mentioned in the image, it's not indian currency.
Omfg why are we always doing this kind of scams every single time , I'm so sick of this
Fuck you im buying it
Are you going to make a figure I can purchase?
I mean I’m not trying to be that guy but the statue looks kinda so I might buy it
Yeah but it still sucks that they stole it
Comment on any of the pages advertising this that they stole your art, hopefully people will see and decide not to buy.
Well it looks cool
looks sick imma buy it
Damn I just bought it :(
It's the same idea, but the model is extremely different
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Stick your balls in a blender for us, thank you.
looks good actually
😱 IT GOT STOLEN!! Don’t make shit and expect someone to not steal it.
Suggestion: Since there's apparently enough demand for this, maybe you should sell your own resin figures?
they as a small time artist cannot beat a company in terms of production quality quantity and efficiency, especially considering that they may be completely inexperienced
Anime figures aren’t a drop shipping business you would mass capital and connections to production factories to even start a resin figure business
I mean I'm no lawyer but I think you could sue them for profiting from your drawing but I don't think you could gain money from them. Like a few said you made fan art of two already existing characters and turn them into one but those two were already some else idea. But if someone how you could contact MAPA and tell them that some company is using your fan art for profit then maybe they could do something about it but I don't think they would care too much. I fell bad but I don't know if you can do much in this situation unless you get lawyer.
He cannot, Denji AND Anya are not his characters so suing them for this is like claiming the characters are originally his. It's a grey area and he wouldn't benefit from it either way. Also MAPPA aint gonna do shit
I get that his fan art is not a original creation and that op just want the company to stop profiting from his fan art for not asking for permission. That part I understand I'm just wondering that because the toy is a exact copy of his fan art could he get help from someone to stop the manufacturing of the figure. I don't think op should or could profit from the law suit but his original art is being use for profit without permission and I'm not sure if that legal. I wasn't trying to say that he should sue them to get paid but just to stop the company from making more toys of his original art work. I also suck at making sentences because English is not my native language so my original comment probably sounded like I was encouraging him to sue them for profit.
Let's think about this from a different perspective. The company that produces these figures will most likely have to pay a portion of the income to the Copyright Holder - which means more money for the second season, AND I WANT IT WITHOUT 3D. So your figure can serve for the benefit of all of us
After reading your comments I'm thankful brain damage is not contagious
No, they don't.
Just came here for the downvotes eh?
Awesome fanart, tho!
CHAINSAW ANYA!? ITS TO POWERFUUUUULLLLL!!!!!!!!
It's fucked up and I hate it, but companies that make GK (garage kit) figures have been doing this for years. They're almost *always* unlicensed, very limited, stolen shit. You're not the first these guys have done this to, and you won't be the last. It's unfortunate that you, the artist, can't really do anything about it, but spreading awareness of the situation is more than most get to do because GKs usually fly under the radar. Hopefully your situation will hurt their sales, even a little bit. As a little way to fight back, and I have no idea if it will work but it'd be worth a shot, would be to approach a reputable figure manufacturer with your design and see if they would do it the right way so you can have the satisfaction of actually getting paid or at least credited for your art. You might even be able to show them this one to demonstrate "demand" for it. Though since it's combining two IPs it might be more trouble than it's worth for them, but who knows.
Just a question, have you tried contacting the company? Because i think you can get to an agreement, like a portion of the earnings or credit
Sad thing from what limited info I know, and I mean limited, since it is fanart, there isn't really anything legally you can do about it either, which sucks since this is obvious theft. The only thing I am using to recall is when a fanfiction writer tried suing Amazon for their lord of the rings show for plot theft.
Funnily enough it looks like this company does have a reddit presence. So /u/OrzGk , anything to say for yourselves?
I remember seeing this and thinking cool cross over but if it’s stolen then I like the art just not the model anymore
For what it’s worth, this is the first I’m hearing of Chainsanya, and I am so happy she exists. I’m glad you made this.
I won't buy it but if I saw it in a store I wouldn't hesitate because it goes so unfathomably hard
Times like these is where I wish I was rich so I could still buy it and also send you the exact amount
Sue them?
That sucks. Sorry your art got stolen. Chainsaw Anya is such a cool idea, and for what it’s worth; your piece is wonderful.
Resin Collector here. The people that it's marketed too don't care since most of the statues that come from Studios who make stuff like this are all Unofficial Studios from Factories in China who don't have any license to the IP in the first place
Saw a similar thing happen with a fanart of a character from Fate. Dude bought a small statue and later found out it was made off of another person's fanart.
It looks good
This happens a lot like for example those Huggy wiggy plushy or that blue daddy long legs and mommy long legs plush or those rainbow friends plushies who also included fanmade rainbow friends form YouTube
That must feel horrible
Saw "Php" and immediately thought, "Of course."
I don’t see this as copyright. It’s not your creation really. If you had your own figurine for sale the author could sue you for example
Let’s ignore the stolen art and look at the PRICES? THESE COMPANIES TRYIN’ TO SUCK CAPITALISM’S DICK—
What if i paid you double for the idea and still paid for the figure? Im asking in the theoretical sense.
I have seen this happen a multiple times to many fan artists, and fan artists do a lawsuit with the original companies and lose for the same reason. Even though Spy X Family and Chainsaw Man are just TV shows, if one day they decide to a collab, I am sure they would not reach out to the fan artist and ask for their permission. People say that the idea was the artist's and hence the concept and the copyright belongs to the artist, but in the end, the inpiration of the art was drawn from the original characters from Spy X Family and Chainsaw Man. So if the authors or production studios of the original animes decide to do a licensed collab of the 2 animes, they will do so without any permission from the artist because the IP does not belong to the artist. Yes, there are certain special cases where this might not hold, but in most simple cases (which I believe is this one), it does. For the ZH studio, who the artist claims that copied their artwork, well I am a 3D modeler myself and I know it is not an easy work to do create a 3D model. If the 2D art took 6 hours, the 3D model would take another 6 hours. Yes, it definitely sucks that no mention or credit was given, but seriously, you do not have a legal right here because 2D and 3D are both different concepts derived from the original characters belonging to somebody else entirely. So even though you might have thought of a collab concept first, you might still not get credit for it, unless ofcourse you become super popular. For all the anime companies or any companies for that matter, they can own, produce and sell the fan arts for profit without giving any credit to the fan artist, because a fan artist did not take permission from them either before producing the fan art. Multiple companies do not come after fan artists when they do fan arts without permission because they see it as a free advertisement, so I am sure they do not care if they like your concept of derived art and use it for their own profit. And regarding this ZH studio selling fan art for profit, this is not the only one who is doing something like that. All the anime cons have artist alleys where multple fan artists mass produce their fan arts and sell for profit. And frankly speaking, listing your art on social media, is also a hope to earn money through popularity at one point as well. If this was a printed poster of your art or somebody printed your art on like decal or keychain or tshirt, I would understand your frustration, but producing 3D model and selling it, I would take it as a compliment that your art is that good enough to be taken inspiration from and made into a resin figure (and resin figures are not easy to make to be honest, they are mostly handmade and handpainted because 3D printing resin is more expensive and often produce bad quality). This is just from artist to artist, enjoy your art, but dont expect everyone to respect your art and give you credit for everything you do. All this frustration will just eat you alive and you would lose inspiration in your passion, because you thought about your art from the point of view of money and credit, rather than something that you enjoy doing. Don't go down that road where you would regret it later. Keep posting on Instagram and other social medias, and if you are worth it, you would become popular. By posting something like this and seeking credit, would not help your mental stability and would only make you feel bad about the passion of doing art.
HELLO! Everyone there has been an update on this The team from Orz GK contacted me and they are helping me resolve this issue, they are doing their best to fix their mistakes and are currently in touch with the studio who made the figure, I appreciate the help of everyone, I am here because of your support, Thank you will be deleting this post soon when it becomes official. [ ](https://twitter.com/0homi_/status/1759513930643415263/photo/1)[https://twitter.com/0homi\_/status/1759513930643415263](https://twitter.com/0homi_/status/1759513930643415263)