SIE Japan Asia removes this video clip because of this legal conflict where the company is accused of taking content from other films and series.
Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia has removed its recent promotional video from PlayStation 4 on the occasion of the impending Christmas campaign. This video, called Winter Mix, included animation sequences that, according to the allegations, include content apparently stolen from other Japanese animated films and series.
The spot was directed by Canadian director Kevin Bao, who has been accused of plagiarizing some of the sequences or, directly, borrowing materials without permission, which the affected parties consider a robbery. Sony, before the accusations, has removed the video from its official channels.
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As Eurogamer collects, the video broadcast this past November 29 included sequences from the popular Steven Universe series, owned by the Cartoon Network. Also, the Japanese anime FLCL and the Souviens Ten-Zan studio. But that's not all, there is also material taken from the French school of Gobelins students, from which great talents of international recognition usually emerge.
SIE Japan Asia has not issued any official statement in this regard, nor has it granted statements: it has merely deleted the video. Kevin Bao, meanwhile, has not made public statements. In his curriculum there are awards at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and at the London International Animation Festival.
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– Thomas Weeden (@Thomas_Weeden) December 4, 2019
In that video, already retired, appeared a total of 16 video games; some already on sale and others still to come to the catalog during the next months of 2020: Final Fantasy VII Remake, FIFA 20, Persona 5 Royal, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, Death Stranding, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Nioh 2 , Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Project Sakura Wars and Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. On the other hand, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Ocean: First Departure R, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV, Fairy Tail and Dragon Quest X: Ibara no Miko to Horobiru no Kami Online.
Currently related to PlayStation in Japan we find the winners of the PlayStation Awards 2019, a gala where they also commemorated the twenty-five years of PlayStation brand history. Among all the winners we find the Platinum Prize – games that accumulate more than one million copies sold – where we have God of War, NieR: Automata, Red Dead Redemption 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man and Kingdom Hearts III.
