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NEWS: Tokyo Babylon 2021 Anime Canceled With Restart Planned, After More Plagiarism Uncovered


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catbot158



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:47 pm Reply with quote
Wow. Good going, Gohands. Guess we'll see what studio they'll get to do the anime, definitely won't come out for a few years at least.
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JennLegacy



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:56 pm Reply with quote
Not looking good for GoHands. I've never seen something like this happen before. Genuinely wondering if they're even going to survive after a PR disaster this big.
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:57 pm Reply with quote
It's like non of Clamp's manga have a proper anime due either original anime content (kobato) or simply get the worst studio (Tsubasa)
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SquadmemberRitsu



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:03 pm Reply with quote
Crisis averted. This project was a disaster waiting to happen. Still recall seeing the excitement drain from a friend's face when I told them GoHands were doing it
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taishou*



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:10 pm Reply with quote
tintor2 wrote:
or simply get the worst studio (Tsubasa)

Take that back, I like Bee Train. Sad Certainly more creatively interesting than gohands.

Anyways, good. Hopefully we'll get a decent studio working on this now. Gohands hasn't made anything remotely decent since K, which was still very flawed.
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JoelBurger





PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:10 pm Reply with quote
Probably the best possible thing that could've happened with the show. Now maybe the characters will actually look like themselves, and it won't look like an eye-searing mess of post-production.
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TichoSlicer



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:12 pm Reply with quote
This is so funny and unbelievable LMAO
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Oggers



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:13 pm Reply with quote
tintor2 wrote:
It's like non of Clamp's manga have a proper anime due either original anime content (kobato) or simply get the worst studio (Tsubasa)


Cardcaptor Sakura and Magic Knight Rayearth turned out fine. Though that's likely because the members of CLAMP were pretty involved with the anime adaptations of both.

That said, this particular anime felt doomed from the beginning. In the previews it barely looked or felt like a CLAMP work at all, and the fact that it was from the studio behind Hand Shakers, an anime that's known for giving people nausea just from watching it, didn't give me much hope either. It's a shame that there's been so many problems with this production, especially with plagiarism.
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MagicPolly



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:14 pm Reply with quote
Damn, sucks that it's being delayed even more but hopefully we'll get a better studio that Gohands to do it instead.
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Hiroki not Takuya



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:27 pm Reply with quote
Wow! Did GoHands really think that they could get away with plagiarism because they had big enough backers for this? Hope they just go away now, there are much better CGI studios...
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#Bird_Black



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:31 pm Reply with quote
Wow. Talk about crisis averted. Weird to be happy about an anime getting canceled, yet here we are.

I doubt we'll ever get the details on what else was stolen, but I'd love to know!
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:41 pm Reply with quote
Maybe when they restart this they can ditch the idea of this taking place in modern day. I'd prefer if it took place at the time it was written, in the early 90s.
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Hiroki not Takuya



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:47 pm Reply with quote
#Bird_Black wrote:
...I doubt we'll ever get the details on what else was stolen, but I'd love to know!
I'd be willing to bet it was way more than two designs. My daughter also informs that you don't mess with Volks, they are international, copywrite literally every detail and they have successfully sued for much less. That could be a big reason for the action, they have deep pockets and that was an absolute copy (forget "inspired by").


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norbjunior



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:47 pm Reply with quote
I'm annoyed that we have to wait longer but I'm hopeful that it'll maybe actually look like CLAMP!!
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Abraham Omosun



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:52 pm Reply with quote
#Bird_Black wrote:
Wow. Talk about crisis averted. Weird to be happy about an anime getting canceled, yet here we are.

I doubt we'll ever get the details on what else was stolen, but I'd love to know!


Saw this on twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/otomebunny/status/1376348534400643074. Can someone confirm them?
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