| ZUN announced a new edition of the guidelines for secondary creations of Touhou Project. The following businesses are newly banned: 1. Sales of 2D animations (3D CGI works and slide shows with effects are excluded.) 2. Sales of games via Xbox 360 Indie Games 3. Sales of works via App Store and Android Market 4. Sales of works that exceed the range of dojin distribution (e.g. oversea download services) 5. Works of excessive sexual depictions and works that would slander a particular person, group or race that are extremely socially inappropriate. As for the works which had been announced before the announcement of the new guidelines, ZUN left the decision up to the creators whether they will release their works. It should be noted that the standard distribution of doujin works through channels such as Comiket or Reitaisai is pretty much unaffected. Anyone interested in selling commercial works involving Touhou must contact ZUN directly for permission. Sources: Kourindou, ZUN's tweet |
NaruleachFeb 16, 2011 12:25 AM
| here comes banning spree~ |
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| Good luck ZUN. It's out of control and there's really not much you can do about it now. |
| I smell a fanart ban coming like Archie Comics in the US. |
HoppyFeb 14, 2011 8:04 AM
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| What the...? He's sober for once or what? |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| ok... only concern is the game |
| oh boy here comes trouble |
| Here it comes... |
dtshyk said: 5. Works that contain illegal sexual expressions, slanders, and other socially inappropriate descriptions. NOOOOOOOOoooooooo! |
leeahseng said: Defiantly concur with this statement! |
| IOSYS ;__; And Yellow Zebra's M-1... |
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| Place your bets that ZUN is secretly working with a certain leisure destroying governor? |
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| People will just pirate his stuff. |
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| Meh in my opinion the secondary crap wasn't really worth following. As long as he keeps pumping out the bullet hell i'll keep supporting him. |
| Maybe he has plans for upcoming projects in those markets and doesn't want competition. Alternatively, he probably just wants royalties. |
| Why would you do that? |
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| Well I guess banning stuff is the latest fad in Japan. It just doesn't make sense why they ban things that seem to make money. |
| won't matter, indie game's aren't accessible where I am. |
icekatana8825 said: Damnit zun, why? Because people are making money off of their creations? Nobody is banning the right to make fan fictions or worthless crap like that, they're banning the selling of them, which already is illegal. You can't sell merchandise featuring Mickey Mouse for the same reason. |
| I hope this will wake people up. Leave Touhou to rot as ZUN runs it into the ground. Like it or not, the fandom is what spurred the cult following it obtained and made it what is today. Despite that, ZUN treats his fans like crap. |
Bronove said: dtshyk said: 5. Works that contain illegal sexual expressions, slanders, and other socially inappropriate descriptions. NOOOOOOOOoooooooo! yeah but dtshyk said: 5. Works that contain illegal sexual expressions, slanders, and other socially inappropriate descriptions. Whats would be an illegal sexual expression in a work of fiction. And for those who find loli's questionable i was under the impression that the touhou girls are rather quite old. |
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| "Works that contain illegal sexual expressions, slanders, and other socially inappropriate descriptions." Does not concern doujin, only commercial stuff. Source (ZUNs twitter): http://twitter.com/korindo/status/37079810731679745 Basically what all these guidelines says is that touhou is doujin only, nothing no one should make money from. So basically... This does not concern any of us at all in any way. |
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| Isnt it already illigal to sell this stuff for money???? So does this even matter???? |
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| There are only two logical reasons for this: 1. Someone took away ZUN's alcohol 2. Someone is bribing ZUN with alcohol |
| whoa....just saw his pic... his last will? |
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."  |
| i wonder if they decided that they didnt like making money... |
     "If only if only, the woodpecker cried, the bark on the tree was as soft as the sky" || ♪My mind, heart is broken♫ |
| Gensokyo.org just translated the whole message: http://www.gensokyo.org/archives/1682#more-1682 They also translated his twitter message: ZUN has added some updates to questions on his Twitter account (posted here in chronological order). 過剰な性的表現というのは法に引っかかる程度です。当然ですが日本の法律には準拠してください “[Don't make] Excessive sexual depictions” basically means don’t run afoul of the law. Naturally, I’d like all creators to respect the laws of Japan. 企業はエロイものは今までも許可していませんし、今出ている同人作品で内容的に不味いと思ったものは特にありませんのでご心配なく。明文化しただけです I’ve never before authorized commercial porn before, and I’ve never really been that bothered by the contents of any doujin I’ve seen, so don’t worry. I just had to make the stipulation. 前から聞かれることが多い質問ですが、公式でアニメ製作に関わったなんて今まで一度も無いですよー。予定もないですよー。余裕もあるもんですか I’ve been asked this question a lot, but I’ve never been officially involved in an anime production before! And I’m not planning on it! Not like I have the time. So, reports of the death of Touhou erodoujin are greatly exaggerated. See, nothing to worry about. People freak out for so little these days. |
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| Oh, Zun... You crazy mofo. |
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| The thing that made me wonder was the thing about overseas download and online sales. What exactly is that supposed to mean? If all this really is isolated to the commercial sector, I have a feeling this might have at least *a little* to do with ufotable. Just a gut response, though. Being 'limited to doujin range' is hazy. Some of the booksellers carry doujin circles and ship overseas, after all. If it does get applied to doujin in this case, then it would mean that only doujin sold at Comiket or Reitaisai, et al. is permitted? |
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| And nothing of value was lost. |
| Why, zun, why... ? |
| yup, it is banning he sales, not the production. |
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| I agree wiith the drunk guy. He sure got hope tough. |
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| I think most people misread this, don't think he is banning the doujin stuff just the real inappropriate ones and preventing people from selling to a large range of people via internet or whatever. |
renjikuchiki1 said: wow, now we have to fear censorship on both sides of creativity, from the government, and from the author.... pretty soon we aren't going to have anything left... He's not censoring people this is basic copyright law. You can still make secondary materials but you cannot sell them for profit nothing will change unless you sell your material. |
| So basically, I won't get my Touhou anime, ever?! OH NOEEES |
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ScrewBall said: Maikaze shouldn't be affected it they don't sell it for money.Meh, the only thing that really worries me about this announcement is how it affects the Maikaze anime. Other than that, everything in there is fine. |
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