Why do you suspect it's plagiarized work? I don't know where it comes from but Kyoto Animation posted it on Facebook.

@banana_girl said:

Why do you suspect it's plagiarized work? I don't know where it comes from but the Kyoto Animation posted it on Facebook.

很抱歉我现在已经无法提供最先控诉这个问题的SNS地址了，但目前还能从这一篇微博贴文中（中文）看到关于这次海报涉嫌抄袭的事件的总结。

总的来说就是，2019年5月，中国上映了电影《海蒂和爷爷》（Heidi），在中国发行这部电影的代理商使用了这样的一张海报。

当时的一些媒体，在报道关于这部电影的新闻时，也有使用了这张海报作为配图（注意这些文章的时间戳）

https://www.sohu.com/a/313553014_115239

https://weibo.com/7001245657/HtXWzfNcB

这是这张海报原作者，贴出的无文字版本（留意时间戳）

https://weibo.com/3155084025/J4dnRfRNh

而电影《紫罗兰永恒花园外传》是2019年9月才在日本正式上映，中国上映的时间是2020年1月。这是这张海报，涉嫌抄袭的一些理由（中文）。

另外，你说的那个Facebook群组，它不属于京都动画公司官方，只是一个粉丝社区。虽然它使用了这张海报，但不代表它了解这次涉嫌抄袭争议的事件，在中国SNS的争论。

I'm sorry that I can't provide the SNS address that first complained about this problem, but you can still learn the summary of the suspected plagiarism of the poster from this Weibo post (Chinese).

In general, in May 2019, the film Heidi was released in China, and the agent distributing the film in China used such a poster.

Some media at that time also used this poster as a picture when reporting the news about the film (pay attention to the time stamp of these articles)

https://www.sohu.com/a/313553014_115239

https://weibo.com/7001245657/HtXWzfNcB

This is the original author of the poster of the film Heidi, which is posted in a wordless version. (third picture) (pay attention to the time stamp)

The film "Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll" was officially released in Japan in September 2019 and in China in January 2020.

This is the summary (Chinese) of some reasons for suspected plagiarism of this poster.

In addition, the Facebook group you mentioned does not belong to the official of Kyoto animation company, but a fan community. Although they used this poster, it does not mean that they understand the alleged plagiarism dispute and the debate on SNS in China.

（machine translate）

Thanks for the explanation, but I can't access the "wx4.sinaimg.cn" images you posted.

If I understand correctly: this is an official poster, but the issue is the design is similar to a previously released poster?

@banana_girl said:

Thanks for the explanation, but I can't access the "wx4.sinaimg.cn" images you posted.

If I understand correctly: this is an official poster, but the issue is the design is similar to a previously released poster?

没错。另外，我重新上传了图片，这次应该能看到了。

you 're right. In addition, I uploaded the picture again. I think you should be able to see it this time. (machine translate)

Did the artists go to court? I'm not qualified to judge whether this is plagiarism.

@banana_girl said:

Did the artists go to court? I'm not qualified to judge whether this is plagiarism.

很遗憾并没有，在中国，涉及创意抄袭的事件，打官司不是一件容易的事情。

另外，这张涉嫌抄袭的海报在事发后，代理商也放弃了对它的使用，改用了与其它地区一致的海报，所以这次事情之后没有再在过多讨论。

Unfortunately not. In China, it is not easy to file a lawsuit for creative plagiarism.

In addition, after the incident, the agent also gave up the use of the poster suspected of plagiarism and changed to a poster consistent with that in other regions, so there was no too much discussion after this incident. (machine translate)

Can you find a watermarkless version of the poster? We could at least changed the main Chinese poster.

@banana_girl said:

Can you find a watermarkless version of the poster? We could at least changed the main Chinese poster.

https://mega.nz/file/ItpmHB6S#FF71AEW5ABWSfsPkclEKsB1B_qknodTKxATbRhQhB-Q

🙏

Perfect, thanks! Feel free to the poster and the old one.