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11659515 No.11659515 [Reply] [Original]

Does ZUN get royalties from Figma and the like?

>> No.11659549

He doesn't get any from anywhere.

>> No.11659555

I'm pretty sure he gets nothing. At best people might send him a figure for free.

>> No.11659568

Why wouldn't he get anything?

>> No.11659569

>>11659555
He had a bunch of fumos and other merchandise in his apartment/studio last I saw. Its pretty cute.

>> No.11659575
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11659575

>According to Twilight Frontier (as they help ZUN in matters related to online shopping), White Canvas did not pay royalties on product sales. ZUN also noted that they began to produce some Touhou-related products without permission from Team Shanghai Alice. According to ZUN, this violates the current version of the Terms of Use on using Touhou in commercially produced merchandise.

http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/White_Canvas_Case

Remember to only purchase authorized goods, /jp/!

>> No.11659579

zun is f*cking retarded
he doesn't want to sell his games outside of events then cries when people pirate it

>> No.11659583

>>11659579
>>>/fk/

>> No.11659597

>>11659579
>>>/g/
>>>/pol/

>> No.11659602

>>11659583
>>11659597
>bohoo the mean anonymous is saying TRUTHS

>> No.11659614

>>11659602
Who are you citing?

>> No.11659622 [DELETED] 

>>11659614
>huh............?

>> No.11659673

>>11659579

That's because ZUN is a dumb gook who would rather be "honorable" and be miserable working every day when he had the potential for unlimited financial freedom and time to do whatever he wants.

>> No.11659952

>>11659673
But it's WRONG to want money!

I should know, I was raised middle-class and I support charities and stuff!

>> No.11660407

>>11659549
Wait for real? but there's so many companies doing Touhou stuff!
Why's he such a dumby?

Do we have any nips on /jp/? please track down ZUN and axe him how much his buttocks are being warmed by the goldmine he's sitting on

I'd give anything for more 2hu Figmas, but there's no chance they're gonna make anymore I think, especially not with MF focusing on Kancolle
Guess the Nendos sell better, cause they haven't stopped those releases yet

>> No.11660425

>>11660407
It's known that he has an actual job and that touhou is more of a hobby to him. One of the reasons there's an abundance of third party stuff is because they're able to make them without worrying about having action taken against them.

I think he's a good person because of this. If I was able to, I would do the same.

>> No.11660755

>>11659549
I like to believe he gets a few here and there out of good will.

I can't picture people and companies not giving him some money or even a bit of free merchandise, while they mooch off his creations.

>> No.11660758

He probably sold them the rights and got a one time payment.

>> No.11662263

>>11660425
>It's known that he has an actual job
I didn't know this, what does he do exactly?

>> No.11662272

>>11662263
He works at square-enix
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/09/27/valkyrie-profile-star-ocean-and-tohou-crossover-in-square-enix-arcade-game/

>> No.11662278

I can't imagine why ZUN would be angry about people pirating his games. People will still buy all the copies he decides to put out on the market, and people who would otherwise be unable to play them will become interested without him having to make any physical copies.

I imagine ZUN gets a good amount of charitable donations for appearances, interviews and his massive fanbase, in addition to whatever he does to pay the bills.

>> No.11662371

>>11660755
>out of good will

It's called copyright law, actually.

You know, he could just stop anyone from (legally) distributing all Touhou derivative works one day. He neither wants to do it nor gains anything from it, but he has every right to do it.

He tells people selling commercial Touhou goods to seek his personal approval before doing so. It's not hard to read between the lines here.

>>11662263
He's writing manga and columns for commercial magazines, that alone qualifies as a job, I'd assume, a person could certainly live off that alone.

>> No.11662385

>>11660755
>I can't picture people and companies not giving him some money or even a bit of free merchandise, while they mooch off his creations.

I can see that quite well. Why give money to that guy if he doesn't do anything if you don't? EA will sue your ass if you use their creations while ZUN sits around drinking more beer.

>> No.11662401

>>11662371
Yes and if more assholes underappreciate his games he can stop making games altogether.

>> No.11662405

You bet he gets.

Doujin products are royalty-free but commercial products not so.

>> No.11662437

>>11662371
>>11662263
I thought he worked at taito? Or was that a while ago?

>> No.11662465

>>11662437
A long while ago. He quit some time before MoF.

>> No.11662479

>>11662371
Doesn't he also work as a programmer there and there too?

>> No.11662510

for future reference, figma is a product line not a company, the company is max factory

>> No.11662569

>>11662510
You can keep telling people that until you die.

>> No.11666172

>>11662510
figma is a term used to decribe Japanese figures, you mormon

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