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NFT project Oldeus accused of stealing art from Arknight’s Cutscene
Oldeus is the latest NFT project to be accused of stealing artwork. Fans of the mobile gacha game, Arknights alleged that Oldeus copied animations from the game’s animated cutscene. The accusations came after Oldeus recently released a 21-second trailer featuring characters from the project. Let’s take a closer look at what Arknights fans are saying.
About Oldeus’ NFT project allegedly roasting Arknight’s artwork
On January 5, Oldeus released a trailer for the NFT project’s reveal date. However, many Twitter users pointed out the video’s similarities to the Roaring Flare animated cutscene from Arknights. A real-time 3D RPG, Chinese video game development company Hypergryph developed the game.
“Another example of NFT being so pathetic it can’t even make its own trailer without tracking existing ones,” one user tweeted.
ONE Reddit post on Arknight’s subreddit also highlighted the issue. “This project copied the Arknight Amiya Guard cutscene,” it said. “And they sell NFT by copying and pirating.”
Oldeus NFT reacts to the claims
After Arknights fans called out the NFT project, Oldeus responded to the claims in a Twitter thread. Apparently, the team hired “high-quality creators” who have previously worked in manga and anime projects such as Arknights.
“Plagiarism was never our intention. We wanted to take inspiration and recreate Arknights’ trailer – it’s an impressive piece that matches the standards we want to reach, the project added. “But we recognize that the similarity is too great and that the criticism is justified.”
Furthermore, they promised to focus on originality to build “Oldeus’ unique voice and image”. They also shared WIP files to prove that the trailer was produced from scratch. Finally, the Oldeus team added that they are in contact with the Arknights team to “address any concerns they may have.” However, the Arknights have yet to release any statements.
