This just proves you have to be careful when it comes to how and what you draw. According to ANN, Kodansha is being fined 550,000 yen (roughly $6,300 US) because they used a photo of a real person as a basis for a likeness drawn in the October 21st edition of Zero-sen, a manga currently running in the Weekly Shonen Magazine.
The character drawn was labeled as the leader of a VIP car gang called Oraora. The plantiff actually runs a real-life company that sells clothing in the Oraora-kei style, which is a fashion movement that features looks like highly stylized hair and sunglasses. I bet he had no trouble spotting himself!
Lesson learned, kids -- Don't copy out of magazines. Use your imagination! (or have a lot of money handy to pay off your court costs).
The character drawn was labeled as the leader of a VIP car gang called Oraora. The plantiff actually runs a real-life company that sells clothing in the Oraora-kei style, which is a fashion movement that features looks like highly stylized hair and sunglasses. I bet he had no trouble spotting himself!
Lesson learned, kids -- Don't copy out of magazines. Use your imagination! (or have a lot of money handy to pay off your court costs).














