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The daki guru has returned for another anti-bootleg post ✌🏻

And boy, it’s a long one.

AnimeDakimakuraPillow (also known as ADP) is the most famous bootlegger of anime body pillows in the Western sphere. This is the company you’ll always see when you look up the keywords “__ dakimakura” and/or “__ anime body pillow,” in which the blanks represent a franchise or character.

They’re also known for reaching out to YouTubers who base their brand on anime to review their subpar products. The cases and inner pillows they send to these reviewers are better quality than one’s you’re more likely to receive when actually ordering them.

My Experience

Two years ago I ordered one of their grand Siberian inner pillows, and paid extra money to have it stuffed more so that it doesn’t flop around like in the review videos.

These are the options I chose. $120 total. The one I received was... disappointing. It was as floppy as it would’ve been if I hadn’t paid the extra $20 for more stuffing.

Proof of price difference:

I apologize that I don’t have pictures of the pillow; it was 2 years ago, as I mentioned, and I wasn’t aware of ADP’s thievery and fraudulent business until the middle of 2019.

ADP’s History of Stealing Designs:

It came to my attention mid-2019 that ADP frequently steals designs from daki artists via low resolution screenshots they take from, say, Google images or the original product site, and tracing over the lines for sharper printing. Here’s an example of them tracing someone else’s work:

As labeled, the original is on the right, and ADP’s knockoff (see the watermarks?) is on the left.

Here’s their full watermark on one of the other products on their site shown below.

Sayori is the artist behind the Nekopara games, and subsequently the artist of their merch the company they work for (Denpasoft) releases to promote the games.

Here’s another example of them taking someone else’s work.

This is Cuddly Octopus’ Mashu design, drawn by Ayul.

This is Ayul’s Pixiv page for proof of creation. (I colored the surrounding pieces bc they were bordering on N/SFW)

Aaaand.... the same design on ADP’s website, below.

It’s been discussed on the Dakimakuras discord chat that Cuddly Octopus has given NO consent for this design to be sold on their store. CO commissions these artists like the Ayul shown above to create designs for their shop.

(If anyone needs screenshots of this particular piece of proof, just ask!)

Some of CO’s other designs are currently being sold on ADP’s site as well. I can screenshot more comparisons of websites, including the original artist if requested to do so!

Ta-ta!💞 Coconut (from CO) bids you farewell and a lovely night uwu

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