When a tweep pointed out striking similarities between the series Churails opening sequence and French illustrator Malika Favre’s artwork. After a month of silence,Asim Abbasi addressed the issue finally, claiming responsibility and accepting the oversight on his part. He shares his view that “Due to an oversight by the production house, the animation studio was provided the said artwork and given the authorisation to use it,” He further added, “I strongly believe that the rights of all artists must be protected and upheld at all times and would like to personally apologise for this oversight.” Adding more he said, “It broke all of us into a million little pieces, physically, mentally and emotionally,”
Half a minute into the web series #churails and I spot some blatant plagiarism in the opening credits. @malikafavre’s powerful illustration has been quite conveniently ripped off. @nytopinion @nytimes @NewYorker pic.twitter.com/SNtF22eCGd
— Amna Tariq (@amna_tq) August 20, 2020