Game Freak's statement that it has entrusted the window for Pokémon character copyright within Japan to ShoPro, and that it does not grant permission on its own judgement

How it’s built

1. Read from the raw page of Game Freak's contact page, which routes merchandise and official-image requests to ShoPro's licence contact.

What we assumed

Nothing. The figure is used as published.

Sanity check

The statement speaks for Game Freak only; neither Creatures nor Nintendo publishes a similar routing, and TPC's own licensing pages do not mention ShoPro.

The value

• entrusted to 小学館集英社プロダクション; Game Freak does not license on its own judgement

Where it comes from

The line in the source

国内におけるポケモンキャラクターの著作権管理窓口を下記へ委託しております。ライセンスビジネスに混乱をきたさないためにも、弊社だけの判断で許諾することは行っておりません。

In English

We have entrusted the domestic Pokémon-character copyright management window to the party below. To avoid confusing the licensing business, we do not grant permission on our own judgement alone.

Where it’s used

• StoryBrand