Hi, everyone. Just sharing a random thought I had today. I actually realized this a while ago, but I only decided to post my thoughts on it now.

Three or four years ago, I was working on original character designs for fun. One of them was an animal familiar that resembled a ringo usagi (a cute apple bunny sometimes included in a bento). It was just a fleeting idea brought about during my brainstorming session and was abandoned for a long while, though I still occasionally considered it during my search for a cute fictional animal character design. I still couldn't find a good design for that concept though.

Then, about a year or so ago, I came across a picture of a cute Pokemon called Victini. According to one Pokemon profile website, Victini's design was based on an apple bunny. I was a bit surprised that the guys that created Pokemon had the same idea as me. (And slightly miffed that they managed to come up with and present the design before I did. )

Well, I suppose it's not THAT surprising in retrospect. The apple bunny is a fairly well-known item in Japan. Still, I never thought someone else would think of trying to create a character out of it like I did.

I think there was a similar incident to this a while ago, only for a fanfic instead of a character design. I forgot what it was though.

Ah, well. I guess I'll just have to keep striving to come up with some great ideas. ^_^