2023/01/15
The 8th Field Army issues a press release explaining that "the design of the armband of the Armored 564 Brigade is inspired from a Japanese manga artist"
Press release of the 8th Field Army Command
Time: January 15, 2023 at 21:40
The 564th Armored Brigade of the Army recently commissioned the design of armbands to be issued and worn by its officers and soldiers to encourage morale and honor of servicemen. The manufacturer used a creation of Japanese cartoonist Mr. Motofumi Kobayashi as the inspiration for the design, which has sparked controversy.
After getting in touch with the original creator, Mr. Motofumi Kobayashi, the copyright agent in Taiwan, Mr. Wang Zuo-rong, Cangbi Publishing, and the product developer and designer of Military Connection, Mr. Liu Hsue-qian, Mr. Kobayashi had expressed his understanding and enthusiastically revised the design as a gesture of goodwill and friendship to Taiwan. He hopes his work can help build ties with Taiwanese friends, and that his rabbit design becomes a symbol of peace and friendship between the military and civilian worlds of Taiwan and Japan in the Year of the Rabbit.
Spokesman for the 8th Field Army Command
Major General, Lou Wei-jie 0965-295265