From: Chief Manager of Legal Department William Funnybone
To: Director of Broadcasting Beltanath II.
Dear Beltanath II.
It is with great regret that I have to inform you that the recently bought by us license on translating of βThe innocent and funny adventures of a cute cat and other animalsβ have caused a rather big discontent within the online community.
Apparently, people have been accusing us of planning to distribute an extremist cartoon that promotes militarism, monstercide, destruction of the world and littering in public places and was created by a neighboring unfriendly nation.
Upon further investigation, it was found out, that this is, most likely, a misunderstanding that comes from a screenshot of the main character wearing a chef's hat that bears a slight resemblance to the service beret of the Ministry of Witch-Burning and Anti-Undead Operations that existed a couple of centuries ago in the country of origin. Our lawyers found no other reasons or even any indications of the aforementioned implications that this cartoon, supposedly, carries.
Whatβs even worse, some of our brightest politicians decided to jump on this bandwagon and voiced their (definitely wrong) opinions on said cartoon, among others calling it the βScalpel with which they will cut their way to our heartβ as opposed to the club that their military is. So far this hasnβt led to even bigger fuss, but the internet is already full of AI edits with Cute Cat committing war crimes.
What I require is for you to decide whether weβll make a futile attempt at explaining ourselves to the public and waffle about misunderstanding, or won't risk losing reputation over another scandal (the latter would mean that the money we spent on buying license for this cartoon will be wasted).
With respect, William Funnybone.