1. These Entry Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) shall apply to any person (hereinafter referred to as the “Entrant”) who intends to enter the GUILTY GEAR-STRIVE- Digital Figure Photo Contest (hereinafter referred to as the “Contest”) organized by ARC SYSTEM WORKS CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”). Entrants shall agree to these Terms before entering the Contest.
2. These Terms set forth the conditions for entry into the Contest. All Entrants who have entered the Contest shall comply with these Terms and shall be subject to the conditions set forth in these Terms in accordance with their age, usage environment, and other conditions.
The terms used in these Terms shall be defined as follows:
1. Company: The Company, its officers, employees, subsidiaries, and other affiliated companies of the Company.
2. Digital Figure Work: Screenshot of a digital figure created using the digital figure mode in the Guilty Gear -Strive- game by a person who intends to enter the Contest, in a format separately specified by the Company.
3. Entrant: A person who has submitted a Digital Figure Work to the Contest in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 (Entry Procedures), Paragraph 1.
4. Submitted Work: Digital Figure Work submitted to the Contest by an Entrant.
5. Winning Work: Submitted Work that has been selected by the Company as an award-winning work in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 (Judging and Announcement), Paragraph 1, and other provisions of these Terms.
6. Winner: The Entrant who submitted the Submitted Work selected as a Winning Work.
7. Prize: Commemorative goods and other items produced using the Winning Work and distributed to the Winner by the Company.
1. The Contest is an event in which the Company solicits entries of Digital Figure Works from users worldwide for its fighting game title GUILTY GEAR-STRIVE-, judges them with a judging team composed of the Company and a third party designated by the Company, and recognizes some of the Digital Figure Works as Winning Works.
2. The schedule of the Contest is as follows:
a. Contest Period: October 9, 2025 October 26, 2025
b. Result Announcement: Scheduled for December 2025
1. A person who intends to enter the Contest may enter the Contest by the entry method separately specified by the Company.
2. A person who intends to enter the Contest shall agree to the following matters in addition to these Terms:
a. In the event that their Submitted Work is selected as a Winning Work, the Company will publish the said Submitted Work, X (formerly Twitter) account name, ID, and other matters on the Company’s official website and other media.
b. In the event that their Submitted Work is selected as a Winning Work, they will notify the Company of the work number of the said Submitted Work.
c. In the event that their Submitted Work is selected as a Winning Work, the Company will create prizes and other products using the said Submitted Work and distribute them.
d. The Company will use the Submitted Work for its advertising, promotion, and other promotional activities.
3. Entry to the Contest is free of charge.
4. Only Digital Figure Works that fall under all of the following items may be submitted to the Contest:
a. Works created by the Entrant themselves and for which the Entrant holds all intellectual property rights, including copyrights.
b. Screenshots taken by the Entrant themselves (excluding images taken by directly photographing a television screen).
c. Screenshots of the preceding item that have not been altered, processed, edited etc.
d. Works not created as part of the business of a company, enterprise, or other organization.
e. Works that have not been submitted to other contests.
f. Works for which no claim of infringement of rights has been made by a third party prior to entry in the Contest.
5. Entry to the Contest may be made with Digital Figure Work from Article 1.
6. A person under legal guardianship may only enter the Contest if the entry is made by their legal guardian. A minor, a person under curatorship, or a person under assistance may only enter the Contest if the entry is made by their legal guardian, or if they have obtained the consent of their legal guardian, curator, or assistant to enter the Digital Figure Work in the Contest.
1. A person who intends to submit a Digital Figure Work to the Contest shall, at their own expense and responsibility, prepare the necessary equipment, communication means, and transportation means for entry.
2. Communication costs necessary for submitting a Digital Figure Work to the Contest shall be borne by the person who intends to enter.
1. Japanese Copyrights (including the rights stipulated in Articles 27 and 28 of the Copyright Act), trademark rights, design rights, and other intellectual property rights and the right to register these rights related to the Submitted Work shall be transferred from the Entrant to the Company at the time the Entrant submits the Submitted Work to the Contest. However, if the Company designates a specific third party as the transferee of the said rights, the said rights shall be transferred to the said third party.
2. The Entrant shall not exercise moral rights of author or other personal rights with respect to the Submitted Work against the Company, its business partners, the third party designated by the Company pursuant to the preceding paragraph, or any other person.
3. Even after submitting the Submitted Work to the Contest, the Entrant may publish the Submitted Work on social media, blogs, and other internet media for non-commercial purposes.
4. The Entrant may not claim consideration for the transfer of rights under Paragraph 1.
5. The Entrant warrants that the Submitted Work does not infringe on the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of any third party.
6. In the event that the Entrant breaches the warranty of the preceding paragraph and a problem arises, such as a claim of copyright infringement from another third party against the Company or the third party designated by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 1, the Entrant shall resolve the said problem at their own expense and responsibility and shall take appropriate measures to ensure that no disadvantage, burden, or damage is caused to the Company.
1. The Company will judge the Submitted Works that meet the requirements stipulated in Article 4 (Entry Procedures), Paragraph 4, and other provisions of these Terms, and select the Winning Works.
2. The Company may exclude from the judging of the preceding paragraph any Submitted Work that falls under any of the following items:
a. Works that violate these Terms.
b. Submitted Works submitted by an Entrant who has unfollowed the Company’s official account or deleted the tweet related to the submission of the Submitted Work by the time of the announcement of the Contest results as stipulated in Article 3 (Content of the Contest), Paragraph 2, Item 2.
c. Works that infringe on the intellectual property rights, honor, credibility, likeness, privacy, or other rights of a third party.
d. Works that violate public order and morals.
e. In addition to the preceding items, any work that the Company deems inappropriate.
3. The announcement of the Winning Works will be made on the Company’s official website or by any other method designated by the Company.
4. After the announcement of the Winning Works, the Company will contact the Winners regarding their award by direct message from GUILTY GEAR OFFICIAL (@GUILTYGEAR_PR) or by any other method.
5. In the following cases, the Company may revoke the selection of a Submitted Work that has been selected as a Winning Work:
a. If it is discovered after the announcement of the Winning Works that the said Submitted Work falls under any of the reasons in Paragraph 2.
b. If the Winner does not respond to the direct message or other notification from the Company regarding the award within a reasonable period.
c. In addition to the preceding items, if the Company deems it inappropriate to select the said Submitted Work as a Winning Work after the announcement of the Winning Works.
1. Prizes will be distributed to the Winners.
2. The prizes will be shipped to the Winners using the EMS (International Express Mail) service provided by Japan Post Co., Ltd.
3. The scheduled shipping time for the prizes to the Winners is after late December 2025.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 1, in the following cases, the Company may not distribute the prize to the Winner:
a. If it is discovered after the announcement of the Winning Works that the Submitted Work related to the Winning Work falls under any of the reasons in the preceding Article (Judging and Announcement), Paragraph 2.
b. If the Winner does not respond to the direct message or other notification from the Company regarding the distribution of the prize within a reasonable period.
c. If it is necessary to ship to a country or region other than the countries and regions where shipping is possible by the shipping method specified in Paragraph 2.
d. In addition to the preceding items, if the Company deems it inappropriate to distribute the prize to the Winner.
5. Prizes shall also be used for advertising, promotion, and other promotional purposes of the Company.
Any contact or notification from the Company to an Entrant or Winner shall become effective upon transmission from the Company.
1. The Company prohibits the following acts in connection with entry into the Contest:
a. Acts that violate laws or ordinances.
b. Acts that violate Terms.
c. Acts that infringe or may infringe on the intellectual property rights, patent rights, utility model rights, design rights, trademark rights, copyrights, portrait rights of the Company and third parties.
d. Acts that unjustly damage the honor, rights, or credibility of others or are likely to do so.
e. Criminal acts, acts that lead to criminal acts, acts that encourage them, or acts that are likely to do so.
f. Acts of entering the Contest by impersonating a third party, such as by using the account of another Entrant.
g. Acts that cause or are likely to cause disadvantage or damage to the Company or a third party.
h. Acts that damage the credibility of the Company or the Contest or are likely to do so.
i. Acts that are likely to have a negative impact on the mental and physical health and sound development of young people.
j. Acts that are contrary to public order and morals or are likely to be so.
k. In addition to the preceding items, any act that the Company deems inappropriate.
2. If the Company determines that an Entrant’s act falls under any of the items in Paragraph 1, it may, without prior notice, take some or all of the following measures:
a. Refusal of entry to the Contest.
b. Exclusion from the Contest judging.
c. Revocation of selection as a Winning Work.
d. Suspension of prize distribution.
e. In addition to the preceding items, any other measures that the Company reasonably deems necessary.
The Entrant may not, without the prior written consent of the Company, assign, transfer, set as security, or otherwise dispose of all or part of their status under these Terms or their rights or obligations under these Terms to a third party.
1. The Entrant represents and warrants that they do not currently fall under any of the following categories of persons (hereinafter referred to as “Anti-Social Forces”): an organized crime group, a member of an organized crime group, a person who has not been a member of an organized crime group for five years, an associate member of an organized crime group, a company affiliated with an organized crime group, a corporate racketeer, a person who engages in socially disruptive activities, or a person who engages in intellectual violence, and that they will not fall under any of the following categories in the future:
a. Having a relationship in which Anti-Social Forces are recognized as controlling management.
b. Having a relationship in which Anti-Social Forces are recognized as being substantially involved in management.
c. Having a relationship in which Anti-Social Forces are recognized as being used unjustly, such as for the purpose of seeking the illicit profits of oneself, one’s own company, or a third party, or for the purpose of causing damage to a third party.
d. Having a relationship in which it is recognized that funds are provided to or convenience is provided to Anti-Social Forces.
e. Having a relationship in which an officer or a person substantially involved in management has a socially reprehensible relationship with Anti-Social Forces.
2. The Entrant covenants that they will not, by themselves or through a third party, engage in any of the following acts:
a. Violent demands.
b. Unreasonable demands that exceed legal liability.
c. Threatening words or deeds or the use of violence in connection with transactions.
d. Spreading rumors, using fraudulent means, or using force to damage the credibility of the other party or to obstruct the business of the other party.
e. Other acts equivalent to the preceding items.
3. If it is discovered that the Entrant falls under the category of Anti-Social Forces or any of the items in Paragraph 1, has engaged in any of the acts in the preceding paragraph, or has made a false declaration regarding the representation and warranty based on the provisions of Paragraph 1, the Company may, without any demand to the Entrant, disqualify the Entrant, exclude them from the judging of the Contest, revoke the selection of the Winning Work, suspend the distribution of the prize, and take other reasonable measures that the Company deems necessary.
4. The Entrant confirms and agrees that the Company shall not be liable to compensate for any damage incurred by the Entrant as a result of the measures taken by the Company as stipulated in the preceding paragraph.
1. The Company will handle personal information in the Contest in accordance with the Privacy Policy established by the Company.
2. Personal information obtained from Entrants in connection with the Contest will be used only for the lottery, prize shipment, and communication from the Company related to the Contest.
1. The Company may cancel or change the Contest or any other matter related to the Contest without prior notice or notification to the Entrant. In such cases, the Company shall not be liable for any damages incurred by the Entrant or for any other liability whatsoever.
2. The Company will not respond to individual inquiries regarding judging criteria, judging results, measures for exclusion from judging, revocation of selection, disqualification, suspension of prize distribution, or other matters related to the Contest.
3. The Company shall not be liable for any trouble that may arise between an Entrant and another Entrant or other third party in connection with the Contest (whether inside or outside the Contest).
4. Even if information about an Entrant is leaked due to a system failure, communication failure, unauthorized access caused by reasons not attributable to the Company, the Company shall not be liable to compensate for any damages incurred by the Entrant as a result thereof.
1. The Company may change these Terms in any of the following cases:
a. When the change to these Terms is in the general interest of the Entrants.
b. When the change to these Terms does not contradict the purpose of the Contest and is reasonable in light of the necessity of the change, the appropriateness of the content after the change, and other circumstances related to the change.
2. When making changes to these Terms, the Company will determine the effective date of the changed Terms and will make known the fact that the Terms will be changed, the content of the changed Terms, and the effective date thereof through the use of the Internet or other appropriate means.
1. The governing law of these Terms shall be the laws of Japan.
2. Any dispute (including mediation proceedings in court) between the Company and an Entrant regarding the Contest shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court in the first instance.
Established and enforced on October, 9, 2025.
