> I don't believe there's any issue with drawing Pikachu In practice? No, not really. But Pikachu is a copyrighted character and only those with license to do

> I don't believe there's any issue with drawing Pikachu In practice? No, not really. But Pikachu is a copyrighted character and only those with license to do so are actually legally allowed to reproduce Pikachu in media. Trademarks can come into play like you said, but even just base copyright allows for the ownership of characters such as Pikachu or Batman or whatever.