Here are some interesting comparison images meant to show the influence of the man, Yamakan, who supervised the creation of the now iconic Haruhi ED, amongst others, and the manner in which he developed his work.
Much of it appears to be from a 2005 film, Linda Linda Linda, though I think the details of this less interesting that the comparison itself.
Of course, we can still ask ourselves the question, “tribute, parody, or rip-off?”
Where’d that one screenshot of the sleeping girl come from?
wasn’t that Yamakan guy feted to be a genius at coordinating and choreographing all that dance before?
so now that he’s proven to have copied it, would it harm his reputation irrevocably?
Nice tribute that Haruhi makes to Linda Linda.
Too bad IRL most people look like the lesbian bass guitarist in Haruhi.
pfff what a shameless ripoff
Watched Linda Linda Linda but it nver came to me that there are these similarities to Haruhi.