Aya Hirano’s New Album “Rips Off Nana Mizuki”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 19, 2011 03:32 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Comparison, Fine Art, Idol, Music, Nana Mizuki, Parody, Plagiarism, Seiyuu
Star twitterer Aya Hirano is being accused of ripping off fellow singer-seiyuu Nana Mizuki by stealing both her album title and cover art.
The accusations stem from the fact that the title of Nana Mizuki’s best hits album “The Museum,” released in 2007, is more than a little reminiscent of the title of Aya Hirano’s best hits album “Aya Museum,” due May 2011.
As if this were not enough for Hirano’s legion of stalkers to be getting on with, the cover “Aya Museum” is not dissimilar to the cover of Mizuki’s newly released single “Scarlet Knight”:
The cover itself is a parody of Delacroix’s famous depiction of France’s 1830 July Revolution, Liberty Leading the People:
The covers for the other editions of the album also parody historical themes…
The Mona Aya:
The previously featured Ayapatra:
Oddly, she looks significantly better in the versions she snapped from her phone…
Whether the similarities are genuine plagiarism or mere coincidence is of course a matter of some debate, but that controversy seems to inevitably follow in Hirano’s every step is now beyond dispute.
| 
Dead or Alive Ero-SFM Doubly Dirty
Flying Witch “Cute But Boring…”
Phantasy Star Online 2 Phantastic: “What About the West!?”
Shounen Maid “A Fujoshi Delight”
Terra Formars Live Action Web Drama Announced
Dragon Quest Heroes II Quite Monstrous
KumaMiko Lovingly Innocent
Aqua Onahole Parody Hopefully Moist
A-Size Classmate Profusely Petite
One Day With Maria Raunchy & Romantic
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 Raises Its Voice
Hai-Furi in Troubled Waters
Star Fox Zero “Pandering To Kids!”
Kiznaiver Shares Its Pain
Love Live’s Koi ni Naritai Aquarium PV “Will Sell Thousands!”
Skimpy Kataigou Figure
Ellen Baker’s Illustrator: “Keep It Clean!”
Bullet Girls 2 Goes At It From All Angles
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization A Real Grind
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri Immensely Gruesome
Goddess of 2ch “Another Bathing Beauty!”
Tantalizing Hestia Cosplay Busts Out
Kashiwazaki Sena Cosplay Pure & Innocent
Minami Kotori Casino Girl Cosplay Takes No Chances
Shimakaze Cosplay by Ema Sakura
Harley Quinn Cosplay by Miyuko Colorfully Crazy
Sonico Ero-Cosplay by Yuka Hoshikage Super Sexy
Kasugano Sora Bunny Girl Cosplay Absolutely Admirable
Goddess of 2ch: “Barely Legal Beauty!”
Highly Yuri Tenryuu & Tatsuta Cosplay by Garo & Usagi
Mah...
Who cares.
Can you please stop writing about Aya and write something about other seiyuu??
Artefact are in love but he's in denial...
He's totally tsundere about Aya.
Artefact: "It-it's not like I want to write an article a day about you..."
Why does he seem to write something about this person every day? Just yesterday i remember something about this girl...i wonder what kind of weird obsession has this guy got? Woops, i forgot i have to kiss his ass no matter what.
I totally agree...we should have other seiyuus and stuff
It's a part of his plan; by the time everyone in Sancon has turn 100% against Aya, he will be the one and only #1 Aya lover...
JK
Or Rather It's all going according to plan
XD
Keikaku Doori
Yeah, he's so stalking Aya xD
No shit. It seems like every other article these days is gossip about some worthless celebrity.
Never mind about Artefact, watch these seven Japanese men dancing to techno-pop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qhj3sJ5qs&feature=player_embedded [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qhj3sJ5qs&feature=player_embedded]
Nobody cares about their songs, but they want back their slutty power
"turning into a rag"
What do you mean "turning into"?
^that. Sancom has been like that since ages long past.
I don't see it. Because they are both wearing a red dress? Because one of them is in front of a painting and the other looks like she's in a painting?
Aya Museum and The Museum are similar names, but hardly similar concepts...
Silly Otaku.
In The Museum
And Nana is depicted in a red dress in front of a painting from the french revolution
In the Aya Museum, Aya is depicted in a similar red dress, made to look like she's the character from a image about the french revolution.
Clearly no connection here...
Man, you'd have to be blind or a delusional Aya fanboy to not see the similarities.
If it was just one of the two (Name or Cover), it could be counted as a coincidence but both?
Maybe you haven't noticed, but aside from the red dress, both have some european medieval/renaissance theme. Coupled with the similar looking red dress and similar sounding title... silly aya lifeliner.
You'd have to be blind or a delusional Nana fanboy to accuse Aya of ripping anything off.
Don't be so rude and useless -.-"
You're right. If you think about it, Museum isn't a strange choice for a band name. Red dresses aren't patented by Nana. And if you've done some historical themed covers already, why not do Delacroix?
What's the world coming to that these faint similarities that can be easily explained away makes everyone shout rip-off? And why do they strain to make a connection to Nana, when it's quite obvious it's a Delacroix parody? Nutters.
That said, I do think she looks better in the camshots. Less manufactured. Also, if you're doing Delacroix, at least have the guts to show what you've got, even if it's A.
"band" should be "best-off"
- I don't know how that happened. I blame my computer.
The 2chan guys have exhausted their usual supplies of Where's Wal.. er Simmons.
HAHA Domo-kunt
I lol'd
nice dress (the red one) :3
nice photoshoop :3
*FIXED
for you ^^
i lol'd at mono aya, DAT fivehead.
Maybe even a sixhead
It's the album title and cover art then it's more likely the record company's fault.
It's also recording company's fault for any plagiarized music. The only thing that's not the record company's fault would be her personal behaviour but even that may be the fault of her agency.
Combo breaker
Stupid poster
Because its Aya people instantly suspect foul play. I doubt its a rip off.
obviously it's an intentional rip off, but there's no foul play. the greatest-hits-album-called-museum trope is well established by now in the music industry, apparently especially so in japan.
Lol first thing that crossed my twisted mind was, 'Let them eat cake.' XD
But meh, shit nobody cares about... I got bored with her stuffs already. :/
if copy then from the best, copying is best compliment
If its a copy, copy is the best form of flattery.
From what I've heard. Nana is a real nice girl irl, both on and off cameras. And that she's really down to earth and friendly with her fans at events.
I really hope this whole Hirano related bullshit won't spill toward her for real.
I didn't really care what Aya was doing all the time, but this....
If this is gonna have negative impact on Nana-sama I'm gonna burn down her agency... ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ
Stop your bullshit, you have no power...
Otaku (virgin).
lol first she trolls, then she has a look alike jav idol and now she rips off? whats next?
If anyone's at fault for plagiarism, it's her agency.
we're talking about aya here... anything could be next, and then she would surpass it, sinking even deeper.
Oh Aya! No boobs, no revolution.
The Mona Lisa Forehead - The greatest artistic mystery
..but Mona Lisa doesn't have any eyebrows..
she doesn't have an album too
and a twitter...
The cover art fails!
She should be showing of her breasts like in Delacroix's painting.
what breast?
I think he meant the washboard.
What are you talking about? Everyone knows it's the clavicles that boys are actually looking at. Don't lean over too suggestively, or we might get a good look at those tasty clavicles.
I prefer midriffs.
As far I know frenc revolution happened in july 1789
Well, this painting doesn't depict the french revolution. It depicts the 1830 july revolution [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_Revolution], didn't Artefact say so in the article?
It's all about the collarbone, jeez! ;)
WTF Aya on my country's best paint Put off her head on a stick and walk around!
your country sucks
Well who cares she can put her hard on each of the fifty stars on me countries flag and I wouldn't give two shits about it
i seriously laughed so hard at this comment and i don't know why.
Nah it's funny, it made me laugh.
I was about to say the same thing. Artistic integrity requires it!