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.
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But that dress is hawt, the red and the Cleopatra one too.
She surely doesn't look bad in that red dress...
But I prefer Nana's red dress in her Scarlet Knight PV anytime! :D
God, I can't wait for Nana Clips 6 in 4k2k resolution o.o
because you dislike aya?
I dunno, Nana looks retarded on that cover, with that blank look of hers.
pfft you're both wrong. they should be naked, just like in them portrait drawings. =/
yay bald head drama queen in red dress looks better for you?
She doesn't have a phrygian cap and her stick...
I think sankaku is just reporting whatever is hot on the forums in Japan. Of course Japanese otaku are obsessed with Aya.
Wow, that is a very logical opinion. Glad to see some have at least a modicum of intelligence.
but there are limits *looking at mona aya*.. XD
*eyes drift upwards to mona forehead*
That forehead.... Got Ritsu?
nice one...hehehe
Ah, it blinds!
FAPPABLE FOREHEADS FOREVER
*kira!*
*wonders if anyone has forehead fetish*
that large forehead turn me off
So are my nipples! Ha ha!
Ahhh...good god that forehead is gigantic...
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.
It's all about the collarbone, jeez! ;)
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?
I prefer midriffs.
As far I know frenc revolution happened in july 1789
I was about to say the same thing. Artistic integrity requires it!
WTF Aya on my country's best paint Put off her head on a stick and walk around!
your country sucks
i seriously laughed so hard at this comment and i don't know why.
Nah it's funny, it made me laugh.
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
Oh Aya! No boobs, no revolution.
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..."
I totally agree...we should have other seiyuus and stuff
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.
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
Keikaku Doori
Or Rather It's all going according to plan
XD
"turning into a rag"
What do you mean "turning into"?
^that. Sancom has been like that since ages long past.
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]
Yeah, he's so stalking Aya xD
Nobody cares about their songs, but they want back their slutty power