K-ON! fans are fuming at AKB48 sister group NMB48’s apparent cribbing of their beloved anime’s very logo, alleging plagiarism of the most egregious sort.
NMB48 (the Osaka franchise of identikit idol group AKB48) have announced a “geinin” (“performer,” also styled “Ge-NIN!”) event:
There appears to be no acknowledgement of K-ON! or evidence of any deliberate parody, subtle or unsubtle, on their site.
The similarities between this and K-ON!’s logo have left moeblob fans less than amused:
“Are they parodying it or trolling us?”
“Unforgivable.”
“This ought to be reported!”
“This is OUT! I reported it.”
“Why are they doing this, do they think they can get away with it?”
“What, they ripped off the logo completely! Did they even get Kakifly’s permission for this?”
“This is harsh!”
“Stop messing with K-ON!”
“When I first heard about this I thought people were just overreacting to 4 characters + ‘!’, but seeing the logo they have totally ripped it off…”
“How are they going to try getting out of this?”
Given that it’s so obvious, it’s probably an homage. They even called it “Ge-NIN!” These Otaku need to lighten the f♥♥k up.
SO WAD K-ON SUCKS
…Said the obsessed K-ON! Troll.
Maybe the artwork was done by the same person who did it for K-ON!.
It’s pretty fucking hysterical to see all the Trolls come out whenever there’s an article about K-ON!, and then they show how obsessed they are with the series.
It’s like they’re fucking mindless sheep!
I just find it so hilarious that some people are so obsessed with a font style for an anime, that if someone else uses it, they freak out about it.