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?”
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how dare they!
It's very evil of them to use the same font!
I'm gonna express my outrage by eating at my local WcDonalds 'till I puke. (They have a new toy with their Harpy Meals - the famous Dismey characters Monald Muck and Rickey Rous)
And this is where one asks... who gives a fuck.
your mum does
mum? What are you, British?
someone who knows how to spell, wtf is a 'mom'?
LOL amerifags are the only people who spell it 'mom' cause they wanna be special. here have a special cookie as a special reward you special you.
Your mum does.
His mummy does it!
Mum is the proper spelling O_o
its a strange strange creepy world we live in..
Best thing that happened to K-on! after the end of the series.
K-ON = shit, any way
your mums a horde
... of orcs ?
zombie desuka
It's Osaka, so of course there must be a fan. Am I the only one who is more bothered by this stereotyping?
Am I the only one getting tired of all these news about [insert three letters]48 idol groups and/or their rabid fans?
but your mums a fan of them
Indeed. So what?
What a biiiiiiiiig baaaad assssssss
They're Artefact's current Hirano.
the person who will reply my comment is a troll
AND PROUD TO BE !
Yes I may be a troll.
This shouldn't even be worth the comments it is and will get.
Am I the only one reading ゲイ人 (gay-nin) here?
Yeah, made me giggle.
Nope, I did too.
Well...it would have to be in katakana like you typed here for me to agree.
K-ON SUCKS! And who cares if they "stole" the stupid logo
Why are you Trolls so obsessed with K-ON!?
I think it hurts them, knowing that K-ON! is more popular than most of their favorite series.
K-ON! is a great slice of life, deal with it trolls.
Hey! Stay the fuck off my "K-On!" you punks
One sucky idol group rips off one sucky anime group. It's kinda funny, actually.
NO ONE GIVES A FUCK LOSERS! DIE NOW!
YES. THANK YOU FOR SAYING WHAT WE RE ALL THINKING DEEPDOWN.
K-On is like the worst storyline ever, worst female characters ever, and fuckin WORST FANS EVER §§
Lol generic K-ON hater
Pathetic
Lol generic K-ON otaku.
Pathetic.
@anon 00:12
Lol u r so clever
lol k-on sucks!!!!!!1! Amicoolyet? XDDDDd
lololol k-on sucks i am teh best
I am a sheep, bandwagon hate ftw
Lamb is delicious you know.
Mmm.....lamb. *drools*
Those bastards!
Now I'm going to go eat a Big Mac.
Those evil fucking bastards!
Oh look, a bunny rabbit! What were we talking about again?
Uh-oh, some nerds are upset that some real-life people are using a visual technique in presenting themselves that is similar to what some anime uses to present itself. I hope the shameless copycats in question truly see the error of their ways and quit while they're ahead else they hurt the feelings of the 2d.... people and.... uhhhh...
Heh. Oh yeah. Things drawn by human hands can't and don't have feelings to hurt, nor do they have a "real" (see what I did there) career to stifle. Heh. Ha ha. WOOOOO. I love otaku sometimes.
Those bastards how dare they.
Oh look a crow and a squirrel are fighting over the bird feeder.
Obviously it is a parody intent. They would not blatanly copy something of that nature. Especially using the same colors...
All 6 of their fans noticed? Wow!