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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If anything, this shows anime otaku and junior idol interests converging...so I don't think this is too bad.
true. it's kind of like how akihabara is still called by the nickname "electric town", even though it's really only still an electric town east of the station now. since then, i'd say it's evolved to become an "anime town", then a "maid town", and now it's mostly an AKB48 town.
When 2 horrible things merge, you can only expect something worse.
and when two great things merge, you can expect something awesome!
every smart people now that, but retarded fans of "moe(brain disease)" are always like that don't mind them
@Erranty lol, talk about being overly butthurt!
I've been really enjoying Hyouka lately, so... quite a few of us really look forward to anything KyoAni has to offer. And they deliver something great each time.
However, when KyoAni's involved we know its gonna be bad.
Obviously it is a parody intent. They would not blatanly copy something of that nature. Especially using the same colors...
可愛い
mmm...joshis...
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.
Can someone whack some sense in to these NMB48.
They can't hold a candle to K-ON let alone do justice to it.
Good catch. Fuji terebi trying to expand their zombie force will hit snags like this time to time.
omoshiroi desu ne
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!.
Given that it's so obvious, it's probably an homage. They even called it "Ge-NIN!" These Otaku need to lighten the fuck up.
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.
かわいい
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!
It's Osaka, so of course there must be a fan. Am I the only one who is more bothered by this stereotyping?
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)
Am I the only one reading ゲイ人 (gay-nin) here?
Nope, I did too.
Yeah, made me giggle.
Well...it would have to be in katakana like you typed here for me to agree.
lol who cares, otaku have no right to complain anyway, most of their complaints are about being virgins
lol, comments like these reveal you to be a white person who's never been to japan.
of course, there's the ever infamous copypasta:
"I remember this one time, I saw this white guy get turned down at the door when he tried to walk into a pinsaro in Japan. He looked so fucking sad, I just couldn't stop laughing. He was ready to pay with his own money to get laid, but he got rejected because his skin was pasty white, lol"
And this is where one asks... who gives a fuck.
its a strange strange creepy world we live in..
your mum does
mum? What are you, British?
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.
His mummy does it!
someone who knows how to spell, wtf is a 'mom'?
Your mum does.
Mum is the proper spelling O_o
K-ON SUCKS! And who cares if they "stole" the stupid logo
Why are you Trolls so obsessed with K-ON!?
Hey! Stay the fuck off my "K-On!" you punks
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.
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
One sucky idol group rips off one sucky anime group. It's kinda funny, actually.
This shouldn't even be worth the comments it is and will get.
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*