

Even the Chinese are perturbed by how blatantly their fashion designers have been copying sexy lingerie designs from the likes of Victoria’s Secret, and then proudly having their knock-offs strut down the catwalk – although sadly nobody is particularly surprised by the development.
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The appearance of Saber in a French Japanese conversation phrase book and Haruhi and her minions in a Japanese social education tome have been causing some astonishment online.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Dec 10, 2011 11:22 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Comparison, Copyright, Crime, Food, Internet, Law, Mangaka, Plagiarism, Shueisha

Grand Jump serialised gourmet manga “Dashi Master” is the latest manga to fall victim to the temptations of Google Images, with the publishers suspending its publication after its author was accused of tracing a significant number of images.
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2ch’s plagiarism police have been sharing some of their favourite examples of how not to go about blatant manga plagiarism, although at times it seems their zealous pursuit of these goals has got the better of them.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Oct 5, 2011 16:45 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, China, Food, KFC, Litigation, Made in China, Obama, Plagiarism, USA

Chinese media reports that Kentucky Fried Chicken is taking legal action against the management of “Obama Fried Chicken” on grounds of trademark infringement.
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Anime fans are aghast at the news that the Guangxi government has given its highest award for cultural excellence to a Chinese moral indoctrination anime widely derided as a complete rip-off of 5cm Per Second.
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The launch of China’s first aircraft carrier has been marred by accusations that it has pirated much of technology used in the ship, with Russia in particular said to be livid at the shameless copying of its aircraft designs.
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The announcement of an anime adaptation of “Papa no Yu Koto o Kikinasai!” has been greeted not with appreciative squirts of anticipation from anime fans but with howls of derision at the rather obvious Haruhi clone it presents as a heroine.
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China is being accused of pirating Japan’s Shinkansen down to the children’s cartoon based on its locomotives.
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A Chinese property developer which secretly copied a famously picturesque Austrian village and then began rebuilding it in China is under criticism.
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- Author: Artefact
- 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.
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China’s newly revamped giant not-Gundam statue has fast assembled a coterie of admirers and a selection of rather convincing artwork.
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