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this issue is causing a bit of outrage in the animation community, so i am curious to hear thoughts from bleach fans here.

nick simmons' new comic "incarnate" is allegedly ripping off bleach. personally, i hope that action will be taken to keep bleach unique.

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http://community.livejournal.com/bleach ... 1#comments

thoughts?

[sorry if this has already been posted! ]

Did he think people wouldn't notice?

It reminds me of in 2008 when that Japanese yaoi manga-ka stopped working and went into retirement because it was found out that many of her splash pages were altered versions of magazine advertisements for clothing designers.

Here is the A-B thread about it: http://www.anime-beta.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=24373
and the most useful comparison page: http://nittakensyoumirror.web.fc2.com/top.html

Wow...that's pretty bad. Has he commented on the flack he's getting yet?

OM goodness

That is so wrong. I don't know where to begin

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... plagiarism

i just found this article, posted today!

Wow. That is seriously jacked up. What's that about plagiarism being the sincerest form of flattery . . .?

From the article on ANN, it sounds like Kubo is more interested in this being the work of Gene Simmon's son rather than the copyright infringement.


Hmmm...do I smell a new Bleach character...Nico the Hollow has born!

Wasn't there some mangaka who copied a bunch of slam dunk panels for their basketball manga a few years ago? And someone or another that copied a bunch of tenjo tenge too. It always amuses me that any manga/comic artist could possibly think that some fan wouldn't notice when they tried to pull that kind of thing. I mean, when it comes to comics and manga, fans tend to be more than a little obsessive about details.

What is wrong with these artists? If you are going to put the time and energy into creating something and if you have the talent to do it, why would you rip off another artist's ideas/character/story/composition etc? Isn't the joy of art making something that is truly original and your own? It is not that hard to set up your own reference either.

Elementary and middle school students often copy their favorite artists work and a lot of people have fun doing fan art, but being a professional working artist and doing this is lazy and rotten.