| Enterbrain and the editors of Comic B's Log magazine announced in the official website that Kazuaki, the character designer of the upcoming anime Starry☆Sky, has used copyrighted photographs in the manga kaiyorihito/kaiyorishiki without acquiring required authorization. The photos are provided in pay websites and their uses are charged. The publisher decide to cease printing of the manga. Comparison images (Cover of her manga volume 1 and the plagiarized photographs) Comparison 2 (Back cover of the manga volume 1 and the plagiarized photograph) Kasuaki released an apology statement and closed her personal website. Honeybee, the game maker of Starry☆Sky, has suspened the website service. They are currently investigating which illustrations of Kazuaki infringe copyrights. Sources: Kazuaki's website, B's Log official website, Honeybee official webiste Changed the title. Plagiarism is a bit harsh to describe the situation. Story by shinkeikaku |
dtshykOct 21, 2010 10:47 PM
| Looks her career is over... |
| SUCKS TO BE HER, lolz. |
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| And copyright law destroys another legitimate artist. GG protection of intellectual property. |
| Ahhh , copyrights -_- |
| So, I wonder if this will affect the ONA series at all? |
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Hawaiian420 said: Seriously. I feel bad for her, since she's obviously really talented, but the obvious plagiarizing was a bit stupid to risk.Maybe she shouldn't have plagiarized. Just saying |
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| These images look like stock photos on sites that sell stock photos for print.... they just weren't paid for or what? I can understand that most artists use reference photos for their work, and sometimes there is not time or budget to travel and take your own... but just doing an image search on a stock photo site and cell-shading it is not the answer, unless you are willing to pay the royalties on the image. The first comparison pic shows pretty sloppy plagiarizing too -- just touched up a bit in photoshop and slapped on there. At least the second is painted. It's better than many ripoffs and shortcuts I've seen in graphic use... There have been plenty of incidents where the dvd covers of big hollywood movies shipped with the iStockPhoto watermarks on the background art. |
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| Reading her apology, it seem that this is just reference photos that she didn't have proper authorization to use. When entering this thread I though I would encounter plagiarism in the sense that she/he just redrew ads (like Kaoru Fujiwara) or even worse; other manga (like Kayono). It's not really that bad since at least she knows how to draw characters but still not cool. |
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Siing said: SUCKS TO BE HER, lolz. why? we all must climb out the holes that we dig ourselves. now gotta face the music.... |
| Damn! That's all I got to say ^_- |
| I wonder if this will effect the ONA production or the newest vn they will release |
Suzayy said: I hope not. I've been waiting for the ONA for like a year.I wonder if this will effect the ONA production or the newest vn they will release |
| well... never copy only / took anything for reference only copy+edit/rephase+check+edit/rephase thats the safest |
| LOL look at the photoshop Fail for the staircase pic. Shopped out the girls but left the shadows in. That's like telling the world where you got your pics from |
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| I like the cover idea and art though... shame =/ |
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| FAIL....of all pictures...why use copyrighted?? this might be the end of your career dear.. |
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."  |
| Fuck sake, so blatant..... LOL @ recognized watermark |
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| Yikes, this is really disappointing because it's not like she can't draw. I can only imagine she attempting to take shortcuts, whether from laziness or time restraints. |
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| Sucks for it, it's a shame her series gets discontinued for something like that. |
| I was pretty heartbroken because I knew the publisher responses would be harsh. The problem was the photos were copyrighted and she reproduced them without permission in many, many drawings. At least it wasn't like Kayono. It's a lot more like the Nitta Youka incident in 2008. Nitta Youka started drawing again recently.. so there's hope if all her publishers give her the cold shoulder now? Good to see some more details filled in, but when I submitted the story, I really thought people would recognize her role in Starry Sky more since it's an upcoming anime versus being the mangaka of k/k. Unfortunately, the use of "stock photos" extended to many of her illustrations over many different series... I'm just glad I already bought that artbook. It might not be reprinted after it sells out at this rate. SHIT that means no more k/k. ;_______; |
shinkeikakuOct 21, 2010 4:57 AM
| maybe I am misunderstanding something, but what's wrong with redrawing some buildings, stairs etc? So, for example, if I am a mangaka, and draw my protagonist's house as the same as some random dude's really existing house, that would be a plagiarism? |
| Sorry for grammar mistakes(if any), english is not my native language. Feel free to correct me if you see some. |
ariapokoteng said: maybe I am misunderstanding something, but what's wrong with redrawing some buildings, stairs etc? So, for example, if I am a mangaka, and draw my protagonist's house as the same as some random dude's really existing house, that would be a plagiarism? It wasn't redrawing. She's a digital artist, so it's more like copy/pasting a digital photograph that is copyrighted into your own drawing without proper authorization and making some adjustments. It's then turned into a product and selling puts it past fair use in the US at least. Publishers don't like being tangled up in a legal matter like that (Nitta Youka found that out), so I'm not shocked k/k was discontinued. |
| WT is he or she an idiot |
| I just hope this won't affect the Starry Sky ONA and the upcoming games at all. I still adore her drawing style. |
| Uh the honeybee portal (Starry Sky) has been closed temporarily with another letter of apology. Nervous for Starry Sky now :/ |
| This sucks. =/ K/K looks quite nice so I was planning to read it in the future, but now that I know it's discontinued... I really hope they won't decide to cancel the upcoming ONA of Starry Sky now. =( |
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| Please don't affect Starry Sky . Please don't affect Starry Sky . Please don't affect Starry Sky . Please don't affect Starry Sky .Please don't affect Starry Sky ...etc :< |
| =A= why is every good artist plagirizing lately? |
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| I will go on a killing spree if this affects Starry Sky. I've been waiting for a long time for it - and I hope it doesn't disappoint. |
taki-desu said: =A= why is every good artist plagirizing lately? Because the manga industry in Japan is highly demanding. It's pretty much the end of her career and Starry Sky because of this mess. |
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| Its copyright infringement even though she drew that manga herself? Wow is copyright complicated. So you can't use works from past in present projects |
| On the one hand, you reap what you sow. On the other, it's a real pity. Kazuaki is really talented and her art style is easily recognisible. Well, Japanese are strict about such matters, so most probably that means putting all her projects to a stop right now (Starry Sky included, unfortunately). |
| This is just like that episode in Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei about Overprotection!!! Except this is not overprotection! [/badreference] Let's hope that this won't affect Starry Sky whatsoever. |
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| You gotta be careful in this day and age with copy right. Its too bad her art was good but she ruined herself by blatantly copyrighting. I understand the temptation though. |
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| Unless the areas were closed off and owned by the photographer, or set up specifically for that shot and then taken down, it's not your property to begin with. Someone should totally take a picture of a lake from a common viewpoint and copyright it, just to upset other people. Copyrights have left me in despair! |
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fertygo said: Fuck sake, so blatant..... LOL @ recognized watermark on professional work they don't have big ugly marks on their pictures. Usually just their signature on the side. But why copy? I reallly don't understand why people copy work and claim it's theirs. |
| Takahiro Sakurai = <3 |
| She's the Japanese Tim Buckley |
| Ok™ |
| Lol i must be the only one that is sad that kaiyorihito kaiyorishiki is going to be discontinued:( It's a pretty good manga. Sighh. If she was going to copy she should have at least changed it around lol. Getting ideas from somewhere to form your own concept isn't bad; nothing is original after all. But this.. =____= deng it. haha. i hope starry sky isn't going to be affected :( And i love her art. :( |
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Onibokusu said: If only you could have said this to the lady before the crime.Felix_Omni said: And copyright law destroys another legitimate artist. GG protection of intellectual property. Legitimate artists should be aware of copyright law. If it's not yours, get permission to use it (no matter which way you're using it). |
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| wow o.o |
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| OMG?! NO! WHY?! ugh.....and i luv kaiyorihito!!!! TT^TT she shouldn't have copied though....it doesn't matter whether you're tired and need an easy why out.......omg....and she's one of my fave artists T^T and i was going to buy her artbook...later on this year....when i have enough money.... |
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tokidokimidori said: OMG?! NO! WHY?! ugh.....and i luv kaiyorihito!!!! TT^TT she shouldn't have copied though....it doesn't matter whether you're tired and need an easy why out.......omg....and she's one of my fave artists T^T and i was going to buy her artbook...later on this year....when i have enough money.... ditto. i'm pretty disappointed. I wait forever for the manga's next chapters. and now there's this :( |
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| Please, please still give me Starry Sky! ;; I've been looking forward to it since this Summer and I saw the cast, which is like the best cast ever, dammit! |
 love is such a strange thing but with you, it doesn't matter |
ariapokoteng said: maybe I am misunderstanding something, but what's wrong with redrawing some buildings, stairs etc? So, for example, if I am a mangaka, and draw my protagonist's house as the same as some random dude's really existing house, that would be a plagiarism? She didn't even redraw them, the ones on the cover where just digitally edited,and had some filters throw over them, the water marks on both the images are clearly visible on top of that she poorly edited out the people in the photos not even bothering to remove the their shadows. Copying is one thing but to just slightly alter the source and pass it off as your own work and make money off it is fucking pathetic. She got what she deserved, I find it hard to believe she didn't know what exactly doing she was doing. She's not a competent artist, one with a half a brain could have figured out what they where doing was wrong. |
| It doesn't think, it doesn't feel, it doesn't laugh or cry..... All it does from dusk till dawn is make the soldiers die. |
| It is a shame she was cut as she is a fantastic artist. But I feel for Honeybee as they are in a mess right now... But, for those that are curious, from what I've read from Honeybee's site, the "Starry Sky" game series is still being released it's just that the dates for ALL products will be pushed back (like the after season games, PSP games, and drama cds). As for the ONA, I don't think it's being affected, as the ONA's website is still posting updates and recently posted the series' DVD release dates. So don't worry about it too much. |
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| sad situation. well, uses of stock photographs in cover image is incontestably proved. as for the second one (back cover)... who said you can copyright the angle of view? |
| Dang. And I was getting into the manga too. |
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