RIP Shinkai's career

>>160545017
Old news, confirmed not stolen
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-07-27/niji-iro-hotaru-director-responds-to-your-name-plagiarism-claim/.119401

>>160545072
no, anon. this is very new.

>>160545017
Meh.
He has made too much money. It would be just like the people trying to sue Disney for their blatant rip off of Kimba the lion

>>160545117
No anon, this is old. Just because you read on mal today doesn't make it new

It was shit even before

>When I saw Your Name in the theater, I was like ‘Wait, is that…?’

>>160545017
The first sequence is clearly an almost 1:1 reproduction, but the context is completely different. The second one is far-fetched at best.

>>160545072
This article literally has no actual content in it. ANNfags, I swear to god.

This is almost like Lion King and Kimba proportions dude.

>>160548233
>Uda said on Twitter that when he saw your name. in a theater, the scene rang some bells for him. On the other hand, Uda believes that if a work's direction sufficiently changes the content, then it can be called original. He added, "It's not correct to settle it by talking about rip-offs."
Shut the fuck up and open your eyes.