Back in 2016, Your Name creator Makoto Shinkai directed, edited and storyboarded a short commercial for an educational service. A recent Korean political ad has been accused of ripping it off.
Shinkaiās short commercial, titled āCrossroad,ā was screened along with the previews during Your Nameās Japanese theatrical run.
Via NicoNico News, below is a comparison between the political ad from South Koreaās Justice Party (on the left) and Shinkaiās āCrossroadā (on the right).
Here are both spots running side by side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVEUB9OhqFc
There are noticeable similarities, no?
This is much more than a series of kwinky-dinks because the Justice Party has apologized after admitting to tracing Shinkaiās original work as well as stealing the directorās compositions. The person in charge of the political adās production is reportedly a huge Shinkai fan and traced the directorās work to meet the commercialās deadline.
