More Disney entertainment stolen from the Japanese

[snopes]

Comment: I've heard from three different people now that
the Disney TV show phenomenon 'Hannah Montana' is completely ripped off
from a japanese kids' show from the 90's [the name of the alleged show is
never mentioned, which leads me to believe that this is just a legend]
with the exact same plot, character personalities, etc. Is this true?

[blucanary]

Of course there's so many Japanese cowboys. Makes perfect sense.

[Brad from Georgia]

Originally Posted by blucanary

Of course there's so many Japanese cowboys. Makes perfect sense.

Hannah Montana ain't no cowboy, podnuh. She's a singin' sensation.

[TrishDaDish]

All the best cowboys have Chinese eyes, though. Well, according to my Pete Townshend album.

[blucanary]

Originally Posted by Brad from Georgia

Hannah Montana ain't no cowboy, podnuh. She's a singin' sensation.

Her father is the cowboy. But don't tell his heart.

[ganzfeld]

Apparently the plot of Hanna Montana is a ripoff of a show with a completely different plot:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...7050248AA9LUOq

What are they supposed to be copying, the idea of a kid with a secret identity?

Actually Hannah Montana is more of a rip-off of Jem and the Holograms, an 80s cartoon about [surprise] a teenage girl who's secret persona is a rock/pop superstar.

I don't know if it's a direct rip-off, but teenage idol with a secret identity as a highschool student is a very common theme in Japan manga. You can find tons of those.

There are even a couple of different manga where the girl teenage idol is actually a boy high schooler.

[Insensible Crier]

Originally Posted by skipaway

I don't know if it's a direct rip-off, but teenage idol with a secret identity as a highschool student is a very common theme in Japan manga. You can find tons of those.

There are even a couple of different manga where the girl teenage idol is actually a boy high schooler.

It's common in anime as well. I think it's so that they can show girls in skimpy school uniforms.

Not that I'm complaining...

[FullMetal]

it's a very common theme...

My secret identity, with Jerry O'Connell had a similar meme. Jem and the holograms of course... a lot of teenage shows were like that. I'm sure the basic plot of that goes back a lot further than TV...

[E. Q. Taft]

Originally Posted by skipaway

There are even a couple of different manga where the girl teenage idol is actually a boy high schooler.

*sigh*

Sometimes real life just doesn't hold up...

[Vendicare]

There was a lawsuit against Disney because of this show brought by a man who claims he pitched a show called "Rock and Roland" that featured the same premise, but with a male lead.

Yeah. Hannah Montana is actually a rip off of one of my favorite 80s cartoons, Jem And The Holograms. They should have just gotten the rights to and made a new version of Jem instead of Hannah Montana.