gaming Coincident or Something more?

[Roi 100]

So I had just finished reading Dangan Ronpa, which is actually a video game but was never westernized for English viewing.. So someone had to post the entire game with it's English translation, it also came with all the pictures you would be seeing on screen if you were playing.. It's also been recently released as an anime...

 

Now I found something very    peculiar in Dangan Ronpa 2(The second part of the first game featuring a new set of characters, tho this one is a bit harder to find one the internet)   

 

There is a certain character who resembles a great deal to non other than Twilight Sparkle. When I first saw her character design I was rather shocked at the resemblance.

This character was ... Ibuki Mioda ...I presume those pointed things are supposed to be her ears ? 

What do you guys think on the topic of resemblance, and do you think it was a coincident?  

 

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Edited July 23, 2013 by TheFlyingLettuceBros

[Алексей 110]

According to Wikipedia, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc was released on November 25 of 2010, about a month after the first episode of MLP:FiM aired.

 

I seriously doubt the one(s) responsible for designing Ibuki saw FiM one day and decided to make her hair resemble Twilight Sparkle's a month or sooner before the game's release just for the hell of it, but I can't say for sure.

[RosemaryPetal 112]

Probably not, at least I don't think so, since the only resemblance is in her/their bangs. It is kinda funny that they are similar though.

[Roi 100]

According to Wikipedia, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc was released on November 25 of 2010, about a month after the first episode of MLP:FiM aired.

 

I seriously doubt the one(s) responsible for designing Ibuki saw FiM one day and decided to make her hair resemble Twilight Sparkle's a month or sooner before the game's release just for the hell of it, but I can't say for sure.

To my limited knowledge,

No one who was developing the game had gone to America or any other region that MLP:FIM was released.

MLP:FIM in Japanese was announced (In ED) that the first episode of Mlp was airing in Japan this year

Even if they somehow watched the show it would have taken them a load of time to change everything, and the animators most likely would have disagreed to the changing of her hair 

[silverreverb 129]

to me, it looks like it's just the hair that looks alike. there's not much else that could be said to be similar between the two. my vote is for coincidence