And Man said, "Like, for identifying predators and foraging for berries and stuff?"
And God said, "...Totally."
And Man said, "Season 3 of The Boondocks was first announced in December of 2009 and began airing in May of 2010, which means it's very conceivable that it began production contemporary with the original broadcast of K-On! season 1 (April-June 2009); indeed, this episode, 'Lovely Ebony Brown' (S3E11), aired only three months after the last episode of the English dub of K-On! season 1."
It’s a pretty standard rock band formation shot from a high angle with a wide lens. Not exactly an unusual composition. I tried a quick image search to show some other examples but it was filled with fake AI slop so I gave up, but there’s a lot of promo photography and music videos that use the same kind of shot.
Yes, it is a very good composition for a four-person rock band promo photo, so it's very dubious to think that the two pictures are actually connected in any way beyond coincidence.
However, consider the following: