KanColle Developer Wins Defamation Lawsuit

Defendant offered defamatory products while using mask with similarity of video game developer at August 2020 occasion © Kadokawa Games, C2 Präparat Co., Ltd., DMMThe Tokyo District Court granted 4.40 million yen (about US$ 33,600) in damages to C2 Präparat Co., Ltd., the developer and designer of the KanColle (Kantai Collection) video game, on January 26. The choice was for a claim versus a person who disparaged the franchise and C2 head Kensuke Tanaka by offering defamatory product and impersonating Tanaka’s similarity. The private took part in an occasion for developers to release dōjin (self-published) acquired works for KanColle in August 2020, where he used a mask that impersonated Tanaka, and offered sex toys that represented characters from the franchise. The Tokyo District Court’s judgement likewise forbade more manufacture and circulation of the mask consisting of Tanaka’s similarity, along with the damage of all files and products utilized in the making of the mask. The main Twitter represent C2 very first pointed out possible legal action versus the person in a tweet after the occasion in August 2020. C2 co-developed the initial KanColle web internet browser video game with Kadokawa Games, and debuted it on the DMM service in 2013. The video game is embeded in a world where mankind has actually lost control of the seas. The hazard that has actually taken control of the seas is the Abyssal fleet. The only ones who can counter this risk are Kan-Musu (Fleet Girls), ladies who have the spirit of marine vessels from days passed. The video game and its characters have actually delighted in huge appeal, generating lots of video games influenced by it. The franchise was at one point the most popular franchise for dōjin circles in Comiket, and since the current Comiket, is still the 5th most popular franchise. The very first 12-episode television anime series premiered in January 2015 and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. Funimation launched the series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc with English subtitles and an English dub in June 2017. The Kantai Collection -KanColle- movie opened in Japan in November 2016, and made 560 million yen (about US$ 5 million) by March 2017. KanColle: Itsuka Ano Umi de (Kan Colle Season 2: Let’s Meet at Sea), the 2nd season of the KanColle anime, premiered in Japan in November 2022, and aired its ending on Saturday. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. Source: Courts in Japan by means of Hachima Kikō Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), an entirely owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the bulk owner of Anime News Network, LLC. Several of the business discussed in this short article belong to the Kadokawa Group of Companies.

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