Following in the years of the Manga serialization and the broadcast of the Anime, Candy Candy became the most popular series of it's time. In fact, the reason of this is not because of it's historical setting, but the first in the slice of life genre that rivals other titles of this type like Air, Kanon, Clannad, Strawberry Marshmallow and Doki Doki School Hours to this day. The series has been translated into several languages internationally in the early and mid 1980's, in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin Amercia.
However, in the late 1998, Igarashi filed lawsuit against Mizuki for exclusive for the series(even though Yumiko did merchandising without Mizuki and Toei Animation's approval). During the court battle Mizuki stated that she is the primary owner of the entire series, but Igarashi argued back that she said she didn't need Mizuki permission to sell merchandise of Candy Candy.
In Feburary 1999, The Tokyo District Court ruled in favor of Kyoto Mizuki of two precedents,
they both shared equal copyrights and Igarashi must obtain Mizuki permission when using Candy Candy. The case was settled in Tokyo High Court and Supreme Court of Japan in March 2000 and October 2001.
One year after the case was settled Igarashi sued Toei Animation for copyright of the TV series. To avoid cultivating mistrust other Mangaka and the continued circulation of the now-"illegal" Candy Candy material, Toei freeze broadcast of the series.
In the final stages of the conflict Kyoto Mizuki won another lawsuit against Yumiko Igarashi and the five companies that merchandise the series, and on May 30th Judge Mimura Ryoichi rewarded 29,500,000 yen for fixing 3% of the franchise.
Next I'll be covering the series reestablishment, my response and what can you do to help revive this series.
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