Gotaku Enterprises Inc. v. Kyoko Mizuki

''' was an class action lawsuit filed against ' authors and. The lawsuit, in which anime licensing company Gotaku filed on their and the original manga's publisher 's behalf, challenged their withholding of any licensing or merchandising of the property due to a series of legal battles between Mizuki and Igarashi in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

On June 2, 2019, District Judge found for Gotaku and Kodansha, holding that when Kyoko and Yumiko had Candy Candy published by Kodansha, it automatically fell into the company's ownership under international copyright law. On July 6, 2019, the affirmed the District Court's ruling. A day later, Gotaku appealed the case to the.