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#21
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: AIC Lawsuit
Last post by DishonorableKnight - July 12, 2026, 07:24:58 PMNote, I'm not an expert on corporate law, but I did read about this story with AIC.
So back in 2014-2015, as AIC was in the middle of disintegrating and stopped functioning as an anime studio, they created AIC Rights and transferred the IP rights of most of their anime to it. AIC Rights is what's known as a holding company, as it holds the IP so that in case the original company goes bankrupt, the IP is kept under control by the company's shareholders. How it works is that the owners of the original company want to be shareholders of the holding company. In this case, Toru Miura and AIC want to be shareholders of AIC Rights, so they can control the copyrights.
The producer(s) at AIC Rights decided they wanted to do things by themselves without input from AIC. They signed the deal to share copyrights with Toei (remember that a few years ago?). Miura and AIC must not have wanted that sort of thing to happen, and beginning in 2021, they were in a legal battle with AIC Rights trying to reassert their shareholder status. AIC Rights tried to argue against that status, but they appealed the case twice and lost in court.
So now, AIC has reaffirmed its control of AIC Rights and thus the copyrights to its anime.
So back in 2014-2015, as AIC was in the middle of disintegrating and stopped functioning as an anime studio, they created AIC Rights and transferred the IP rights of most of their anime to it. AIC Rights is what's known as a holding company, as it holds the IP so that in case the original company goes bankrupt, the IP is kept under control by the company's shareholders. How it works is that the owners of the original company want to be shareholders of the holding company. In this case, Toru Miura and AIC want to be shareholders of AIC Rights, so they can control the copyrights.
The producer(s) at AIC Rights decided they wanted to do things by themselves without input from AIC. They signed the deal to share copyrights with Toei (remember that a few years ago?). Miura and AIC must not have wanted that sort of thing to happen, and beginning in 2021, they were in a legal battle with AIC Rights trying to reassert their shareholder status. AIC Rights tried to argue against that status, but they appealed the case twice and lost in court.
So now, AIC has reaffirmed its control of AIC Rights and thus the copyrights to its anime.
#22
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: AIC Lawsuit
Last post by Dr.Soviet - July 12, 2026, 07:02:06 PMAlso looks like the Toei partnership deal is dead according to a lawyer for Toei since that was aith AIC rights and not AIC.
#23
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Galaxy Kickstarter ...
Last post by Harls - July 12, 2026, 03:20:50 PMmaking the seiyuu work for this is now a thing: https://bsky.app/profile/armigerentertainment.com/post/3mqhjleqvks23
#24
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: AIC Lawsuit
Last post by Harls - July 12, 2026, 03:11:10 PM #25
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Galaxy Kickstarter ...
Last post by shades of blue - July 12, 2026, 08:13:33 AMQuote from: Ryokos Stepdad on July 10, 2026, 12:57:28 AMFeels like a lot of misplaced effort for what will amount to a fanfic brought to life. But I guess that's their dream.Quote from: جبريل 無道 on July 09, 2026, 08:28:22 PMIt'll get funded, Nostalgia is a strong thing here.
I just saw some of the reward tiers. Spending that much on a VHS tape in 2026?
I don't remember what it was for, but some other project shipped with an optional VHS tape and it turned out the tape was blank.
#26
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Galaxy Kickstarter ...
Last post by sacunnin - July 12, 2026, 02:49:31 AMAs a long time forum lurker I really appreciate everyone here sharing their viewpoints on this!
#27
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / AIC Lawsuit
Last post by Ryo-Okay - July 11, 2026, 02:52:00 PMCan somebody explain the AIC lawsuit to me? I've seen it mentioned here and there, then I saw that there was some kind of verdict reached. I have no idea what any of it is about though.
#28
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Galaxy Kickstarter ...
Last post by Tenchi Ryu - July 10, 2026, 01:31:37 PMWell damn....Its been a while since I've posted but I still be lurking and peaking here and in the discord so I'm up to date with everything going on. Its looking like they are gonna hit the 400k mark for the pilot, after that though its still interesting to see how this is gonna unfold. I can understand people's preference for the english dub but me personally having to spend the last 20 years with mostly japanese voices I've grown to far prefer them over the english dub so not having the usual Japanese voice cast at launch is kinda disappointing to me.
#29
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Galaxy Kickstarter ...
Last post by Ryokos Stepdad - July 10, 2026, 12:57:28 AMFeels like a lot of misplaced effort for what will amount to a fanfic brought to life. But I guess that's their dream.
I just saw some of the reward tiers. Spending that much on a VHS tape in 2026?
Quote from: جبريل 無道 on July 09, 2026, 08:28:22 PMIt'll get funded, Nostalgia is a strong thing here.
I just saw some of the reward tiers. Spending that much on a VHS tape in 2026?
#30
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki / Re: Tenchi Galaxy Kickstarter ...
Last post by Dr.Soviet - July 10, 2026, 12:56:54 AMAlso just to be clear for the people that don't post here that are looking in, I'm not sure why people here think we are "Canon only series" I haven't met anyone on here or discord that didn't like every thing to some extent but had a favorite among them. Hell we even had a few new members join us cuz Ai Tenchi was the first thing they saw. We talk about the canon/ova the most because that's what gets new content and happens to be a lot of peoples favorites.
I would suggest to people try thinking on your own instead of what other autists on the internet tell you. Everyone is welcome here.
I would suggest to people try thinking on your own instead of what other autists on the internet tell you. Everyone is welcome here.