ANYCOLOR Settles With Forum Poster Over Defamation of NIJISANJI's Murakumo Kagetsu
ANYCOLOR announced on November 4 that it reached a settlement with a poster accused of rights infringement against NIJISANJI liver Murakumo Kagetsu on an anonymous internet forum.
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Reporting from 3 sources: GameBusiness.jp, Inside, PANORA.
Why it matters
ANYCOLOR is naming the specific sum a single forum poster agreed to pay, which turns a generic anti-defamation warning into a documented result it can cite in future cases.
Key Facts
- ANYCOLOR announced the settlement on November 4, 2026.
- The anonymous forum poster agreed to an obligation to pay 1 million yen.
- The court granted ANYCOLOR's request for disclosure of the poster's sender information.
- ANYCOLOR said the case involved infringement of honor and feelings against NIJISANJI liver Murakumo Kagetsu.
- Murakumo Kagetsu said he will not touch on the matter in streams.
The company asked a court for disclosure of the poster's sender information, and the court granted the request. Using the disclosed information, ANYCOLOR filed a damages claim, and the settlement obligated the poster to pay 1 million yen. ANYCOLOR said the case covered infringement of honor and feelings, and that it is pursuing multiple legal responses against its livers and itself through outside law firms. The acts it lists include defamation, insult, damage to credit, business obstruction including trolling, privacy infringement, threats, and copyright infringement. Murakumo also posted on social media, saying he does not tolerate defamation against himself, defamation by his listeners, or defamation posing as his listeners, and that he will not address the matter in streams.
Murakumo's own statement went further than the settlement itself. He wrote on X that "there is not a single thing I am accepting," and said he is consulting with the company on future measures. He added that he will hardly ever announce progress himself.
ANYCOLOR framed the case as part of a wider enforcement push. Work with outside law firms now covers several categories of conduct by its livers and the company:
- Defamation and insult
- Damage to credit
- Business obstruction, including trolling
- Privacy infringement
- Threats
- Copyright infringement
The company said it will pursue legal responsibility on both the civil and criminal sides, and will take quick and resolute procedures. It also pointed readers to its corporate report form, which takes reports of defamation and slander as well as unauthorized reuploads of cover-song videos, short videos and live event footage, plus impersonation.
The statement asks people to stop contacting the company and its livers on social media or in stream comments, and says individual inquiries about the case will not be answered. The full text is on ANYCOLOR's official website and official X account.
Comparable cases sit in the same file: a settlement with a party who spread a false rumor about Muzuki Roa over roughly five and a half years, and a rights infringement case tied to multiple posts about Shirayuki Tomoe that encouraged secondary harm.
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