Dragon Quest V novel author Saori Kumi filed criminal complaints with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office and Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department against the production committee of Dragon Quest Your Story, the Dragon Quest game franchise’s first 3D CG anime film, on December 5.
(Mirei Miyamoto published a novelization of the Dragon Quest Your Story film on August 2, separate from Kumi’s earlier 1993 Dragon Quest V novel.)
She believes that the film’s production committee intentionally used her characters without permission as a means to attract theatergoers.
Kumi alleged that the anime’s production committee used her work without permission and changed it, violating Japan’s copyright laws and Unfair Competition Prevention Act.