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Sylvanian Families, AKA Calico Critters, targets parody account

Sylvanian Families, AKA Calico Critters, targets parody account

Rob Beschizza
Jul 22, 2025
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Sylvania Drama

The makers of Sylvanian Families (AKA Calico Critters), the charming lineup of Moomin-like creatures living in a bourgeois forest fantasy land, is suing a parodist who poses the toys in less bucolic scenes. Epoch Company Ltd, the Japanese company which makes them, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in the US saying the videos are causi…

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