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There is debate as to, whether cartoon pornographies (example: comics, illustrations, anime) sexually depicting purely fictional minor characters or young-looking purely fictional adult characters, really lead to sexual crimes against minors, and whether legally regulating such cartoons is a violation of freedom of expression and creation.
Anime enthusiasts have produced fan fiction and fan art, including computer wallpapers, and anime music videos (AMVs). [214] Many fans visit sites depicted in anime, games, manga and other forms of otaku culture. This behavior is known as "Anime pilgrimage". [215]
The company's actions attracted national media attention and were harshly criticised by the Singaporean anime community as "sudden and severe". [27] [28] Anime fans were outraged by the issuing of legal threats to children as young as nine years old, as they believed children were unable to differentiate between legal and illegal downloading.
Internet pirates took another hit this week as dozens of anime piracy websites — including the popular Aniwave site — suddenly went dark. Fans were in mourning after the sites went down ...
In 2020, the National Diet passed a law expanding the penalties to the download of manga, academic texts, and magazines, as well as banning "leech websites" that provide users hyperlinks to download torrent files of pirated materials, pasting hyperlinks of illegal websites on an anonymous message board, or providing "leech apps" for similar ...
United States v. Handley, 564 F. Supp. 2d 996 (2008), was a court case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa involving obscenity charges stemming from the importation of manga featuring pornographic depictions of fictional minors.
Despite distribution being illegal it is almost impossible to enforce due to the decision above, especially with Manga depictions which have a unique culture around them and unrealistic artstyle. Apparently, germanys biggest anime convention has established a 18+ section where such depictions were spotted. In physical manga/figurine stores as well.
The production, sale, distribution, and commercialization of child pornography in Japan is illegal under the Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children (1999), [1] and is punishable by a maximum penalty of five years in prison and/or a fine of ¥5,000,000. [2]