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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
The first anime aired in Italy on private-owned networks were almost uncut, even if those contained some vaguely risqué scenes such as in The Rose of Versailles and Georgie! [9] The first anime to be systematically censored in Italy probably was Alpen Rose, which aired in Italy between 1985 and 1958, set during World War II. The censors went ...
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.
So, from what I read, it seemed like the law remained the same and so I don't think Italy should be in the section which declares it illegal but either in the grey area or in the legal area, according to the fact if the prohibition of too realistic images put in the former category or not.
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]