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Tokyo woman in trouble with the law after selling high-priced Evangelion bootleg posters

Fans of the anime baffled by backgrounds for Rei Ayanami posters.

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Nintendo is suing Bowser to stop his latest evil plan

King of the Koopas remains in fine legal standing, but someone with his namesake is headed to the courtroom.

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Kodansha promises worldwide prosecution of illegal uploaders of Attack on Titan

Warning posted in English and Japanese comes just days before manga’s series finale.

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Online manga piracy surging by users in Japan as people are stuck at home during the pandemic

Industry group gives staggering figure for cost of pirated manga in just one month.

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If you’re reading pirated manga, one artist would prefer you just not read their work at all

“We’re not drawing manga as volunteers.”

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Weekly Shonen Jump manga pirate given three-year suspended prison sentence in China

The long arm of Japanese publisher Shueisha’s manga law reaches all the way to Shanghai.

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