Law and Order hits pirate anime and manga site: they are forced to pay damages to the industry

The anime and manga industry is one of the most important pillars in Japanese entertainment culture, now that the different titles expand their glory throughout the world, it is even more urgent to limit the illegal actions of the distribution of resources that we know , is very common in the nation of the rising sun, recently, one of the largest distributors fell and was also awarded a huge fine as compensation for damages.

Mangamura is one of the Japanese platforms that contained the most illegal anime and manga titles. However, the trial on April 18, 2024, requested by the three large manga publishers: Shogakukan, Kadokawa and Shueisha, managed to condemn the illegal site.

Mangamura will now have to pay 1.7 billion yen which is close to the sum of 11 million dollars. And this only as repair for damage. Recall that the page opened in 2016 and at its peak it obtained around 537 million hits and had 70,000 volumes of manga that were estimated to have damages of around 320 billion yen.

Although this marks a great advance regarding piracy in Japan, let us remember that with the anime boom around the world, Now there are different international points that distribute content illegally. So, the publishers won a big battle by defeating Mangamura, but it seems that this victory marks the beginning of the war.

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Where can I watch anime legally and for free?

You can watch anime easily and for free through Crunchyroll which has both paid and free modes, only the latter has ads, and also reveals the latest episodes a little later in that mode.

There are several options and you can especially take advantage of reissues to consume the complete titles. Reissues usually appear when the manga finally reaches the animated screen.

Shueisha's MangaPlus and Manga Up! from Square Enix are good options for reading serialized manga.

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