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New Zealand Man Jailed for Possessing Hentai Anime
01 month ago
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A New Zealand man was sentenced to three months in jail for possessing and viewing Japanese anime that depicted fantasy creatures having sex. Ronald Clark said he downloaded the videos three years ago as “a bit of a laugh.” Clark’s lawyer described the anime as depictions of “pixies and trolls” [...]
39-year-old Fukuoka Suspect Was Arrested for Uploading
02 months ago
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The Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) reported on Monday that the 39-year-old unemployed male Kasuga City resident who had an arrest filed on Thursday was accused of uploading. Asahi had reported last week that the suspect from Fukuoka Prefecture was accused of downloading. He [...]
AKB48 Dating Scam Bilked Fans Out of $2 Million
02 months ago
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Imagine you’re an AKB48 fan and you stumble across a website offering emails with one of the girls you’ve obsessed over for so long. All it costs is 450 yen per letter. And then, after you’ve sunk around $27,000 on this correspondence, you make plans to meet up with this idol for a clandestine date [...]
Man Arrested for Downloading Anime, Games, Manga in Japan
02 months ago
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Police in Chikushino City in Fukuoka Prefecture filed an arrest against a 39-year-old unemployed male Kasuga City resident on Thursday for allegedly using file-sharing software to download anime, games, and manga. According to the police, the suspect used the file-sharing software Share and [...]
“Imouto / Little Sister” Bars Owner Arrested in Osaka
03 months ago
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As you know, “Imouto” (little sister/younger sister) is one of the most popular genre in today’s Japanese pop culture. There are so many business opportunities associated with it. But these guys went a bit too far. On March 8th, Sonezaki station of Osaka prefectural police arrested five men [...]
27 Arrested in Japan for File-Sharing, Including 2 Perfect Dark Users
03 months ago
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Japan’s National Police Agency announced on Friday that it has arrested 27 suspects across the country between Tuesday and Thursday for uploading manga, anime, films, music videos, and video games online without the copyright holders’ permission. While most of the suspects allegedly used the Share [...]
Police Investigates If Sandy Hook Shooter Emulated Game Scenario
04 months ago
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The Hartford Courant newspaper published a profile of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza on Sunday, and it reported that police are investigating whether Lanza was “emulating the shooting range or a video-game scenario” when he attacked the school.
According to the newspaper, the [...]
Massachusetts Removes Light-Gun Games From Rest Stops
05 months ago
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation ordered the removal of light-gun arcade games from its state-operated rest stops. Time Crisis, Beach Head 2000, and six other titles were removed from rest areas along the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Before the removal, parents of a 12-year-old boy [...]
Teen Arrested After Drawing “Weapons” in Notebook
05 months ago
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A 16-year-old New Jersey high school student was arrested on December 18 after allegedly drawing what school officials stated “appeared to be weapons” in his notebook. A subsequent search in the boy’s home led to his arrest after police found electronic parts and chemicals that they claim could be [...]
Police Sergeant Charged with Recording Nanoha 2nd Movie
06 months ago
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Police in Fukushima Prefecture announced on Thursday that they charged a 38-year-old male expressway police sergeant on October 22 with violating Japan’s Copyright Act. The suspect is accused of recording the anime film Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A’s in a theater. Due to the [...]
