"Stop Kaizokuban": Anti-Piracy Campaign Returns for 2021

In 2020, ABJ, Authorized Books of Japan, gathered several famous mangakas to launch the STOP! Piracy campaign. It was supposed to raise awareness about the effects that piracy has on the industry. This year, they are back again with “Stop Kaizokuban”, teamed up with even more big manga artists. Among the biggest names, we can find artists like Koyoharu Gotouge (Demon Slayer), Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia), Paru Itagaki (BEASTARS), Hajime Isayama (Attack on Titan), and many many more!

When going to their website, we can see a sign saying the following (rough translation):

Do you know?
If you download manga knowing that the site is illegal, you can be imprisoned for up to two years or fined up to two million yen, or both, if you are found guilty. We didn’t see it. We never saw you become a criminal because of your love for manga.

You can see the official Tweet below:

＼🚨本日始動！／

今年1月1日の「改正著作権法」施行を受け、#STOP海賊版 の新プロジェクトを開始します。
第一弾は「#きみを犯罪者にしたくない」です。

大人気漫画24作品と連携し、
漫画を愛するみなさんに
違法サイトの注意喚起を行っていきます。

⚠️詳しくはこちら↓
https://t.co/Jqw5gdCWaI pic.twitter.com/rrDCxBYKw0

— STOP! 海賊版 (@stopkaizokuban) February 16, 2021

What’s more, the website claims that “People who search for illegal sites will see this banner ad!“

As we already mentioned before, always support the official releases of manga and anime. We need to help the authors that create stuff that we love, cause if we don’t, we may just end up getting nothing.

You can read more news here!

Source: Otaquest, ABJ’s official website

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