https://web.archive.org/web/20230918132110/https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023-ws-69-manga-culture-internet-governance-the-fight-against-piracy By the way, Kadokawa were at the U.N. complaining about piracy, lol.

Ironically, it's probably piracy which aided in marketing and breaking up really localized adaptations which were hard to differentiate from American content (why they were so scared of exposing people to other cultures is really beyond me, the most infamous example was editing out Japanese food items in Pokemon...). Also, the silly "cartoons are for kids" cliché.

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