“The Manga-Anime Anti-Piracy Committee” (※1), which consists of 19 companies and organizations related to manga and animation in Japan as committee members, will publish 16 awareness-raising manga works newly drawn across publisher boundaries with the cooperation of the Publication Publicity Center. This activity is the third phase of the public awareness campaign of the Manga-Anime Guardians Project (MAGP), and the project aims at protecting Japan’s proud manga and animation worldwide and creating even more high-quality works.
We hope you will share the website URL for the third phase of the public awareness campaign with many people and reach as many people as possible.
YouTube videos and English-language versions for international readers will be available in conjunction with the release of each work. In addition, paper booklets will be distributed, and booklets will be distributed free of charge through e-bookstores.
The enlightening manga, YouTube video, and English version can be viewed from the following site.
URL： https://coda-cj.jp/en/enlightenment/manga/
※Accessible from computers and smartphones.
MAGP is currently focusing on the following two measures as the pillars of its project. The purpose of these measures is to create a favorable environment in which legitimate content is paid for and leads to the creation of new works by eliminating piracy from the market.
- Activities to remove piracy on the Internet
- Spreading awareness to promote viewing of legitimate versions of content.
Manga and animation will evolve further when many fans enjoy the content correctly. We hope that more people will recognize this. We will continue our activities in the hope that the demand for illegal uploads will be reduced and a healthy Internet society will be fostered by delivering the required legitimate content to fans.
The awareness-raising manga works and YouTube videos were produced with the cooperation of the Publication Publicity Center as part of a project commissioned by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to the Content Overseas Distribution Association.
※1：The Manga-Anime Anti-Piracy Committee
The Manga-Anime Anti-Piracy Committee was established in July 2013 by a group of private companies that agreed with the call from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, transcending industry boundaries to fight against piracy in the manga and animation industries in Japan and abroad. The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) serves as the committee’s secretariat.
Operation Entities: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA)
Committee Member Companies and Organizations: Aniplex Inc./KADOKAWA CORPORATION/Good Smile Company, Inc./Hakusensha/KODANSHA LTD. /SHUEISHA INC./SHOGAKUKAN Inc./Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd./Shin-ei Animation Co., Ltd./STUDIO GHIBLI INC./Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc./Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd./TOEI ANIMATION CO., LTD./TMS ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD./The Electronic Book Publishers Association of Japan/ Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc./Bushiroad Inc./Production I.G., Inc./The Association of Japanese Animations