China's first case of banning Japanese anime piracy sites, 95% of which are Japanese users

Today, on March 28, according to Japanese media reports, due to a lawsuit from a Japanese copyright group, the Jiangsu police in China closed down a Japanese animation piracy site that is said to be the largest at present. This is also the first case of this type to be uncovered.

According to the Japan Creative Content Agency (CODA), the pirated site was originally named "B9GOOD" and has been operating since 2008. From March 2011 to February this year, the number of visits exceeded 300 million times, and CODA judged it to be the largest Japanese animation piracy site.

·It is reported that the police arrested the main suspect, a 33-year-old man living in Chongqing, on February 14. It is estimated that the man has illegally gained 120 to 140 million yen. Three other accomplices are being pursued.

B9GOOD was banned on March 27. 95% of the site's users are Japanese.