The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported on Friday that Kyoto, Hyogo and Akita prefectural police forces have arrested eight residents from six prefectures on suspicion of selling bootleg Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba merchandise and infringing the Copyright Act.
The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-Hen) anime film opens in Japan on October 16.
Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga debuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in February 2016, and ended on May 18.
Shueisha revealed last November that the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba manga was the company’s second highest-selling manga in 2019, second only to Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga.