The Japanese government officially asked internet service providers in Japan to block access to three pirated manga websites including Mangamura in April 2018.
According to Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), between September 2017 and February 2018, users accessed Mangamura about 620 million times.
The association estimated that this caused 319.2 billion yen (about US$2.92 billion) worth of damage to copyright holders in Japan during that time.
Zakay Romi, the alleged administrator of Mangamura, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila on Tuesday morning as part of his extradition back to Japan.