Under Japan’s current child pornography laws, images that use real models under the age of 18, including drawings, can be classified as child pornography.
Takahashi was the first person to be arrested for realistic CG images under Japan’s child pornography laws.
Before the Child Pornography Law of 1999, photograph books of nude young girls were widely circulated in Japan.
Asayama commented, “In cases where the real image of the child has been drawn faithfully and can be recognized, CG is also child pornography.”