On December 7, Tochigi Prefectural Police arrested two Chinese men, both residing in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, for selling an item illegally using an image of Nanoha Takamachi from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha anime series.
The two have denied the charge, saying “We didn’t know it was illegal.”
The police have seized about 200 pirated items of the same kind, and is investigating some other crimes by them.