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May 17, 2007


Shueisha on Beijing Authorities Banning Local Copies of Death Note Manga

Local authorities in Beijing crack down on manga so popular it diverts students from their studies. Local publisher Hualing vows to resist and claims a strong and virtuous business relationship with the work's initial publisher. The work's initial publisher, Shueisha, denies they have any such relationship and distances themselves from the whole affair. Yikes.
 
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