are loli anime illegal

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Lolicon is classified as illegal child pornography under federal law in the United States. This means that these cases are typically investigated by federal agents, such as the FBI, and they are prosecuted in federal courts.

Is lolicon (loli) illegal in the United States?

Possessing loli is illegal under federal law if two conditions are met. First, the anime depiction of an underage person is obscene or lacking seri...

What is loli anime?

Loli is Japanese manga or anime that is sexually explicit and involves cartoon characters that are underage. It is a form of hentai, which is a gen...

Are loli materials considered child pornography outside Japan?

Different states and countries have taken drastically different approaches towards loli materials and manga. Some criminalize it as pedophilia. Oth...

What is the law in California?

Child pornography laws in California do not explicitly cover loli or manga depicting minors engaging in sexual activity. California statutes prohib...

Overview

Fictional child pornography legal

Real child porn is illegal, considered to be any records of "any situation that involves a child or adolescent in explicit, real or simulated sexual activities, or the display of the genital organs of a child or adolescent for primarily sexual purposes." The adjectives "real" and "simulated" (used in the plural by the rule in art. 241-E of the code of minors) refer to the explicit sexual activities represented, and not to the child or adolescent (if real or fictional product). In other words, what …

Fictional child pornography illegal

All sexualized depictions of people under the age of 18 are illegal in Australia, and there is a "zero-tolerance" policy in place.
In December 2008, a man from Sydney was convicted of possessing child pornography after sexually explicit pictures of child characters from The Simpsons were found on his computer. The NSW Supreme Court upheld a Local Court decision that the animated Simpsons characters "depi…

Gray area legality for fictional child pornography

Possession of child pornography is illegal in Argentina with prison sentences between three and six years. Before a modification on the Penal Code was promulgated on 23 April 2018, the law did not prohibit the mere possession, but other activities such as production, financing, trading, and distribution were punishable by imprisonment ranging from 6 months to 4 years. The law is unclear though when it comes to drawings or artistic representations.

See also

• Artistic freedom
• Censorship
• Freedom of speech
• Pornography laws by region
• Simulated child pornography

Further reading

• Al-Alosi, Hadeel (2018). The Criminalisation of Fantasy Material: Law and Sexually Explicit Representations of Fictional Children. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-57281-2.