To many Japanese manga/anime fans, secondhand shops like eBay are their main source for manga volumes, anime blu-ray discs, and video games, but it may be more difficult to find your favorite 18+ titles now because eBay has announced that it's setting some major restrictions on adult anime, manga, and video games listed on auction website.
The news was announced when eBay sent out an email to vendors announcing the forthcoming restrictions. The restrictions will launch on June 15, 2021, and according to the new policy, it will remove the Adult Only category by preventing new listings from joining the section.
So what will be restricted on eBay? The company says that it's putting a ban on "sexually explicit anime, comics, books, films, animation, manga, hentai, yaoi" as well as "adult films and video games with a rating of X, XXX, R18, or unrated for an adults-only audience" will be banned. In addition, adult anime/manga that include sexual content, nudity and sexual stories will also be banned.
"We want to make adult items available to those who wish to purchase them and can do so legally, while preventing those who do not wish to view or purchase these items from easily accessing them," eBay explained.
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