Anime music piracy website closes after industry goes to court

'Hikari No Akari' drew millions of visits from Indonesia, U.S. and France

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A page from the Hikari No Akari site with pirated content blurred out. (Screenshot of hikarinoakari.com)

AKINOBU IWASAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- A leading website for illegally downloading Japanese music, mainly from anime shows, has gone offline after legal action by the music industry.

Created around 2014, Hikari No Akari also had such categories as movies, TV dramas and video games.

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