the company assured fans that they are currently working to remove the leaked content from the internet.

Is this something fans actually want? I guess maybe to avoid spoilers but I couldn’t care less this got leaked. From what I’ve heard quality is pretty bad so I wasn’t gonna out of my way to search for it anyway.

Damage from digital piracy of Japanese music reached 22.4 billion to 92.2 billion yen ($142 million to $586 million at current rates) in 2022

2 things:

1. My streaming platform still doesn’t have a lot of older Japanese music. And they literally acquired a Japanese music publisher. (I use qobuz). If you’re concerned about losing money make your content more accessible instead of chasing those who’ve doing what you should be.

2. This is a common false equivalence. Piracy doesn’t lose you money. There’s no guarantee the people who pirate would pay for content if piracy wasn’t an option.

Didn’t they release the movie before the show back then. I vaguely remember episodes coming out after the movie. Although I’ve been out of the loop on this series for a bit.