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Noelle STEEL BALL RUN ANIME @EMPORIOSMOM ⚫ May 15 TURN THE TV ON THEY HIT THE F------ MANGADEX 0 Dany FIXAY TURNING RED Riverdude Covers @RiverdudeCovers May 15 MangaDex just got DMCA'd and all of JoJolands is gone GIF
shayb @shayb_but_egg. May 15 There's so many manga on mangadex I would've never read let alone even heard of if it wasn't for scanlations of it including older manga that never got licensed for english and likely never will due to how unpopular they are ex: 卸地式弟 ~ムライ作品集~ COMICH 451 RYU COMICS LOVE SYNC DREAM MANGA: KAMUI FUJIWARA PLOT & SCENARIO: JEAN-DAVID MORVAN Ams @weeb_ams • May 15 Most people probably don't know but mangadex is an embodiment of passion for the entire medium of manga and a preservation of its history for non japanese people. It's a site that really promoted fan translators to share thousands and thousands of niche works to the world.
Tachiyomi (unofficial) 立 0 @iiTachiyomi BREAKING: Popular manga site MangaDex is facing a major crackdown after receiving a flood of DMCA takedown notices. Japanese publishers have submitted hundreds of removal requests targeting a broad range of manga titles, putting the platform under serious pressure. 7:53 AM - May 15, 2025-450.2K Views
Q Mlick @Mlickles That Mangadex sweep is probably one of the biggest losses to the internet in years 11:45 AM • May 15, 2025. 376.1K Views
RoseBelle @FantasyFragile ⚫ 19h 0 Japanese companies taking down manga that have never gotten official releases outside of Japan off mangadex "It's MY IP to sit on and do nothing with!" II GIF
Kumi @D_Kumii • May 15 Finding out that almost all obscure manga that no one bothered to license are just gone from MangaDex is so depressing. P... PERMISSION TO KILL MYSELF...? P- P-P...
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Overview

MangaDex DMCA Controversy refers to an incident in which the manga distribution website MangaDex had a considerable part of its catalog removed after a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown was reported on Twitter / X in mid-May 2025. According to a forum post on the site, the joint DMCA was presumably sent on behalf of major publishers, both Japanese and South Korean. Online, the news gained viral attention among manga readers, who claimed several unlicensed materials were only available on the site, while also sharing memes and debating about the catalog takedown.

Background

On May 14th, 2025, users from the MangaDex[1] manga website reported that a series of chapters from multiple series had disappeared from the platform.

The staff member T10_ replied to a comment by zymosan99 about the topic that day, claiming a DMCA request was sent to take down the chapters and that this is the first time it "happened on this scale."


T10 Elf supremacy Staff Super Moderator Joined: Aug 19, 2020 Messages: 274 Yesterday at 3:48 AM zymosan99 said: I just saw a ton of chapters for things disappear entirely, is this related to this change? It is unrelated. We have received a dmca request for those chapters. #8 Note that this is the first time a takedown happened on this scale. Before it was just singular manga on the direct request of the author, or Naver because they're scary. The chapter listings (a v3 feature where you can see the chapter but can't access the images) will return asap with the unavailable v3 feature. So for the users that use chapter read markers for tracking (please don't), don't worry your markers will return. The users that want a list of what has been taken down will have to wait for said feature too. spannalot, Franzen Adelric, lolfacesayshi and 122 others Last edited: Yesterday at 6:05 AM

On May 16th, 2025, according to The Express Tribune,[2] MangaDex removed more than 700 manga series, both licensed and unlicensed titles. The notices were reportedly issued by "several companies, including Kakao, Naver, Square Enix, Kodansha and Houbunsha." Game Rant[3] also reported that Comeso, an anti-piracy service, is acting on behalf of several of the companies mentioned previously.

Online Reactions

Shortly after MangaDex users noticed the missing manga chapters from the site, the topic went viral in the community on Reddit, Facebook and Twitter / X in mid-May 2025.

For example, on May 15th, 2025, Facebook[4] user Akira Kei uploaded a Reddit post and a screenshot from MangaDex's forum about the DMCA, writing that "a lot of other series from different publishers" were also removed. The post (seen below) received roughly 340 likes and 270 shares in a day.


r/manga 3 hr. ago cjmaddux Inept Bastards Mangadex just got hit with a massive DMCA, the biggest they have ever had on this scale A ton of chapters just disappeared from Mangadex. According to mod posts in the forum, they were nailed by a gigantic DMCA request. XuN also posted on it, and 100 Girlfriends was one of the ones that got hit. TommyGang said: What's the likelihood that any of these series's get put back up? 0%, its a copyright takedown and they're technically in the right OWARI DA

On the same day, Redditor u/Roy_Atticus_Lee uploaded a meme to the /r/okbuddybaka[5] subreddit related to MangaDex's DMCA controversy, which amassed over 3,200 upvotes and 190 comments in a day (seen below).


r/okbuddybaka ⚫ 21 hr. ago Roy_Atticus_Lee almost kek Mangadex has fallen, millions must buy the official release cringe MangaDex! Are you /j or /srs?!

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External References

[1] MangaDex – Forum post about the DMCA Takedown

[2] The Express Tribune – MangaDex removes over 700 manga series after coordinated DMCA notices from publishers and anti-piracy firms

[3] Game Rant – Popular Manga Scan Site Takes Down Over 700 Series Following Massive DMCA Notices

[4] Facebook – Akira Kei

[5] Reddit – u/Roy_Atticus_Lee

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︀︀This is a huge problem because there are several manga series that don't have official English translations and/or are out-of-print, making them hard for readers to access.

What's worse is that I heard from someone on Twitter that an AI was the one that sent the DMCA. Dead Internet Theory galore!

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