Piracy has often been likened to a hydra, as with every domain taken down, several others spring up almost instantly, and the anime and manga industry's struggle against piracy has only gotten worse as the medium continues to grow in popularity around the world. In fact, according to recent reports released by Google, companies like Toei Animation and Viz Media recently requested to have millions of URLs delisted from search results.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs estimates the losses caused by piracy to be around 2 trillion yen or 13.32 billion USD per year in losses. As such, fighting piracy has always been a downhill battle and AI may be the only thing capable of turning the tide. As the Agency for Cultural Affairs explain in their official statement, there are only so many piracy states that one can manually find and report, which is not only inefficient but also expensive and time-consuming. Thus, making use of AI is definitely the smarter move in this situation.