Manga images 'not child porn': Supreme Court

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Japanese manga comics depicting children in sexual poses are not child pornography, Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled, overturning a high-profile conviction of a Swedish translator. [...]

According to the Supreme Court's ruling, the drawings are pornographic and they do portray children. However, because the cartoons represent imaginary figures there is no way they could be mistaken for real children.

source: Article 'Manga images 'not child porn': Supreme Court'; www.thelocal.se/41460/20120615/; The Local; 15 June 2012