Australia's crusade against anime and manga continues as several manga titles were pulled from retail at the Sydney branch of Books Kinokuniya.

The Japanese chain's Australian outlet is known for being the largest bookstore in the country, selling reading material in several languages including manga. But after a letter written by South Australian legislator Connie Bonaros complained that the store was hosting "child pornography material" and called for the removal of "offensive books," the store responded by pulling several manga series from shelves.

Keijiro Mori, the vice president of Kinokuniya, replied to Bonaros to confirm that seven titles will be removed from the store, including Sword Art Online, Goblin Slayer, No Game, No Life, Inside Mari, Dragonar Academy, Parallel Paradise and Eromanga Sensei. He went on to say that Kinokuniya is in contact with the Australian Classification Board regarding the issue.

Senator Stirling Griff once described Eromanga Sensei in parliament, citing its depictions of "sexual exploitation" as a reason to review sexual content in anime and manga. It is illegal to produce, possess, or distribute pornography depicting a person under the age of 18 in Australia, including animated and drawn pornography as ruled by a New South Wales Supreme Court judge following a 2008 case involving an erotic cartoon of The Simpsons. The reason such content is still legal in Japan is because fictional depictions of child pornography don't technically count as child pornography.

So what do you guys think of this? Is the store's removal of the manga justified, or is this a case of cultural misunderstanding? Isn't it ironic that there's a town in Queensland called Eromanga? Drop your thoughts below!