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Same old story, just western chauvinism and puritanism. There's a reason piracy is the default for otaku, fansubbers are super stars, and it's bad news when a publisher pays attention to the world outside Japan.
My money is in this specifically being an attack on the queer community, btw. Anime is pretty queer coded (see yaoi, yuri, otokonoko, etc) and the queer community thrives in online spaces (especially in more regressive states like Texas), soooo make anime illegal under the classic bullshit of 'think of the children' (nonsense, btw, anyone who hides behind that is doing something horrific themselves). Bam, you hurt a bunch of innocent people and undermine art (also a classic fascist goal) for years to come.