The cartoon is based on a manga comic, which has sold 70 million copies in Japan alone. The comic book, however, did not use any image of the Koran, although it had a battle scene inside a mosque, a spokeswoman for the publisher said. Shueisha and an animation production firm stopped shipping the comic books, DVDs and videos containing images of the Koran and the mosque battle, she said.

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