Bato (website)
Chinese file hosting website
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Bato (also Bato.to, Batoto and Mangapark) was a website that hosted manga, manhwa and manhua (Japanese, Korean and Chinese comics) illegally. For a time it was the world's largest manga piracy website, with an estimated 350 million visits in May 2025.[1][2][3] It was launched in 2014,[4] operated from China and shut down in late January 2026.[1][2][5][6]
It hosted works translated into more than 50 languages, including numerous user-uploaded scanlations. The website did not allow access from users in China to prevent drawing attention from local authorities.[3][4] Because of the illegal nature of the operation, the website was targeted by organizations such as Japan's Content Overseas Distribution Association and Korea's Kakao Entertainment.[1][2][7] The site's operator is facing criminal charges, and cease-and-desist letters were sent to community members such as social media administrators associated with the website in order to produce a chilling effect and discourage use of the website.[2][7][8][3]
See also
- HiAnime – File streaming website (2024–2026)
- Nyaa Torrents – File sharing website focused on East Asian media
- MangaDex – Manga aggregation website
- Mangamura – Japanese manga piracy website
