Update: Hentai Studios
Added 2025-01-24 01:59:51 +0000 UTCHey everyone. I've been making some lighter videos recently, and so I've decided I'm ready to dive back into something a bit more complex next. And what better to cover than hentai studios!
There are videos about the history of hentai in general, or specifically focusing on eromanga in Japan, but very little is known about the studios making animated hentai, and where they come from or how they work. So that's what I want to look into.
The video is in very early development. I'm mostly just reading books and articles related to the subject and doing some preliminary research. I expect this video will take some time to make. But so far I've just got some questions, and I hope the video will be able to answer them.
When and where did the first hentai studios pop up?
What is the chronology of hentai studios? Do they share staff, have staff moved from hentai to anime, or vice versa?
How does the production of hentai vary from anime?
Let me know what you think! Do you have any questions about hentai you want answered, or any info you think should be covered?
Comments
This is related to how the production varies from anime, but a bit more specific: Where does the money for production come from? Is the industry full of funding from organised crime (like much western content apparently is, or at least was historically) laundering money for example? Is it mostly grass-roots/self-funded efforts by creators who just do it for the love of it and hope to maybe recoup costs after-the-fact? Is there any crowd-funding or similar efforts happening? Or, is it big business much like anime itself? I'd also be interested to know if there are any hardships to being a hentai creator, beyond just the job itself? Prostitution for example where I'm from is quite legal (decriminalised), but those in that industry still face both general societal scorn and problems getting basic services like bank accounts & house rentals. Contrast that with the US where prostitution is [mostly] illegal, but many porn stars or nude models (which is just another form of sex work) are basically celebrities (however, I believe also have some of the hardships as SWs in my country do).
David Bishop
2025-05-06 04:32:00 +0000 UTCI recommend you check out some videos of the YT Channel "Hartivigem" which has some recaps of hentai anime over the past few years, though it's fun, it could maybe provide some insights. Also, it'd be a great idea to check out the source of the Hentai anime, mangas and their artists. Especially delving into nhentai could provide a great idea of the scale and how much variety and genres there are that they are called "tags" seperated by a thousand and beyond of them. Good luck on the video! π€
ALISENA NAEMI
2025-01-24 18:24:28 +0000 UTCAre there any studios that both produce hentai and non-hentai anime ?
DanganMachin
2025-01-24 13:35:21 +0000 UTCI can easily answer this one for you. Japanese law demands that any depiction of genitalia be censored, so any adult products in Japan, be them eromanga, eroanime, adult videos, drawings posted to Twitter, *has* to be censored. When you see a hentai anime uncensored, it's because it was licensed for distribution *outside* of Japan by a non-Japanese company, and since they don't have to follow those laws they release it uncensored. Those foreign market uncensored versions are also illegal to be sold or owned in Japan.
The Overlord
2025-01-24 13:18:02 +0000 UTCHow the creation of the industry is or is not related to Japanese censorship laws. There is an old anecdote that tentacles were brought about because of these laws but, I'd be curious to know if they're true.
Tyler Duncan
2025-01-24 13:00:44 +0000 UTCTake a look at queen bee studio too since it's the most hated studio by many people when it comes to adapting eromanga
Neongamerex
2025-01-24 07:10:44 +0000 UTCThe hentai that I come across is either anonymous R34 work, or individuals looking to make a buck on Patreon. Professional hentai studios, with scripts and budgets and HR departments, are at the fringes of my (admittedly idiosyncratic) perspective. Even though it kinda feels like they should be right in the middle. So, to make a question out of this, can you include some context on where these studios sit in the landscape of online drawn/animated smut?
Max Goldstein
2025-01-24 04:40:26 +0000 UTCI have always wondered about the process of licensing eromanga for production as Hentai. What do the royalties look like? Are there any at all or do the eromanagakas just sell their IPs? Japan doesn't have copyright laws like we do with "Fair Use", maybe look in to how big IPs "look the other way" with popular hentai about their material?
Wowdude87
2025-01-24 03:40:54 +0000 UTCGeneral questions: Iβd really be curious about how hentai animation studios go about hiring employees. Do many animators go between industries due to their infamously low wages? Is it seen as taboo within the regular anime industry? Are there directors, VAs or coordinators who go by a Japanese version of βAlan Smitheeβ (when directors disown a film or are just generally ashamed of the product that they literally donβt want their name anywhere near it hahaha) in the credits? Also are there regular anime studios who also do hentai productions while operating under a different name? A bit darker questions: Also wonder about how female VAs may feel about playing roles in productions where topics such as SA are not uncommon or how artists themselves may feel about playing a role in the perpetuation of harmful subject matter that can at times be possibly seen as unintentionally condoning
Justice David
2025-01-24 03:37:02 +0000 UTCI think something interesting, is why certain hentai is censored and certain hentai isn't. Is that a studio by studio thing, or something deeper?
Mark Jr
2025-01-24 03:25:49 +0000 UTCAn angle I want to see talked about more is the shift from high effort, 30 minute episodes with an ongoing storyline, to cheap-ass 15 minute episodes with ugly-ass animation rigs and cheap assets. A lot of the ones with bigger budgets tended to be based on games, and were presumably funded by the creators of those games, but even with the more recent ones based on games, the budget just isn't really there anymore.
Jonathan Harrison
2025-01-24 03:04:51 +0000 UTCSaw something on reddit the other day. Have you heard about a Frieren animator recently working with hentai artist Maplestar? Could be an interesting bullet point related to the topic of anime crossover work.
StupendousCheeks
2025-01-24 02:19:09 +0000 UTCI'd be curious about the evolution of monetization strategies. My understanding is that a large portion of revenue generated from successful anime is merchandizing, with things like broadcast or streaming rights or direct Blu-ray sales or whatever being a small piece of the pie. I can't imagine that's hugely a thing for any hemtai really, and I don't know how much opportunity there is to license to stream either. So is it just like... Direct sales revenue and that's it? Whatever's done now, how's that compare to things 15 vs 25 vs 40 years ago or whatever? Looking forward to seeing what you find.
James Watt
2025-01-24 02:13:52 +0000 UTCI think what would be interesting is not just the how of production but the why of production. Why do certain studios make certain types of hentai. Is it more or less profitable than regular anime both for studios and animators?
Brian Boddicker
2025-01-24 02:09:32 +0000 UTCWhy quality of hentai was better 10-15 years ago? You'd think business for this content would be booming these days. But quality productions are very limited compared to before...
Arias Ariamis
2025-01-24 02:09:27 +0000 UTC
