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With the Naked Director returning, we’re putting up a retrospective of JAV’s first huge name. Kaoru Kuroki was known for being beautiful, unshaven, and a master wordsmith of aural erotica. Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/kaoru-kuroki-javs-unconventional-first-superstar

Try contacting the studios in simple English. Expect to pay four-figures USD minimum.

My first piece for the ZENRA blog. Less a face-off and more a learning experience for both industries. There’s no real winners as both have unique things going for them. Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/what-jav-and-western-adult-video-can-learn-from-each-other

The problem is there has been very, very few big budget group uncensored titles made recently. The samples posted above are very old.

Not worth the gov't's time to sue a foreign entity. I don't believe it even works that way. Legal or not, provided everyone consented to the shoot, uncensored JAV is victimless. Also you have to realize that all JAV is uncensored when it's shot. Even censored studios have uncensored masters...

Slightly late with this one due to our incredible yearly roundup from the other week, but interesting data definitely worth your time such as the HUGE gains for Tsubasa Hachino & Ruka Inaba. Have a look --> https://www.zenra.net/blog/jav-sales-report-may-2021

The Memorial Photo series is amazing and should be shot more often. However, don't bank on a studio being consistent with releases. The next one will probably be out...when it's out (whenever that may be).

Clocking in at 6K words and featuring infographics galore, this writer's magnum opus. From biggest winners (obvious) to biggest losers (Sora Shiina?! Yumi Kazama…), this will fill up your Sunday. Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/jav-sales-report-dmm-2020-yearly-edition

This is a niche even I have never known about.

We connected with Mistress Youko via our friend Rusher Miyoshi of femdom studio Rash. She’s an independent dominatrix in Tokyo and frequently shoots her own content. The quality given she’s pretty much a one-woman show is outstanding (not to mention the mosaic being minuscule). This may not be...

We'll have a surprisingly well-shot uncensored drama movie with a scene like that up in a few months.

Bukkake has been on the downswing. We were showing some, but they were never that popular. I think there are some foreign fans who love it and are vocal about it, but their numbers aren't that much.

Covid has made it risky to hire a big group of random amateur men to all go on set.

See signature. Most of what's available on free sites is poor quality and generally a circle-jerk of one site stealing machine translated subs from another, changing a few lines, and trying to pass it off as their own.

darksider59: I may be in the minority, but I don't think Aika has ever had any MAJOR cosmetic procedures done. Maybe some outpatient work, but never literally under the knife/general anesthesia procedures.

As I noted before, AIKA is far from overrated. Almost a decade in and we’re seeing the Aikanaissance happening w/ a 20pt jump! This is a major deep dive article. Keep your schedule open & dig in –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/jav-sales-report-april-2021

IPPA watermark has nothing to do with whether a creampie is real or not nowadays. I've asked a major maker not too long ago and they said creampies are fine now, but rarely done due to $$$ and safety reasons.

I hope you realize if you try to add PayPal, they'll block you soon for doing digital adult and new card processing rules are going to make it a lot harder to run adult sites if you don't do proper licensing.

With another new release, does Rara dominate, drop, or just remain as she is? And what the heck is going on with Asahi Mizuno? Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/jav-sales-report-march-2021

As I wrote before, half out, half in, and hands-free for the 'out' portion to show there's no fake cum packet you're squeezing. No cuts.

https://www.zenra.net/zenra-1403-aimi-yoshikawa-pleasure-of-exposure-hd-subtitles.htm

PK Atomsk brings up a good point: If Prestige is pulling their wares from R18 and is not offering an easy way for foreigners/non Japanese speakers to legally purchase the content, then they're shooting themselves in the foot. I can see reasons why they would want to pull their movies from DMM...

I heard back and Afesta should NOT be offering anything DRM-free anymore. Early on they did b/c there was no other options for the studios. If they're still offering DRM-free, it's probably a bug or an oversight.

You should send that request to her. Maybe she can convince a studio. :) Thanks for the comment. We've a lot more like this on the way.

If you ever wanted to know about how a foreigner can break into JAV and dominate, look no further. This is the first in a series of interviews we will be doing with various JAV stars from new faces to very big names. Please tell us what you think! Read –>...

Can you confirm that if you buy a movie from any of those studios right now that their new releases are also DRM free? Like a new release from SOD or KMP.

I passed your player feedback along, Walle12. For Afesta, may you tell me which studios allow Afesta to sell DRM-free downloads of their VR movies? It's possible we have already for them on SLR (there's a few JAV studios that let us do this).

We REALLY want to allow DRM-free downloading of JAV VR at SLR because as we all know, DRM is near pointless especially when the same movies are pirated almost on day one. Trust me, we have asked and asked and will continue to. I suggest you regularly contact studios telling them you love...

I believe Prestige wants to only sell their wares online via MGStage. It's a risky endeavor; I think doing something like Faleno where the first month or so is only on their site before moving to DMM and others is safer. Their content, their decision though. Per VR, they stopped but it's...

I just wish they got rid of all the fake creampies. It happens way too often now. I don't want to see a studio push a 'creampie unbanning' only for it to be obviously fake. The only way to really show that's real in JAV is zero cuts, focus on the insertion, actor pulls out for the first...

An English explainer of what's going on and what may have led to this: https://www.zenra.net/blog/eimi-fukada-android-sexual-relation-makes-apology-not To be honest, it's pretty funny (her video), but sad YT and other platforms go extra hard on adult performers for minor rule violations.

More power to them. This could be good disruption.

One of our writers came up with a solid list of JAV stars who should be more popular, but for various reasons, are floundering. This is not a empty hate piece; rather, he gives lots of constructive criticism that perhaps some here can agree with. Shiori Tsukada is an obvious choice, but others...

I was talking with a friend who shoots UC the other day and we think we’re in something of an uncensored JAV golden age. The barrier to entry thanks to sites like FC2 and PH have made it insanely easy for one man shops to covertly shoot & distribute. There’s also a ton of girls who don’t want...

You're welcome to write your own pieces Darksider if you disagree with the writer. However, one of our rules is no name calling actresses. Calling them 'fat' and 'monsters' even on a message board like this does not reflect well on your character.

Before even delving into the surprise monthly ranking changes, we begin BIG NEWS from Prestige to Asuna Kawai’s return. Attached image is DMM's physical sales for last month. We've more ranking charts in the article. Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/jav-sales-report-february-2021

This goes way beyond professing love for one of the greatest musical duos of all time and linking to random movies. A beautiful deep dive into their influence on JAV movies. Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/harder-better-faster-stronger-the-farewell-of-a-jav-fan-to-daft-punk

Prestige isn't closing, but this certainly is unusual news. I've a bunch of theories and am waiting to see if they pan out.

As our writer puts it, this is surprising, but not shocking. More info –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/breaking-anri-okita-delists-nearly-her-entire-catalogue-surprising-but-not-shocking

The consensus says she gained some weight. I think she looks great in her redebut aside from the tanlines on her arms. Biggest issue is she's now exclusive for a studio that isn't too innovative.

Full of surprises for data freaks. Biggest surprise: Asahi Mizuno's rank barely changing in spite of her X-mas re-debut. ;-( Read –> https://www.zenra.net/blog/jav-sales-report-january-2021

Electromog brings up a good point: technically nothing wrong per billing/card rules about 'stuffing as many dicks as possible in a woman in a bright room' but filming a big budget suspenseful movie ala Attackers is pretty much NG. Which one of these sounds closer to art and which sounds closer...

Going off what princeali692 wrote, I think JAV has harder themes, sure, but western hardcore as a whole is harder than JAV. I mean look at a lot of it in the west: condoms rarely used and lots and lots of anal sex. Very rarely now in mainstream JAV do we have either.

Our second poll piece. Which do you think is better? Check out our site, read our thoughts, and vote! https://www.zenra.net/blog/japanese-porn-versus-western-porn-the-debate

I think with the growing # of uncensored JAV directors (think FC2) and the growing influence of foreign companies in Japan (also includes FC2 among others like PH), we're seeing studios having to go the extra mile in some regards.

Our chat with former JAV star and current popular OnlyFans creator Yuu Sakura As she’s a total free agent, we got to ask her things that normally wouldn’t past agency muster. OnlyFans → https://onlyfans.com/yuusakura_official Interview →...

Not everything DMM lists is by big studios. They have an amateur section that JAV Library probably doesn't cover (full or at all). If your knowledge of adult video in Japan ends at a few well-known codes, then you've tons to discover.

IPPA has also clamped down hard on actresses/agencies that tangle with uncensored production. This is why we see little to no crossovers anymore. Someone I know told me there are essentially three tracks of girls: the agency girls (censored), the girls that work with Caribbean and similar...

*WAY* harder to find good production teams who are OK with shooting uncensored and at the end of the day, vanilla sex sells so why try harder? (the industry mindset, not mine)

Today we begin our new “JAV Youtubers” section of ZENRA Blog. We’ll be selecting various videos to write English explainers on. https://t.co/YCAtUe6YtX?amp=1 Our write-up --> https://www.zenra.net/blog/a-shimmy-with-shimiken-tenchims-poolside-gleanings-from-a-10000-jav-veteran-male-actor