Is it just me, or there's something
off about Asians in Amerikan porn? It's not easy to put my finger on it, those Asians who appear in Amerikan porn have rather indistinctive racial features. It's like they are not "real" Asians, but steroetype/caricature of Asians according to white Americans who have never been to Asia.
I don't mean to insult Asian American porn stars or their fans (some are here, for sure). But when I look at Katsumi and Asa Akira and compare to the variety of JAV or Chinese adult stars, there's very distinct differences... A lot of it might be make-up, I mean FUBAR type of make-up (pretty evident on Katsumi and Asa Akira's photos that wirama posted). In Asia, you can find this type of make-up only in the cheap whorehouses and even particularly those frequented by American sailors.
Ahh that reminds me where I've seen the similar problem. The very famous impressionist artist Van Gogh had some serious FAIL late in his career (IMHO) when Europeans started paying attention to Japanese art, but with a (in retrospect) ridiculous lack of knowledge and comprehension. Just check out the wiki page
Japonaiserie (Van Gogh) , scroll down for a few side-by-side of the original art and Van Gogh's version. To my eyes, Van Gogh's versions are somewhere between childish and monstrous.
As for race... I think it's ridiculous some people make a big deal about political correctness in a JAV forum. Sex is primal, racism is also primal. In the real world, we temper our behavior with law and order and civility. But in sex (love and marriage and having children), most people are racist, one way or another. Myself, I have dated girls of different races. But it would be a big fat lie to say I don't have any race-based preference; it's definitely not a exclusive factor. I.e. if there's a hot girl with great personality, I would get it on, no matter her race. It's one of the many important factors, including height, weight, cup size and yes, intelligence and personality too.
But now we are talking about porn, right? There's so little investment in watching porn (a few bucks for a disc, or even just 30 mins on bit torrent) why not be promiscuous about race? If the girl is hot and the action is good, I'd watch performers of every race on Earth. Black White Yellow Brown all good, dude. The only problem is... yikes adult stars of certain races are not my cup of tea, especially the big booty, the junk in the trunk... ehh... I can get more pleasure watching hippos having sex.
For a short while I was hunting for a (few) good Asians in American or European porn, as a way to escape the mosaic. But... nach... I'm pretty much giving up. I just hate American porn, with a few exceptions (Stoya was good in a few), I like Europorn to some extent but when they bring in non-White girls they seem to pick sub-par girls (recently it seems even the white girls they pick can be quite un-hot).