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[Walle12]

If anyone want to practice some sumo with Amatsuki Azu....

DSVR-1664 Jan 23





Unfortunately it's only 62 minutes long, so between the sumo fight and the intro, I think there's going to be very few sex scenes...
But it's directed by Yazawa Receive, with the angles I like, and in A Festa it will be at 80 Mbps, it's hard for me not to buy it and miss Azu in full quality... So maybe I'll buy it.

 

[2dxxxisdead]

If anyone want to practice some sumo with Amatsuki Azu....

DSVR-1664 Jan 23

Receive has a weird humor ... Regardless it's Azu + naked in sex scenes + high bitrate + good director. I also predict it could be a good release.

In general I feel like 2025 is very very slow so far. Compared to Jan 2024 this time around it has much fewer interesting releases for my taste. I hope they increase the pace next month.

Also quickly want to mention KMP which releases around 25-33% of all 8k VRs. A couple month ago they had at least an interesting VR every 8 to 12 movies. But in the last couple weeks and from what can be seen in the previews I like 0% of what they do now. What is anyone elses opinion on KMP VRs?

 

[enduraVR]

What is anyone elses opinion on KMP VRs?

I find them to be a reliable studio. Not the worst for scale, but isn't uncommon for action to feel a tad distant. Usually always a freelancer that I like; their position variety is good, so little complaint from me. View them as a stalwart of the industry, the home of the freelancer. An indispensable studio, even with their flaws.

Former exclusives Shishido Riho and Ichika Seta already have KMP releases lined up. Though they can lack creativity, their consistency cannot be denied. The Japanese VR space would be barren in their absence, left with third-rate studios and gatekept exclusives.

They tend to make up around 40-49% of monthly releases with their SAVR, VRKM, and BIBIVR labels. They already have over 40 regular releases on catalogue between 1st Jan - 26th Feb, compared to just 1 from Moodyz, S1, and kawaii (though I anticipate a few more from them as the catalogue updates). Whilst exclusive studios have top tier talent, their usual drip-feed approach makes it difficult to remain JAV VR exclusive. KMPVR fills the gap in the market.

In general I feel like 2025 is very very slow so far.

All exclusive studios are lagging behind last year's numbers. S1 released 15 8K titles between 1st Jan - 26th Feb last year, for one. Hopefully they pick up steam as time goes on.

 

[Walle12]

To me KMP is a studio that harms VR, rather than benefits it. It only releases boring mainstream clones that are the same as each other, and most with a very far distances, and very little immersion. The sex is slow, boring, mechanical, and artificial, lacking passion and realism. And in 80% of the titles you only see clothes. It has spoiled hundreds of movies for me with many favorite actresses because of how bad directed they are and how little immersion they have.

I am barely interested in 1% of the titles they release, if it were to disappear it wouldn't affect me in the least.

That said, it's not the worst VR studio, there are a lot much worse: Aqua, Koala, VRPRD, NKKVR, and a few more.

 

[Walle12]

Second S1 movie of the year, and I was going to say second punch in the face, but no, this is a kick in the nuts....
Two years waiting for a Miho Nana movie with no clothes, no oils, no costumes, today they announce just that... And it turns out that there's another guy on screen, talking during the whole movie!!!!

S1 hasn't done that for years, it has dozens of actresses... and they do it with Miho Nana!!

And now to wait, what, another six months? To make another movie with her with f***rced sex, or more clothes, or who knows?

SIVR-388






Today they also announced a new Fujita Kozue movie... with f***rced sex... And it's from KMP, who never does that.... Another one of Madonna with a medical examination, the same... Other one of Madonna with a woman full of botox...
I think I'm going to go and cry in a corner...

 

[enduraVR]

Stand strong, Walle12 - don't let it break you down

The NTR/f***rced sex stuff is infuriating. Hope it doesn't become a trend amongst top studios.
MDVR-309 was a waste of Nozomi Ishihara. I come to VR to feel good, not to be virtually cheated on lol.

Just another gripe to add to the list. We must protect our hearts against the artificial drip-feed approach of exclusive studios.
Freelancers keep me sane, though even they aren't entirely safe it seems.

The shaky head mounted camera, another pain. Das VR wasted Akari Mitani's latest release with it.

NTR in VR better not sell better than lesbian, otherwise my faith in Japanese VR fans will forever be lost.

 

[narutochoigame]

Who this girl bro?

 

[enduraVR]

Who this girl bro?

Ishikawa Mio (image is from MDVR-303)

 

[Walle12]

Stand strong, Walle12 - don't let it break you down

The NTR/f***rced sex stuff is infuriating. Hope it doesn't become a trend amongst top studios.

Thanks @enduraVR ... Today has been a rather frustrating day.... Mostly I accept it, not every movie is going to be shot to my tastes. But the Miho Nana VR has been a tough blow. As you know she was on my “personal dreams” list for 2025.
The last year and a half S1 has released 3 movies with her and all contrary to my tastes. In most of them she doesn't take off her clothes in the whole movie, there are oils, costumes.... After a year and a half of waiting, they announce this one... I see the photos with her naked... with the close missionary... and when I download the trailer and see that there is another guy talking the whole movie and having a threesome.... I almost threw the computer out of the windows...

I'm not asking for too much or anything weird, a face to face missionary with a nude girl. But apparently, that's what's weird... Because in a year and a half there's no scene like that in 8K with Miho Nana, Fujita Kozue, Kisaki Nana... Kisaki Nana shot more than a dozen movies last year, and not one nude and face to face missionary.... Today also the first Fujita Kozue VR in months... and with f***rced sex and full of clothes.

The underlying problem is that in the case of exclusive actresses like Miho Nana, they only shoot a couple of VRs a year.... And if you don't like one, it's a long wait... That is, if she doesn't retire before... because many actresses stay one or two years, and quit.... What's frustrating in this case is that they “waste” Miho Nana with a kind of movie that S1 hasn't shot in years.... Ever since they did the same thing with Kano Yura 3 or 4 years ago, that pissed me off just the same.... They only use my favorite actresses for these things.... They could have done it with one of those with plastic tits...

But there is no choice but to be pissed off, because these movies are made for the Japanese, and their sexual fantasies involve girls wearing clothes and costumes, or forcing, humiliating or abusing girls. Which is just the opposite of what I like.

MDVR-309 was a waste of Nozomi Ishihara. I come to VR to feel good, not to be virtually cheated on lol.

Yes, and a waste of Yagi Nana. But it has sold and continues to sell a lot.

The shaky head mounted camera, another pain. Das VR wasted Akari Mitani's latest release with it.

Exactly. And retiring soon...

 

[icantnomore]

Second S1 movie of the year, and I was going to say second punch in the face, but no, this is a kick in the nuts....
Two years waiting for a Miho Nana movie with no clothes, no oils, no costumes, today they announce just that... And it turns out that there's another guy on screen, talking during the whole movie!!!!

S1 hasn't done that for years, it has dozens of actresses... and they do it with Miho Nana!!

And now to wait, what, another six months? To make another movie with her with f***rced sex, or more clothes, or who knows?

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Today they also announced a new Fujita Kozue movie... with f***rced sex... And it's from KMP, who never does that.... Another one of Madonna with a medical examination, the same... Other one with Madonna with a woman full of botox...
I think I'm going to go and cry in a corner...

Why do they do this to us?! I was so looking forward to a new Miho Nana movie... and this...

And as for my list, I know some are just wishful thinking, but...

- Amatsuka Moe
- Momonogi Kana (Probably only actress I have every single video on my hard drive)
- Umi Yatsugake (As mentioned by Endura)
- Nanatsumori Riri (SIVR-362 was good, but too short! and yes, I love stockings/lingerie)
- Nanasawa Mia
- Natsume Iroha
- Amemiya Mona / OYCVR-101 was decent quality, but too much clothes...

/ Just to name a few...

What I truly wish for is for stars who shot older VRs... They're of terrible quality and I really really really wish there were better qualities... or if they'd come back... (One can wish, right?

- Kira Iroha (Yuuki Mayu) / OYCVR-024 was mediocre quality although she was basically fully clothes which was sad...
- Haneda Ai
- Sakasaki Miho


other honorable mentions I would also like to see more in VR

- Hana Alice (SIVR-368 is her only work...)
- Abe Kanna
- Asahina Karen (Too bad her face seems to change more and more as time progresses)
- Hinata Natsu
- Hitomi Madoka

 

[chewbaka]

The current ongoing Fanza sale is nice. I've been watching it regularly for title updates and picked up quite a few 8K vids.

 

[enduraVR]

Thanks @enduraVR ... Today has been a rather frustrating day.... Mostly I accept it, not every movie is going to be shot to my tastes. But the Miho Nana VR has been a tough blow. As you know she was on my “personal dreams” list for 2025.

Understandable that it would evoke such a visceral reaction. Exclusive studios make us wait months/years for a single release, just to end up wasting it on an unpleasant theme. I hope the 1-on-1 scene shown in the trailer is at least salvageable.

VR is too niche to experiment with NTR or shaky camera footage. Gives me a bad premonition that actresses I want to see return may end up in such roles

I don't want to see VR JAV... pornified. That goes against everything I love about the medium. If I wanted to see gangbangs or bukkake or NTR I'd just watch normal JAV. Yagi Nana's recent bukkake flat release inspired this comment from me, more out of annoyance. Studios take so long to shoot VR releases with their exclusive talent, instead using them to make videos like that. But I guess this is porn after all... we are very much in the minority as VR enthusiasts that prefer GFE/intimate themes over seeing the talent be used like sex dolls

What I truly wish for is for stars who shot older VRs... They're of terrible quality and I really really really wish there were better qualities... or if they'd come back... (One can wish, right?

There are a number of titles I abandoned with otherwise great content that could have benefited from higher resolution. A shame they were so slow to adopt 8K.
An 8K release from Nanasawa Mia would be incredible. Shame her last release was 3 years ago...

The current ongoing Fanza sale is nice. I've been watching it regularly for title updates and picked up quite a few 8K vids.

Do you live in a region where Fanza isn't blocked? If they allowed for DRM-free downloads I'd jump through their hoops to gain access.

 

[2dxxxisdead]

I find them to be a reliable studio. Not the worst for scale, but isn't uncommon for action to feel a tad distant. Usually always a freelancer that I like; their position variety is good, so little complaint from me. View them as a stalwart of the industry, the home of the freelancer. An indispensable studio, even with their flaws.

To me KMP is a studio that harms VR, rather than benefits it. It only releases boring mainstream clones that are the same as each other, and most with a very far distances, and very little immersion. The sex is slow, boring, mechanical, and artificial, lacking passion and realism. And in 80% of the titles you only see clothes. It has spoiled hundreds of movies for me with many favorite actresses because of how bad directed they are and how little immersion they have.

I am barely interested in 1% of the titles they release, if it were to disappear it wouldn't affect me in the least.

Very different statements, @Walle12 opinion seems unchanged. Well he didn't like KMP before so for sure the 2025 releases were not for him. Imo they had a few decent releases in 2024 and as you say endura they are the only studio that works with certain freelancers that we otherwise might not see in VR.

I don't mind that they are all clones of each other for the story and so one. The same could be said for almost every release from premium studios. But I agree in general about "slow, boring, mechanical, and artificial, lacking passion and realism" and yes all these releases with clothes... but I accepted that a long time ago.

I'm not sure what the effect would be if they stopped releasing VRs all together. Maybe other studios would step in, hard to say. In the end it comes down to the people making these movies and how capable they are in delivering high quality VRs with good immersion. For KMP it seems that mostly untalented creators are involved and they don't seem to improve, rather some of them seem to unlearn things they had figured out before. I guess there is more to the story than just the directors but it's the only info we have. For that I'd say for my taste Member Miyasako's releases have the highest chance of success. For example the upcoming VRKM-1485 with Waka Misono looks good too me. And yes, boring story that is done a million times before. I don't mind it.


And if we talk about upcoming VRs from KMP. They have announced SAVR-550 / 08 Feb with Amiri Saitou. Could be a rare win from KMP.

They tend to make up around 40-49% of monthly releases with their SAVR, VRKM, and BIBIVR labels. They already have over 40 regular releases on catalogue between 1st Jan - 26th Feb

I think that number is too high because KMP announces releases almost 2 month in advance. Other studios only do so around 1-3 weeks before the release.

All exclusive studios are lagging behind last year's numbers. S1 released 15 8K titles between 1st Jan - 26th Feb last year, for one. Hopefully they pick up steam as time goes on.

Yes, it is concerning. Seems like some premium studios are less and less interested in making VRs.

talking during the whole movie!!!!

this and a different dude visible in sex scenes is a total no-go for me. I also hope for more luck with the S1 lineup for upcoming releases.

Do you live in a region where Fanza isn't blocked? If they allowed for DRM-free downloads I'd jump through their hoops to gain access.

Don't thing so. He is most likely using a VPN and a 3rd party tool to remove DRM.

 

[enduraVR]

I think that number is too high because KMP announces releases almost 2 month in advance. Other studios only do so around 1-3 weeks before the release.

I got the rough figure from their 2024 releases. Removed the data from my original comment as I felt it too data-heavy and less conversational.

2024 releases (not excluding compilations):

KMPVR (SAVR, VRKM, BIBIVR) = 456
SOD = 234
Unfinished = 107
S1 = 69
Moodyz = 61
Kawaii = 52
Idea Pocket = 34
Madonna = 23

1036 total releases from the studios that we care most for. From this, KMPVR has a 44% share of VR releases. If we include releases from third-rate studios like Aqua or NKKVR, and less active but still good releases from the likes of E-BODY and Honnaka, they'd be around 39-42% or so. KMPVR truly are a goliath.

 

[enduraVR]

Very different statements, @Walle12 opinion seems unchanged. Well he didn't like KMP before so for sure the 2025 releases were not for him. Imo they had a few decent releases in 2024 and as you say endura they are the only studio that works with certain freelancers that we otherwise might not see in VR.

Haha, yes - Walle12 and I have contrasting views on KMPVR. I understand his gripes, but as there is no alternative I do my best to look past them. Like he said, there are far worse studios (e.g. AQUA, NKKVR).

They are the home of freelancers. SOD and Unfinished don't release enough to cover the large pool of talent; KMP's shotgun approach is a necessary evil. Releases would feel glacial in their absence, left to the mercy of exclusive studios with their 2-5 monthly releases, as well as low-budget studios with poor scale and setups more uninspired than KMPVR.

The mechanical feeling may be a by-product of releasing so frequently, the directors sacrificing quality for quantity. If they were to clean up certain technical aspects and focus more on what makes a release feel immersive (perhaps also whilst reducing number of releases), I'm sure Walle12 would be in support of them.

I'm easy to please as I usually just keep the latter action scene. As long as certain requirements are met (good scale, firm action, eye-contact not off-centre), it goes in the collection.

 

[Walle12]

I'm going to break down my problem with KMP....

+In the vast majority of their releases, the actresses don't take their clothes off for the whole movie. That's a turn-off for me. I accept the clothes if they take them off later, for example Unfinished and others do half a movie with clothes on and half without. But if they don't take them off for the whole movie, it's no enough for me. Because clothes + censorship = Netflix.

+ It's true that KMP releases quite a few movies without clothes, and some are immersive, good face to face cowgirl, good angles... But they end with a distant missionary that for me destroys the immersion. An example is VRKM-1481 with Azu Amatsuki...It has everything I like, 80% of the film promises a lot according to my tastes.... And then they end up with this:





I need a face-to-face missionary to “finish”, and you know what I mean.... Something like this:



With the headset on, the difference in immersion is day and night. The KMP angle is just watching TV, this Kawaii angle is real VR, you FEEL your are fucking the model...

I know that for Chewbaka and others it's enough with the cowgirl or other things, for me it's not. That's the difference between KMP and Unfinished or Kawaii. These studios end with a close missionary, KMP almost never. So it has spoiled hundreds, literally hundreds of movies for me over the years.

+Nevertheless, as they release a thousand titles a month, some of them get a close missionary, for example SAVR-550 / with Amiri Saitou, or tha Aya one that 2dxxxisdead (best name ever ) has posted. But then KMP's other problem comes to light: slow, robotic, passionless sex. Take any KMP close missionary, and compare it with one from Idea Pocket or Moodyz... The KMP ones are in slow motion, only last 3 o 4 minutes, and the girls hardly show any emotions, because the actor doesn't move...

So even though some KMP movies have everything I like, then I watch them and they don't end up filling me up like Unfinished, Kawaii, Idea Pocket, etc.

As I said, 1% of their titles interest me, those that 2dxxxisdead has posted, or this one with Azu, I have hopes, because she always gives her best, even if the director is useless....

VRKM-1502




But KMP will already look for a way to ruin the movie for me...

I understand that this is very personal (all porn is), that's why I understand why you like KMP titles. For me KMP is a 99% expendable studio, because an unimmersive, or slow, robotic movie with a favorite freelance actress, is a bad movie that is of no use to me.

Why do they do this to us?! I was so looking forward to a new Miho Nana movie... and this...

I'm glad to know I'm not alone... Shared sorrows are better to bear, even if it doesn't help much...

And as for my list, I know some are just wishful thinking, but...

- Amatsuka Moe
- Momonogi Kana (Probably only actress I have every single video on my hard drive)
- Umi Yatsugake (As mentioned by Endura)
- Nanatsumori Riri (SIVR-362 was good, but too short! and yes, I love stockings/lingerie)

- Natsume Iroha
- Amemiya Mona / OYCVR-101 was decent quality, but too much clothes...

/ Just to name a few...

What I truly wish for is for stars who shot older VRs... They're of terrible quality and I really really really wish there were better qualities... or if they'd come back... (One can wish, right?

- Kira Iroha (Yuuki Mayu) / OYCVR-024 was mediocre quality although she was basically fully clothes which was sad...
- Haneda Ai
- Sakasaki Miho


other honorable mentions I would also like to see more in VR

- Hana Alice (SIVR-368 is her only work...)
- Abe Kanna
- Asahina Karen (Too bad her face seems to change more and more as time progresses)
- Hinata Natsu
- Hitomi Madoka

Great list... Many actresses I didn't know because I don't watch 2D movies, but searching for some, for example:

Amatsuka Moe



Umi Yatsugake


WOW

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be seeing any new Prestige VRs for a long time....

I don't want to see VR JAV... pornified.

This is the trend of the last few months... Moodyz, S1, no longer shoot “girlfriend experiences”, they shoot scenes with models who act like American porn stars.
Even KMP, which was the most mainstream, has started to shoot forced porn movies...

Yes, it is concerning. Seems like some premium studios are less and less interested in making VRs.

After the release of 8K video in the summer of 2023, we had 6 or 8 dreamy months, with all studios releasing many quality titles in 8K to try to capitalize on the novelty.
I guess they didn't sell what they expected, but it seems that none of them stopped to think that the 8K image quality of Fanza is crap, and surely many people see no difference between the 4K and 8K versions, and buy the cheaper 4K. Or, what I always say, Japanese people still watch VR on mobile, and they don't care about 8K or 2K, it looks just as bad on a smartphone display.

2024 releases (not excluding compilations):

KMPVR (SAVR, VRKM, BIBIVR) = 456
SOD = 234
Unfinished = 107
S1 = 69
Moodyz = 61
Kawaii = 52
Idea Pocket = 34
Madonna = 23

Madonna and Idea Pocket have greatly increased their releases in recent weeks, but S1 and Moodyz have pulled the handbrake.......

 

[enduraVR]

On the same page with you regarding clothed titles. Need nudity for visual interest, otherwise it makes sex positions in VR pointless. Yep, clothing plus censorship is basically softcore porn. Might as well watch simulated gravure sex.

The far away missionary position like in Amatsuki's release is annoying. KMP can do a good face-to-face, but isn't as consistent as those from top studios, for sure. If Japanese fans aren't informing studios of these flaws (if they see it as such), then things won't change.

The KMP ones are in slow motion, only last 3 o 4 minutes, and the girls hardly show any emotions, because the actor doesn't move...

They do tend to hurriedly switch positions - feels like they are ticking of a checklist rather than wanting it to feel organic. I'm not sure what quality to expect from freelancer studios. Exclusive studios seem to have better direction, putting more love into each release (with the trade-off being they release infrequently).

KMP is in my good books mainly due to their old catalogue of fetish content, but there is no denying that they make a lot of filler content. Wouldn't mind if they reduced number of monthly releases to focus more on quality, but doubt that'll happen.

I just wish exclusive studios would shoot with their talent more
S1 and Moodyz average around 5-6 monthly releases in 2024 - I'd like them to continue that trend. More would always be nice, but that is a good baseline.

 

[Walle12]

feels like they are ticking of a checklist rather than wanting it to feel organic

Exactly. If you notice, many of their positions last about the same length. I checked them once, and the different positions lasted around 5 minutes. All their close missionaries last the same in all their movies, 3-4 minutes....

And many of their movies repeat exactly the same order of scenes and positions.

I think it's just what you say: to save time, because they shoot a lot of VRs, they have a template where it says: cowgirl (5 minutes), doggy (6 minutes), missionary (4 minutes), and quite possibly, the camera angles and distances. They shoot a position, stop to change exactly after 5 minutes, shoot, stop... This breaks the rhythm of the actors, and that's why the sex is slower and more robotic.. Other studies are much more flexible and therefore sex is more fluid and passionate.

That would explain a lot about KMP...

I just wish exclusive studios would shoot with their talent more
None of this would matter much if we weren't starved for content from the top studios.

Well, yes, that's the truth... For me, the VR with Mayuki Ito which comes out in four days, already fixes my week... If every 7 or 10 days we had a VR with a star actress from S1, Moodyz, Prestige, I wouldn't give a damn about the rest...

But now to have to wait 3 or 6 months for another one with Miho Nana, it's torture.... And how long has it been since we had VR of Mio Ishikawa, Miru, and many others....

 

[enduraVR]

Collected 44 of KMPVR's 456 total releases in 2024 (9.7%). Compared with 20 of 61 releases from Moodyz (32.9%) and 9 of 34 scenes from Idea Pocket (26.4%), the data shows a preference for exclusive content over that of freelancers.

Didn't enjoy S1's 2024, only collecting 9 of 69 releases (13%), though still better than KMPVR. Only SOD underperformed, just 17 of 234 releases collected (7.3%). Had they shot more with their exclusives (Ogura Yuna, Suzu Honjo, Rei Kamiki, MINAMO - plus the rest of the roster) they'd be higher.

Well, yes, that's the truth... For me, the VR with Mayuki Ito which comes out in four days, already fixes my week... If every 7 or 10 days we had a VR with a star actress from S1, Moodyz, Prestige, I wouldn't give a damn about the rest...

Wouldn't that be swell... glad we have performers like Mayuki and Momo Sakura. Hope they continue to stick around for a while longer.

But now to have to wait 3 or 6 months for another one with Miho Nana, it's torture.... And how long has it been since we had VR of Mio Ishikawa, Miru, and many others....

Ishikawa released in October, so not too far off. Miru's was over 8 months ago now!
I would go through each exclusive studios's roster to see who has and hasn't filmed recently (or at all), but that would be depressing

 

[Walle12]

I haven't counted, but from memory, my percentages are very similar to yours, except with KMP, which are lower (I don't think I keep more than 4 or 5 titles of them in 2024).

I would go through each exclusive studios's roster to see who has and hasn't filmed recently (or at all), but that would be depressing

Maybe they think that most people still watch their movies in 2D (that's true). But they don't realize that there are also people who only watch VR, and we only watch their star actresses every 6 months.... or never...

In the reviews I write of the titles I buy on Fanza, I'm starting to note just that.... I don't think they will take any notice, but well, there it is....