New AV Law

[AceRothstein]

Do you ever watch Nabito videos on Youtube? He interviews AV stars, and they speak about the issues in the industry and how women are still tricked into making movies, and they go to the police station for help, and they are like yeah, do the film and get it over with lol. I always love the candid interviews and stories on the pornography industry and jav. I remember hearing in America how the pornstars who are newly 18 and making movies are recruited before 18. In jav and porn how you get into more degrading sex acts as your career progresses. To me American porn has calmed down since 2008, but the stuff they're shooting in Europe is insane.

Nabito is an incredibly skilled interviewer. The way he poses questions, listens intently and builds on the answers to pose additional questions is just phenomenal. I have only seen individuals as skilled as Nabito in certain professional settings.

He makes the interviewee feel valued and respected. He challenges them with certain inquiries, but does so in a way that shows no judgement and only seeks to understand...which is why he is able to obtain such candid answers.

He has taught me a great deal through the subjects of his interviews, as well as his techniques.

If Nabito represented the industry as a whole when dealing with the government and other concerned parties, this current developing situation would have likely gone down a far different path.

Regardless, he does a great service to the industry in his current role, and I hope he keeps doing it.

Several actresses have posted about a sort of seminar that they attended explaining the new law, how it will affect their work, and what efforts are beginning to get the law altered to lessen the unnecessary burdens on the "clean" portions of the industry.

Thank you for putting this together, it is very informative and I appreciate the way you laid it all out. Excellent post.

 

[ramp_it_up]

Nabito is an incredibly skilled interviewer. The way he poses questions, listens intently and builds on the answers to pose additional questions is just phenomenal. I have only seen individuals as skilled as Nabito in certain professional settings.

He makes the interviewee feel valued and respected. He challenges them with certain inquiries, but does so in a way that shows no judgement and only seeks to understand...which is why he is able to obtain such candid answers.

He has taught me a great deal through the subjects of his interviews, as well as his techniques.

If Nabito represented the industry as a whole when dealing with the government and other concerned parties, this current developing situation would have likely gone down a far different path.

Regardless, he does a great service to the industry in his current role, and I hope he keeps doing it.



Thank you for putting this together, it is very informative and I appreciate the way you laid it all out. Excellent post.

Nabito is dope, I always love candid interviews from jav or the porn industry. I always loved the bts on dvd's where girls would talk about some personal shit

 

[Inertia]

Seriously, where were all these actresses tweeting about the new law a few months ago when it was still working its way through the Diet?

I'm happy they are doing it now, but too little too late.
Finally when it may impact scheduling and their pay, they start talking.

Credit to Sakura Tsukishima who got in it early and has pushed to have it modified/bring it to the attention of the public better than most anyone.

 

[branbran726]

Seriously, where were all these actresses tweeting about the new law a few months ago when it was still working its way through the Diet?

I'm happy they are doing it now, but too little too late.
Finally when it may impact scheduling and their pay, they start talking.

Credit to Sakura Tsukishima who got in it early and has pushed to have it modified/bring it to the attention of the public better than most anyone.

The public interpretation is that the law was rushed through the legislative process with very little input from the people involved. The bill text was only released very shortly before enactment. Unlike some regulation which has a built-in period for public comment, the enforceable parts of this law also took effect the day it was signed.

The 'proper time' for actresses to speak out against the bill was also intentionally sabotaged. I think it was JPG (linked their Twitter a few times on the previous page) that was called in to a legislative hearing... for all of about 5 minutes... and they essentially said, "You've called the wrong people; we don't represent actresses." The activists who were pushing the bill were very much against hearing from people involved in making AV, whom they grouped together entirely as victimizers. The thought process on their end was that if the government heard too much from industry insiders, the law would end up toothless and too friendly to the industry.

The result was a law that ignored all the processes and safeguards the legitimate AV industry had already put in place, while upending their entire business model in the process.

 

[Taako]

Looks like many are starting to question @zkurishi motives, some of those actresses who were first in favor of the new law and now complaining...
And why the production side of the industry have been so quiet? Interesting. Interesting.

We already know Yui Hatano will do anything for money and her little friend Hibiki is never too far behind. Anyone who think Yui cares about the other actresses in the business is delusional AF lol

This is about to get interesting lol

 

[Zhonda]

Credit to Sakura Tsukishima who got in it early and has pushed to have it modified/bring it to the attention of the public better than most anyone.

Sakura Tsukishima (aka Kashiwagi Riko) and Inamori Miyuu have done an interview on YouTube about the new law

(I know, not everyone’s fav vlogger)

TBH, only skipped around the vid myself, but found the quotes below notable. I’m going to check out their JAVs. I think everyone does a better job when they like their job; maybe it shows in their performances! I’d also like to avoid watching actresses that were somehow coerced into JAV, but there’s really no way to tell.

 

[kerodoro]

fundamentally the new law gives actresses a choice to change their mind within 3 months after the video filming is completed whether or not to release it. This could be detrimental to smaller studios that have sunk in huge costs for the production.

At the same time the law also allows actresses to "take down" existing movies. this has led to many dmca takedown requests in the industry, plus many billing processors rejecting adult content.

I believe this whole thing will stabilize eventually though. Give it time.

 

[ramp_it_up]

fundamentally the new law gives actresses a choice to change their mind within 3 months after the video filming is completed whether or not to release it. This could be detrimental to smaller studios that have sunk in huge costs for the production.

At the same time the law also allows actresses to "take down" existing movies. this has led to many dmca takedown requests in the industry, plus many billing processors rejecting adult content.

I believe this whole thing will stabilize eventually though. Give it time.

for reals JAV dumps alot of videos and will continue to crank these videos out.

 

[kessari]

Watch Namewee as he discuss this law with 3 veteran av actors and Moe Amatsuka

The first part he went to an AV production. There even the infamous swimming pool =D

then he discussed with the opinion of 3 AV actors and Moe Amatsuka

 

[twenie]

fundamentally the new law gives actresses a choice to change their mind within 3 months after the video filming is completed whether or not to release it. This could be detrimental to smaller studios that have sunk in huge costs for the production.

At the same time the law also allows actresses to "take down" existing movies. this has led to many dmca takedown requests in the industry, plus many billing processors rejecting adult content.

I believe this whole thing will stabilize eventually though. Give it time.

It would be great if this turns out leading to being a porn performer (male or female) to be more accepted in Japan (people would say never!). Imagine in the future where you can be both an idol and porn performer, then those Idol Fan Appreciation genre in Hentais and JAVs can finally be reality lol.

 

[pukimai]

so the new AV already impacted moodyz

 

[Joker6969]

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so the new AV already impacted moodyz

moodyz.com lists 15 releases for Dec 6th and 16 for Dec 20th, so not much of an impact on releases per month that I can see

 

[pukimai]

Nanasawa Mia has not release a new video since october, and there is no video yet from her at least until december, although she still active in moodyz activities, Hashimoto Arina just announce in her twitter that there will be new video from her until January, Yagi Nana, another moodyz superstar also does not have new video in december, other than moodyz, studios that have fewer movie release are SOD, S1, Premium, Honnaka, and kawaii

 

[Taako]

Nanasawa Mia has not release a new video since october, and there is no video yet from her at least until december, although she still active in moodyz activities, Hashimoto Arina just announce in her twitter that there will be new video from her until January, Yagi Nana, another moodyz superstar also does not have new video in december, other than moodyz, studios that have fewer movie release are SOD, S1, Premium, Honnaka, and kawaii

Listen to yourself man, you're actually complaining more than the women who actually have to take off their clothes and bang for money lol. They accepted it and moved on. It's not like JAV schedules been consistent throughout the years. Relax man.

Arina's attitude is cheerful and positive, she even said "until her new work comes out, she hopes fans continue to look at a lot of works that come out this month". She's so cheerful and vibing positivity. It's great she's not whiny. She's doing all the work for her fans and few horndogs wacking off is getting upset? hahaha doesn't make sense.

There's millions of movies you haven't seen yet, dude. Pick, fap, and, relax. Find new stars you might been curious about. I recently found one and she's really good and have a great ass.
Let's stay positive and continue to support these actresses

You should post your feelings about the new jav law on the Gripe Of The month page as well. To keep it fun and positive. You can share what you don't like about JAV. It will make you feel better.

 

[ding73ding]

Yes... just read from Playno1 that it's not just a few individual idols: Julia, Arina, Hikari, Yua and quite a few more. It's an industry-wide choke-point.

Kinda shocking if you ask me. So many top top studios and agencies all got caught with their pants down. The law was known for some time, I think it should be possible to pre-produce a few titles so the waiting period can be observed without suffering such a huge disruption to release schedules.

I don't understand the actually details and inner workings... but many idols are left without JAV income for several months.

In the long term it (at least the waiting period component of The New Law) will all smooth out. Back to 2 per month for Julia, 1 per month for Yua. etc.... I'm curious if the idols will increase their work schedule for 2023 to make up for the lost income for these months.

I'm also very curious if the fandom consumer base would, say... shift their spending budget for these months to say hentai games. If that's the case, the lost revenue (and idol's lost income) will never be recovered by the JAV industry.

Also I don't think I'm imagining it: Image Video (mainly Rebecca (REBD-xxx) and Aircontrol (OAE-xxx)) have crank out at least 100% more vids for October/November than typical months in recent years. This is likely also related to JAV studios/idols got caught in the waiting period.

 

[Electromog]

They've now started to use this new law as story line in JAV movies. MFO-003 and MFO-004 are about AV shoots where the actress decides not to go ahead with the video like the new law allows and the AD has to stand in and film the movie instead. They even mention what's in the new law at the start.

 

[samurai79]

They've now started to use this new law as story line in JAV movies. MFO-003 and MFO-004 are about AV shoots where the actress decides not to go ahead with the video like the new law allows and the AD has to stand in and film the movie instead. They even mention what's in the new law at the start.

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lol, that's brilliant!

 

[intrepid8]

They've now started to use this new law as story line in JAV movies. MFO-003 and MFO-004 are about AV shoots where the actress decides not to go ahead with the video like the new law allows and the AD has to stand in and film the movie instead. They even mention what's in the new law at the start.

As I was reading this I was honestly expecting:

the actress decides not to go ahead with the video like the new law allows and

レイプ!

 

[mrflexog]

I saw this when the law was announced and frankly I think its good. The way the law is set up it mostly effects producers not performers but of course the producers will make performers bear the burden.

Regardless, the number of girls getting into the sex industry is rapidly growing, it's not sustainable. I don't the porn industry should be one that constantly grows like the hydra it has become. A little trimming and regulation is a good thing. Porn is damaging in multiple ways. Don't your consumption of it lead you to forget that fact.

 

[ding73ding]

I saw this when the law was announced and frankly I think its good. The way the law is set up it mostly effects producers not performers but of course the producers will make performers bear the burden.

Regardless, the number of girls getting into the sex industry is rapidly growing, it's not sustainable. I don't the porn industry should be one that constantly grows like the hydra it has become. A little trimming and regulation is a good thing. Porn is damaging in multiple ways. Don't your consumption of it lead you to forget that fact.

It's entirely OT, but I wish to debate you on that:

Let's call "number of girls getting into the sex industry is rapidly growing" the Issue. And let's call the cause of the Issue as the Problem (what ever that is)

Q1: Assuming your claim that Issue is real (would appreciate a citation), and let's agree the Issue is not desirable. So what's the cause of that? What's the Problem? Do you think it's caused by too lax sex laws?

I don't think so. I think it's 90% caused by some combination of global economic decline and domestic (Japanese) economic mistakes and Japan-specific difficulty of women in job market, and 10% caused by newly developing moral grey zone of the OnlyFans phenom (I listen to a number of US podcasts for many years, incredible that adult entertainment become a over-the-table topic)

Anyway hitting the censored JAV seems to be the wrong approach, regulating OF and FC2 seems much more effective eliminating the moral grey zone.

Q2: Does the New Law actually do anything to address the Issue?

New Law takes the easy way out, putting pressure on the over-the-table JAV industry that has already been regulated (at least self-regulated), instead of doing the necessary but difficult thing of regulating internet companies esp. foreign internet companies.

End result is of course over-the-table JAV industry shrink while girls needing easy income go to FC2, OF or even more underground channels which the New Law cannot reach. Already there are rumors that Japanese girls are going to Taiwan, Hong Kong and China to sell sex, mostly underground.

Q3: Does the New Law actually do anything to address the Problem?

(let's just use the word "Problem" to mean the cause of the "Issue", you and I need not agree what actually is the cause) If not, does it make the Issue worse?

Actually I could argue New Law is part of the Problem, not part of the Solution.