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“Real” storylines in Harem anime – Revelation or Old Hat?

If you think about it, harem anime is probably up there with mecha as a defining genre for anime. In fact, when asking a lay person, they would probably quote harem shows after the usual tentacles, Pokeymans and GIANT ROBOTTS. Well, they would probably describe it as “stuff with anime porn and stuff and big [...]

Is Japanese pornography really inferior? A short treatise on the comsumption of Japanese live-action pornography

| Can you overcome the lure of 2D…
What place exactly does Japanese live action pornography hold in today’s society?
By live-action pornography, I am referring to the reams and reams of DVDs that line the shelves of the adult sections of media stores throughout Japan – the Japanese counterpart to good old common garden porn. You [...]

Coming soon – Hentai dictionary

Just out of the blue, since I’ve been writing the Fanservice Guide, I have decided to compile a more definitive Hentai terms Dictionary than those that are out at the moment – hopefully it shouldn’t take me too long to do – maybe a few weeks.
You should also get your regular posts as well, so [...]

The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for animators #14 Appendix 2 – Breast sizes

| Approximate anime breast sizes expressed in terms of real life cup sizes (visual appraisal only)
Breast Sizes
Breast size, as most people would imagine, is very important in a fanservice animation. As Konata says in Lucky Star, flat cheasts also have appeal and there are fans for every level of breast size. However, size of breast [...]

The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for animators #13, Appendix 1 – Panty types

This section focuses on all the different types of panties that you will have to choose from. Panty choice is very important, since in a fanservice anime, the viewers will be seeing a lot of them and it is important that not only should they be nice to look at, but they should also fit [...]

The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for animators #12 – Settings Part 3

4. Changing Rooms

Description: Changing rooms – the little island of privacy in the bustling world of public life. Whether in school waiting to go out to sports lessons or in a clothes shop trying on underwear or swimsuits, again it is a thinly veiled device for getting the clothes off of our lovely characters and [...]

The Yuribou guide to fanservice for animators #11 – Settings Part 2

Specific settings

1. Bathhouse/Bathroom/Onsen

Description: Any facility involving nude women, hot baths, copious quantities of steam and soap suds.

Common fanservice devices: Bathhouses and their ilk are ripe pickings for the fanservice animator, as girls are already naked! Common scene types include the Pseudoyuri Breast Comparison (+/-gropage), Unnecessary Cleavage enhancement, Unexpected Yuri Scene, Accidental Changing invasion and the [...]

The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for animators #10 – Settings Part 1

Following on from the previous section on scenes, it is also important to know your settings in order that you know what fanservice devices will be available to you in each instance. For each animation it is important to choose a major setting in which most of the storyline will be based on (you can [...]

The Yuribou Guide to Fanservice for animators #9 – Important scenes Part 4

10. Unnecessary Cleavage enhancement (UCE)

Description: Covers a whole range of devices, the main purpose of which is to enhance the cleavage of a partisular character for a cheap chest shot. (not necessarily one with disproportionately large breasts, though this is often the case). These include: leaning on the edge of something (e.g. a pool), trying [...]