
“Don’t you want to know what’s in here?”
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The latest crop of ero-doujinshi springs a few surprises on us, and, in particular, Strike Witches shocks by actually having the lowest proportion of ero-doujinshi of the titles sampled. Other series also prove to exhibit some unexpected turns, not least poor Kanokon…
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Delighted fans exclaim that the latest chapter of the To Love-Ru manga is bordering on ero-manga territory, with tentacles and elementary school loli breasts aplenty, and that is just the censored version.
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Strike Witches forms a set of titles with an unexpectedly chequered past, and whilst the current anime seems to have found a popular and stable niche for showing off delicious not-pantsu in ultra low angle shots, when they escape the censors at least, the earlier original manga version, even illustrated by something of an ero-mangaka, in fact got canned over this very reason, and has only recently been revived as a completely different title, with a distinctly sanitised air.
Let us take a closer look at the original loli manga, and circumstances surrounding the cancellation, as it is rather interesting…
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Prominent ero-mangaka ぼっしぃ/ Bosshi (also published as AskRay) is set to have his most recent manga title, 水着彼女 / Mizugi Kanojo (a sample of which is reproduced below in case you don’t have a clue about him or the work in question), adapted into an ero-anime by studio Pink Pineapple.
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The level of anticipation and furious interest centred on 鳴子ハナハル / Naruko Hanaharu’s (also Naruco Hanaharu – and he is assuredly a man despite the -ko) latest adult manga, 少女マテリアル / Shoujo Material, has perhaps been unprecedented; it is a little hard to fathom how such attention has come to focus on a mangaka whose works had previously been relatively restricted in availability, however high quality they were.
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Coming upon much more 春画 / shunga, the Japansese erotic art of antiquity prone to make the contemporary stuff look tame, I though it time to make a few galleries of them, in addition to the earlier gallery. I should furnish you with a warning before you proceed – some of these images frankly put /d/ to shame in strangeness, and I reproduce uncritically as historical art illustrations which might otherwise be considered in less than exemplary taste.
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An iconic artist whose illustrations and manga unusually really only form a fraction of his overall works is うるし原 智志 / Satoshi Urushihara (sometimes given as 漆原智志). He has had a long and illustrious career as an animator and character designer for anime, and these achievements overshadow (probably justifiably) his other works; here, the focus is on his own illustrative works however.
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A famous and hugely prolific mangaka whose works I have been familiar for many years now is 師走の翁 / Shiwasu no Okina. His works are notably original, if at times a little hard to understand story wise, and it is particularly interesting to see such original works still focussing on relatively mainstream themes.
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With the recent announcement of the Queen’s Blade anime, I thought it timely to have a look at the actual game books (especially with regard to their alluring art). The books actually have their roots in D&D and similar, and circuitously found their way from the western tabletop RPG scene to their current popularity as collectible ecchi artbooks.
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An artist whose works exhibit truly striking quality is Tony (also known by the name Taka Tony, his real name 田中貴之 / Takayuki Tanaka, his company RPM KK and his circle T2 Art Works); his works have come to be quite famous, and for good reason, as they are first rate, as you can see below.
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A mangaka with a young but nevertheless impressive career who has caught my attention is 大和川 / Yamatogawa; his works are currently limited to only two compilations, but they are conspicuous through their extremely high quality.
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