Hentai is one of the most popular art forms in Japan. The word means ‘sexually perverse’ when applied to print or animated materials. Japanese mangas (comics) have been heavily influenced by the post World War II occupation of the country by the victorious American forces. These forces brought with them comics and cartoons from the United States that represented a new art form to the Japanese artists, a style that they began to emulate.
There are several types of hentai but one of the most popular are those comics that are done by the Japanese dojinshi, or independent artist, because they often use popular figures from regular anime stories and video games. (more…)