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Article: Porn 'anime' boasts big U.S. beachhead: Porn 'anime' boasts big U.S. beachhead.
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
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- July 11, 2006
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Byline: Jun Hongo
Jul. 11--The popularity of Japanese animation overseas was again highlighted in Anime Expo 2006 in California earlier this month, but a growing boom in the genre's pornographic segment is raising eyebrows among the world's fans of Pokemon and other less-graphic content.
"The best-selling product overseas now is a pornographic makeover of 'Gundam Seed,' " said Masuzo Furukawa of Mandarake Inc., referring to a popular Japanese animation.
Mandarake, based in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, specializes in the sale of toys and used "manga" comic books. The company and similar shops have seen overseas sales of sexual "anime" grow in the last ...