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Hentai is Japanese animation ("anime") or comic-book-style magazines
("manga") with explicit sexual content.
Meaning of the word: The Japanese word hentai means for perverted and
transformation in Japanese. When used in English slang, it generally means
Japanese animation or comics with explicit sexual or pornographic content.
This usage is not found in Japan, where the word is never used to refer to
"normal" sexual content or conduct. A more proper term for sexual
comics in Japan is Manga.
Japanese Law: The actual amount of depictions of sexual activity in
"hentai" manga or anime may vary. Article 175 of the Japanese Penal Code
forbids publishing of "morally damaging" material, which is currently
interpreted to include exposed genitals, so you usually find mosaic blurs or
solid bars over the genitals in hentai images. Prior to 1994 this censorship
law was also interpreted to include displaying pubic hair, a rule
circumvented by simply drawing characters with no pubic hair. This has
become very prevalent, even with the advent of a more relaxed
interpretation.
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