Cartoon pornography is the portrayal ofillustrated oranimated fictionalcartoon characters inerotic or sexual situations. Animated cartoon pornography, orerotic animation, is a subset of the larger field ofadult animation, not all of which is sexually explicit.
Because historically most cartoons have been produced for child and all-ages audiences, cartoon pornography has sometimes been subject to criticism and extra scrutiny compared to live-action erotic films or photographs. It is somewhat common in Japan, where it is part of a genre of entertainment commonly referred to outside of Japan ashentai.
Cartoon pornography has significantly increased in production since the introduction of the internet, with the creation of websites dedicated to adult animation.[1] The internet has also led to animated pornography being distributed on social media.[2]
One of the earliest examples of erotic animation isThe Virgin with the Hot Pants, astag film that opens with an animated sequence featuring an independent penis and testicles pursuing a naked woman and having sex with her, then another sequence of a mouse sexually penetrating a cat.[3] Another early example isEveready Harton in Buried Treasure, a 6.5-minute silent black-and-white animated film produced in 1928 by three US animation studios, allegedly for a private party in honor ofWinsor McCay. It features a man with a large, perpetually erect penis who has various misadventures with other characters and farm animals, plus his penis detaching and doing things on its own.[4] In 1932,Hakusan Kimura completed Japan's first erotic animationSuzumi bune [ja] using touches ofUkiyo-e style.[5]
TheGolden Age of Porn, which saw mainstream filmmakers and cinemas tentatively experiment with sexually explicit material with fully developed plots and storytelling themes, also saw some renewed interest in similar erotic animation.[6] Examples includeOut of an Old Man's Head (1968) byPer Åhlin andTage Danielsson,[6]Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975) byPicha andBoris Szulzinger,[6] andHistorias de amor y masacre (1979) by Jorge Amorós.[6] AnimatorRalph Bakshi producedFritz the Cat (1972) (based loosely on the comic ofRobert Crumb), which was the first animated film to receive an"X" rating in the US.[7] The Italian filmIl nano e la strega (released in English asKing Dick, 1973) was a medieval fantasy story told entirely by hand-drawn animation.Once Upon a Girl (1976) featured live-action framing sequences around pornographic versions of well-known fairy tales.[6]Animerama was a series of animated erotic films begun byOsamu Tezuka:A Thousand and One Nights (1969),Cleopatra (1970), andBelladonna of Sadness (1973).[8][9] In addition, known asmockbusters,Maruhi Gekiga, Ukiyoe Senichiya (1969), andDo It! Yasuji's Pornorama (1971) released.
Since the 1980s, erotica has been a popular genre of animation in Japan. Erotic Japaneseanime – some based on eroticmanga, often released asoriginal video animation – calledhentai feature sexually suggestive and explicit sex scenes.
In the early 21st century, producers began applying digital animation technology to erotic material. In 2000,Playboy TV began running the erotic dystopian sci-fi seriesDark Justice, which used 3D animation, and ran for 20 episodes.[10][11][12] In 2001, illustratorJoe Phillips releasedThe House of Morecock, a comedic erotic feature film for gay and bisexual male audiences, made using 2D digital animation.[13]
The 2006 shortSex Life of Robots turned to the traditional technique ofstop-motion animation to depict the imagined sexual activities of living robots.[14] In 2013Savita Bhabhi, an IndianHindi-language animated film directed by Deshmukh (Puneet Agarwal) was released as aweb film. It was based on Agarwal's Kirtuwebcomic characterSavita Bhabhi (published online since 2008) and was the first adult animated film from India.[15]
Animated content has become popular on pornographic video services, which sometimes report terms such as "anime", "hentai", and "cartoon" – all of which are commonly associated with animation – among the top search terms.[16][17][18][19][20] In November 2020, Ana Valens ofThe Daily Dot highlighted the popularity of "Source Filmmaker porn", referring to SFM porn which is created using Source Filmmaker by "adult creators."[21]
Thelegal status of cartoon pornography varies from country to country. In addition to the normallegal status of pornography, some cartoon pornography depicts potentially minor (that is, underage) characters engaging in sexual acts. One of the primary reasons for this may be due to the many cartoons featuring major characters who are notadults.[22] Cartoon pornography does not always have depictions of minors in sexual acts or situations, but that which does may fall under the jurisdictionlaws concerning child pornography. Drawings of pre-existing characters can in theory be in violation ofcopyright law, no matter what the situation the characters are shown in.[23]
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