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| Available in | Japanese,English,simplified Chinese,traditional Chinese,Korean,Spanish,German,French,Indonesian,Italian,Portuguese,Swedish,Thai,Vietnamese[1] |
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| Owner | EISYS, Inc. (株式会社エイシス) |
| Founder(s) | Aoki System Co. Ltd. (有限会社アオキシステム) |
| URL | https://www.dlsite.com/ |
| Launched | July 1996 |
DLsite (ディーエルサイト), operated by theJapanese company EISYS, Inc. (株式会社エイシス), is anecommerce storefrontwebsite anddigital distribution service for downloading and selling a mixture of all-ages and adults-onlydoujinshi,doujin games, digitalmanga,light novele-books,software,computer games,Android apps, and similar goods. As of 2022, DLsite had reached over 9 million global users.[2]
The service adapted its current name in January 2019.
After selecting a display language, the site presents categories divided by audience and product type in order to wall off adults-only material.
DLsite was established by Aoki System Co., Ltd. in July 1996 under the name "Soft Island" (ソフトアイランド). After Aoki System renamed as EISYS, Inc., the site's name changed to DLsite.com (ディーエルサイトコム) in January 2001. In March 2003, DLsite partnered withDigital Media Mart (currently DMM.com) to create the doujin section of DMM.ADULT (predecessor ofFANZA), which ended in August 2005. In January 2004, the website was refreshed and it released theEnglish language version of the site.
In January 2005, EISYS became a subsidiary ofLivedoor Co., Ltd. By April 2010, the number of registered circles exceeded 10,000.[citation needed]
In May 2010, Livedoor spun off EISYS and in turn DLsite, which became a subsidiary ofGeo Corporation. In May 2011, the website was refreshed again, and some categories were removed or reorganized. In February 2018, DLSite announced that it would start publishing games onSteam and would start a translation service business. "DLsite.com" became simply "DLsite" in January 2019.[3]
On 11 May 2023, DLsite issued a temporary restriction on publishingAI-generated content.[4][5][6] On 15 February 2024, DLsite announced the platform renewed the guideline of selling AI-generated content, opened a new space for selling AI contents, and lifted the restriction issued before.[6]
In March 2024, some creators reported that DLsite ordered them to change the description of their works to comply with policies from credit card companies. For example, altering the wordloli (ロリ,Loli) intohiyoko (ひよこ,Hiyoko,lit. 'chick').[7] In April 2024, EISYS announced that all their platforms have suspended credit card payments from Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.[5][7]
In November 2021, EISYS and DLSite announced a service called Translators Unite.[8] This service aims to allow DLsite tocrowd-sourcetranslations for its materials in a way that directly supports creators in exchange forresiduals orcommission.[9] This is also intended to redirect the enthusiasm for onlinescanlation towards legal distribution. Manga translation work is accomplished through a tool called the MANTRA Engine, which is also partnering withPixiv-FANBOX.[10]
In 2023, DLsite added support for nine more languages, adding up to fourteen supported languages.[1]
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