Fan base swells for 'hentai' content, much to cartoon purists' chagrin
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.
AN ANIMATION figure doll priced at 73,500 yen is among other provocative character goods at Mandarake's toy shop in Nakano Ward, Tokyo.
"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.
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