Rorita Anime is a collection of adult original video animations (OVA) produced by Wonder Kids. It contains many notable firsts, as the first Erotic animation, depicting hentai scenes which include yuri, BDSM and lolicon characters. It ran from February 1984 to May 1985 and consisted of six episodes.
Production
Lolita Anime was planned and produced during the height of the "lolicon boom" in amateur Japanese animation, which was pioneered by figures such as Aki Uchiyama (whose name would be used to promote
Lolita Anime by
Nikkatsu, released later the same year) and
Hideo Azuma. The script and designs of the first two episodes were based on Fumio Nakajima's manga. Sales for these first two episodes were not ideal, which led Wonder Kids to create Miu, a heroine who was more cartoony in appearance and subject to less sadistic treatment than the girls in prior episodes. A third installment by Nakajima was produced, but delayed in favour of Miu's debut episode. The installment was later added to the sixth and final episode.
Not long after Lolita Animes initial episodes were released, more erotic OVAs went into production from other independent animators; as a result, Wonder Kids decided to end Lolita Anime series.
Staff
Much of Wonder Kids' staff was either uncredited or used pseudonyms.
Known names include:
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Nakajima Fumio - Director and producer (episodes 1-2), executive producer
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Kurahashi Tatsuji - Animation director and animator (episodes 1-2) credited as "R. Ching"
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Kuni Toshirou - Director and storyboard artist (episodes 1-2)
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Miyamoto Tsuneyuki - Director and producer (episode 3) credited as "Mickey Masuda"
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Sudou Kazuo - Scriptwriter credited as "Okajouki" (episodes 1-3), musical arrangement
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Kawamura Tetsuo - Music producer and lyricist (episodes 3-6)
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E&M Planning Center - Sound effects
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Matsumoto Kenichi - Corporate planner
Cast
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Masaru Ikeda - Crime boss (episode 1B)
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Yōko Asagami - Miu, Itsuko Hirai (episode 2A),
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Shigeru Nakahara - Salaryman (episode 3), Will (episode 5)
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Rokurō Naya - Salaryman (episode 6)
Episodes
Reception and legacy
Lolita Anime received mostly negative reception outside of
otaku circles, with
The Anime Encyclopedia entry on the work describing it as "disturbing" for its contents, which include gang rape and bondage of fictional underage girls.
It is also known as the first erotic anime video release.
It also featured the reoccurring character Miu, whose popularity prefigured that of
Cream Lemons Ami.
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