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Sex in
Animation
The Sex Films of Liller
Møller
Yaoi: Why Do Girls
Like Boys on Boys?
An Introduction to
Hentai
Festival Watch
SIGGRAPH 2006
Also
Queer Duck
Incest in Anime
Cartoon Modern
How Japanese animation pushes the boundaries of
Speed Grapher
taboo
Contents
Page 4
Page 16
Page 29
Page 35
lip sync
festival watch
reviews
35 The Hip List
3 Cartoon Carnality
16 SIGGRAPH 2006
22 Gun Sword Vol. 1
23 Elemental Gelade Vol. 1
37 Where to Get It
features
25 Koi Kaze Box Set
4 Lil er Møl er’s Sex Trilogy
26 Speed Grapher Vol. 1
38 Closing Credits
7 An Introduction to Hentai
27 Barefoot Gen &
Barefoot Gen 2
9 Why Tentacles?
29 Queer Duck: The Movie
12 Hey, Aren’t They Related?
30 Pinky and the Brain Vol. 1
14 Girl on Boys on Boys
30 Lupin the III: Castle of
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Cartoon Carnality
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Emru Townsend on the quality vs. quantity of animated sex on the tube
EDITORIAL
On the second to last night of this
periphery of mainstream culture, and is
In a recent radio interview, Shortbus
Editor Emru Townsend
year’s Ottawa International Animation
the playground of independent animators director John Cameron Mitchel said
Copyeditor Tamu Townsend
Proofreader Ceri Young
Festival, I found myself having a midnight (which raises a few chicken-and-egg
that sex is “more complicated than
Contributors Madeline Ashby,
snack with an old friend, discussing the
questions, but that’s a subject for another porn, and it’s more complicated than
Armen Boudjikanian, Aaron H. Bynum,
films we’d seen over the previous four
time). In any artistic field, be it music,
despair.” Television writers have come
André R. Coutu, Mark Mayerson, Jonathan Moy,
days.
writing, comics or filmmaking, either of
to understand that writing about sex
Arin Murphy-Hiscock, Brett Rogers,
“Is it just me, or were there a lot of
those two factors typical y leads to sexual can be more nuanced, and the quality of
Gunnar Strøm, René Walling, Cynthia Ward
films about sex this year?” she asked.
themes.
television writing has improved general y.
Layout Emru Townsend
Maybe, maybe not. But some of
If there’s one thing this year’s
You can make your own chicken-and-
the most talked-about shorts in the
films made clear, it’s that commercial
egg assumptions here, but that’s not
Cover Image Still from Please Twins
competition screenings were those that
animation is stil woeful y underdeveloped real y the point. When an animated TV
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tackled sex in some form, each completely in terms of themes. Despite al the talk
show approaches sex in that messy,
different from the other. The hilarious The about the increase in adult animation,
complicated, provocative way, that wil
Ken Clark, Dave “Grue” DeBry, Svend Johansen,
Carnival of the Animals, set to the musical particularly on television, it’s actual y
mean that animated TV shows have final y Vicky Vriniotis, Richard York
suite of the same name, is a twelve-minute al very childish, relying more on cheap
grown up.
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exploration of erotic dreams and fantasies. humour, which carries with it the titil ation
Does this mean animated comedies
(One of the funniest sequences has a
of sexual elements or in-jokes being in a
have to fal by the wayside, or are
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circle of rabbits lasciviously stroking each cartoon—which, in a backhanded way,
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others’ ears, their faces beaming with
reinforces the notion that cartoons are
The Simpsons has always used humour
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the purest ecstasy.) Never Like the First
supposed to be for kids, or at least about
to make sly comments on society; and
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Time! uses anonymous interviews with
“safe” topics.
if you look farther back, you’l see that
Frames Per Second, Vol. II, Issue 9. ISSN 1718-3723.
© 2006 5x5 Media. Al images are copyrighted by
real people as the basis for four stories
Live-action TV has broadened its
many social conventions and taboos were
their creators. Al articles are copyrighted by their
about when they lost their virginity, each
depictions of sex considerably in the last
first questioned and broken on sitcoms.
authors. For reprint information, contact the editor at
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animated in a different style and ranging
decade; while it’s stil primarily sitcom
Humour wil probably stil be the vehicle
in tone from terrifying to laugh-out-loud
fodder, consider El en DeGeneres’s
of choice when it comes to animation, but
funny. Guy 101 tel s of an anonymous gay coming out, Wil & Grace, the physical
the day someone manages to produce
sexual encounter that takes an unexpected and emotional complexities found in Sex
something that’s smart, sexy and fun
turn.
and the City, and the grey areas plumbed in a way that grabs the popular psyche
While the films were quite strong, I’m
regularly in Law & Order: Special Victims
(much like Sex and the City did), they’l be
not sure if there was that much more
Unit. Meanwhile, commercial animation’s tapping into a gold mine—and, hopeful y,
sexual content than in previous years.
approach to sex has largely been a simple broadening commercial animation’s
The short animated film exists on the
directive: More jokes, please.
playing field. ¡
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Lil er Møl er’s Sex Trilogy
Written by Gunnar Strøm
A trio of Danish films tackle
complex subjects with warmth
and humour
Sex in animation is not
just pornography and
teasing entertainment. It
can be used tenderly and
efficiently in tel ing serious
stories about love and life.
It is very useful in humorous
animation—sexual animated
gags can be very funny.
And serious animation
artists have used sex and
erotic images to tel the
most touching and mind-
expanding tales. Animation
has also been used widely
in information films and
documentaries on themes
like sex education, HIV/AIDS
and sexual abuse.
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An Introduction to Hentai Written by Jonathan Moy
A peek inside Japan’s animated sex industry
The lights of the university erection-torture device. He
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lecture hall dim and the
is forced to watch a naked,
students quiet. Up front,
muscled hermaphrodite be
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foot screen, several short
tentacled minions, until his
clips from various Japanese painful erection compels his
animation OVAs (Original
submission. After twenty
Video Animation, direct-to-
minutes and several more
video productions) begin.
clips, the lights go up and
One features a buxom
the students share a number
nurse in various states
of emotions: some are
of undress, using many
aghast, some are laughing
unconventional methods to
uncontrol ably, some have
coax her doctor’s penis from already left disgusted, but
its state of grey impotence.
al are understandably
Another features an over-
stunned. Without proper
stimulated salaryman who
warning, these students have
grows to a gargantuan,
just been introduced to the
Godzil a-like proportion
shocking world of hentai.
and begins masturbating
al over the city, sporting
a dangerous acid sperm
(he is destroyed later by an
equal y proportioned, sailor-
suited schoolgirl and her
panties). Another features
an anthropomorphic cat,
Nurse, my pil ow needs fluffing…or something like
that: Ogenki Clinic Adventures’ Ruko Tatase.
restrained while wearing an
AN INTRODUCTION TO HENTAI
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Why Tentacles?
Written by Jonathan Moy
Examining one of the most infamous aspects of erotic horror anime
Of the major subgenres
protagonist whose job it is
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of hentai (that is, sexually
to stop these lustful and evil
explicit anime), erotic
beings, but not before a few
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horror is certainly the
victims are ravished first.
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most controversial. In
Exceptions to these rules
the late eighties, the ultra-
exist in the subgenre, but are
violence of Katsuhiro
few and far between.
Otomo’s Akira and the
Once you discover this
ultra-explicit demon/tentacle sort of shocking animation
sex of Toshio Maeda’s
exists in the world, one
Urotsukidoji coloured much
question that might arise
of the West’s opinion of
is, how could anybody
Japanese animation. That’s
come up with something as
right—demon/tentacle sex,
weird or twisted as tentacle
which just happens to be the sex? Where did it come
cornerstone of erotic horror
from? What kind of people
hentai. The erotic horror
are the Japanese to have
subgenre of hentai general y created something that
implies that at some point in so dishonours the sacred
the narrative there wil be an physical bond that “only
alien or demon creature of
a man and a woman can
some type with many penis-
share,” to quote some recent
like tentacles. One or more
political discussions? Could
of these creatures wil have
it be possible that actual
its way with any number of
Japanese schoolgirls are
uniformed, usual y nameless, real y having it off with deep-
high school girls, and usual y sea creatures? The answers
This image from a La Blue Girl DVD cover echoes 19th-
century woodblock prints.
in the story there is some
may surprise you.
WHY TENTACLES?
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Hey, Aren’t They Related?Written by Madeline Ashby
Japanese animation has
The focus of this article is on
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long been famous—or
a taboo shared on both sides
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infamous—for its
of the Pacific—incest. At first
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Such depictions run the
this rather uncomfortable
gamut from blushing
facet of the anime sexual
romance to outright
spectrum. After al , how
pornography. Even the
common can incest be in
tamest North American
a medium which finds its
releases found on Cartoon
way onto television sets and
Network or YTV feature
merchandising counters al
romantic or sexual
across Japan and North
storylines—Usagi Tsukino’s
America? Short of an anime
shameless adoration of her
equivalent to Law & Order:
Mamoru in Sailor Moon, or
Special Victims Unit, where
the flagrant objectification
might the viewer find stories
of pleasure-model androids
of consanguinity?
in Ghost in the Shell: Stand
The short answer is that
Alone Complex. Sex sel s,
incest is both everywhere
and fans like romance. Like
and nowhere in anime. The
any other entertainment
long answer is that “incest”
industry, Japanese
is too simple a term.
animation studios seek to
profit by the time-honoured
tradition of offering skin
and sweetness in variable
amounts.
Anime also manages to
Neon Genesis Evangelion’s science-fiction setting
present taboo sexuality with
introduces a possibly incestuous element to Shinji’s
breadth, depth, and subtlety.
relationship with Rei.
HEY, AREN’T THEY RELATED?
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Girl on Boys on BoysWritten by Cynthia Ward
Why is gay romance anime such a
hit with women around the world?
Back in the dark ages of
a close-up of the men’s
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the 1980s, most Japanese
hands twining on the hotel
animation was available
desk, knocking over a vase
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of roses in a transcultural
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convention screening-rooms image of defloration. The
or on recordings duplicated
secret agent’s boss was a
from Japanese videotapes.
boy dictator who liked to
American anime fans
sing in drag. James Bond
developed a lively tape-
was never like this.
trading underground, but
The movie was wildly
supply was stil limited. So
uneven, it was in unsubtitled
sometimes you took what
Japanese, and, as a third-
you could get without
generation copy, it was
knowing what you were
hard to see. But I loved it. It
getting.
wasn’t like anything I’d ever
One evening I found
seen or heard of. What an
myself watching an unknown imagination! What beautiful
anime movie featuring
men!
a macho secret-agent
This movie, 1983’s
man with butt-length hair,
Pataril o: Project Stardust
high-soled shoes, and eye
(also translated as Patarilo:
shadow. A delicate, doe-eyed Stardust Project), was my
young male clerk looked at
introduction to the world of
this gentleman, and the next gay romance fiction created
The beautiful boys of Kizuna.
thing I knew, I was watching by women for women.
GIRL ON BOYS ON BOYS
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Robots, Biomechanical Snails and
Other Classic CG Characters
Cutting-edge digital animation at SIGGRAPH 2006
Written by Armen Boudjikanian and André R. Coutu
Above: 485nm’s amorous cybernetic snails.
The multitude of events at
big trade show—coupled with reminder of how rich and
SIGGRAPH 2006—panels,
the fun parties occurring
diverse the CGI community
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Space Cowboy
Gun Sword mines the Western-meets-science-
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The Hip List
Who are animation’s sexiest characters? This issue’s contributors weigh in
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Closing Credits
Madeline Ashby has lived on the outskirts André R. Coutu is the technical director
Arin Murphy-Hiscock is married to an
Emru Townsend sees the connections
of Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, and
of the Ottawa International Animation
animator; occasional y gets nostalgic
between Japanese and American
Toronto. Her work has been published in
Festival and one of the co-founders of the
for the six years she worked at Nebula,
animation, stop-motion and CGI, the art
Mondo Manga Magazine and the New
Ottawa Film Forum blog/podcast website, Montreal’s now-defunct fantasy/science
and the industry, the fiercely independent
York Review of Science Fiction. You can
which focuses on Ottawa’s film scene. He fiction bookstore; and has spent years
and the relentlessly commercial. He has
read her blog at
is currently struggling to adapt the story
writing, acting, teaching, and general y
been preaching his Unified Animation
aesthetigasm.blogspot.com.
of the Donner Party into a feature-length
re-interpreting reality. When she grows
Theory worldview since 1989, and is the
film.
up she’d like to be involved in voice
founding editor of fps.
Armen Boudjikanian is a digital and
acting, but for now she’l keep on with the
traditional animator residing in Montreal. Mark Mayerson lives in Toronto, Ontario, professional writing and editing gig she
A fan of animation, comic books and
He has a BFA in Film Animation from
Canada and has worked for more than
has going.
science fiction, René Walling was the
Concordia University. He lives his life
25 years in the animation business. He
driving force behind fps during Emru’s
frame-by-frame, currently in “pose-to-pose” is the creator of the CGI children’s series
Brett Rogers is an attorney and freelance hiatus. He now sticks to writing for fps
mode. He hopes that one day, it wil be
Monster By Mistake. Mark currently
writer in New York City. He has written
and chairing Anticipation, a bid to bring
“straight ahead.”
teaches animation at Sheridan Col ege
about animation for over ten years
the Worldcon to Montreal in 2009. He
and is working toward a master’s degree
and has been featured in publications
has occasional y been known to work as a
Aaron H. Bynum is a freelance writer and at York University. He also runs the blog
including Animation World Magazine,
graphic designer.
ful -time col ege student in English Studies. Mayerson on Animation.
Animerica and Andy Mangel’s book,
He spends most of his time writing al
Animation on DVD.
Science fiction author Cynthia Ward
sorts of literature, keeping a very close eye Jonathan Moy is a freelance film reviewer
lives in Seattle. Her most recent story,
on both Eastern and Western animation
residing in Northern California’s Bay Area. Gunnar Strøm, a former secretary
When the Summons Came from Camelot,
industries, reading philosophy, sleeping in He holds a degree in film theory from
general and vice president of ASIFA, is an appears in the anthology The Ultimate
and writing some more.
San Francisco State University and is an
associate professor at Volda University
Dragon. With the author Nisi Shawl,
avid animation fan. He has been known
Col ege in Norway. He has written books
she has co-authored the writing manual
to guest lecture in SFSU’s Variations in
and articles on animation, documentaries Writing the Other: A Practical Guide, the
Human Sexuality course regarding the
and music videos. He has programmed
companion book to Writing the Other
virtues and vices of hentai anime.
for and been on juries at film festivals
fiction workshop. Cynthia is at work on
worldwide.
her first novel, tentatively titled The Kil ing
Moon.
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