Alice Japan (アリスJAPAN) was established on April 4, 1986 as the adult video (AV) label for Japan Home Video (JHV).[1]
[edit] Company information
The early AVs produced by JHV went under the Penguin (ぺんぎん) label, the first title being the 30 minute long softcore 遊びなされや、ただ狂へ starring Hidemi Nakajima released May 21, 1984 with production code KA-1001.[2] The same production code series was used for releases under the Alice Japan label which began with Sexy Violence (セクシーバイオレンス), KA-1050, starring Mariko Kajikawa.[3] In the years following, the company continued using the "KA" series for their products released on VHS tape.
Alice Japan has had a long association with the Kuki Inc. group of AV companies which includes Kuki, Max-A, Atlas 21, Big Morkal, Cosmos Planning and Sexia. Like several of the other companies in this group, Alice Japan works mostly with new actresses especially those making their debut in AV.[4] All these companies use the Kuki-owned X CITY website to advertise and distribute streaming video versions of their products.[5]
Like Kuki, h.m.p., Max-A and many of the older "pro" AV studios in Japan, Alice Japan has been a member of the ethics group NEVA (Nihon Ethics of Video Association) which regulates content and the censorship mosaic required in Japanese porn videos.[6] Because of this most of the videos produced by Alice Japan have used a large, blocky analog mosaic as opposed to the newer thinner digital mosaics now in common use among the "indie" studios such as the Soft On Demand (SOD) group. In 2007, the company began re-releasing several of its old videos using a new thinner mosaic standard under the "Alice Pink" label.[7]
The Alice Japan Official Website contains a large searchable database of Alice Japan videos dating back to 1984[8] as well as a list of actresses[9] and a section for Actress Blogs.[10]
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In addition to the standard Alice Japan label, the following have also been used for adult videos:[1][11]
- Directors (from 1989)
- Babylon (from 1994)
- Erotica (from 1995)
- Charm
- Mirukuru
- Midi
- Alice Pink
[edit] Actresses
Some of the most famous AV Idols in Japanese porn performed for Alice Japan including:[9]
[edit] Series
A selected list of series from the Alice Japan label:[12]
- Dangerous Looked-Up Room (危ない密室)
- Flash Paradise (フラッシュパラダイス)
- Flashback (フラッシュバック)
- Give Up Human Being AKA Inhumanity (人間廃業)
- Mejiri AKA Female Ass (女尻)
- Obscene Model (猥褻モデル)
- The Contrary Soap Heaven / Reverse Soap Heaven (逆ソープ天国)
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