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May 04, 2023

Japan Home Video Co. Ltd. (ジャパンホームビデオ株式会社, JapanHōmuBideo Kabushikigaisha) (JHV) is a Japanese media corporation which produces and distributes film and video products and is also involved in TV programming and game software. It uses the label Alice Japan (アリスJAPAN) for its adult video production.

Japan Home Video (JHV)
IndustryMotion pictures
FoundedMay 9, 1984
Headquarters
Nakano, Tokyo
,
Japan
ProductsMotion pictures
Anime
Number of employees
34
DivisionsAlice Japan
WebsiteJHV

Company history and finances

JHV was established in May 1984 to take advantage of the explosion of videocassette recorders (VCRs) in Japan at that time.[1] Following the introduction of commercial VCR Beta recorders in 1975 (and the VHS format in 1976), VCR production in Japan went from one million units in 1978 to 44 million by 1985 fueled largely by the number of movies (including pornography) available on VHS.[2] By November 1984, the company had expanded enough to move to new headquarters in the fashionable Harajuku district of Tokyo.[1]

The company originally used the Penguin (ぺんぎん) label for its videos but in April 1986, JHV founded Alice Japan (アリスJAPAN) as a label for their adult videos (AV). The company subsequently expanded into softcore movies, anime productions, computer games and, in 1996, the satellite broadcasting business. In February 2000, JHV acquired a building in the Jinbocho area of Tokyo and transferred its headquarters there. A further move brought the Production Center to their own building in Tokyo's Nakano City in March 2005 which also became the company headquarters in April 2007.[1]

For the 2007 fiscal year, the corporation had sales of 2.25 billion yen (about $22.5 million) and a capital of 27 million yen (about $227,000). The company employed 34 people and had its headquarters in the JHV Building (JHV中野ビル) in Nakano, Tokyo.[3]

Products

The company is involved in the production and distribution of film, video products, music and TV programs.[3]

Film and video

JHV has produced and/or distributed a number of theatrical movies, including several in the science fiction or horror genre and often with erotic overtones. Some notable film productions include the 1989 cult horror movie Tetsuo: The Iron Man directed by Shinya Tsukamoto[4] and the Yakuza zombie flic Junk: Shiryô-gari from 2000.[5] Also in the horror genre were Evil Dead Trap or Shiryo no wana directed by Toshiharu Ikeda and featuring AV actress Hitomi Kobayashi which was released in 1988[6][7] and the sequel Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki (死霊の罠2ヒデキ) from 1992.[8] Evil Dead Trap was later released by JHV on DVD.[9]

JHV also produced the first three live-action videos of the manga based superheroine series Kekko Kamen, the 1991 Kekko Kamen,[10] Kekko Kamen 2 from 1992,[11] and Kekko Kamen 3, released in 1993.[12]

More recent productions were the 2004 drama The Hunter and the Hunted (油断大敵, Yudan taiteki)[13][14] which won awards at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best New Director[15] and the 2004 comedy eiko (エイコ).[16]

JHV's Cinemadict Collection (シネマディクト・コレクション) is a series of remastered worldwide classic movies with Japanese subtitles released on DVD.[17] The collection includes the hard-to-find Alfred Hitchcock silent film Downhill.[18]

In the area of erotica, JHV makes softcore V-Cinema videos under the V Muvii (Vムービィ) label or the SEN Planning label. Some popular series are the soft S&M Escape Confinement (監禁逃亡), Keep Masked (けっこう仮面) and Pink Curtain (ピンクのカーテン).[19] The company also produces "gravure" non-nude modeling videos, some using the label Girls' Record.[20]

Anime

The company has long had an interest in anime products. On April 25, 1987, the dark adult-oriented science fiction horror film Wicked City (妖獣都市 or Yoju Toshi) was released in theatres by JHV and later on DVD.[21][22] They also produced the anime movie A Wind Named Amnesia (風の名はアムネジア, Kaze no Na wa Amunejia) which debuted in theatres in Japan in December 1990[23] and as a video in 1993.[24] A different type of project produced by JHV was the comic Nekojiru Gekijou (ねこぢる劇場 - ぢるぢるORIGINAL), a series of 27 shorts broadcast on TV Asahi in 1999.[25]

In addition, JHV had a role in the production of the following Original Video Animations:

  • MAPS: Legendary Space Wanderers (マップス 伝説のさまよえる星人たち, Mappusu: Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijintachi) 1987[26]
  • Demon City Shinjuku (魔界都市 <新宿, Makai Toshi: Shinjuku) 1988[27]
  • Twin (爆走サーキット·ロマン TWIN, Hassai Circuit Roman Twin) 1989[28]
  • Angel Cop 1989[29]
  • Cyber City Oedo 808 (サイバーシティ OEDO 808, Saibāshiti OEDO 808) 1990-1991 (3 episodes)[30]
  • Secrets of the Telephone Club (テレクラの秘密 Terekura no Himitsu) 1991[31]
  • Shin Dosei Jidai: Hawaiian Breeze (新・同棲時代 HAWAIIAN BREEZE) 1992[32]
  • Eien no Aseria: Spirit of Eternity Sword (永遠のアセリア) 2005-2006 (2 episodes)[33]

Computer games

Graduation (ja:卒業 〜Graduation〜 or Sotsugyō) is the title of a simulation genre computer game first released by JHV in June 1992.[1] Two years later in 1994, a sequel Graduation 2: Neo Generation (卒業II 〜Neo Generation〜) appeared.[34] The game, the object of which is to get five young girls with various problems to graduate high school, has since had several incarnations and been ported to a number of systems including the Sony PlayStation 2.[35]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (in Japanese). JHV. Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  2. ^ Cusumano, M. A. (1992). "Strategic Maneuvering and Mass-Market Dynamics: The Triumph of VHS over Beta" (PDF). Business History Review. 66 (1): 51–94. doi:10.2307/3117053. hdl:1721.1/17091. JSTOR 3117053. S2CID 18730263.
  3. ^ a b (in Japanese). JHV. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  4. ^ "Tetsuo (1989)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  5. ^ "Junk: Shiryô-gari (2000)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  6. ^ 死霊の罠 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  7. ^ "Shiryo no wana (1988)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  8. ^ 死霊の罠2 ヒデキ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  9. ^ 死霊の罠 (in Japanese). JHV. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  10. ^ Keiko Mask at IMDb
  11. ^ Kekkô Kamen 2 at IMDb
  12. ^ Kekkô Kamen 3 at IMDb
  13. ^ Yudan taiteki at IMDb
  14. ^ 油断大敵 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  15. ^ "Yokohama Film Festival: 2005". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  16. ^ ジャパンホームビデオ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  17. ^ "Cinemadict Collection" (in Japanese). JHV. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  18. ^ . Silent Era. Archived from the original on 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  19. ^ "動画 成人映画 > メーカー > ジャパンホームビデオ (Adult Film Makers - Japan Home Video" (in Japanese). DMM Softcore. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  20. ^ "メーカー > ジャパンホームビデオ (DVD Maker - Japan Home Video" (in Japanese). www.dmm.com. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  21. ^ MacCarthy, Helen (2009). 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. Collins Design. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-06-147450-7.
  22. ^ "妖獣都市 SPECIAL EDITION" (in Japanese). JHV. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
  23. ^ 風の名はアムネジア (in Japanese). Madhouse Official Site. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  24. ^ "Kaze no na wa amunejia (1993)(V)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  25. ^ "Anime-Details: Nekojiru Gekijou Jirujiru Original" (in German). AniSearch.com. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  26. ^ ｢マップス 伝説のさまよえる星人たち｣ (in Japanese). SF Movie Databank. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  27. ^ 魔界都市 <新宿> (in Japanese). JHV. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  28. ^ Clements, Jonathan; Helen McCarthy (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia (Revised & Expanded ed.). Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. p. 682. ISBN 1-933330-10-4.
  29. ^ Clements & McCarthy, Anime Encyclopedia, p18
  30. ^ "Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990)(V)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  31. ^ Clements & McCarthy, Anime Encyclopedia, p573
  32. ^ Clements & McCarthy, Anime Encyclopedia, p272
  33. ^ "Anime-Details: Eien no Aseria: Spirit of Eternity Sword" (in German). AniSearch.com. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  34. ^ "Graduation 2: Neo Generation". www.pc98.org. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  35. ^ "Sotsugyou 2nd Generation". IGN. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

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Japan Home Video Co Ltd ジャパンホームビデオ株式会社 JapanHōmuBideo Kabushikigaisha JHV is a Japanese media corporation which produces and distributes film and video products and is also involved in TV programming and game software It uses the label Alice Japan アリスJAPAN for its adult video production Japan Home Video JHV IndustryMotion picturesFoundedMay 9 1984HeadquartersNakano Tokyo JapanProductsMotion picturesAnimeNumber of employees34DivisionsAlice JapanWebsiteJHV Contents 1 Company history and finances 2 Products 2 1 Film and video 2 2 Anime 2 3 Computer games 3 Notes 4 External linksCompany history and finances EditJHV was established in May 1984 to take advantage of the explosion of videocassette recorders VCRs in Japan at that time 1 Following the introduction of commercial VCR Beta recorders in 1975 and the VHS format in 1976 VCR production in Japan went from one million units in 1978 to 44 million by 1985 fueled largely by the number of movies including pornography available on VHS 2 By November 1984 the company had expanded enough to move to new headquarters in the fashionable Harajuku district of Tokyo 1 The company originally used the Penguin ぺんぎん label for its videos but in April 1986 JHV founded Alice Japan アリスJAPAN as a label for their adult videos AV The company subsequently expanded into softcore movies anime productions computer games and in 1996 the satellite broadcasting business In February 2000 JHV acquired a building in the Jinbocho area of Tokyo and transferred its headquarters there A further move brought the Production Center to their own building in Tokyo s Nakano City in March 2005 which also became the company headquarters in April 2007 1 For the 2007 fiscal year the corporation had sales of 2 25 billion yen about 22 5 million and a capital of 27 million yen about 227 000 The company employed 34 people and had its headquarters in the JHV Building JHV中野ビル in Nakano Tokyo 3 Products EditThe company is involved in the production and distribution of film video products music and TV programs 3 Film and video Edit JHV has produced and or distributed a number of theatrical movies including several in the science fiction or horror genre and often with erotic overtones Some notable film productions include the 1989 cult horror movie Tetsuo The Iron Man directed by Shinya Tsukamoto 4 and the Yakuza zombie flic Junk Shiryo gari from 2000 5 Also in the horror genre were Evil Dead Trap or Shiryo no wana directed by Toshiharu Ikeda and featuring AV actress Hitomi Kobayashi which was released in 1988 6 7 and the sequel Evil Dead Trap 2 Hideki 死霊の罠2ヒデキ from 1992 8 Evil Dead Trap was later released by JHV on DVD 9 JHV also produced the first three live action videos of the manga based superheroine series Kekko Kamen the 1991 Kekko Kamen 10 Kekko Kamen 2 from 1992 11 and Kekko Kamen 3 released in 1993 12 More recent productions were the 2004 drama The Hunter and the Hunted 油断大敵 Yudan taiteki 13 14 which won awards at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for Best Actor Best Supporting Actor and Best New Director 15 and the 2004 comedy eiko エイコ 16 JHV s Cinemadict Collection シネマディクト コレクション is a series of remastered worldwide classic movies with Japanese subtitles released on DVD 17 The collection includes the hard to find Alfred Hitchcock silent film Downhill 18 In the area of erotica JHV makes softcore V Cinema videos under the V Muvii Vムービィ label or the SEN Planning label Some popular series are the soft S amp M Escape Confinement 監禁逃亡 Keep Masked けっこう仮面 and Pink Curtain ピンクのカーテン 19 The company also produces gravure non nude modeling videos some using the label Girls Record 20 Anime Edit The company has long had an interest in anime products On April 25 1987 the dark adult oriented science fiction horror film Wicked City 妖獣都市 or Yoju Toshi was released in theatres by JHV and later on DVD 21 22 They also produced the anime movie A Wind Named Amnesia 風の名はアムネジア Kaze no Na wa Amunejia which debuted in theatres in Japan in December 1990 23 and as a video in 1993 24 A different type of project produced by JHV was the comic Nekojiru Gekijou ねこぢる劇場 ぢるぢるORIGINAL a series of 27 shorts broadcast on TV Asahi in 1999 25 In addition JHV had a role in the production of the following Original Video Animations MAPS Legendary Space Wanderers マップス 伝説のさまよえる星人たち Mappusu Densetsu no Samayoeru Seijintachi 1987 26 Demon City Shinjuku 魔界都市 lt 新宿 Makai Toshi Shinjuku 1988 27 Twin 爆走サーキット ロマン TWIN Hassai Circuit Roman Twin 1989 28 Angel Cop 1989 29 Cyber City Oedo 808 サイバーシティ OEDO 808 Saibashiti OEDO 808 1990 1991 3 episodes 30 Secrets of the Telephone Club テレクラの秘密 Terekura no Himitsu 1991 31 Shin Dosei Jidai Hawaiian Breeze 新 同棲時代 HAWAIIAN BREEZE 1992 32 Eien no Aseria Spirit of Eternity Sword 永遠のアセリア 2005 2006 2 episodes 33 Computer games Edit Graduation ja 卒業 Graduation or Sotsugyō is the title of a simulation genre computer game first released by JHV in June 1992 1 Two years later in 1994 a sequel Graduation 2 Neo Generation 卒業II Neo Generation appeared 34 The game the object of which is to get five young girls with various problems to graduate high school has since had several incarnations and been ported to a number of systems including the Sony PlayStation 2 35 Notes Edit a b c d JHV Company History in Japanese JHV Archived from the original on 2009 04 24 Retrieved 2009 04 16 Cusumano M A 1992 Strategic Maneuvering and Mass Market Dynamics The Triumph of VHS over Beta PDF Business History Review 66 1 51 94 doi 10 2307 3117053 hdl 1721 1 17091 JSTOR 3117053 S2CID 18730263 a b JHV Company Information in Japanese JHV Archived from the original on 2020 07 25 Retrieved 2011 11 10 Tetsuo 1989 IMDb Retrieved 2009 04 17 Junk Shiryo gari 2000 IMDb Retrieved 2009 04 17 死霊の罠 in Japanese Japanese Movie Database Retrieved 2009 04 18 Shiryo no wana 1988 IMDb Retrieved 2009 04 18 死霊の罠2 ヒデキ in Japanese Japanese Movie Database Retrieved 2009 04 18 死霊の罠 in Japanese JHV Retrieved 2009 04 18 Keiko Mask at IMDb Kekko Kamen 2 at IMDb Kekko Kamen 3 at IMDb Yudan taiteki at IMDb 油断大敵 in Japanese Japanese Movie Database Retrieved 2011 03 22 Yokohama Film Festival 2005 Internet Movie Database Retrieved 2009 04 16 ジャパンホームビデオ in Japanese Japanese Movie Database Retrieved 2009 05 03 Cinemadict Collection in Japanese JHV Retrieved 2009 04 20 Downhill 2002 Japan Home Video edition Silent Era Archived from the original on 2009 05 21 Retrieved 2009 04 20 動画 成人映画 gt メーカー gt ジャパンホームビデオ Adult Film Makers Japan Home Video in Japanese DMM Softcore Retrieved 2009 04 18 メーカー gt ジャパンホームビデオ DVD Maker Japan Home Video in Japanese www dmm com Retrieved 2009 04 18 MacCarthy Helen 2009 500 Essential Anime Movies The Ultimate Guide Collins Design p 471 ISBN 978 0 06 147450 7 妖獣都市 SPECIAL EDITION in Japanese JHV Retrieved 2009 04 25 風の名はアムネジア in Japanese Madhouse Official Site Retrieved 2009 04 29 Kaze no na wa amunejia 1993 V IMDb Retrieved 2009 04 29 Anime Details Nekojiru Gekijou Jirujiru Original in German AniSearch com Retrieved 2009 04 29 マップス 伝説のさまよえる星人たち in Japanese SF Movie Databank Retrieved 2009 04 29 魔界都市 lt 新宿 gt in Japanese JHV Retrieved 2009 04 29 Clements Jonathan Helen McCarthy 2006 The Anime Encyclopedia Revised amp Expanded ed Berkeley CA Stone Bridge Press p 682 ISBN 1 933330 10 4 Clements amp McCarthy Anime Encyclopedia p18 Cyber City Oedo 808 1990 V IMDb Retrieved 2009 04 29 Clements amp McCarthy Anime Encyclopedia p573 Clements amp McCarthy Anime Encyclopedia p272 Anime Details Eien no Aseria Spirit of Eternity Sword in German AniSearch com Retrieved 2009 04 29 Graduation 2 Neo Generation www pc98 org Retrieved 2009 04 19 Sotsugyou 2nd Generation IGN Retrieved 2009 04 20 External links EditOfficial website Japan Home Video at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Japan Home Video at Japanese Movie Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japan Home Video amp oldid 1142261723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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