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In response to DigaRW's comment
Who is the greatest JAV actress ever? Some data points.If Yuma Asami was still active today I believe she'd still be mega successful. She's as beautiful as she's ever been and personality-wise she's probably the most marketable JAV actress of all time.
In response to Bland's comment
Who is the greatest JAV actress ever? Some data points.I have personally found R18 to be gutter trash. I wanted to legally buy my favorite Yuma Asami titles, for fear of them disappearing forever, but upon first purchase I found that you have to download and use their media player, with its own garbage interface, to play the damn thing - which is an absolute pain in the ass. I prefer to legally use media, but when doing so causes me more headaches than actually going the piracy route - when I'm in effect being "punished" for purchasing something legally, because of corporations' obsession with complete control - then I won't hesitate to go the piracy route. I actually found all of the Yuma Asami movies I wanted in FullHD and in MP4 format, which means I'm not at the mercy of R18 changing their user policy at any moment as it suits them. NOW, if they publish Yuma Asami movies on Blu-ray, I'd definitely be down to buy that - because at least with physical media I know I'm not at the mercy of a corporation who might change the way their entire platform operates.
Great write-up, with some fascinating information and historical context. I really like these unbiased investigations into a company's past and the motivations behind their economic decision making. I hope you expand on this by (if it's even possible) investigating how royalties work in the JAV industry, or if it even exists at all; whether the really big actresses from the present, and past, actually earn income off the sales of their titles, whether it be physical media or online downloads and streaming - especially after they've retired. We know of high profile actresses who've stopped the sales of their titles online, so does that mean that they were earning income off of it, even after retirement? Otherwise it would make sense for retirees to try and stop the sales of their titles almost immediately after they leave the industry, because there's almost no incentive in it for them for their titles to continue selling indefinitely. Anyways, I especially like your detailing of the "Bus Tour" genre - I've been looking for info on this forever, so I hope you can go into more detail in a separate article in the future. The two Bus Tour features of Ohashi Mihisa (MIRD-069 and MIRD-136) are two of my favorite JAV titles of all time, and I'd like to know if these "fans" were actually real amateurs off the street, or semi-professional "liquid actors" that are allowed to on the occasion of these bus videos to actually have intercourse with the actress (I can swear I've seen some of them in other "fan appreciation" videos, but I can't be exactly sure; some of them genuinely come across as amateurs, but again, can't be sure). Thanks again for this article and I'll look forward to your posts in the future.