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In response to shinmai 's comment
Panking's JAV Studio TierlistLunatics I believe was founded by a former Deep's director. Interestingly, this isn't the first production company offshoot; well over a decade ago another one left the 'mothership' to create Sadistic Village which may be something of an underdog maker today, but month after month is producing some pretty creative and relatively big budget (at least in terms of cast number) movies.
In response to drk 's comment
Panking's JAV Studio TierlistAs we have seen with Hot Entertainment among others, there exists a way to pull one's content off DMM (digital at least) and focus on other platforms and still make a killing (not even referring to their selection on our site, but H-Next among others). Non-DMM makers I believe are starting to realize this and we may see more defections as we have seen in the recent past. This doesn't mean an end to them, but instead of being responsible for--making up a number--90% of all JAV sales, their reach could massively drop to 84%. For a small studio, it could be enough because its not like their titles make the front page there and they may have fans who are more keen on purchasing on outlets the studio reps the most.
In response to drk 's comment
Panking's JAV Studio TierlistTrying to figure out why DMM does what it does is harder than truly understanding the purpose of the red heifer in Numbers.