Lolita Anime

Lolita Anime (ロリータアニメ, Rorita Anime) is a collection of adult OVAs produced by Wonder Kids. It contains many notable firsts, as the first erotic original video animation (OVA), depicting hentai scenes which include yuri, BDSM and lolicon characters. It ran from February 1984 to May 1985 and consisted of six episodes.[1] An alternative name for this anime is Wonder Magazine Series and it was based on a manga by Fumio Nakajima, which was serialized in the lolicon magazine Lemon People.[2]

For the Nikkatsu anime of the same title, see Lolita Anime (Nikkatsu).

Lolita Anime
ロリータアニメ
(Rorita Anime)
GenreHentai, Lolicon, Yuri
Original video animation
Directed byKuni Toniro, R. Ching, Mickey Soda, Mickey Masuda
Produced byHidetaka Takagi
Written byFumio Nakajima
StudioWonder Kids
Released 21 February 1984 – 25 May 1985
Runtime30 minutes (1 hour for 6th OVA)
Episodes6

Production

Lolita Anime was planned and produced during the height of the "lolicon boom" in amateur Japanese animation, which was pioneered by figures such as Aki Uchiyama (whose name would be used to promote Lolita Anime by Nikkatsu, released later the same year) and Hideo Azuma. The script and designs of the first two episodes were based on Fumio Nakajima's manga. Sales for these first two episodes were not ideal, which led Wonder Kids to create Miu, a heroine who was more cartoony in appearance and subject to less sadistic treatment than the girls in prior episodes. A third installment by Nakajima was produced, but delayed in favour of Miu's debut episode. The installment was later added to the sixth and final episode.

Not long after Lolita Anime's initial episodes were released, more erotic OVAs went into production from other independent animators. Wonder Kids issued a statement regarding their decision to end the Lolita Anime series: "The flame has now been lit for adult anime."[3]

Staff

Much of Wonder Kids' staff was either uncredited or used pseudonyms.[2] Known names include:

  • Fumio Nakajima - Director, producer, and scriptwriter (episodes 1-2)
  • Tatsuji Kurahashi - Animation director and animator (episodes 1-2) credited as "R. Ching"[4]
  • Toshiro Kuni - Director and storyboard artist (episodes 1-2)[5]
  • Kouji Yasuda - Director and producer (episode 3) credited as "Mickey Masuda"
  • Kazuo Sudou - Scriptwriter credited as "Okajouki" (episode 3), musical arrangement[6]
  • Tetsuo Kawamura - Music producer and lyricist (episodes 3-6)[7]
  • E&M Planning Center - Sound effects
  • Kenichi Matsumoto - Corporate planner

Cast

Episodes
No. Title Release date
1"Lolita Anime I: The Reddening Snow ~Girls Tortured with Roses~"
Transcription: "Rorita Anime I: Yuki no Beni Kesho ~Shōjo Bara Kei~" (Japanese: ロリータアニメI：雪の紅化粧 ～少女薔薇刑～)		21 February 1984 (1984-02-21)
A single volume containing two 15-minute segments. The first episode depicts a group of boys who rape a schoolgirl.[2] The second episode depicts bondage with older men raping and abusing young girls.[2]
2"Lolita Anime II: Itsuko Can Die Happy ~Altar of Sacrifice"
Transcription: "Rorita Anime II: Itsuko no Shinde mo ii ~Ikenie no Saidan" (Japanese: ロリータアニメII：何日子の死んでもいい ～いけにえの祭壇)		1 May 1984 (1984-05-01)
Released as a single volume which contains two 15-minute segments. The third episode depicts a girl who is about to be raped, but is saved by another man. He takes the girl home and she has sex with him as a reward.[2] The fourth episode involves girls sexually experimenting on each other after witnessing their teacher having sex.[2]
3"Lolita Anime III: House of Kittens"
Transcription: "Rorita Anime III: Koneko-chan no Iru Mise" (Japanese: ロリータアニメIII：仔猫ちゃんのいる店)		21 July 1984 (1984-07-21)
A middle-aged man is teleported via portal from a bar to a nightclub full of girls. There, he meets Miu, a young green-haired girl, who he begins to pursue. However, Miu is not about to be taken advantage of, and she leads the man through a series of sci-fi settings.[2]
4"Lolita Anime IV: Variation"
Transcription: "Rorita Anime IV: Hensōkyoku" (Japanese: ロリータアニメIV：変奏曲)		20 December 1984 (1984-12-20)
A girl named Tomoyo becomes an artist's model and is drugged and raped after attending a post-session dinner.[2]
5"Lolita Anime V: Surf Dreaming"
Transcription: "Rorita Anime V: Sāfu dorīmingu" (Japanese: ロリータアニメV：サーフドリーミング)		21 February 1985 (1985-02-21)
Miu returns, this time as the girlfriend of an American surfing expert named David - but secretly, both are shape-shifting aliens. Miu goes surfing, and befriends a boy named William, who is interested in both Miu and David.[2]
6"Lolita Anime Collection: Seaside Angel Miu"
Transcription: "Rorita Anime Soushuuhen: Shīsaido enjeru Miu" (Japanese: ロリータアニメ集：シーサイドエンジェル ＭＩＵ)		25 May 1985 (1985-05-25)
This episode was a clip show compilation meant to cap off the Lolita Anime series. Miu returns on an enormous spacecraft, with the man from episode 3 piloting it. They send out a special page that can only be heard by people with "dirty minds", and the girls from previous Lolita Anime episodes call in to talk to Miu. This episode is 60 minutes long, but is padded with both reused footage and instrumental slideshows of Miu at the beach.[2]

Reception and legacy

Lolita Anime received mostly negative reception outside of otaku circles, with The Anime Encyclopedia entry on the work describing it as "disturbing" for its contents, which include gang rape and bondage of fictional underage girls.[2] It also is known as the first erotic anime video release.[2] It also featured the reoccurring character Miu, whose popularity prefigured that of Cream Lemon's Ami.[2]

References
  1. "AnimeNation News". Animenation.net. May 27, 2011. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  2. Clements, Jonathan & McCarthy, Helen. The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917.
  3. Adult Anime Graffite. Eichi Publication Inc. April 1985.
  4. All About Lolita Anime. Eiga no Tomodachi. March 15, 1985. pp. 115–123.
  5. All About Lolita Anime. Eiga no Tomodachi. March 15, 1985. pp. 115–123.
  6. All About Lolita Anime. Eiga no Tomodachi. March 15, 1985. pp. 115–123.
  7. All About Lolita Anime. Eiga no Tomodachi. March 15, 1985. pp. 115–123.
  8. "ユグドラシル・【クオリティオブライフ・モアヒューマン・トポロジー】 【声優】【ニコニコ動画】【裏】同じ声優と知って驚いたキャラ【動画】". jjsp.blog.fc2.com. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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