(From SBS Dateline)
The Japanese ‘anime’ animation industry is big business, worth $2 billion a year, but it’s facing some major threats and many companies are turning to anime porn just to survive.
The problems come from illegal downloading, which is hurting advertising sales, competition from Chinese and South Korean animators, and dwindling interest from anime’s traditional audience of Japanese children.
There’s also concern that the anime porn depicts children in sexually explicit scenarios. One game is even called RapeLay and lets players choose their victim’s age.
Video journalist Adrian Brown looks at what the future could hold for the big-eyed heroes and heroines of anime in Japan - watch his report here.
Video journalist Adrian Brown has also just won an award for one of his Dateline stories from 2009 - click here to find out more.
Special Thanks to SBS News for the story
