G-Taste

G-taste is an hentai manga series illustrated by the artist Hiroki Yagami 八神ひろき (Yagami Hiroki) and serialised in Young Magazine Upper's. The "G" in "G-taste" is used symbolically as the letter between "F" (for "Fetish") and "H" (for "hentai").

Hiroki Yagami places a great deal of emphasis on character design, and some of his female characters have become cult figures in Japanese anime. The G-taste comics consist of a collection of four scene erotic vignettes, which typically each focus on a particular female character. Characteristically, they feature very little male involvement in sexual acts, which contributes to the voyeuristic atmosphere. They are not usually very graphic, abiding by the Japanese legal restriction on not showing the lower genital areas. Some of the activities shown include masturbation, bondage, lesbian sex etc. Like most anime, it features female characters with highly improbable proportions. The comics seem to thrive on fetishes, and motifs of long legs, heels and short skirts are continuously recycled. Nevertheless, G-taste can be said to be artistic in terms of presentation, with slow and deliberate scenes showing close-ups of anatomy and of movement. Its art is relatively unique in Japanese anime.

The characters of G-taste include the stock figures of Japanese pornography, including the school girl, office clerk, secretary, nurse, waitress, receptionist, campaign girl, maid, doctor, teacher, and wife.

G-taste has also released a number of short films, mostly dramatisations of its comic stories. It has also spawned a number of computer games, including G-taste Mahjong for Arcade and PlayStation 2. But far and away the most successful part of the G-taste franchise is the resin figurines modelled on G-taste characters, which enjoy mainstream appeal in Japan and overseas. Some of the resin statues sell for up to USD $150 each. To an extent, the G-taste franchise demonstrates the crossover occurring between hentai, anime and comics.

Characters

 * Mai Kanazuki - secretary to Baron Masquerade, whom she secretly loves
 * Moe Yagisawa - office lady
 * Sayaka Mizukoshi - high school teacher
 * Asuka Senou - young nurse
 * Kanae Aizawa - young nurse, senior colleague of Asuka
 * Yuki Shihodo - young wife
 * Misozu Kawamura - swimmer in love with her mentor
 * Nana Morimura - maid who answers directly to Mai Kanazuki
 * Kyouka Fubuki - doctor in a local hospital with a fetish for Asuka Senou
 * Touka Fubuki - doctor for a high school and twin sister to Kyoka Fubuki
 * Baron Masquerade - mysterious masked nobleman?
 * Riona Kisaragi - "woman in red"
 * Marina Kisaragi - elder sister of Riona who works as a shrine maiden
 * Yui Jougasaki - cool-looking waitress
 * Aoi Nishina - bus tour guide
 * Jun Kusakabe - policewoman