( hen-tai) Hentai means "pervert" or "perversion" in Japanese. It is usually associated with erotic or sexually-explicit anime.
"pervert" or "perversionn." Often used to denote anime fanfiction with sexual content
Literally translating as “perverted,” when used in reference to an anime type it refers to adults-only anime distinguished by explicit sexual content. Most hentai would be considered porn by American standards. Be forewarned that some hentai titles go to great extremes; rape scenes, S&M content, and “tentacle monsters” (think about it) are not uncommon, for instance.
Literally 'pervert' in Japanese, it is used as a term to indicate explicit nudity in fanart. Back to Abbreviations
(also: H, Ecchi, tentacle porn) lit. pervert: both a genre and a state of mind; used to refer to heterosexual porn or anything else involving explicit sex, as well as a person who is a pervert. Hentai as a genre frequently involves horror and monsters. ( Urotsukidoji ( Legend of Overfiend), La Blue Girl) (rel. choto hent: lit. big pervert)
Pretty much means "perverted." Think sex and pornography. If anyone has ever seen the anime Inuyasha, the priest Miroku is often accused of being "hentai" because of his wandering hands.
Japanese word for "pervert." Interchangeable with ecchi in Japan, but used by Western fans to refer to material that is more explicit and "hardcore" than ecchi.
Hentai is anime and manga with a definite adult and sexual orientation. As a club, the Fourth Dimension will not discuss hentai, nor will it be included in this website. For those of you who only watch anime for the hentai, I say, 'shame on you'. You are missing the artistic value of a popular media.
Adult versions of anime and manga. Contains nudity, sexually suggestive language, sexual acts, erotica, and sexual intercourse. Also Japanese for “pervert.
A pervert, or material which is sexually perverse.
though this isn't its original meaning in Japanese, fans use it to refer to animé, manga or images of an explicitly sexual nature, often unlicenced (e.g. Card Captor Sakura hentai is definitely not authorised by CLAMP ^-^;;;;) Can also refer to a perverted person ("you're such a hentai").
literally, "abnormality." Has come to mean "sexually perverted," or sexual in nature. If you see fanfiction or fanart that says "contains hentai" or "is hentai," it probably contains hardcore or X-rated material. People who are into that kind of thing are also referred to as "hentai."
Hentai really means "pervert" in Japanese and is used to describe male/female anime. Hentai will be rare in this site.^-^.
Sexually perverted and/or explicit
(misc.) Japanese for 'pervert'. Has come to embody any and all erotic artwork, especially if drawn in a Japanese comic/animation style.
Japanese for 'pervert', refers to pornographic material.
Manga-term, abnormality, sexual perversion. Used also to describea certain class of anime or otaku.
The original meaning of hentai is metamorphosis or transformation. In modern Japanese it means pervert or perverted. Like anime it includes graphical representation of sexual images but unlike anime, which is regarded as softcore, hentai is more hardcore in its representations.
an abnormal sexual perversion. Also used to categorize Anime that has a NC-17 or X rating, "Adult Anime"
It means “pervert†or “perverted’ and refers to sexually explicit content, comparable to pornography.
Japanese animation (anime) depicting graphic sexual scenes.
In Japanese, 'deranged pervert' (if you want to gloss it like that); for the purpose of reviewing, it refers to anime with sexually explicit scenes of sex and/or nudity.
(lit.: "sexually perverted") genre of anime/manga with graphic sexual presentation and usually of deviant nature, though anyone demonstrating or suspected of sexual interest may be accused of being ecchi. From this we get ecchi, which is a Japanization of "H", the first letter (English) of hentai; an individual may be called/dismissed as ecchi if they come off as too sexually forward or obsessed. Some sites seem to think ecchi only coincidentally sounds like how a Japanese person would pronounce "H", and only coincidentally means the same thing.
Japanese word for 'pervert' or 'perverted'. In the west it is used a generic term to describe pornographic anime and manga. Pronounced ‘hen-tie'.
The Japanese word for "pervert" (see Ecchi above, which is a milder form). It is commonly used by English-speaking fans to refer to pornographic anime (note that it usually has slightly stonger connotations than Ecchi). Also used occasionally (particularly on the web or in fanfics) as an insult, with the same meaning as it has in Japanese. For reference, the connotation of "Hentai" in Japanese is closer to the English "deviant" or "pervert", while "ecchi" is more like "lech" or "dirty", and generally much milder. Image Album: A CD of music written to accompany a comic book. In Japan, popular comic series will frequently have CD of music produced for fans to listen to--a sort of soundtrack (and one more thing to buy, if you're a fanatic).
A Japanese word for 'pervert'. It is commonly used by English-speaking fans to refer to pornographic anime with explicit sexual content. For reference, the connotation of 'Hentai' in Japanese is closer to the English 'deviant' or 'pervert', while 'Ecchi' is more like 'Lecherous', 'Lustful' or 'Dirty', and generally milder.
A Japanese slang word meaning perverted or perversion. In the world of manga and anime, hentai refers to the adult oriented titles that present extreme, graphic sexual imagery. A common Western stereotype concerning manga and anime is that these artforms are filled with graphic sex. While such imagery exists (and has always existed in Japan), hentai titles make up just a small niche market in Japan's massive manga and anime output. Good examples of hentai anime would be La Blue Girl and Urotsukidoji (also see SHUNGA).
Literally meaning pervert, Hentai describes the genre of anime that caters exclusively to adults in the form of pornography. However, you'll often hear it screeched by female character in Japanese-subtitled films followed by a mightly slap to the offending pervert.
pervert, perverted (literally abnormal, an anomaly); a negative term of reference for anything or anyone of a more serious perverted sexual nature (sometime the meanings of ecchi and hentai are interchanged) see also ecchi
In Japanese this is "perverted" and it's definitely not a compliment. In western fan circles it describes material with explicit sexual content. I'm using it in the original sense.
Extremely pornographic anime, more hardcore than traditional anime.
Japanese word that means "abnormality" or "metamorphosis". However, in slang situations it often means "perverted" and is subsequently used in many other countries to refer to anime, manga and computer games with explicit sexual or pornographic content (see Japanese pornography). The word is never used this way in Japanese; commonly used terms include "jÅ« hachi kin" (18ç¦; prohibited for sale to persons under 18), "ecchi/H anime" (sexual/pornographic anime) "eroanime" (エãƒã‚¢ãƒ‹ãƒ¡; derived from erotic anime), or "seinen" (æˆå¹´; adult, not to be confused with é’å¹´ young adult).