H anime
anime"), comic-book-style magazines ("manga"), and computer games ("bishōjo games") with explicit sexual or pornographic artwork (see Japanese pornography).
Meaning of the word
In Japanese, the word hentai means "pervert/perversion" or "transformation". The English meaning is not used in Japan, where the word is never used to refer to "normal" sexual content or conduct. The terms 18-kin (18禁, literally "18-prohibited") meaning "prohibited to those not yet 18 years old", and seijin manga (成人漫画 "adult manga") are used.
The common English-language meaning of this word comes from the Japanese usage of "エッチ" (H, or etchi, often spelled ecchi by non-Japanese) which is believed to be a shortened form of hentai used as a polite codeword in the 1960s (however, even in Japan its origins are not entirely clear). "H" in Japan is now broadly used to refer to all sexual content or activity, so "H manga" are manga with sexual content - however, "H" and "hentai" are no longer interchangeable. Also, the term "ero" (エロ), short for "erotic", is now used more often instead of "H".
Well known H anime titles
See also
