DMM.com releases teaser for English site R18.com
DMM.com releases teaser for English site R18.com
The English localized version of the DMM.co.jp adult website, R18.com, will offer English speaking users the opportunity to easily browse and purchase Japanese content.
TOKYO, JAPAN, MARCH 2014 – DMM.com, creator and operator the adult site DMM.co.jp, announced the pre-launch of a new English localized site R18.com today. This new service will offer a completely new experience for English speaking users to surf for Japanese content. The website has been redesigned specifically with English speaking users in mind to provide the largest online market of Japanese adult movies and comics.
The new website will have a large collection of Japanese adult videos online which will be easily accessible through a streamlined marketplace and a feature-rich search engine. DMM.com’s current catalog of Japanese movies, compromising over 220,000 videos, will be published to the R18.com service. The site will launch with approximately 150,000 videos and will be expanded to 200,000 videos within 3 months. In addition to hundreds of categories of movies and 5,000 hentai comics will be available for release along with an exclusive selection of fully localized hentai comics.
“We are really excited to be able to share Japanese content with English speaking users, most of which has never been seen outside of Asia before,” said Alain Garcia Bariel, manager of the R18.com website. The Japanese adult entertainment industry is the largest outside of North America. However, until now has largely remained inaccessible to non-Japanese speaking users.
The full R18.com site will launch the spring of 2014.
About DMM.com
DMM.com is one of the largest online entertainment retailers in Japan with a very diverse portfolio of products and services. DMM.com has been in business for over 15 years providing everything from 3D printing, solar panels and forex trading to car rentals and mainstream DVD releases. The DMM.co.jp adult site is Alexa ranked #15 in Japan, with over 9 billion page views per month and a user base of 9.5 million members.
The English localized version of the DMM.co.jp adult website, R18.com, will offer English speaking users the opportunity to easily browse and purchase Japanese content.
TOKYO, JAPAN, MARCH 2014 – DMM.com, creator and operator the adult site DMM.co.jp, announced the pre-launch of a new English localized site R18.com today. This new service will offer a completely new experience for English speaking users to surf for Japanese content. The website has been redesigned specifically with English speaking users in mind to provide the largest online market of Japanese adult movies and comics.
The new website will have a large collection of Japanese adult videos online which will be easily accessible through a streamlined marketplace and a feature-rich search engine. DMM.com’s current catalog of Japanese movies, compromising over 220,000 videos, will be published to the R18.com service. The site will launch with approximately 150,000 videos and will be expanded to 200,000 videos within 3 months. In addition to hundreds of categories of movies and 5,000 hentai comics will be available for release along with an exclusive selection of fully localized hentai comics.
“We are really excited to be able to share Japanese content with English speaking users, most of which has never been seen outside of Asia before,” said Alain Garcia Bariel, manager of the R18.com website. The Japanese adult entertainment industry is the largest outside of North America. However, until now has largely remained inaccessible to non-Japanese speaking users.
The full R18.com site will launch the spring of 2014.
About DMM.com
DMM.com is one of the largest online entertainment retailers in Japan with a very diverse portfolio of products and services. DMM.com has been in business for over 15 years providing everything from 3D printing, solar panels and forex trading to car rentals and mainstream DVD releases. The DMM.co.jp adult site is Alexa ranked #15 in Japan, with over 9 billion page views per month and a user base of 9.5 million members.
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