Although pornography in Japan has a long history and is a major business, until recently, the adult video industry did not develop a broad-based set of awards for sales or performance such as the AVN Awards in American pornography.
34-704: That has changed in recent years, and the two primary awards given at present (which are covered in separate articles) are the AV Grand Prix for retail and internet videos and the Adult Broadcasting Awards for programs broadcast on Japanese satellite TV. This text is focused on the various earlier Japanese adult video awards given in the period 1991–2008, none of which are presently active. Some were given only infrequently and many were limited to particular studios or groups of companies. The Tokyo Sports Film Awards (東京スポーツ映画大賞) are sponsored by
68-524: A hiatus of seven years, the AV Open award competition was resurrected in 2014. The 2014 AV Open contest ran from 2014 until 2018, when it was once again not extended. No explanation was given for this decision. The AV Open awards for Japanese adult video (AV) companies were conceived as a means to improve public relations and provide a measure of quality for adult videos on a par with the AVN Awards for
102-483: A total prize pool of 25 million yen (about $ 250,000). The first AV Open contest was held in 2006 and 16 adult video companies participated in the main contest (IEnergy, Audaz, Aroma Planning, SOD , S1 No. 1 Style , Masaaki Kai, Glay'z, Deep's, Dream Ticket, Natural High, Hibino, Prestige, KMP Million, Moodyz , Real Works and Waap Entertainment ). The Challenge Stage drew ten entries from six companies, including V&R Products and HMJM which did not compete for
136-700: A wrist injury playing baseball and had to withdraw from the contest), comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto , and author Lily Franky. Results were announced at the awards ceremony held July 11, 2006 with several AV idols, directors, and company heads in attendance. Winners - 2006 AV Open Honorary President Lily Franky also awarded special prizes to Real Works for Special Galactic All-Stars (責め痴女 ハーレムSPECIAL) with Karen Kisaragi, Riko Tachibana, Hotaru Akane , Noa & Nashigo Tanaka and to SOD for 500 Person Sex (人類史上初！！超ヤリまくり！イキまくり！500人SEX！！). Winners - 2006 AV Open Challenge Stage As Honorary President, Lily Franky also gave another award to Naked Continent . Since
170-631: Is the head of the screening committee. Awards are given in the Performing Arts but from the start they have included categories for adult video work. The adult awards ceased after the 2006 presentations. Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Best AV Title Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Best AV Title Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Best AV Title Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Best AV Title Star AV Actress Star AV Actor Best AV Title X City,
204-565: The Waap Entertainment entry Deep Lesbian & Hot Semen & Black Fuck (熱吻ブラック) co-starring Marin and Shiho, and directed by K*WEST . Winners - 2007 AV Open Challenge Stage The Lily Franky Honorary President Prize was given to Anal Splash Thick Lesbian United! The demise of the AV Open contest due to fraud in 2007 deprived the AV industry of a popular and useful means of getting publicity and setting standards. An alternative,
238-709: The "BIGGEST ADULT SITE IN JAPAN!!", is the website of the Kuki Inc. conglomerate of adult video producers which includes Alice Japan , Media Station (Cosmos Plan), Max-A , SexiA , VIP and others. For a time it sponsored a fan vote based competition called the Adult Video Grand Prix (or Grandprix) which gave awards in various categories. Voting was done at the official website usually in November and early December for works and actresses nominated for that year. Results were announced in late December. Most of
272-500: The 2006 AV Open proved popular and successful a second contest was held in 2007. For the second AV Open competition, 19 video producers submitted entries (IEnergy, Audaz, Aroma Planning, SOD , S1 , Crystal-Eizou , Glay'z, Deep's, Natural High, Hibino, V&R Products , Prestige, Maxing , KMP Million , Moodyz , Real Works , Waap Entertainment , Wanz Factory , Kunitachi Farm). Videos were specially labeled "AV Open" and bore numbers OPEN-0701 through OPEN-0719. There were 12 entries in
306-660: The 2009 AV GrandPrix contest were announced February 18, 2009. The main GrandPrix Award determined by sales and user votes at the DMM website, paid 5 million yen (about $ 50,000). The two main sales awards, Digital Sales and DVD Sales each paid 2 million yen (about $ 20,000). The Retailers Award (voted on by video stores), the Press Award (voted on by magazine and newspaper editors), the Package Design Award and
340-530: The 2009 event were former AV star Honoka and mainstream actor Nagare Hagiwara . Winners - 2009 AV Grand Prix Awards GrandPrix Highest Award Digital Sales Award DVD Sales Award Retailers Award Press Award Best Package Design Supporters Award Best Featured Actress Video Best Violence Video Best Mature Woman Video Best Amateur Video Best Variety Video AVN Awards Grinders Machine Gunner The AVN Awards are film awards sponsored and presented by
374-540: The AV Open contest, all participant videos were specially labeled and were given ID numbers beginning with AVGP or AVGL. A total of 77 companies competed, 39 in the main contest (GrandPrix Stage) and 38 in the Mania Stage for odd and fetish oriented material. Awards were also given in a number of sub-categories which had a more limited number of entries. The results were announced on February 21, 2008. The main award "GrandPrix Highest Award", determined by user votes at
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#1732797997406408-565: The Academy Award nominations—then handing out Oscars to the winners—and you have a pretty good idea of how much manipulation can go on behind the scenes during the run-up to the AVNs. [...] Actresses trying to secure a nomination stop in to schmooze at the magazine's Chatsworth offices. [An agency] client once presented dolls of herself to editors and writers. Another baked cookies". In 2013, actress Tanya Tate offered some insights into
442-522: The American adult video industry trade magazine AVN ( Adult Video News ) to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic films . They are often called the " Oscars of porn". The awards are divided into over 100 categories, some of which are analogous to industry awards offered in other film and video genres and others that are specific to pornographic / erotic film and video. AVN sponsored
476-560: The Challenge Stage including entries from Akebono, Woman, Cross , Dandy & Dream Ticket which did not enter the main contest. Challenge Stage videos were labeled as OPEN-0751 to OPEN-0762. The contest was run from May 3 to June 30, 2007, and this time, more than 1200 stores throughout Japan participated in the contest. When results were announced the SOD entry Performer Kotono's First Sexual Experience (芸能人 琴乃 初・体・験 完全240分 10解禁スペシャル)
510-523: The DMM website, paid 5 million yen (about $ 50,000), the two Stage awards, "GrandPrix Highest Stage Award" and "Mania Stage Highest Award" were determined by sales and paid 3 million yen (about $ 30,000) each while the Distribution Sales Award for online digital delivery paid 1 million yen (about $ 10,000). The other 12 Stage awards for individual categories paid 1 million yen (about $ 10,000) each and were determined by user votes. One of these
544-520: The Japanese tabloid newspaper Tokyo Sports . The award ceremonies are always held in January for movies in the previous year. The first awards were given in 1991 for the 1990 cinema year. The awards were for mainstream movies but occasionally awards were also given for adult video work. The sometimes idiosyncratic selections were made by famed filmmaker and actor Takeshi Kitano . Adult awards ended with
578-518: The Supporters Award paid 1 million yen (about $ 10,000) each. The Best Video Awards in the categories Featured Actress, Violence, Mature Woman, Amateur, Variety, Fetish and Lovely (all decided by user votes) each paid 1 million yen (about $ 10,000). There were also twenty runner-up Special Award prizes of 500,000 yen (about $ 5,000) each in the various Title categories. The total prize money amounted to 30 million yen (about $ 300,000). The hosts for
612-461: The US porn industry. It was the result of a collaboration between Tokyo Sports , a leading Japanese tabloid paper, and the large Japanese porn conglomerate Soft On Demand (SOD). Adult video production companies were invited to enter a candidate video in the contest and the video with the most number of sales during a set period would be the winner. The first prize award was 10 million yen (about $ 100,000),
646-635: The establishment of the Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards in 2000. AV Award Best Actress No AV Awards given 1992–1997 AV Award Best Actress AV Award Best Actor AV Award Best Actress AV Award Best Actor The Takeshi Kitano Entertainment Awards (ビートたけしのエンターテインメント賞) were begun by Tokyo Sports in 2000 for the 1999 entertainment year. They run in parallel with the Tokyo Sports Film Awards. Filmmaker, director and actor Takeshi Kitano
680-693: The first AVN Awards ceremony in February 1984. The award ceremony occurs in early January during the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas , Nevada . Since 2008, the ceremony has aired in a form edited for time on Showtime , which is usually broadcast in a 90-minute time slot. Awards for gay adult video were a part of the AVN Awards from the 1987 ceremony through the 1998 ceremony. The increasing number of categories made
714-597: The industry in an interview with the Huffington Post about the 30th AVN Awards at which she was nominated for an award. She stated: "If you are more popular with the fans, companies are more likely to book you for their production", "Being nominated for awards help build your recognition with your fan base. People that win male and female performer of the year are generally solid consistent talent that are open to many 'levels', and some of these performers already have higher basic rates than others". Listed below are
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#1732797997406748-448: The main award. The entries for the main contest were labeled as OPEN-0601 through OPEN-0616 and the Challenge Stage entries were numbered OPEN-0651 through OPEN-0660. The contest dates were May 1 through June 30 and 627 video stores were involved in the contest. In addition to the main awards and the Challenge Stage awards, special awards were also to be given by celebrity judges, including New York Yankees player Hideki Matsui (who suffered
782-503: The main prizes AV GrandPrix (97 entries) decided by voters at the DMM website, Digital Sales (97 entries), and DVD Sales (97 entries), there were also separate awards for Featured Actress 2009 (14 entries), Violence 2009 (15 entries), Mature Woman 2009 (15 entries), Amateur 2009 (16 entries), Variety 2009 (14 entries), Fetish 2009 (17 entries), and Lovely/Moe 2009 (7 entries) videos. Additionally, there were awards from dealers, news media, for packaging, and from supporters. Results for
816-594: The nominees and awards for actresses and videos are from companies associated with Kuki. Best AV Idol Award Determined by fan e-mail votes from the official website. Votes were for New Faces, Big Breasts, Most Beautiful and Wildest. The overall Grand Prix winner was chosen from a combination these votes. The voting period was from November 12 to December 12, 1999 and the winners were announced December 24, 1999. Grand Prix Winner Best Newcomer Award Best Breasts Award Most Beautiful Actress Award Best Nasty Actress Award No information on results Voting
850-399: The purpose of developing new directorial talent. Multiple videos could be submitted by the companies, but only one per director. Winners were also to be determined by number of sales with a prize of one million yen (about $ 10,000) for first place, 500,000 yen (about $ 5,000) for second and 300,000 yen (about $ 3,000) for placing third. Special awards of 1 million yen each were also to be given for
884-519: The second, third and fourth-place finishers were all moved up one place. The scandal caused the collapse of the AV Open contest and the official website was closed down. Final standing were as follows: Winners - 2007 AV Open The Lily Franky Honorary President Prizes were given to the S1 and Moodyz entries and also to the Natural High video World Amsterdam (アムステルダムハイ) starring Misaki Asou and
918-399: The second-place finisher took 5 million yen (about $ 50,000) and third place was worth 3 million yen (about $ 30,000). Videos in the contest were specially marked as AV Open entries and could be bought from the official site or at stores throughout Japan. Each contestant was to be given the same amount of space in the store displays. A second part of the contest, the Challenge Stage, was for
952-557: The show unwieldy. For the 1999 ceremony AVN Magazine began hosting the GayVN Awards , an annual adult movie award event for gay adult video . Originally, the awards show was part of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas , but it grew and garnered more attention over time, allowing it to be established as a separate event in the 1990s. The event started out as the "Adult Software exhibition" of
986-479: The show, which attracted as many as 100,000 visitors in addition to those attending CES. When the show became a separate event, it initially moved to Caesar's Palace , but it has since moved to other Las Vegas venues. A writer from Los Angeles magazine made the claim in 2006 that awards often go to consistent advertisers in AVN magazine. In his article, the writer stated: "Imagine the editors of Variety choosing
1020-410: The similar AV GrandPrix awards (AVグランプリ2008), was set up for 2008 by an SOD rival company, Hokuto Corporation (whose members include S1 and Moodyz). Winners were selected by a combination of sales volume and user votes. Sales in stores were combined with those from the DMM website. Each AV company picked a single video for entry in the contest which ran from December 1, 2007, to January 31, 2008. As with
1054-536: The voting: Best Actress Award Best New Actress Award AV Grand Prix AV Open is a major awards contest for the Japanese adult video industry. It went from a limited sales contest in 2006 to become, via its successor the AV GrandPrix , the major Japanese AV award with nearly 100 participating companies competing for the 2009 awards. The AV GrandPrix awards were not extended beyond 2009 but after
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1088-424: Was done by making selections by e-mail from the official site. Voting ended December 27, 2001: Best Actress Award Also nominated for Best Actress were Momo Kanda and Koharu Tohno Best New Actress Award Also nominated for Best New Actress were Asuka Ozora and Ayumi Tahara Best Video Title Award Best Breasts Award Best Lolita Award Prettiest Face Award Best Mature Actress Award Results of
1122-904: Was for packaging, 10 were on particular themes, and there were also awards voted on by the press and by video distributors. In addition, there were twelve special prizes of 500,000 yen (about $ 5,000) each for a total prize pool of 30 million yen (about $ 300,000). Winners - 2008 AV Grand Prix Awards GrandPrix Highest Award GrandPrix Stage Highest Award Mania Stage Highest Award Distribution Sales Award Best Package Design Best SM Video Best Featured Actress Video Best Mature Video Best Amateur Video Best Variety Video Best Miscellaneous Video (AV Cast Memorial Grand Prix) Best Fetish Video Best Moe Child Video Best Lesbian Video Press Award - (Tie) Dealer Award The 2009 contest ran from November 22, 2008, to February 2009. There were 97 participants competing for 30 million yen ($ 300,000) in prize money. In addition to
1156-455: Was the winner by a large margin. But rumors began to spread on the Internet and about a month later it was revealed that SOD had actually purchased a large number of the videos with company funds. The company had spent close to 60 million yen (About $ 600,000) to buy some 16,000 copies out of the total of 30,000 sold. This violation of the contest rules caused the SOD entry to be disqualified and
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