Since the word hentai translates into ‘sexually perverse’ when applied to sex related materials, the term sexy hentai is an non-Japanese phrase that simply means sexually explicit materials that are Japanese in art form. Japanese hentai mangas and anime has its own distinctive look and style. Developed by copying the style of American comics and cartoons that were brought into the country during the American occupation of the country at the end of World War II, Japanese manga (comic) and anime (cartoon) art has a unique technique that combines both cultural art styles.
Originally Japanese mangas and other hentai materials were only available outside of Japan via specialty books stores who often stocked only a limited number of titles and carried just a few issues each, but with the immense growth of the World Wide Web hentai titles have become readily available via the internet.