WHAT IS A DOUJINSHI?
A doujinshi is a “comic book” released in Japan by non-published artists and writers. In Japan copyright laws are different then in the US. The creators, commonly known as a circle, can take characters from an already existing genre and write and draw there own stories, print them and release them to the public. It is very similar to fan-fiction only in comic book form. There are doujinshi based on movies, anime, comics even music groups. There are standard doujinshi (g-rated), Ecchi (R-rated adult situation, slight nudity), X-Rated (graphic adult situation, sexual situations), and Yaoi (homosexual situations). These can also vary from action, parody and romantic storylines. X-Men doujinshi are very rare to find, but they were found more commonly in the mid-1990’s when the Street Fighter vs. X-Men game was released and the animated cartoon was released in Japan. The X-Men are commonly mixed in with other genres, like Street Fighter doujinshi, as well.
