Getchu.com as a research tool (NSFW)

[DocWatson]

I have just completed another Getchu.com-related project. This page contains lists of links to 1) popular series; 2) popular vocal artists; 3) categories—genres and fetishes—which is in what I was interested. These categories are not complete—they seem to have been added relatively recently in the life span of the site, so many products are not marked. However, besides its obvious utility as a shortcut for searching, the last list serves another purpose: as a glossary. I have (with some help) converted it to an Excel 2004 spreadsheet, transliterated and translated it, and uploaded it to MediaFire; link.

As an example, a selection of twenty of the 201 terms:

Order - Japanese - Romaji - English translation

1 - 姉 - ane - older sister(s)
2 - 妹 - imouto - younger sister(s)
3 - 姉妹 - shimai - sister(s)
4 - ママ - mama - mother
5 - 兄嫁 - aniyome - older brother's wife
6 - 嫁 - yome - bride
7 - 新妻 - niizuma - new wife
8 - 妻 - tsuma - wife
9 - 人妻 - hitozuma - someone else's wife

69 - 巨乳 - kyonyuu - large breasts
70 - 爆乳 - bakunyuu - very large breasts
71 - おっぱい - oppai - breasts
72 - つるぺた - tsurupeta - flat chested
73 - けもの耳 - kemonomimi - beast ears
74 - ツインテール - tsuinteiru - "twin tail"—two ponytails
75 - ポニーテール - ponii teiru - ponytail
76 - 黒髪 - kurokami/kokuhatsu - black hair
77 - 金髪 - kinpatsu - blond hair
78 - ロリ - loli - lolita
79 - ぷに - puni - characters with infantile qualities

"Order" stands for the order of appearance on the page in question, so that it will not be lost in subsequent sortings.

Enjoy!

[jigoku panda]

I was wondering how well is getchu for manga telling if something is oop or not? Since I cant figure out if its not available at getchu does it mean its really oop since amazon doesnt say if its oop or not either?

[DocWatson]

Originally Posted by jigoku panda

I was wondering how well is getchu for manga telling if something is oop or not? Since I cant figure out if its not available at getchu does it mean its really oop since amazon doesnt say if its oop or not either?

I'm afraid I don't know. You might try checking a third source—Mangaoh, for instance.

[jigoku panda]

Is there a way to search for 3D cgi ero titles on getchu?

[DocWatson]

I updated the guide, in particular the section about translation. Unfortunately, while I can ping the domain successfully, Getchu.com is giving a HTTP-410 error, as are semi-random URLs I checked within the site, so I was unable to re-verify certain things about Getchu.com itself.

[DocWatson]

So I found an answer to the HTTP-410 problem while browsing another site (which shall remain nameless):

Originally Posted by h8geeks

I had my suspicions for the past couple of weeks but today it's pretty much confirmed. If you're not using a Japanese IP when visiting Getchu, you get a message telling you the site doesn't exist. This could be a temporary fix for bandwidth issues, it could be something more permanent (xenophobia)... Who knows. It's not a huge deal, just disappointing that it's come to this.

You only need little technical experience to set up a proxy system so that Getchu works the same as always - I recommend FoxyProxy - and if that's not your thing, you can always search games by brand, artist, etc. using ErogameScape. Stay strong, my round-eye brethren.

[DocWatson]

Getchu.com is back to the norm of being available to non-Japanese IP addresses, though its pages are (very) slow to load. However, using a Japan-based proxy, such as http://www.dailila.com/jp/, does help.