Fakku
Encyclopedia
FAKKU is the largest English speaking hentai
website
in the world. The site attracts over 300 million pageviews a month and over 10 million unique visitors with an active community of over 300,000 registered users. The site has more than 300,000 registered users who have made over 2 million posts across the site. Quantcast
ranks FAKKU in the top 1,200 most visited websites in the world.
At its core FAKKU is an aggregator
that provides users with adult manga
and doujinshi from Japan
. Originally the content was uploaded exclusively by the sites administrators but later these privileges were shared with the community, allowing for translators to have their work seen by a much larger audience.
As of July 2011 FAKKU entered into a streaming licensing deal with Kitty Media, a subsidiary of Media Blasters
. The deal allows FAKKU to stream select titles at its discretion; starting with Immoral Sisters. For the moment FAKKU provides the titles to its audience for free with no plans to charge for the content in the foreseeable future.
FAKKU and its creator Jacob Grady have a known relationship with Danny Choo, Japan
ese TV personality and host of Culture Japan. At Anime Expo
2010 and 2011 in Los Angeles Jacob and Danny hosted community meetups that attracted large audiences of fans and users.
in Massachusetts
. Jacob created the site the preceding summer under the codename ‘‘All About Hentai’’ or ‘’AAH’’ (which later became the sites sub-title). Jacob originally used money from student loans to pay for server and bandwidth costs but that quickly became unsustainable and shortly after its launch FAKKU was forced to shut down. It was brought back up after a flurry of user donations rescued the site in July 2007.
Since its launch FAKKU has undergone three substantial upgrades to its architecture and interface, brought on by a need for optimization and scalability as traffic increased. Each upgrade has resulted in significant improvements to the overall design and reliability of the site. These changes were usually met by resistance and controversy from the community, but were quickly accepted as the benefits became apparent.
in Honolulu, HI; Otakuthon
in Montreal, Quebec; Anime Oasis in Boise, ID; MangaNEXT
in East Rutherford, NJ. He also gave panels at Anime Expo
in Los Angeles, CA; Anime Boston
in Boston, MA; and Otakon
in Baltimore, MD.
Hentai
is a Japanese word that, in the West, is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation, particularly those of Japanese origin such as anime, manga, and computer games. The word hentai is a kanji compound of 変 and 態...
website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
in the world. The site attracts over 300 million pageviews a month and over 10 million unique visitors with an active community of over 300,000 registered users. The site has more than 300,000 registered users who have made over 2 million posts across the site. Quantcast
Quantcast
Quantcast is a California based company that provides publishers and marketers with the ability to understand, deliver and reach their best audiences at a massive scale...
ranks FAKKU in the top 1,200 most visited websites in the world.
At its core FAKKU is an aggregator
Video aggregator
A video aggregator is a website that collects and organizes online videos from other sources. Video aggregation is done for different purposes, and websites take different approaches to achieve their purpose....
that provides users with adult manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
and doujinshi from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Originally the content was uploaded exclusively by the sites administrators but later these privileges were shared with the community, allowing for translators to have their work seen by a much larger audience.
As of July 2011 FAKKU entered into a streaming licensing deal with Kitty Media, a subsidiary of Media Blasters
Media Blasters
Media Blasters is an entertainment corporation founded by John Sirabella and Sam Liebowitz, based in New York City. They are in the business of licensing, translating, and releasing to the North American market manga compilations and anime and live-action movies and television series to home-video...
. The deal allows FAKKU to stream select titles at its discretion; starting with Immoral Sisters. For the moment FAKKU provides the titles to its audience for free with no plans to charge for the content in the foreseeable future.
FAKKU and its creator Jacob Grady have a known relationship with Danny Choo, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese TV personality and host of Culture Japan. At Anime Expo
Anime Expo
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation . With rare exceptions, the convention is traditionally held on the July 4th weekend and lasts for four days...
2010 and 2011 in Los Angeles Jacob and Danny hosted community meetups that attracted large audiences of fans and users.
History
FAKKU was created in December 2006 by Jacob Grady while he was studying Computer ScienceComputer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. Jacob created the site the preceding summer under the codename ‘‘All About Hentai’’ or ‘’AAH’’ (which later became the sites sub-title). Jacob originally used money from student loans to pay for server and bandwidth costs but that quickly became unsustainable and shortly after its launch FAKKU was forced to shut down. It was brought back up after a flurry of user donations rescued the site in July 2007.
Since its launch FAKKU has undergone three substantial upgrades to its architecture and interface, brought on by a need for optimization and scalability as traffic increased. Each upgrade has resulted in significant improvements to the overall design and reliability of the site. These changes were usually met by resistance and controversy from the community, but were quickly accepted as the benefits became apparent.
Recognition
In 2011, FAKKU's creator, Jacob Grady was invited to speak as a special guest at the following conventions: Kawaii KonKawaii Kon
Kawaii Kon is an anime convention geared towards Japanese animation and comics held in the Honolulu area.Kawaii Kon was founded by Gamers Evolution Expo, LLC., a company started by Stan Dahlin, Marlon Stodghill and Scott Richardson. Dahlin is a Hawaii native himself, who was at the time based out...
in Honolulu, HI; Otakuthon
Otakuthon
Otakuthon is Quebec's largest anime convention promoting Japanese animation , Japanese graphic novels , related gaming and Japanese pop-culture. It is held annually for 3 days in Montreal during a weekend in the summer months...
in Montreal, Quebec; Anime Oasis in Boise, ID; MangaNEXT
MangaNEXT
MangaNEXT is a fan convention focused exclusively on Japanese manga. It is organized by Universal Animation, Inc., the organization behind AnimeNEXT which was launched in 2002. MangaNEXT took place on October 6, 2006 at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands in Secaucus, New Jersey. This was the site of the...
in East Rutherford, NJ. He also gave panels at Anime Expo
Anime Expo
Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation . With rare exceptions, the convention is traditionally held on the July 4th weekend and lasts for four days...
in Los Angeles, CA; Anime Boston
Anime Boston
Anime Boston is an annual three-day anime fan convention held in the spring in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The convention features a number of events which include a masquerade, an anime music video contest, video programming rooms, an artists' alley and art show, karaoke, game shows,...
in Boston, MA; and Otakon
Otakon
Otakon is a fan convention in the United States focusing on East Asian popular culture and its fandom. The name is a portmanteau derived from convention and the Japanese word otaku...
in Baltimore, MD.