The following is a list of companies that had been, or are producing Hentai. This list only includes notable examples of companies that have received significant coverage outside of their respective works. Most of the listed entries are Japanese in origin as the term is coined from that particular country. The publication of erotic materials in the United States can be traced back to at least 1990, when IANVS Publications printed its first Anime Shower Special.[1] Central Park Media's 1993 release of Urotsukidoji brought the first hentai film to American viewers.
| Name | Country | Type | Founded | Defunct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0verflow | Japan | Visual novels | 1999 | ||
| âge | Japan | Visual novels | 1998 | ||
| AliceSoft | Japan | Video games | 1989 | ||
| Japan | Visual novels | 2005 | |||
| Arms Corporation | Japan | Anime | 1996 | 2020 | |
| August | Japan | Visual novels | 2001 | ||
| Candy Soft | Japan | Visual novels | 1997 | ||
| Circus | Japan | Visual novels | 2000 | ||
| Cocktail Soft | Japan | Visual novels | 1989 | ||
| Core Magazine | Japan | Magazine | 1985 | ||
| Cherry Lips | Japan | Anime | |||
| ELF Corporation | Japan | Video games | 1988 | 2015 | |
| Eushully | Japan | Video games | 2005 | ||
| Fakku | United States | Manga | 2006 | ||
| Frontwing | Japan | Visual novels | 2000 | ||
| Giga | Japan | Visual novels | 1993 | 2023 | |
| Green Bunny | Japan | Anime | 1997 | 2005 | |
| United States | Manga | 2002 | |||
| Illusion | Japan | Video games | 1993 | 2023 | |
| JAST USA | United States | Video games | 1996 | ||
| Key | Japan | Visual novels | 1998 | ||
| Leaf | Japan | Visual novels | 1995 | ||
| Megatech Software | United States | Video games | 1992 | 2010 | |
| Japan | Visual novels | 2001 | 2019 | ||
| Moonstone | Japan | Visual novels | 2003 | ||
| Navel | Japan | Visual novels | 2003 | ||
| Pink Pineapple | Japan | Anime | |||
| Studio Proteus | United States | Manga | 1986 | ||
| Tactics | Japan | Visual novels | 1997 | 2011 | |
| ZyX | Japan | Video games | 1994 |