Saigado Publishing
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Saigado Comic Publishing (彩画堂) is an H dōjinshi circle created in 1996 by its sole member, Ishoku Dougen (異食同元). Prior to 1996, Dougen had works published by the Comic Circle Pink Macadamian & Moriman Shōten circles. The Saigado studio is famous for producing hentai dōjinshi that parody console fighting games such as The King of Fighters, Street Fighter and Guilty Gear, as well as anime such as Neon Genesis Evangelion. Saigado Comic Publishing also publishes the original work Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin, though most of the studio's original works such as Hana's Holiday have been published by Futabasha. Ishoku Dougen also did the character designs for the anime OVA Boku no Pico.
Ishoku Dougen has a distinct style with rounder, less messy, and arguably more realistically drawn characters than a lot of his source material. Despite the wide range of fetishes depicted in Saigado comics fans are often pleasantly surprised to see all participants enjoying their couplings. The lack of rape, realism in depictions of sex, body type, and even atmosphere/backgrounds make the Saigado Studio one of the pre-eminent artistic studios in dōjinshi publishing.
[edit] Saigado Work Published by Saigado Comic Publishing
This is a description of the work produced by Ishoku Dougen as the Saigado studio and published by the Saigado Comic Publishing circle. A complete list can be found at the bottom of the article.
[edit] Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin ボクの成年貢献人 / ぼくの成年貢献人
This series, also know as the Seinin-series, is an original series about a young boy whose rich parents died, leaving him with an incredible debt. The boy is named Gendai Kouichi, and while he has a trust fund, he must be married to access it. The legal guardian he is appointed is his father's sexy secretary Mirai, and he is given the option of marrying her to end his debts. While Gendai lusts after his guardian, the reappearance of his childhood love Mutsuki complicates issues.
An insert featuring a preview of the long awaited continuation of the series' was distributed with The Athena & Friends 2006 dōjinshi at Comiket 71 in December 2006. A tankobon was the published by Futabasha in April 2007 collecting the previous volumes, re-editing some of them, adding more censorship and redrawing some panels then concluding the story with a new badly drawn chapter.
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin 1 (ボクの成年貢献人 1 / ぼくの成年貢献人 1) 14/05/2000
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Vol. 2 (ボクの成年貢献人 Vol. 2 / ぼくの成年貢献人 Vol. 2) 29/10/2000
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Volume 3 (ボクの成年貢献人 Volume 3 / ぼくの成年貢献人 Volume 3) 05/05/2001
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Volume 4 (ボクの成年貢献人 Volume 4 / ぼくの成年貢献人 Volume 4) 12/30/2001
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Volume 5 (ボクの成年貢献人 Volume 5 / ぼくの成年貢献人 Volume 5) 12/30/2002
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Volume 6 (ボクの成年貢献人 Volume 6 / ぼくの成年貢献人 Volume 6) 12/30/2004
[edit] The Yuri & Friends
This series of dōjinshi is a parody of The King of Fighters. It features an array of stories using various characters from the video games. In the issues since 2000 these dōjinshi also feature the supporting, non-hentai, comedy comic strip THAT'S GREAT! Mr. BIG, featuring Mr. Big from the Art of Fighting video games.
- The Yuri & Friends '96 (ユリ&フレンズ '96) 1996
This issue starts the series as Mai Shiranui and King have male members which they use upon Yuri Sakazaki. The dōjinshi includes pin-ups of more Mai, Yuri and King, as well as pin-ups of Mature, Vice, Athena and Leona.
- The Yuri & Friends '96 Plus (ユリ&フレンズ '96 Plus) 1996
This issue is bascially just a collection of pin-ups of Sie Kensou with Athena Asamiya, Kasumi Todoh and Ryo Sakazaki, Iori Yagami with Vice and Mature, and Leona with Ralf and Clark. Even though Yuri Sakazaki is on the cover of the issue, she's not featured in the issue itself.
- The Yuri & Friends '97 (ユリ&フレンズ '97) 1997
Mai Shiranui and King return, using their male members on Yuri again, except this time Chizuru Kagura joins in, also having a male member. The story ends with Ryo and Robert catching the girls in the act, and forcing Mai, King and Kagura to eat Yuri's lousy cooking. The issue also includes a mini-story of Chris and Shermie.
- The Yuri & Friends '98 Dream Time Never Ends (ユリ&フレンズ '98) 1998
Again, Mai and King have their way with Yuri while trying to keep Ryo, Robert and Takuma from finding out.
- The Yuri and Friends Special (ユリ&フレンズ スペシャル) 1998
Chris has his way with both Vice and Mature (though Vice is also given a male member in this story). There is also a bonus story with Terry Bogard and Blue Mary.
- The Yuri & Friends 2000 (ユリ&フレンズ 2000) 2000
In this one Kensou, Chris and Bao all have their way with Vanessa. Ryo and Robert also have their way with Hinako.
- The Yuri and Friends 2001 (ユリ&フレンズ 2001) 2002
K9999 and Angel try to help emotionally frigid Kula Diamond "feel something".
- The Yuri & Friends Mai Special (ユリ&フレンズ マイスペシャル) 2003
Mai and Andy are getting hot in a public park restroom when Andy calls Kensou to come take pictures of them in action. The police show up and Andy runs away to act as decoy while Mai hides in a stall. Kensou shows up before Andy returns and, after some foreplay, Kensou and Mai run off and hide out in the park, where they go at it. Pin-ups are of Bao, Hinako, Kaoru, Kula, Vanessa, Kasumi, Xiangfei, and a bonus story about King and her brother Jan.
- The Yuri & Friends Hinako-Max (ユリ&フレンズヒナコマックス) 2004
Hinako and Sie Kensou, making love inspired by Kensou's videos of himself with Athena. Also includes a bonus story of Kensou and Mai sneaking into a public restroom so Kensou can take nude photos of her. Of course, things heat up and they have sex.
- Yuri & Friends Mary Special (ユリ&フレンズマリ-スペシャル) 2005
Mary is hired to protect Rock Howard and they hide out at Kensou's apartment for a week. Kensou is a bisexual and Mary satisfies his urges to keep him away from Rock, enjoying herself in the process. Another story involves Mary losing a bet to Chris, Kensou and Rock, having to let them gang-bang her. A third story has Kensou and Athena treat Kaoru as their sex slave. This is probably the biggest issue Saigado released.
- The Yuri & Friends Jenny Special (ユリ&フレンズジェニ-スペシャル) 2005
Story about Bonne Jenet having her way with Chris. Extra pin-up art includes Momoko.
[edit] The Yuri & Friends Full Color
This series, as with The Yuri & Friends, parodies characters from The King of Fighters video games, but are published in full color.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー)
Just a collection of pin-ups of Yuri, Mai with Andy, Kensou with Athena, Kagura Chizuru and Kasumi Todoh.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 2 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 2) 1999
Terry and Andy have fun with Mai and Blue Mary, going so far as swapping girlfriends during the act.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 3 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 3)
Using a video of Terry and Mary, Andy and Mai show Athena and Kensou what it's like to have sex with someone besides each other. Includes pin-ups of Vanessa, Fio (from Metal Slug), Xiangfei, Whip and Athena.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 4 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 4) 2002
A Capcom/SNK crossover: Sakura idolizes King, and walks in on Ryo and King doing their thing. Both King and Ryo have their way with Sakura. This issue finally has King as a normal woman. Being somehow based on the SNK vs. Capcom games, the pin-ups are of Chun-Li, Cammy, Vice, Nakoruru and Mai Shiranui.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 5 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 5) 2002
Just a small collection of pin-ups. Kensou and Bao take Hinako in a bathroom, Kensou has both Athena and Kaoru (Athena's fangirl), there are pin-ups of Mai and Mary, and King sleeps with her brother Jan.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 6 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 6) 2003
Terry and Mary stay at Kensou's place, and when they start making love, Kaoru steps in and joins in. The pin-ups include Athena with Kaoru, Chris and Bao dressed as Athena and Shermie (???), Angel and Vanessa.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 7 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 7) 2004
Staying at some kind of tropical resort, Mai is bored as Terry and Andy run off and leave her alone. Chris, Bao and Kensou keep her company. Pin-ups are of Vanessa and Mary getting the same treatment.
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 8 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 8) 2006
Another collection of pin-ups. The first set features Mai getting gang-banged by Terry, Andy, Kensou, and three other guys. The second shows Kensou making it with Momoko, while Athena assists in the background. The third set features Bonne Jenet in a threesome with Hokutomaru and Jan (King's brother).
- The Yuri & Friends Full Color 9 (ユリ&フレンズ フルカラー 9) 2007
Mai is blackmailed into letting Kensou, Chris, and Bao have sex with her in a park.
[edit] The Athena & Friends
These dōjinshi are also a parody of characters from The King of Fighters video games, specifically Athena Asamiya and Sie Kensou. In more recent issues since 2001, these dōjinshi also feature the supporting, non-hentai, comedy comic strip THAT'S GREAT! Mr. BIG, featuring Mr. Big from the Art of Fighting video games.
- The Athena & Friends '97 (アテナ&フレンズ '97) 1997
- The Athena & Friends '98 Come Unto Me Kaoru (アテナ&フレンズ '98) 1998
- The Athena & Friends '99 Athena & Bao (アテナ&フレンズ '99) 1999
- The Athena & Friends S Special (アテナ&フレンズ スペシャル) 2001
- The Athena & Friends '02 (アテナ&フレンズ '02) 2002
- The Athena & Friends Special Version of Chaos (アテナ&フレンズ SVC) 2003
- The Athena & Friends 2006 (アテナ&フレンズ 2006) 2006
[edit] Neon Genesis Evangelion
Four of the first six dōjinshi published by Saigado Comic Publishing were based on Neon Genesis Evangelion. Left Eye and Right Here were republished in 1999 as revised editions featuring new covers and artwork to celebrate Saigado Comic Publishing's third anniversary. Suite For My Sweet and Feel My Vibe were republished in 2001 as fifth anniversary editions, again featuring new covers and artwork.
- Left Eye (レフトアイ) 1996
This was Saigado Comic Publishing's first ever release in April 1996. Along with Right Here, this is the rarest dōjinshi Saigado has published. Whilst the 1999 reprint is quite common, it is almost impossible to track down this original print because of its limited distribution. The story is about Shinji Ikari and Rei Ayanami. Rei describes how she caught Gendo having sex with Ritsuko and she ran off crying. Shinji comforts her and they end up making love.
- Right Here (dōjin) (ライトヒア) 1996
Following Left Eye, this was Saigado's second release, and is just as rare to track down. It tells a story of Shinji and Asuka having sex, and there are a few artworks of Rei having sex with Gendo.
- Suite for my Sweet 1015 (スイートフォーマイスイート) 1997
This was Saigado's fourth release, following The Yuri & Friends '96 Plus. The original front and back covers featured Ritsuko Akagi and Maya Ibuki together in lingerie. Maya is working late at NERV, Ritsuko comes up behind her and begins to grope and kiss her. They go to a hotel in suite 1015 and take a bath together. Ritsuko reveals she is a futa. Maya performs oral sex on Ritsuko, then they have full sex and it ends with them having pillow talk.
- Feel My Vibe 1997 (フィールマイヴァイブ)
Saigado's sixth release, the original version featured Ryoji Kaji carrying Asuka Langley in his arms on the front, and Asuka lying on a bed with her dress almost pulled off and panties around her ankles on the back. The main story tells of Asuka going to Ryoji's house and trying to seduce him, lying on his bed. She eventually gives him oral sex the they have doggy-style sex. Then there are some illustrations of Asuka and Shinji drawn by Renga, not Ishoku Dougen. The there are further illustrations by Ishoku including Hikari Hiyasibara, and a few more by Renga.
- Left Eye Saigado First (レフトアイ新訂版) 1999
This revised edition featured Rei in a plug suit on the front, and Misato Katsuragi with Shinji on the back with the blurb "Saigado 1996-1999 Left Eye". It again features the Left Eye story from the original, which is followed by a new illustration set, "29 x 14 Lovers", referring to it being about Misato aged 29 and Shinji aged 14 making love.
- Right Here Saigado Second (ライトヒア新訂版) 1999
This revised addition featured a cover similar to the revised Left Eye, with Asuka in a red plug suit, and Ritsuko and Maya stripping to lingerie on the back. It retells the original Right Here story between Asuka and Shinji, and includes the Rei and Gendo illustrations, but also features a new illustration set "Maya is My Kitten", where Ritsuko has Maya dressed as a kitten on a leash. Maya has double penetrative sex with Makoto Hyuga and Shigeru Aoba.
- Suite for My Sweet Saigado Fifth (スイートフォーマイスイート新訂版) 2001
This revised edition was released to coincide with Saigado's fifth anniversary. The new cover had Maya Ibuki with a leash around her neck and clothes falling off on the front, and Ritsuko treating Maya like a kitten on a leash on the back. Again it features the original futanari story from the first edition, but now includes new illustrations of Ritsuko having group sex with two men, and a new story very similar to the "Maya is My Kitten" illustrations from the revised Right Here. Ritsuko has Maya on a leash again wearing nothing but a pair of cat ears. Makoto and Shigeru turn up and Ritsuko makes Maya perform oral sex on them while she watches and masturbates. They spit roast Maya and climax on her, then Maya wakes up as if it were a dream and finds a note from Ritsuko telling her to come back to hotel suite 1015.
- Feel My Vibe Saigado Sixth (フィールマイヴァイブ新訂版) 2001
Once again the original content of Feel My Vibe get reprinted, including the illustrations. The new covers feature Asuka stripping out of a yellow dress on the front and Shinji Mounting Misato from behind on the back. There is a new straight shota story included called "Another Time Another Place", which describes Shinji and Misato having sex whilst Asuka and Ryoji are doing the same. Misato tells Shinji to have anal sex with her. It includes only the original Ishoku Dougen illustrations however, not those that were done by Renga for the original.
[edit] Street Fighter
- Sakura & Friends Quince Jam (さくら&フレンズクインスジャム) 1999
Cody escaped from jail, ending up in Karin's mansion, where the horny schoolgirl takes out all her sexual aggressions on him, which proves too much for the ex-Final Fight hero to handle. The issue also features pin-ups of Rainbow Mika and some random guys.
- Sakura vs. Yuri & Friends (さくらvs.ユリ&フレンズ) 2001
Based on the SNK vs. Capcom series, it's basically pin-ups of Ryu and Ryo sleeping with Yuri and Sakura, and Terry having his way with both Mai Shiranui and Chun-Li. There are also pin-ups of Nakoruru, Vice, King and Cammy.
[edit] Samurai Spirits
- Sexual Samurais (セクシャルサムライズ) 2004
This dōjinshi was released on 20th June 2004, it is based on the Samurai Spirits video games. It features Mina Majikina on the front cover and Nakoruru on the back. The dōjinshi is entirely illustration rather than comic content, it has two color pages of Mina and an illustration set where Mina is paid to have group sex with two men. There are illustrations of Nakoruru stripping in the woods, Rimururu sees her, runs off and convinces Shizumaru Hisame to have sex with her in shota/lolicon illustrations.
[edit] Saigado Maniax
The Saigado Maniax imprint is used to denote dōjinshi published by Saigado Comic Publishing which features shota, predominantly yaoi content. The studio began publishing titles with the Maniax imprint in February 2003 with British Bear Boy - four titles have been released to date. These books are released much to the delight of fans of both genders.
- British Bear Boy (ブリティッシュベアーボーイ) 2003
This was the first release under the Maniax imprint on March 16th 2003, featuring mostly yaoi shota. It features Bridget from the Guilty Gear video games, a character notorious for being featured in this type of material. The dōjinshi has two illustration sets and two color pages of Bridget having group sex, but no comic content. The first set, "Onanism of Bridget", features Bridget masturbating. The second set, "Banged like a girl", has I-No grabbing Bridget, molesting him, outing him on a leash and making him have group sex with two men.
- Chris Maniax (クリスマニアックス) 2004
A parody of The King of Fighters video game series.
- Syota-Nize (ショタナイズ) 2004
A parody of characters from both The King of Fighters and Guilty Gear video games.
- Space Cumboy (スペースカムボーイ) 2006
A parody of the Xbox 360 video game Senko No Ronde, featuring the character Cuilan.
- Boku no Pico Comic + Original Character Illustration (ぼくのぴこ コミック+公式キャラクター原案集) 2007
Features original story based on Boku no Pico, and character design illustrations.
[edit] Saigado Works Published by Futabasha Publishing
This is a description of the original work produced by Ishoku Dougen as the Saigado studio and published by Futabasha. There is a complete list of releases at the bottom of the article.
[edit] Hana's Holiday ハナさんの休日
This is an original series about a 24-years-old office lady named Hana. At work she is perceived as prudish and uninteresting. She discovers her university teacher Tsukiko has a secret life of sexual deviancy and learns about sexuality from her. From then on Hana then engages in many different sexual activities outside work. It was originally serialized from January 2005 to July 2006 in the magazine Men's Action (メンズアクション) published by Futabasha. It was collected as two tankobon published under Futabasha's Action Comics line of books. The second tankobon featured one original Holiday (each serialized chapter is numbered as a "Holiday") that had not been published in Men's Action prior to its cancellation in July 2006.
- Hana's Holiday (ハナさんの休日) 2005
- Hana's Holiday 2nd Season (ハナさんの休日 2nd Season) 2006
[edit] Hinomaru-kun no Kae! ひの丸クンの変っ!
This was an original comedy hentai series about a boy born into a military family who is raised and forced to live as a girl. He is enrolled in a girl-only school and attends whilst pretending to be a girl. His fellow students discover his gender and are sympathetic for him and engage with sex with him out of curiosity. One of their teachers discovers his secret and she continually attempts to sexually abuse him, while he tries to evade her. The story was originally serialized and published sporadically in Men's Young magazine (メンズヤング) from April 1998 to December 1999. Saigado did not originally conclude the story. Following the success of Hana's Holiday, Hinomaru-kun no Kae! was collected and republished as a tankobon in 2006 in Futabasha's Action Comics line. The tankobon featured a new conclusion to the story and also republished an earlier story, CHECK Shitenetsu, from Men's Young in August 1997.
- Hinomarukun no Kae! (ひの丸クンの変っ!) 2006
[edit] Haken no Muuko-san 派遣のむうこさん
This original story is about Muuko Oushima, a 20-years-old office temp. This title is currently being serialized in Bi-Weekly Pizazz published by Futabasha, starting in the 15th of February 2007 issue. A preview chapter was published in the December 6th 2006 issue of Pizazz. A Tankobon collecting the first 10 chapters has been published by Futabasha on December 12th 2007.
- Haken no Muuko-san 1 (派遣のむうこさん 1) (2007)
[edit] Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin ボクの成年貢献人
A tankobon collecting the original six chapters of Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin and a new seventh chapter concluding the story. The chapters have been heavily edited, censored and redrawn. Futabasha had to enforce much stricter censorship in this publishing than the Saigado circle did with the original doujinshi.
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin ボクの成年貢献人 (2007)
[edit] Lists of Published Work
These are complete lists of the work produced by Ishoku Dougen both as the Saigado studio and before its inception in 1996, all lists are in chronological order of release.
[edit] Dōjinshi Published by Saigado Comics Publishing
- 01 - Left Eye (Left Eye First edition with new material was released later)
- 02 - Right Here (Right Here Second edition with new material was released later)
- 03 - The Yuri & Friends '96
- 04 - The Yuri & Friends '96 Plus
- 05 - Suite For My Sweet 1015 (Suite for My Sweet Fifth edition with new material was released later)
- 06 - Feel My Vibe (Feel My Vide Sixth edition with new material was released later)
- 07 - The Yuri & Friends '97
- 08 - The Athena & Friends '97
- 09 - The Yuri & Friends Special
- 10 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 1
- 11 - The Yuri & Friends '98 Dream Time Never Ends
- 12 - The Athena & Friends '98 Come Unto Me Kaoru
- 13 - Sakura & Friends Quince Jam
- 14 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 2
- 15 - The Athena & Friends '99 Athena & Bao
- 16 - Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin 1
- 17 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 3
- 18 - Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Vol. 2
- 19 - The Yuri & Friends 2000
- 20 - Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin 3
- 21 - Sakura vs. Yuri & Friends
- 22 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 4 Sakura vs. Yuri Edition
- 23 - The Athena & Friends S Special
- 24 - Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin 4
- 25 - The Yuri & Friends 2001
- 26 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 5
- 27 - Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin 5
- 28 - The Athena & Friends '02
- 29 - The Yuri & Friends Mai Special
- 30 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 6
- 31 - Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin Volume. 6
- 32 - The Athena & Friends Special Version of Chaos
- 33 - Sexual Samurais
- 34 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 7
- 35 - The Yuri & Friends Hinako-Max
- 36 - The Yuri & Friends Mary Special
- 37 - The Yuri & Friends Jenny Special
- 38 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 8
- 39 - The Athena & Friends 2006
- 40 - The Yuri & Friends Full Color 9
[edit] Dōjinshi Published Under the Saigado Maniax Imprint
- 01 - British Bear Boy
- 02 - Syota-nize
- 03 - Chris Maniax
- 04 - Space Cumboy
- 05 - Boku no Pico Comic + Original Character Illustration
[edit] Serialized Titles Published by Futabasha Publishing
As well as these titles, Ishoku Dougen has drawn the cover artwork for a number of issues of Bi-Weekly Pizazz and Men's Action.
- CHECK Shitenetsu (serialised in Men's Young)
- Hinomaru-kun No Kae! (serialised in Men's Young)
- Hana's Holiday (serialised in Men's Action)
- Haken no Muuko-san (serialised in Bi-Weekly Pizazz)
[edit] Tankobon Published by Futabasha Publishing
These tankobon are published by Futabasha under the Action Comics label:
- Hana's Holiday
- Hinomaru-kun No Kae!
- Hana's Holiday 2nd Season
- Boku no Seinen Kouken-nin
- Haken no Muuko-san 1
[edit] Ishoku Dougen Work Published by the Moriman Shōten Circle
- 4-Your-Love (pulished in Katze 10)
- Ussokun Wo Idirou (published in Katze 11)
- Skuld No Henshin Shiyou Sooshiyou (published in Katze 12)
- Shinjikun A Go Go (published in Katze 13)
- Shinjikun A Go Go Go! (published in Katze 14)
- EVA Illustration & Dougensan No Shousessou Special Gekijou Chunli No (published in Katze 15)
- Round 2
- Ishoku Dougen is also credited for work on Katze 9
[edit] Ishoku Dougen Work Published by Comic Circle Pink Macadamian (as Do-Gen)
- Comic Circle Pink Macadamian volume 1 (cover)
- Comic Circle Pink Macadamian 2 (cover)
- Comic Circle Pink Macadamian vol. 3 (cover)
- Comic Circle Pink Macadamian vol. 4 (cover and artwork)
[edit] Collaborative Works
- The Sport of Fortune (an Oh My Goddess! hentai dōjinshi collaboration with Chimatsurya Hompo & Mechanical Code circle)
- Alice First (a hentai parody of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Juubaori Mashumaro, published by Angel Publishers, Ishoku Dougen and others contributed guest artwork featured at the end of the tanbokon publication - later published in the US as the a comic series Alice in Sexland by Eros Comix, excluding Dougen's guest artwork)
[edit] Anime
[edit] Boku no Pico
Ishoku Dougen of Saigado is credited with the character design for Boku no Pico (ぼくのぴこ), a shotacon anime produced by Natural High in 2006. The content of this OVA is very similar to Saigado's Maniax imprint of dōjinshi. Whilst Ishoku Dougen designed the characters, Yoshiten, the character designer for Bible Black, is credited as the animation character designer. It was followed up in 2007 by the OVA Pico to Chico, again using Dougen's character designs.
[edit] Uncensored & Translated Versions of Works
All of the Saigado studio's material is published only in Japan, as such all the material conforms to Japanese censorship laws. Many fans have undertaken projects to scan Saigado's works then translate them to other languages and remove censorship, then distribute them on the Internet. None of Saigado's material has been officially published in any language other than Japanese and none has been published without the required censorship.