Moodyz

For other uses, see Moody's (disambiguation).
Moodyz
Industry Pornography
Founded 2000
Headquarters Japan
Products Pornographic films
Parent Hokuto Corporation
Website www.moodyz.com

Moodyz (ムーディーズ Mūdiizu), formerly known as Mr. President,[1] is one of Japan's largest adult video (AV) producers, featuring an extensive catalog of video titles.[2]

Company information

The Moodyz website, www.moodyz.com, went online in March 2000[3] and the company released its first videos in September 2000 starting with Costume Princess starring Maiko Yuki.[4] One of the studios earliest stars was AV Idol Bunko Kanazawa who appeared in her own installment of the Costume Princess series in December 2000.[5] In October 2002, the company's fortunes were boosted by signing An Nanba to an exclusive contract for Moodyz beginning with her debut video Number.1!.[6]

To mark their fifth anniversary in September 2005, the studio released the fantasy costume drama, A Queendom of Eros, directed by KINGDOM and starring Chihiro Hara, Azusa Ayano, Jun Seto, Miki Komori, Shuri Himesaki and Yuna Takizawa. The work's elaborate sets and props made it one of the most expensive adult videos produced.[7]

Moodyz is part of the large AV conglomerate Hokuto Corporation, which distributes Moodyz produced videos through retail sales and via mail order and digital download from its portal DMM.com. The Moodyz company manager and representative is Hitomi Niwa (丹羽ひとみ).[8][9]

The company produces about 30-35 new releases and compilation videos per month[2] and in September 2011 the DMM website listed more than 4000 DVD titles and over 1200 VHS tapes available under the Moodyz name.[10]

Moodyz labels

Moodyz produces various genres of videos under different labels. These range from softer glamour works to more hardcore scenes featuring bukkake, gokkun, anal sex, simulated rape, and interracial videos with black actors. Listed below are the labels used by Moodyz over the years.[11][12]

  • ACID
  • ALL
  • Art Mode (アートモード) - amateur nanpa themes
  • ASS
  • BEST - compilations
  • BOMB
  • Collection
  • DIVA
  • EDGE
  • ES - FemDom fetish
  • Fresh - new actresses
  • Gati - features bukkake, gokkun, anal sex
  • Goro Tameike (溜池ゴロー) - mature women
  • GREAT
  • Honey
  • IMAGE
  • Imperial
  • ISM
  • Joker
  • Killer
  • Legend - popular AV Idols
  • Lover Soul (ラバーソウル)
  • MODERATO - featured actresses
  • NEW - actress debuts
  • OH - bukkake, interracial
  • President
  • QUEST
  • REAL - popular actresses
  • REPLAY - compilations at low prices
  • TOKKAR
  • VALUE - bargain videos
  • WILD - hardcore, anal, urination & rape scenes

Directors

Directors who have worked extensively for Moodyz include:

Actresses

Since its inception a number of prominent AV Idols have performed in Moodyz videos including the following actresses:

Bonenkai and Moodyz Awards

Beginning in December 2001, Moodyz has held an annual year-end bonenkai (忘年会) party for its actresses and staff. This gala event with participants in full evening dress started out modestly with 217 participants at the "Nepushisu" Restaurant in Tokyo on December 27, 2001. The 2002 party had 400 guests and by 2003 the number had risen to 700 and then to over 1000 for the 2005 event. Guests included actresses and staff, managers, friends, and the press. The party was also the venue for the annual Moodyz Awards celebrating the work of Moodyz actresses and directors.[13][14]

Video series

Dream School series

The Dream School (ドリーム学園) or Dream Gakuen series is one of Moodyz oldest, best selling and most honored set of videos.[15] The first volume was released in July 2001[16] when Moodyz had been in existence only a little over a year. Dream School 2 and Dream School 5 were the 2001 and 2002 winners of the Grand Prize Moodyz Award at the annual Moodyz Awards while Dream School 7 won the 2003 award for most sales.[17] In 2006 Dream School 10 was the Moodyz entry in the AV Open contest where it took the 2nd Place Award.[18] Again in 2007, Moodyz nominated another entry in the series, Dream School 11, for the AV Open where it won the 3rd Place Award.[19] The series has continued with Dream School 12 released in June 2008.[15]

The Dream School videos, all directed by Taikei Shimizu, have usually been major productions running 3 or 4 hours and having a large cast of actors and actresses. They are plotted as dramas taking place in a high-school setting and include a medley of porn genres including bukkake, gokkun, S&M, simulated rape, urolagnia, anal sex, orgies and even occasionally scat and bestiality.[15] Several AV stars have appeared in the series including Bunko Kanazawa, Izumi Seika, Nao Oikawa, Chihiro Hasegawa, Mayura Hoshitsuki, Kokoro Amano, Akira Watase, Hotaru Akane and Chihiro Hara.[15]

Other series

This is a selected listing of the more than 200 thematic video series which have been produced under various Moodyz labels.[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Who makes AV?". Japan AV. Retrieved 2008-12-15. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Moodyz releases" (in Japanese). MOODYZ. Retrieved 2008-12-18. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. ↑ "Company info for moodyz.com". Alexa. Retrieved 2008-12-15. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ "2000" (in Japanese). AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory). Retrieved 2010-05-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ "Costume Princess". Urabon Navigator. Retrieved 2010-05-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. ↑ "2002" (in Japanese). AV 研究所 (AV Research Laboratory). Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2010-05-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ↑ Otsubo, Kemuta (August 31, 2005). 女優からスタジオ・小道具まで超一流　秋一番の超大作「エロスの王宮」 (in Japanese). All About. Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2010-06-27. External link in |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ "moodyz.com Site Map" (in Japanese). MOODYZ. Retrieved 2008-12-15. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ↑ Otsubo, Kemuta (December 14, 2005). "速報！ＳＯＤ大賞2005＆「AV OPEN」発表 (2005 SOD Awards and AV Open)" (in Japanese). All About. Retrieved 2008-11-19. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. ↑ ""ムーディーズ"の検索結果 人気順 (Moodyz Manufacturer Search)" (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-09-04. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ↑ "レーベルリスト (Labels)" (in Japanese). MOODYZ. Retrieved 2010-05-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. ↑ "Moodyz". Urabon Navigator. Retrieved 2010-05-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
  13. ↑ "MOODYZ忘年会レポート" (in Japanese). MOODYZ. Archived from the original on 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2009-02-11. External link in |publisher= (help)
  14. ↑ ＭＯＯＤＹＺ年末大感謝祭'０５　レポート (in Japanese). MOODYZ. Retrieved 2009-02-10. External link in |publisher= (help)
  15. 1 2 3 4 "シリーズ：ドリーム学園 (Dream School Series)" (in Japanese). Moodyz. Retrieved 2009-02-13. External link in |publisher= (help)
  16. ↑ "中古DVD　=MOODYZ（オムニバス）=" (in Japanese). www.nkikaku.jp. Retrieved 2009-02-13. External link in |publisher= (help)
  17. ↑ "2003年MOODYZ大賞" (in Japanese). www.moodyz.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-10. External link in |publisher= (help)
  18. ↑ Otsubo, Kemuta (July 12, 2006). "速報！AV OPEN結果発表 (Preliminary AV Open results)" (in Japanese). All About. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2008-10-01. External link in |publisher= (help)
  19. ↑ "2nd AV Open Results" (in Japanese). www.dmm.co.jp. Retrieved 2008-10-02. External link in |publisher= (help)
  20. ↑ "Moodyz series" (in Japanese). MOODYZ. Retrieved 2008-12-19. External link in |publisher= (help)

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