Dakimakuras anyone?

Yeah, you'll see a few of those as well. Someone in this thread actually told me about Manga Gamer selling legit ones, so thats why I just looked for their booth. I went around many different booths and felt the material and asked for price, and they were pretty much under the bootleg criteria.

Yeah, the material is usually the dead give away. If they say "peachskin" it's almost guaranteed to be a bootleg, but I'm sure there are other names for it that basically mean the same thing. I saw a few pictures from AX and most of the covers I saw were either peach skin or SK Suede, and I'm certainly more inclined to guess peach skin.

I accidentally stumbled upon the most amazing store, of which holds a great variety of "Dakemakura" merchandise. Although wee expensive, I'd say it's well worth it, considering the their excellent design.

Just wanted to share, hence my interest on this field is growing by the hour, so here you go:

I used an online translation software on the website listed below, so it might be slightly inaccurate, though better than nothing for us non-japanese speaking:

http://tinyurl.com/cncf2uw


(Keep in mind that, I am not entirely sure whether they ship outside Japan, but I would think so).


The actual pillow, I would buy from a store such as, as it is much much reasonably priced (make sure the length and width measures up with the "Dakamakura" of choice):

- http://www.royalpillow.com/body-pillows.asp

- http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_09650132000P

Yeah, that's Dakemakura; their Japanese site isn't that bad to navigate even if you don't speak Japanese. They do have an absolutely absurd number of items available, and they keep adding more. I have one or two of their covers in my collection, but don't order from them often because all of their products are still available today . So while there is a lot of stuff I'd like to order from them, I haven't yet because limited preorder stuff is more important. T_T

But yeah, according to their FAQ, they do ship internationally. I think someone has successfully ordered from them before, but I don't remember who.

Sounds plausible.

In a matter of days, I myself will do an effort of ordering miscellaneous merchandise.
Will most likely be somewhere between the lines of 1 or 2 wares.

I will make sure to further on notify this very thread on that matter. In addition, I will post photos (HD), if possible that is.

Yeah, they do some good stuff; there is almost sure to be something for everyone there. I'd say the thing I like the least about the circle is that some of their art is truly outstanding, while a good majority just seems a bit on the sub-par side.

Oh and going back to your previous post, they're actually probably the best deal you'll get for your money, as far as price goes. It's true that you can pick up some covers from AmiAmi/Hobby Search in the 8000-9000 yen range, which is cheaper than what Dakemakura offers, but they're very rarely 2WT at that price. Dakemakura is a good jump up in quality from the usual company covers while still being cheaper than average circle covers that charge 12-13k yen, usually.

So far, this is my favorite, by far (this one I did not pick out from their store, in fact I haven't been able to find it anywhere - perchance a custom-designer made it?)

- http://www.figure.fm/post/en/39298/Dakimakura+Collection+30.html#image-348668

- http://www.figure.fm/post/en/39298/Dakimakura+Collection+30.html#image-348664

- http://www.figure.fm/post/en/39298/Dakimakura+Collection+30.html#image-348665

Yes! Most of their covers are very "shiny" or glossy as oppose to mine.

I would love to find an online-store that sells hentai bed-, duvet and pillow covers all as well.
I've managed to search out a few already, but sadly I wasn't content with it's many designs.

You have a lot to learn about the world of dakimakura covers, my friend. ^^
There are primarily three types of dakimakura covers you could buy:

1. Bootlegs - This should be fairly obvious; it's knock offs that are using other people's work. Generally speaking, any dakimakura cover in the $30-70 range is a bootleg (though there are legit covers in that range, and bootlegs outside of it.) The quality is usually greatly inferior to the quality of the other two categories.

2. "Company" dakimakura covers - Generally speaking, these are the covers that you can find on big name sites like Hobby Search and AmiAmi. They use official art from their source series, and unless the source is an eroge/hentai, they're usually on the tamer side of things when it comes to nudity. Prices for these usually range from 8000-11000 yen.

3. "Circle" dakimakura covers - I'm sure you seen/read some doujinshi (if not, just check the front page of Fakku.) All doujinshi are done by collections of individual artists known as "circles". The dakimakura scene is much the same; there are probably hundreds of different circles that do dakimakura covers. The webpage you found, Dakemakura, is one such circle (Dakemakura is actually the circle name.) And the Homura you linked was also done by a circle, specifically AnkoKoubou (あんこ工房) and they actually happen to be one of my favorite circles (I own that Homura myself, as well as maybe 20 of their other covers.) Prices for circle works generally range from 10000 yen to 15000 yen.


If you really wanted that Homura, she's available on YJA for 12000 yen buyout. However, the material is 2-Way Roika and it had a pretty bad wrinkle problem, but it could be ironed out easily enough apparently (the material in the pictures you linked is the 2-Way Roika, so you can see what you'd be getting.) You'd also need to use a proxy to order it, so it would probably cost you around $180-200 to order it.

There are actually a good number of circles that are willing to ship internationally, though (copy/paste from a list I posted previously):

Circle sites that ship internationally
Now we're moving onto strictly circle stuff, and it becomes a tad harder to navigate, but it can still be done without any added cost or too much hassle. As a warning, if you haven't realized this already, most circle covers tend to be on the more explicit side of things.

Black and White Store - A production company/collection of circles (I'm not 100% sure of the relationship, honestly) that's location in Taiwan. They put out a lot of high quality covers, have a fairly decent English system set up, and include shipping in the total price. This is probably one of the better deals, if you find a cover that you like, given that the average circle cover is in the 13000 yen range and EMS shipping for one is about 1500-2000 yen, which is included in the usual B&W Store price of 13000.

Bon Cool - Bon Cool has garnered a lot of good will with me. They come out with some fairly nice products, but it's the cool promotions and things they do that really stand out. I've ordered from them two or three times. The first time, they included a double of one of their covers I ordered, as omake. The second time was with a promotion that got me 40% off one of their covers. The third time didn't yield anything special, but it isn't something you should ever expect, and it's cool that they've done what they have. If you check out their site, make sure you don't miss the language options in the top right hand corner to switch to English/preferred language.

Evening Call - I love this circle; I've been following them since their 4th cover came out (they're now in the 130s) and they recently started accepting international orders. The downside is that it seems to be an afterthought, so the accessibility if you don't speak Japanese is minimal.

Dakemakura - I've never ordered from them personally, but they're apparently willing to ship internationally according to their FAQ. The main thing of note about this circle is the vast number of covers they've done, most of which are still available for order now. If you went through them all, I'd imagine you'd probably find something you like.

W-Canvas - I'm including this site as a bit of an afterthought. They have a banner at the top that says they will ship internationally, but I've never ordered from them myself. They're not a circle, but a consignment shop, similar to Toranoana. They carry circle covers, usually at a price 5-10% higher than what you'd pay if you ordered directly from the circle. I know you can find both Evening Call and Dakemakura covers on there, as well as a ton of circles that don't ship internationally. If you can successfully contact them, and order covers from circles that don't ship internationally, it would probably be the cheapest way to acquire their covers. Update: They actually do have a fairly limited English shop set up now, but if you email them items you'd like added to it, apparently they will.

Pretty damn off topic, but who here owns an oppai mouse pad?

I have a few.

Are there like bootlegs for these? Unless I'm just classifying it under bootleg because of the damn stiff ass "silicon."

You have a shot of the one you bought (packaging/item?) I'm sure there are bootlegs of them, but I don't know for sure. I do know that I've purchased a few, and have been generally disappointed with them.

I am definitely satisfied with the Sonico one, but the Charlotte one, not one bit. I'm just going to use it as display. The only thing I can say is really the way the product was packaged that would give me a hint of what is bootleg and what is not.

Eh, I don't know enough about them to say whether it's a bootleg or not. But that type of packaging wouldn't really surprise me, especially if it were licensed to sell in the US; is there stuff on the back, or is it completely blank?

The Strike Witches, no; Sonico, yes. Lots of Japanese text, but it says it is made in China.

No text on the back of the Strike Witches pad makes me lean towards bootleg, but there is no way I can say for sure. The five or so I own have all come in the box format as seen with the Sonico pad, but as I said, I could see the second form used if it were licensed in the US or something. But the absolute lack of text on the packaging (other than the Strike Witches) is a bit strange.

Whoops! My bad! The Strike Witches is from Funimation but made in China. Charlotte's boobs is so damn stiff compared to Sonico though.

Eh, then it could just be a different material used. I have no idea and I don't really think there's anyway to tell short of comparing it to a pad purchased directly from Funimation.