FA Pro movies ; FAX / FAD / HTMS

jakart3

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fa pro become my favorites porn production house for years :)
i have collection of FAX and FAD,

recently i found out about HTMS as another fa pro release,
i just wondering what is the different between FAD or FAX or HTMS,

can someone explain here ...........

btw, feel free to leave your thoughts here about Fa Pro movies
 

jugulear

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Hi, Jakart3; the FA-PRO studio is unique, in itself making them worthy of appreciation. It's hard to describe their essence in so many words, what could one say? A good few of their movies have a gritty realism, sometimes in a soap operatic manner. Any studio's output can be hit-or-miss, obviously, but I find that can be particularly true of FA-PRO. You've got to be in the mood to handle some of their heavy-hitters, especially their historic fare.

Sometimes studios make sure to devote a "prefix" (which is what I call the letters appearing before the numbers of a DVD code) to specific topics, but generally, each prefix offers a mixed bag. I suppose if one were to study each of the three prefixes you mentioned, one could spot distinctive differences... but on the surface, I don't believe one specializes in anything more than the other. (One may compare in a quick way, FAD, FAX and HTMS.) The company is not limited to these prefixes, by the way; among others, you may also find AVOP, SGRS, JOHS, DTRS, FAJS, RABS, and RHTS.


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Motiman

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Fa-Pro used to release all their movies using the FAD prefix which i believe was how they categorized their DVD releases. A few months later they would release the same movies digitally using the FAX prefix.

A few years ago they stopped that and started releasing movies using different prefixes that related to the director of the movie rather than just using the FAD prefix for all releases.

For example, the HTMS prefix is used for movies directed by Henry Tsukamoto. Other prefixes are SGRS for Gin Ryuuji or FAJS for Sen Ryuuji. The FAX code still seems to be in place for their digital releases.

I will say that i cannot confirm if this is the real reason or not but like you i have followed this studio for a long time and this is just what i think occurred. I hope somebody could confirm it using actual evidence though.
 

jugulear

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I spot-checked almost a dozen HTMS's from the four pages of HTMSs JAV Library has provided (using my own HTMS link from above), and every single one was directed by Henry Tsukamoto; I would suspect the same consistency, substituting for near-evidence, with the SGRS and FAJS examples given, along with their respective directors. This possibility has come entirely out of left field for me, because I would never have imagined, with perhaps isolated examples, that the directors would be regarded as such "stars." Bravo for your find, Motiman.

(This is not a hard-and-fast rule with all of their prefixes, however; I just checked a few of their FADVs and also a few from their AVOP line-up - different directors.)

Regarding your first point, that initial FAD movies were re-released as FAX, because the latter was now digital, that implies each FAD movie would have a FAX counterpart. (In other words, if you are looking for a FAD and can't find it, it may also exist as a FAX?) That comes as news to me, too.

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Motiman

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It's just something i noticed when they switched over a few years ago. I have no hard evidence other than noticing it like you just did. You are right that not all prefixes relate to the directors as some are for compilations, or as in the case of the AOFR movies, re-releases of classic movies going back 30 years.

Also the AVOP prefix you refer to is not from Fa-Pro, but rather it is a annual competition/awards ceremony between all the big AV studios. You will notice from your link to the AVOP line up that 100 movies are being released on the same date and that's all part of the competition. You can find out more about it in the link below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV_Open
 

jugulear

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I just discovered a fantastic thread regarding FA-PRO movies, by Member Sokol001; those into this company's output may wish to check it out.

(HAVD is part of the family of FA-PRO? I did not know that.)

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jugulear

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Exactly! HAVD is part of HIBINO, and it is one of the "prefixes" I have great respect for... along with its sister, HBAD. I suppose we can only guess at the reasons why Sokol001 decided to mix HAVD in with the FA-PRO flicks.

Oh, boy! I see Sokol001 has also compiled some of the NAGAE STYLE movies, output I have much fondness for. (Thanks for your expertise there, Motiman.) I have to hand it to Sokol001, as he has put a lot of heart and care into the presentation of these threads.

Pity he selected horrible, horrible Rapidgator as his filehoster for the downloads. On the bright side, many of the links appear to still be alive, although at least a year has passed with the earlier part of these threads.


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jakart3

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wow, you guys enlighten my jav knowledge, thank you very much good sirs, about FAD turn to FAX, so thats explain a lot why i have doubled movies, i'm just to lazy to research. And about the gritty realism part, i think that what make me interested in fa pro

so now i have a clear mission how to fill my harddisk,
starting with search for nagae style torrent (unfortunately my bandwidth can't handle direct dl from sokol001 thread),
anyone knows other video ID for uncensored movies but similar style with fa pro ??

btw, my other project is to search for some actress that appears in fa pro, i.e. yumi kazama,
 
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That thread is not working
Because it is no longer of this world. Something happened to it in these past 8 years that made it unusable.
 
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