>>15801621>Starring in porn is ruinous to your career anywhereIt literally isn't in Japan, is the thing. It's not like every former AV actress becomes a big actor, but it happens often enough that it's clearly not a huge deal.
And really, a porn game company becoming a mainstream big name later on is almost unthinkable in the US too. Artists have it easier, probably because everyone knows every artist does porn, but if it's the first thing that comes up when people search your name? Yeah you're still screwed.
Meanwhile you have artists like Nanashi who drew ryona, loli, and iirc snuff who manage to make it big enough to get a popular anime made from their work under the same name. With a character who also started as a fetish thing, no less.
There's very obviously a different culture there.
