Reviewed by Air Chicken

Publisher: Alice Japan Available at: J-List Cost: $60 Erotica: Will make you ask for more "H" factor: Very good Sex: Satisfying Video quality: Excellent Audio quality: Good (it's not in Dolby, but it's ok) Overview: Highly recommended for Akira fans

The ever popular Akira Fubuki releases her first DVD, thanks to our friends from Alice Japan. The DVD contains two full productions, and is entirely in Japanese.

The first part ("An Object of Passion" which was an entire video release) seems more of a documentary rather than an adult feature. It shows the full beauty of Akira in a variety of scenes. This is her debut video, so in the beginning the director is talking to her and asking her opinion of what it is to be an adult video actress, what she thinks her parents will think, etc. In another scene, a contest was held between two guys to see if one can finish his slice of watermelon before the other reaches the room downstairs carrying Akira. The result is both amusing and entertaining. The sex is also great. In the start, Akira is so shy since it's her first time to have sex in front of other people. That shyness is really cute.

The second part (entitled "Dizziness") is a full production in its own right and shows Akira getting involved in various themes - performing sex in the office, costume play (Akira plays a nurse which is a popular fetish in Japan, an OL ("office lady") and so on). There's even a rape play at the end which makes it highly recommended for fans of this theme. Since one of the most memorable parts of Akira are her round, full breasts, the cameraman found many inventive ways to film them (so that they're bouncing, being played with, or hanging down "just so").

There are no extras or bonus materials included in the disc, although it does give two full video productions on the DVD (which sort of counts as an extra, since they were originally release in the short format on video). It did not maximize the full potential of the DVD medium by coming up with multi-angled shots or digital sound, but the price is still worth it. Both productions are 60 minutes in length, which makes it a 120-minute DVD. The menu is not an animated one -- it is simple and relatively easy to navigate, so there are no problems for non-Japanese speakers like me.

Finally, it should be pointed out that this is a special DVD because it is the only Akira Fubuki title in print, period. When she retired after her "sayonara photobook" which was photographed in England, she disappeared very suddenly and except for this disc, hasn't been heard of since. We hope to one day find out the story of the sudden disappearance of Akira-chan from the Japanese adult video world. But until the answer is made clear, you can enjoy this, her very nice DVD.

Overall, on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the highest), I rate this item as 4.