ExHentai / SadPanda
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About
ExHentai, also known as SadPanda, is a hentai hosting site which stores one of the largest collections of hentai art on the internet. The site is a subsidiary of the more mainstream site E-Hentai and hosts collections of more controversial hentai genres such as lolicon and shotacon. In late July 2019, following a 12-hour warning period, the website was shut down by its owner due to legal fears but was brought in early August back after the servers were moved to another country.
History
On March 27th, 2010, hentai hosting website E-Hentai banned hentai artworks containing drawn depictions of sexual acts with minors, bestiality, incest and several other genres. All such works on the website were moved to a sister hentai website created for hosting such materials, exhentai.org.[1][14]
To access the website, users have to have a registered E-Hentai account, which they have to be logged into. Any other users entering the site are met with an artwork of a sad panda by DeviantArt artist Epiphany (shown below),[2] which gave the website its nickname SadPanda.
July 2019 Shutdown
On July 25th, 2019, at approximately 4:20pm EST, ExHentai moderator Maximum_Joe launched a thread on /h/ (hentai) 4chan board in which he called for the /h/ users to back up the site, announcing that "they have a few hours" (later clarified to be under 12 hours) with the implication that the site would be shut down.[3][4] He added that "non-Fjord"[5] content would stay available for six months.[6]
In the same thread, Maximum_Joe wrote that "legislative changes involving lolicon"[7] had hit the site, adding that ExHentai and E-Hentai servers are located in the Netherlands.
Legislative changes involving lolicon have hit us. Site development has officially ceased. We are on borrowed time.
Under 12 hours for fjord access. ~6 months for the rest. Tenboro[8] is calling it quits
Following the announcement, multiple threads were started on /h/, /a/ and other 4chan boards with users spreading the news and discussing ways to effectively preserve the content stored on the website.[9][10]
On July 27th, 2019, at approximately 4:13am EST,[11][12] ExHentai was shut down.
Tenboro's Statement
Shortly before the shutdown, E-Hentai and ExHentai owner Tenboro made a post on E-Hentai forum in which he stated that E-Hentai will remain in operation until 2020 and promising that a permanent archive of content stored on the site would be arranged, adding that size of images alone exceeds 50 terabytes.[15]
Relocation to Moldova
On August 2nd, 2019, ExHentai was brought back up after the website servers were relocated to Moldova to avoid potential legal issues.[16] On the same day, multiple threads were launched on /h/, /a/ and other 4chan boards notifying users of the website being available again.[17]
Features
ExHentai hosted a variety of hentai genre of both mainstream and shocking nature. In addition, the website has also been used as a repository for other artwork such as non-hentai manga and doujin.
Traffic
In June 2019, the website ranked 264th in popularity globally with over 40.1 million total visits.[13] The majority of unique views were distributed by United States (18.4%), Japan (13.3%) and China (11.1%).
Search Interest
External References
[1] ExHentai β Sad Panda Page
[2] DeviantArt β reminds me of you by Epiphany
[3] 4chan β /h/ Thread#5411286 (page unavailable)
[4] Archive of Sins β /h/ Thread#5411286 (page unavailable)
[5] The word "Fjord", as in "pining for the fjords", has been used by the ExHentai and E-Hentai users and moderators as a collective name for works of toddlercon, incest, bestiality, lolicon, shotacon and abortion genre.
[6] Achieve of Sins β /h/ Post #5411348 (page unavailable)
[7] Archive of Sins β /h/ Post#5411315 (page unavailable)
[8] Tenboro is the nickname of E-Hentai and ExHentai owner.
[9] Fireden β /a/ Thread #191159169
[10] Fireden β /a/ Thread #191172993
[11] Fireden β /a/ Thread #191177201
[12] Fireden β /a/ Thread #191177245
[13] SimilarWeb β Exhentai.org Overview
[14] Desuarchive β /a/ Thread #32628602
[15] E-Hentai β Tenboro's Post
[16] NSFW Archive of Sins β /h/ Thread #5495996
[17] Desuarchive β /a/ Thread #191474428
Top Comments
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Jul 26, 2019 at 06:23AM EDT
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