The difference between Hentai and Anime is simply this. Hentai is art of a Japanese drawing style that depicts sexually explicit scenes.

Anime is art of a Japanese drawing style not depicting sexually explicit scenes, though usually tells a story of fantasy or something that can't be done in real life.

The only form of pornography with a story line, Is Anime,

In Japan it's called H-Anime, because Hentai in Japanese is Pervert.

Hentai is the only kind of pornography where it isn't change position and anything can happen. Be it giant robots with sex toys for arms raping little kids with G cups, it can happen, and is legal if you pay the premium. Imagine any fetish you'd like, you can have it. You can have lesbians who can transform into giant penises and rape aliens with boobs that rotate with disco lights, it's possible. So next time your horny, go to the store and buy hentai. It's guaranteed not to be full of minge and disgusting losers, it's guaranteed to be of high quality, artistic, and emotional. Sometimes I watch hentai for hours, and cry instead of jack it. Hentai is just the most entertaining of any entertainment in the world.

mostly what everyone else said. all i want is for someone to post an image. ^__^

Hentai (hen-tie) is Japanese for "pervert" or "perversion". In America it is often used to refer to Japanese animated pornography.

Saying the first letter in hentai (H) with a Japanese accent sounds like ecchi (eh'ch-chee). This is a slang word used in Japan that carries the same meaning as "hentai", although in America it is often used to denote soft-core anime porn.

A Japanese word denoting unfavorable (or favorable, depending on context and circumstances) sexual connotations.
A loose English translation would correspond to words like "perverse."
Contrary to popular belief (and to its usage in America), when used as a noun, this word denotes a person who fits this description and nothing more.

Drawn porn. They've got all kinds of weird shit happening in and out. Tentacles, aliens, incest etc. In Japan, it simply means "pervert" (well, from what I've been told and read).

Really decent (save for yeah, those other weird types that utterly destroy your sanity if watched for long) as long as you don't start dreaming of those drawn girls, or you'll be digging your own grave.

It's interesting and in a way stimulating. I repeat again: As long as you realize that some weird shit there won't come true, the girls are JUST drawn, the body figures are out of rational proportion and not live in that "drawn" world it's all fine.

There are also dating sims out there and like previously mentioned, are sim-girl -related (Guy meets a lot of girls and screws them all then weird shit happens at the end). However, some do have stories. These games focus more on how to attain the girl in a focused manner without getting too much sex in between (I mean only at the end or if your "chosen path" is the girl you are pursuing; Even at the middle, you'll get laid. Easy shit, CAN be possible, but mostly impossible unless.. I don't know). Not only these sim-girled games focus on one girl, but focus on the whole story in general. All games (H-games) have different genres. Worth your time if you really don't have anything to do, or just want something else to meddle with.

All in all, hentai's good to a degree. Great alternative for real porn. Just realize none of those shit will ha...

1. Japenese for perfvert
2. Sexual/Pornagraphy anime drawings