It’s not often we like to use the term “only in Japan” but sometimes it’s just about right.
Though it’s defunct, at the height of the love doll boom in 2004-2005 (at least, boom in its recognition in popular culture), when TV shows were finally taking an interest in the amazingly ultra-realistic silicone brides of Orient Industry, and there were even doll rental services — then in your book store you may have been lucky enough to get a copy of the glossy magazine i-doloid.
Made by Core Magazines, who specialize in adult or underground mags, sadly it’s now no longer in print, it seems, but there were lots of editions and even some spin-offs (i-doloid petie [sic], i-doloid vista), dedicated to certain genre of incredible real love dolls.
Let’s hope they can bring the magazine back some day!
