M2m anime
From my memory, it always felt like BL anime existed as a genre for as long as I can remember. Before BL dramas or movies became mainstream, BL animes and mangas were appreciate the first frontier, depicting male romances in fiction even when it was taboo in society.
In anime, the BL genre is closely related to yaoi or shounen ai, which are labels that depict a very similar type of story. Yaoi is more explicit, shounen ai is more innocent, and BL tends to be the best of both worlds. This genre is a popular niche among certain demographics. I don't love using the term fujoshi, which has somewhat negative connections. Let's just say that people with good taste usually observe BL animes!
Despite its drawn-out history, there is surprisingly not a lot of anime to watch in this genre. Trust me, I've done my analyze on this topic, searching high and low for some BL anime recommendations. You'd be amazed and disappointed at how small the selection there is compared to all the other genres.
And since the selection is so adj, this makes it even harder for a nice anime series to appear along.
Anime is one of Japan’s prized modern cultural treasures, and despite its political stance on LGBTQ+ rights, Japan has a number of fantastic queer anime in its repertoire. Among the array of gay anime, here are our top picks of must-see series to add to your watch list.
By DinocoZero via DeviantArt
Given
Run, don’t saunter to your nearest screen to watch this series. Given has everything: a teenage coming-of-age story, dreamy musician boys and a fantastic soundtrack. There’s also the sweetest, slow-burn and sometimes heartbreaking romance between two boys who are learning about themselves, how they navigate grief and how they experience devotion. This series is sure to make just about anyone have a satisfying cry in its ninth episode. It also has a sequel film which centers around the two lead boys’ bandmates, though it’s admittedly a small rushed and not nearly as good as this episode series.
By Meduzanol via GoodFon
Yuri!!! on Ice
This one is so popular and will probably end up on every LGBTQ+ anime list, but it’s classic for a reason. Yuri!!! on Ice follows Yuri, an i
Title: Buddy Complex
Format: TV anime
Genre: mecha, sci-fi, action, second travel
Series Director: Yasuhiro Tanabe
Studio: Sunrise
Series length: 13 episodes
Original Airing dates: January 5, – March 30,
Reviewed format: HDTV download with fan subs
Synopsis:
“Buddy Complex revolves around the main character, Aoba Watase, an plain high school boy. One day, the girl he has a crush on, Hina Yumihara, saves him from being killed by a guy in a mecha, and then sends him into the future, revealing that she herself was also from the future. When he wakes up, he finds himself over seventy years into the future, where the Free Pact Alliance and the Zogilia Republic are at war with each other, each battling with their own valiancers; and Aoba is on the former&#;s team, teams up with Dio using coupling valiancers Luxon and Bradyon. He also learns that Hina is on the opposing team, and what&#;s even stranger, she doesn&#;t remember him at all.”
Review:
Buddy Complex is yet another in a long line of the Mecha Genre anime & als
Interest Stacks
TV, , 11 eps Me:-Author:9
Beautiful and heartfelt. It&#;s not realistic in the sense that I deliberate this happens to a lot of people, but it is realistic in the sense that gay people are also people who have interests and who grieve and who deal with all the same things straight people do (plus more). And the emotions are very real--or perhaps saying they feel sincere is more accurate? I&#;m not sure how to put it.
TV, , 24 eps Me:-Author:9
There are so many elements to this show, and they are interwoven so that there&#;s always something engaging and dramatic going on even while characters are changing and relationships are shifting and other more subtle things are going on. The MCs aren&#;t really dating, but their intense and almost instant connection is still a significant aspect of the show. They clearly contain strong feelings toward each other, but there are a lot of complications keeping their relationship from progressing in a traditional manner (e.g. dating, having sex, making out, etc.).
TV, , 12 eps Me:-Author:9
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