The 8OH1 Podcast
Episode 13: What makes a BL?
Episode Summary
If you think Yuri on Ice is a BL, you're wrong and here's why; an episode in which the fujoshi of BL Garden of DFW seek to educate to masses about what BL is and what it isn't.
Episode Notes
Titles mentioned:
NOT BL:
- Yuri!!! on Ice - sports anime
- No. 6 by Asano Atsuko - sci-fi novel, manga (with Kino Hinoki) and anime
- Kyo Kara Maoh! by Takabayashi Tomo and Matsumoto Temari - shoujo light novel, manga, and anime
- Ballroom e Youkoso/Welcome to the Ballroom by Takeuchi Tomo - sports manga and anime
- Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End by Kagami Takaya and Yamamoto Yamato - shounen manga and anime
- Promare - anime movie
- Sarazanmai - shoujo anime
- Shoujo Kakumei Utena/Revolutionary Girl Utena (not yuri) - manga by Saitou Chiho and anime
- Banana Fish (anime) - shoujo anime; see manga below
- Free! - sports anime
- Sherlock - TV series
- Supernatural - TV series
- Boku no Hero Academia/My Hero Academia by Horikoshi Kouhei- shounen manga and anime
BL:
- Kaze to Ki no Uta/Song of the Wind and Trees (the “first BL”) by Takemiya Keiko - BL manga and OVA
- Zetsuai 1989 by Ozaki Minami - BL manga and OVAs
- Ai no Kusabi by Yoshihara Reiko - BL novel, OVAs, and series
- given by Kizu Natsuki - BL manga and anime
- Rak Haeng Sayam/Love of Siam - Thai mainstream movie prominently featuring a gay romance
- Smells Like Green Spirit by Nagai Saburou- BL manga
- Happy Shitty Life by Harada - BL manga
- Doushitemo Furetakunai/No Touching at All by Yoneda Kou - BL manga
- Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai/Twittering Birds Never Fly by Yoneda Kou
- Yuuutsu na Asa/Blue Morning by Hidaka Shouko - BL manga
- Hidamari ga Kikoeru/I Hear the Sunspot by Fumino Yuki - BL manga and live-action movie
- Hengoku no Calendula/Love in Limbo by Haji - BL manga
- Coyote by Zaria Ranmaru - BL manga
- Kashikomarimashita Destiny by Sachimo - BL (omegaverse) manga
- The works of Kusakabe Keri (BL mangaka)
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai/The World’s Greatest First Love: the Case of Yokozawa Takfumi by Fujisaki Miyako and Nakamura Shungiku - BL light novel and anime movie
Grey area:
- Banana Fish (manga) by Yashida Akimi - proto-BL manga