Sasaki and Miyano 佐々木と宮野 is a Japanese BL TV anime series based on the manga series of the same name by Harusono Shō 春園ショウ that aired from January 10, 2022 to March 28, 2022 in Japan. The follow up is the anime movie Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation 「佐々木と宮野ー卒業編ー」 that premiered on February 17, 2023 in Japan. The film was released as a double feature with the short film Hirano and Kagiura 平野と鍵浦.
Tokyo in April is… ４月の東京は… is an 8-episode Japanese BL series which premiered on June 16, 2023. It is adapted from the manga series of the same name by Haru ハル.
Love Tractor 트랙터는 사랑을 싣고 is an 8-episode Korean BL series that premiered on June 7, 2023. It is adapted from the webtoon of the same name written by Hmm Yong Yong 흠념뇸 and illustrated by AngryMonster 앵몬. Three songs have been released from the OST.
Be My Favorite บทกวีของปีแสง is a 12-episode Thai BL series that premiered on May 26, 2023. The Thai title means The Poetry of Lightyears. It is adapted from the novel of the same name by JittiRain.
Catching up with the OST for 3 Korean BL series that aired in May, 2023 – Happy Merry Ending 해피메리엔딩, Love Mate 러브 메이트, and Star Struck 스타스트럭…
(more…)I’m currently immensed in the ancient Mouse-Cat series of BL novels by Er Ya 耳雅. For those of you not familiar with the Mouse-Cat 鼠貓 characters in Chinese literature, they are a couple of Chinese knights-errant during the Song Dynasty told in the classic 1879 Chinese martial arts novel, The Three Heroes and Five Gallants 三俠五義 (later republished in 1889 as The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants 七俠五義). The two characters, mouse and cat are the nicknames given to Bai Yutang 白玉堂 who is the youngest of the five gallants known as the Sleek Rat 錦毛鼠, and Zhan Zhao 展昭 who is one of the heroes, the Southern Hero 南俠, also known as the Imperial Cat 御貓. These ancient mouse-cat BL novel series are the ancient equivalence to the modern mouse-cat in the S.C.I. Mystery Series by the same author, Er Ya 耳雅, with nearly all the same characters (not surprising since they are all characters adapted from the 1879 novel but with the addition of BL elements) but here set in ancient time during the 11th-century Song Dynasty.
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La Pluie ฝนตกครั้งนั้นฉันรักเธอ is a 12-episode Thai BL series that premiered on April 29, 2023. It is adapted from the novel of the same name, also translated into English as I Loved You That Time It Rained, by Eddy. Two songs from the OST has been released, both sung by Boy Sompob.
Our Skyy 2 is a 16-episode Thai anthology series which premiered on April 19, 2023. They are 2-episode epilogues for each of the 8 Thai BL series that aired in the past year or so: Star and Sky: Star in My Mind แล้วแต่ดาว, The Eclipse คาธ, My School President แฟนผมเป็นประธานนักเรียน, Vice Versa รักสลับโลก, A Boss and a Babe ชอกะเชร์คู่กันต์, Never Let me Go เพื่อนายแค่หนึ่งเดียว, Bad Buddy แค่เพื่อนครับเพื่อน, & A Tale of Thousand Stars นิทานพันดาว.
Lovely Villain 親愛壞蛋 is a 9-episode Taiwanese drama series that premiered on April 21, 2023. There are four songs from the OST.
Kashimashi Meshi かしましめし (translated as Boisterous Meal) is a new 10-episode Japanese drama series that premiered on April 10, 2023. It is adapted from the manga series of the same name by Okazaki Mari おかざき真里. This drama has a gay male character as one of the 3 main leads with the other two being female characters, so it has a LGBTQ+ storyline but also not really a BL series as such. Below are the two theme songs…
Corner Café 