18×2 Beyond Youthful Days 青春18×2 君へと続く道 (Japanese title) or 青春18×2 通往有你的旅程 (Chinese title) is a Japanese and Taiwanese co-produced film which will premiere on White Valentine’s Day, March 14, 2024 in Taiwan and on May 3, 2024 in Japan. It is adapted from the Taiwanese backpacking webjournal 《青春．18 x 2》日本慢車流浪記 by bluefoxing 藍狐 published in 2014.
A Wonderful Journey 華麗計程車行 is a 10-episode Taiwanese series that premiered on February 18, 2024. It’s adapted from the autobiographical novel Wonderful Taxi 華麗計程車 by Chen Chun-Wen 陳俊文.
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My Strawberry Film マイストロベリーフィルム is an 8-episode Japanese BL series that premiered on the early hours of February 16, 2024.
Perfect Propose パーフェクトプロポーズ is a 6-episode Japanese BL series that premiered on February 2, 2024. It’s adapted from the manga of the same name by Tsurukame Mayo 鶴亀まよ.
The Apothecary Diaries 薬屋のひとりごと (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) is a 24-episode (?) Japanese anime series that premiered on the early hours of October 22, 2023 in Japan with the first 3 episodes dropped at the same time. It is based on the Japanese novel series of the same name written by Hyūga Natsu 日向夏.
I’ve watched the first few episodes and they are quite enjoyable to watch. Since the novel series is aimed at young adults, the plots are not complicated and the mysteries are quite straight forward basically dealing with poisons since the protagonist is a young medicine “apprentice” who likes to experiment. That said, the stories do sort of remind me of Agatha Christie’s novels, LOL…
Unknown 關於未知的我們 (Chinese title translated as About Our Unknown Future) is a 12-episode Taiwanese BL series which will premiere on February 24, 2024. It’s adapted from the Chinese webnovel Da Ge (big brother or eldest brother) 大哥 by Priest. One song has been released from the OST so far.
Let’s Talk About CHU 愛愛內含光 is an 8-episode Taiwanese series that premiered on February 2, 2024.
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! チェリまほ～30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい is a 12-episode Japanese anime BL series which premiered on the early hours of January 11, 2024 in Japan. It is the third Japanese incarnation of the manga series of the same name after the drama series in 2020 and film sequel in 2022.
Anti Reset 恆久定律 is the fourth and final of the tetralogy of Vidol BL (VBL, also an abbreviation for Variety Between Love) series from Taiwan’s Vidol streaming platform to celebrate its 7th anniversary last year. It’s another 10-episode series which will premiere tonight, February 2, 2024.
In addition, there will be extra epilogue episodes of the VBL series coming soon and 2 teasers have been released so far…
These are the most streamed Mandopop songs released in 2023 in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia according to KKBox. These are songs released onto the KKBox platform for streaming from December 2022 to December 2023, and streamed between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023.
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