In the last couple of years, there have been a dramatic increase of BL series being made. Just 3 years ago, only countries like Japan, Thailand and Taiwan were producing BL drama series regularly but also not excessively. Now countries like South Korea, Philippines and Vietnam are also pumping out BL series like there’s no tomorrow, with an increasing number of other countries joining the race to produce this genre!
(more…)July 1, 2023
June 29, 2023
Sasaki and Miyano 佐々木と宮野 (Japanese Anime Series & Movie OST)
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.
June 24, 2023
Tokyo in April is… ４月の東京は… (Japanese Series OST)
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.
June 23, 2023
Love Tractor 트랙터는 사랑을 싣고 (Korean Series OST)
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.
June 20, 2023
Be My Favorite บทกวีของปีแสง (Thai Series 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.
June 11, 2023
【OST】Korean BL Series, May 2023
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…)June 3, 2023
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – Ancient Mouse-Cat Series 古代鼠貓系列 by Er Ya 耳雅
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.
(more…)May 18, 2023
La Pluie ฝนตกครั้งนั้นฉันรักเธอ (Thai Series OST)
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.
May 7, 2023
Our Skyy 2 (Thai Series OST)
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.
April 19, 2023
Step by Step ค่อยๆ รัก (Thai Series OST)
Step by Step ค่อยๆ รัก is a new 12-episode Thai BL series that premiered on April 18, 2023. It is adapted from the series of 3 ebooks of the same name by summer december.
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