As rare as they may be, there’re still some excellent options. These LGBT anime characters portray their sexuality and/or gender in an inspiring and positive way Shion and Nezumi From: No.6 GuardianEnzo has already written about how quietly revolutionary No.6 s casual integration of a gay romance into a sci-fi thriller series aimed at general audiences is. You’d be amazed and disappointed at how little the selection there is compared to all the other genres.Īnd since the selection is so small, this makes it even harder for a good anime series to come along. Trust me, I’ve done my research on this topic, searching high and low for some BL anime recommendations. Let’s just say that people with good taste usually watch BL animes!ĭespite its long history, there is surprisingly not a lot of anime to watch in this genre. I don’t love using the term fujoshi, which has somewhat negative connections. For some reason I have a tendency to care for romance more if its between two guys, for example. This genre is a popular niche among certain demographics. A huge guilty pleasure of mine in TV and film is gay relationships and characters. Yaoi is more explicit, shounen ai is more innocent, and BL tends to be the best of both worlds.
In anime, the BL genre is closely related to yaoi or shounen ai, which are labels that describe a very similar type of story. If you’re looking for a pure gay anime, this is the one that you need to watch 33. He takes a part in the business of Asami Ryuchi, who’s apparently a crime lord. Before BL dramas or movies became mainstream, BL animes and mangas were like the first frontier, depicting male romances in fiction even when it was taboo in society. Takaba Akihito is a 23-year-old freelance photographer who’s reincarnated into the wrong place at the wrong time. Considering how long their Ho Yay section, you can imagine how their relationship works out. From my memory, it always felt like BL anime existed as a genre for as long as I can remember. Season 2 gives an all new pair in the form of Mr.Black and He is Thomas who are explicitely called very similar to Kotetsu and Barnaby.