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Japan is no stranger to queer representation. The various types of Bl, Gl, and Yaoi anime are proof of that. Now that Pride Month is here, it’s time to celebrate decades of LGBTQ+ culture and history while watching some chosen yaoi anime.

Firstly, a warning, yaoi is different from Bl (Boys’ Love). While some people use the terms interchangeably, Bl is a broader genre under which yaoi is a category. Yaoi explores se*ual connection between characters. And now, without further ado, let’s go through some must-watch yaoi anime.

5. Daikaichi Dakaichi shows a refreshing enemies-to-lovers romance | Credits: CloverWorks

Dakaichi: I’m Being Harassed By the Sexiest Man of the Year is a Yaoi manga and anime series. Its anime adaptation came out in 2018, with a sequel film in 2021. Funnily enough, the title speaks for itself.

The story begins with Takato Saijo, who has been an actor since childhood,...

Anime has become a widely popular medium for experiencing the language of love. While fans particularly enjoy romance anime shows, there’s a certain intensity and depth when it comes to romance anime movies. The likes of Makoto Shinkai and Hayao Miyazaki have given audiences some of the most iconic love stories of all time. Whether it's boldly mixing romance with disaster or telling stories about unrequited love, the anime world has bestowed fans with movies which go straight to the heart.

Love in these movies is not a commodity to be exploited to induce drama; rather, it acts like gravity that pulls people into it without any regard for consequence. The greatest romance movies of all time offer a plethora of characters who are entangled in deeply emotional and relatable experiences like heartbreak, first love, unrequited feelings, and love across time and space.

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This past June, actress Trina McGee announced she was pregnant with her fourth baby at age 54. Now, Trina, most notable for her role as Angela Moore in the 90s TV series Boy Meets World, has sadly revealed she miscarried her baby, who would have been her first with her husband Marcello Thedford. The actress shared the news during an interview on The Tamron Hall Show.

Two days before joining the talk show host, Tamron and Trina spoke on the phone where the actress shared that she lost her baby. “You revealed to me that you were no longer pregnant,” Tamron shared at the top of the interview. The Classmates star confirmed, “I did lose the baby,” before opening up about the experience. “It wasn’t expected, it was closer to the end of the first trimester. We don’t have any real reasons why.” Despite losing her baby, Trina shared,...

More than two years into its run at Fox Corp., Tubi is ramping up in original programming, planning 100 new film and TV titles over the next year as viewership continues to rise.

The programming push was one of the central messages of the streaming service’s NewFronts presentation this evening in New York.

Since being acquired in 2020 for 440 million, the free, ad-supported streaming service has been increasingly integrated into Fox’s operations and has more than doubled its viewership. It offers streaming access after linear premiere for many of the top shows on the Fox broadcast network, including ratings kingpin The Masked Singer. It also is tapping into two corporate cousins for originals: TMZ and animated specialist Bento Box Entertainment. The new originals will join a library of more than 40,000 film and TV titles, which Tubi says is No. 1 among all free AVODs.

Among the new arrivals are a comedy called Classmates,...

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Former Disney, DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox executive Tim Erickson has been named executive VP of brand Peanuts Worldwide, reporting into Eric Ellenbogen, CEO of WildBrain, the majority owner of Peanuts. Working together with the family of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, WildBrain’s content and management teams and brand co-owners Sony Music Entertainment (Japan), Erickson will be responsible for sustaining a strategy supporting brand marketing and leveraging new content launches to expand the global presence of the Peanuts brand and build momentum towards its 75th anniversary in 2025. Erickson will be based in New York.

Erickson most recently held the position of COO at the media company GoldieBlox, and prior to that as senior VP of global licensing and operations at Twentieth Century Fox, preceded by the position of global head of licensing and operations at DreamWorks. He also spent several years driving consumer products and sales strategies at Disney and Lego.

Diverse storytelling is one of anime’s most appealing qualities. Want a show about superheroes? There’s a series for you. Ninja? You, too. Demon slayers? Yup. Not interested in action or horror? Don’t worry. You can find series about high school volleyball teams, people who transmigrate to another world, and workplace romance. It’s not an exaggeration to say that there’s an anime for everyone, no matter their tastes or preferences.

Given the wide variety of stories, there’s a lot of anime about Lbgtq people and the queer experience. To be clear, anime has more than its fair share of problematic portrayals such as uninterrogated crossdressing tropes, unchallenged homophobia and transphobia, and comedy at the expense of a queer character. But these things are hardly unique to anime, unfortunately. Despite these shortcomings, the format does have great series exploring the LGBTQ experience in different contexts and...

(Los Angeles, Feb 12, 2021) – Seven Seas Entertainment is delighted to announce the license acquisition of the continuing books in the Classmates Boys’ Love manga series by Asumiko Nakamura: first, Sora and Hara, a single volume tale, followed by O.B., a two-volume story to be released in one beautiful omnibus!

In Sora and Hara, learn more about the teacher Hara Manabu, a gay man who feels somewhat adrift in the world. He spends his days teaching at an all-boys school, his nights out on the town. While at a gay bar, he meets a young man named Sorano and makes an instant connection. But things become complicated when he sees Sorano again–as a new student at school! Hara immediately shuts down the possibility of a relationship, although the situation is unearthing issues from Hara’s youth, when he himself had complicated sexual feelings in his teens…and the current...

MollywoodAccording to reports, 'Ayalvashi' is about two neighbours constantly in conflict with one another.Digital NativeDigital NativeIt was revealed a couple of months ago that the star siblings Prithviraj and Indrajith will be teaming up again for a film titled Ayalvashi. It is worth mentioning that the brothers have shared the screen space in films like Tiyaan, Double Barrel, Classmates and Police so far. Ayalvashi will be directed by debutant Irshad Parari, who worked as an assistant director in Prithviraj’s maiden directorial Lucifer. While it has already been reported that the shooting of this film will begin soon after Prithviraj is done with Aadujeevitham, the buzz now is that the shooting will commence in September this year. According to reports, Ayalvashi is about two neighbours constantly in conflict with one another. An update about this film is that Jakes Bejoy has been roped in to compose the tunes. He...

Mollywood Prithviraj is currently finishing the shoot of his film 'Aadujeevitham', after which he is expected to join the sets of 'Ayalvasi'.Digital NativeIt was revealed last month that the star siblings Prithviraj and Indrajith will be teaming up again for a film! titled Ayalvasi. The film will be directed by debutant Irshad Parari, who worked as an assistant director in Prithviraj’s first directorial Lucifer. The two brothers have shared screen space in films like Tiyaan, Double Barrel, Classmates and Police so far. Sources in the know say that Ayalvasi is a film about two neighbors and the conflict between them regarding an issue. The film is being bankrolled by Prithviraj under his banner Prithviraj Productions. While it has already been reported that the shooting of Ayalvasi will begin soon after Prithviraj is done with Aadujeevitham. The buzz now is that the shooting of the film will commence in September.

MollywoodHe revealed this information at an event arranged for him to meet and interact with his fans. Tnm StaffActor Prithviraj Sukumaran, who made his directorial debut with the Mohanlal-starrer Lucifer, recently revealed that he was offered a chance to direct superstar Rajinikanth. The actor-director spoke about this at an event which was arranged for him to meet and interact with his fans. “Soon after Lucifer release, I got an offer to direct Rajinikanth sir’s next film. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take it up because of Aadujeevitham. I don’t think I have typed a longer sorry note to anyone in my life,” he said. His debut film as a director, Lucifer, went on to become a massive hit. In fact Prithiviraj’s production house was involved in the distribution of Petta, which starred Rajinikanth and was directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Meanwhile, Prithiviraj’s Aadujeevitham directed by Blessy is in progress.

FilmThe shooting of ‘Ayalvashi’ will reportedly begin soon after Prithviraj is done with ‘Aadujeevitham’.Digital NativeDigital NativePrithviraj and Indrajith, the star siblings in the Malayalam film industry, will be teaming up again for a film! Titled Ayalvashi, the film will be directed by debutant Irshad Parari, who worked as an assistant director in Prithviraj’s maiden directorial Lucifer. It is worth mentioning here that the brothers have shared the screen space in films like Tiyaan, Double Barrel, Classmates and Police so far. The shooting of Ayalvashi will reportedly begin soon after Prithviraj is done with Aadujeevitham. Directed by Blessy, the film’s technical crew includes Resul Pookutty for sound designing, Ku Mohanan for cinematography and Raja Muhammed for editing. Aadujeevitham will bring back the Oscar-winning music director Ar Rahman back into the Malayalam film industry. It is being bankrolled by Kg Abraham under the banner Kga Films. Meanwhile, Indrajith has...