1. Introduction There are the words “BL(short form of Boys’ Love)”, “Yaoi” and “Hujyoshi(means Rotten girls in Japanese).” Each of them became famous rapidly. But those kinds of works including comics, CDs, novels, animes, and games, often have really sexual scenes and are provoking discussion. So I would like to research how this boom started and why are they so attracting for women. Also I am going to think about the international reaction about these. 2. Definition of the terms BL is a name
Anne Allison argues that rather than negatively judging manga about sex and sexuality, one should consider what these manga do for their intended audiences. The yaoi manga Beast and Feast (2010) and the Korean BL manhwa Boy Princess (2002) give female readers, the target audience, empowerment and sexual freedom through the sexual objectification and domination of male characters. Seeing men objectified and sexualized in Beast and Feast and Boy Princess empowers women, who are usually the objects
org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States#2000.E2.80.932009 [2013. December 11th] Alpha Flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Flight [2013. December 11th] Ultimate X-Men http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_X-Men [2013. December 11th] Yaoi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi [2013. December 11th]
Anime (pronounced: "Ah-nee-may") is a type of animation usually from Japan. They have their own style and it can show that in strange and wonderful ways. Anime also has its own sense of comedy and has a unique way of thinking. It can get really deep and serious, or it can become silliest (like: "Lucky Star", "Kill Me Baby") and craziest (like: "Death Note","Gintama") thing you have ever seen. Most Anime shows are based on popular mangas (Japanese Comics), just putting a little more life into them
In the mid-1940s, low-cost red books became very popular among adults. Osamu Tezuka, one of akabon’s most popular authors, came to be known as the grandfather of Japanese manga because of his work in implementing cinematic techniques, sound effects, long story arcs and deep character development across many different genres of manga. The appearance of more serious manga gekiga (its means dramatic picture) volumes in the 1950s fuelled the expansion of manga which, by the 1970s, had grown into an unparalleled