Sunday Morning Cartoon: Our Road of No Return / Anime Yaoi

Yet another reason why I love Japan. When I lived there, there were a couple of TV shows with queer characters. There was Stop Hibari Kun, about the cross dressing son of a yakuza and his crush on another boy in school. And Patariro, about an odd little king and his chief spy, who loves another male spy. Cartoons all. This however isn't the kind of comedy that those were -- this is real romance. Enjoy.

Comments

[Moi]

Is there any gay male hentai anime?

[Mark H]

Funny you should ask...I can't say whether there is any animation made by gay men for gay men in Japan. There is, however, queer manga, which is where the tradition of yaoi started — in comic books. And while there are the yaoi for girls, there are graphic (and very graphic) stories that were printed in gay men's magazines when I lived in Japan.

It should be no surprise that the Yaoi convention in the US was held in San Francisco this year. Of course, the anime con will be in NYC in a couple of weeks, so you can always nose around there...I know I will be.