http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com The latest news and reviews covering yaoi/boys love anime, manga, novels and games, as well as gay films. en Copyright 2008 Boys on Boys on Film Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:25:00 CDT http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#10-01 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:25:00 CDT Deux Press announced several new titles at Yaoi-Con: Take Me to Heaven by Nase Yamato, Love Round! by Hinako Takanaga, Noodle Shop Affair by CJ Michalski, Naughty But Nice by Naduki Koujima. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#09-27 Mon, 27 Sep 2008 11:58:00 CDT BLU's website has recently been updated with release date details regarding previously-announced titles A Capable Man and You Will Fall in Love. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#09-27 Mon, 27 Sep 2008 10:18:00 CDT Yaoi Generation announced in a press release today that they will publish the five-volume series, breath, by Chifumi Ochi, beginning in December. Read the complete press release here for full details! http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/cardcaptorsakura2.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:11:00 CDT Review of CardCaptor Sakura by CLAMP, released by Geneon in 2000. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/totallycaptivated2.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:44:00 CDT Review of Totally Captivated by Hajin Yoo, begun being released by NetComics on 3/1/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/martinandjohn.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:30:00 CDT Review of Martin and John by Hee Jung Park, released by Tokyopop on 7/15/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/twoofhearts.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:45:00 CDT Review of Two of Hearts by Kano Miyamoto, released by Deux Press on 8/25/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/goldenprinceandargentking.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:57:00 CDT Review of Golden Prince and Argent King by Kouko Agawa, released by June Manga on 6/10/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/hardrock.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:28:00 CDT Review of Hard Rock by Akane Abe, released by June Manga on 6/10/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/red.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 10:52:00 CDT Review of Red by Sanae Rokuya, released by June Manga on 5/27/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/strangeandmystifyingstory.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:45:00 CDT Review of A Strange and Mystifying Story, released by June Manga on 5/27/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/presidentstime2.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:53:00 CDT Review of The President's Time by Tamaki Kirishima, released by 801 Media on 4/21/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/totallycaptivated.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:30:00 CDT Review of Totally Captivated by Hajin Yoo, begun being released by NetComics on 3/1/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/lovinggaze.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:04:00 CDT Review of Loving Gaze by Akira Kanbe, released by June Manga on 5/13/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/pathos.html Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:34:00 CDT Review of Pathos by Mika Sadahiro, released by June Manga on 7/22/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/meineliebe.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:22:00 CDT Review of Meine Liebe, released in Japan in 2004. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/loveless.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:41:00 CDT Review of Loveless, created by Yun Kouga, released in 2006. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/family.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:09:00 CDT Review of Family by Yuuya, released by Kitty Media on 6/18/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/mistermistress.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:53:00 CDT Review of Mister Mistress by Rize Shinba, released by Deux Press on 7/25/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#07-27 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:09:00 CDT The next volumes of Junjo Romantica, Love Mode and Black Knight are now officially on BLU Manga's calendar. Also, the Junjo Romantica anime continues into a second season this October in Japan. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/film/totaleclipse.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:15:00 CDT Review of Total Eclipse, directed by Agnieszka Holland, released in 1995. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/nabarinoou.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:33:00 CDT Review of Nabari no Ou, created by Yuhki Kamatari, currently being released by J.C. Staff in Japan and available as a digital fansub. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/mar.html Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:01:00 CDT Review of Marchen Awakens Romance, created by Nobuyuki Anzai, released by Viz Media. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#07-12 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:41:00 CDT Due to TheLinkUp file-sharing service shutting down and taking our files with it, Boys on Boys on Film will no longer be able to share unlicensed anime. We're sorry for the inconvenience. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#07-09 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:20:00 CDT Fansubs for the new Antique Bakery anime, based on the popular Fumi Yoshinaga manga of the same name, are now online. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#07-09 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 9:38:00 CDT FUNimation will begin distributing the Kyo Kara Maoh! anime where it left off last year, with Season 2 Volume 7 available on September 2, 2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#07-08 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:29:00 CDT Rachel Livingston of Digital Manga Publishing clarifies that the new Doki Doki label is not purely a BL publishing imprint. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/tomcats.html Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:00:00 CDT Review of Tomcats by Mashiro Minamino, released by Deux Press on 6/30/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/toughlovebaby.html Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:41:00 CDT Review of Tough Love Baby by Shiuko Kano, released by Deux Press on 2/25/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/sayplease.html Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:21:00 CDT Review of Say Please by Kano Miyamoto, released by Deux Press on 4/30/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#07-07 Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:49:00 CDT Kadokawa USA, Deux Press, Go!Comi, and of course the Digital Manga Publishing brood announce a bunch of new BL manga, novels and one much-awaited anime series. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#06-24 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:19:00 CDT English manga company Digital Manga Publishing announces a new partnership with Japanese manga publisher Shinshokan to create a new BL label called Doki Doki. Four manga and one novel will be published in September 2009: Color, Living For Tomorrow, Midnight Bloom, Brilliant Blue, and Fevered Kiss (novel). http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#06-23 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:02:00 CDT In a surprising announcement, Kitty Media has confirmed to Boys on Boys on Film that they have licensed the unusual and somewhat controversial anime OAV Papa to Kiss in the Dark, in which a 15 year old boy has a romantic and sexual relationship with a man he believes to be his father. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#06-19 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:21:00 CDT Two BLU titles are on a list of Tokyopop manga that have been dropped from Diamond's Previews solicitations for July. Love Mode #11 and Gakuen Heaven: Nakajima have been postponed to an unknown date. Sales of Love Mode #10 in August will determine the publication status of volume 11. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/devilssecret.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:56:00 CDT Review of The Devil's Secret by Hinako Takanaga, released by 801 Media on 5/27/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/teafortwo.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:42:00 CDT Review of Tea for Two by Yaya Sakuragi, released by BLU Manga on 5/1/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/film/brokebackmountain2.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:59:00 CDT Review of Brokeback Mountain, directed by Ang Lee, created by Anne Proulx, released in 2005. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/presidentstime.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:43:00 CDT Review of The President's Time by Tamaki Kirishima, released by 801 Media on 4/21/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/weekendlovers.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:22:00 CDT Review of Weekend Lovers by Kiriko Fuwa, released by 801 Media on 4/28/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#06-09 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:11:00 CDT Yaoi Generation, www.yaoigeneration.com, seems to be a new yaoi manga publisher whose website has seen a bit of press in today's online chatter. Stay tuned to BoBoF for more information! http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/ishallneverreturn.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:57:00 CDT Review of I Shall Never Return created by Kazuna Uchida, released by Kitty Media in 2007. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/foreignlove.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:14:00 CDT Review of A Foreign Love Affair by Ayano Yamane, released by 801 Media on 3/18/2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/sayplease.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:33:00 CDT Review of Say Please by Kano Miyamoto, released by Deux Press on 4/30/2008. http://tinyurl.com/43rewk Thu, 29 May 2008 9:29:00 CDT The second volume of the No Money! anime OAV, containing episodes 3 and 4, is available in Media Blasters' Yaoi eBay store ahead of its June 10 street date. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/requests.html Tue, 20 May 2008 20:52:00 CDT The file-sharing servine formerly known as Streamload and Mediamax is converting to a new service called The LinkUp. The LinkUp has not moved our files from the old service to the new service, so we are unable to fulfill file-sharing requests until our files are accessible again. We apologize for the inconvenience, even though we did nothing to cause it. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/junjoromantica.html Tue, 20 May 2008 20:52:00 CDT Review of Junjou Romantica, created by Shungiku Nakamura. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/seducemeaftertheshow.html Tue, 20 May 2008 22:25:00 CDT Review of Seduce Me After the Show by Est Em, released 4/30/2008 by Deux Press. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/kissalltheboys2.html Tue, 20 May 2008 22:03:00 CDT Review of Kiss All the Boys by Shiuko Kano, released 3/30/2008 by Deux Press. http://boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/ainokusabi2.html Tue, 20 May 2008 21:33:00 CDT Review of Ai no Kusabi by Rieko Yoshihara, released 12/4/2007 by June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/kirepapa2.html Tue, 20 Mar 2008 20:39:00 CDT Review of KirePapa, created by Ryou Takagi. http://boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/ainokusabi.html Tue, 20 May 2008 20:11:00 CDT Updated review of Ai no Kusabi by Rieko Yoshihara, now including Volume 2: Destiny, released 3/11/2008 by June Manga. http://tinyurl.com/65udnr Thu, 08 May 2008 22:23:00 CDT The Embracing Love: Cherished Spring DVD -- also known as the Haru wo Daiteita OAV -- is now available from Media Blasters' eBay store well ahead of the May 27 release date. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#04-29 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:11:00 CDT At New York Comic Com, 801 Media announced two new titles for 2009, while June Manga announced sixteen new titles for 2008. http://tinyurl.com/4jdqke Wed, 9 Apr 2008 22:40:00 CDT The third and final volume of the Scandalous Seiryo University series is now available from Media Blasters' eBay Store. Though we didn't know it until today, the official release date for this book is April 16. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/ikokuirokoiromantan.html Tue, 8 Apr 2008 21:15:00 CDT Review of Ikoku Irokoi Romantan by Ayano Yamane, currently being released by PrimeTime in Japan and available in digital fansub. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/kissalltheboys.html Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:25:00 CDT Review of Kiss All the Boys by Shiuko Kano, released 3/30/2008 by Deux Press. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#04-08 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 18:02:00 CDT Kitty Media's managing editor Frank Panone confirmed by email that Crimson Spell Volume 2 will be released in August 2008, and Incubus Volume 3 in September. He also confirmed the previously-announced releases of Dog Style Volume 2 and Family in June. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#04-03b Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:16:00 CDT We missed this a couple of weeks ago: Right Stuf posted two yaoi manga from Kitty to be released on June 18. Dog Style Vol. 2 and Family, by Yuuya, a new license! http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#04-03a Thu, 3 Apr 2008 10:12:00 CDT Six yaoi manga titles we didn't previously know about turned up on Deux Press' 2008 release schedule today: Oh My God! by Natsuho Shino, Heavenly Body by Takashi Kanzaki, Ruff Love by Tamaki Kirishima, Maid in Heaven by Hisami Shimada, Student Bodies by Yuuya, and Lovers and Souls by Kano Miyamoto. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#04-01 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:46:00 CDT Publisher's Weekly posted a conversation with Tran Nguyen, publisher of the Drama Queen yaoi imprint, with hopeful news for DQ's immediate future. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/jazz3.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:30:00 CDT Review of Jazz by Sakae Maeda and Tamotsu Takamure, released 2/1/2005 by June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/crimsonspell4.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:30:00 CDT Review of The Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane, released 7/18/2007 by Kitty. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/illbeyourslave.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:30:00 CDT Review of I'll Be Your Slave by Miki Araya, released 1/29/2008 by June Manga. http://www.suzukisan.info/pv.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 CDT The official web site of the Junjo Romantica anime series has posted a 15-second promotional video for the upcoming anime! The Junjo Romantica anime series will premiere on Japanese television on April 10. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#03-20 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:40:00 CDT The second volume of the No Money!(Okane ga nai!) OAV finally has its English DVD release date: June 10, 2008. No Money vol. 2 will contain episodes 3 and 4 of the animated OAV and will retail for $29.99. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/index.html#03-20 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:20:00 CDT June Manga announces five new BL novel titles for release in fall of 2008: Passion - Forbidden Lovers by Shinobu Gotoh and Shoko Takaku, The Guilty by Katsura Izumi and Hinako Takanaga, All You Need is Love by Jinko Fuyuno and Noboru Takatsuki, Dark Walker by Hikaru Yura and Hirotaka Kisaragi, and Secret Moon by Siira Gou and Sato Tomoe. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#02-28 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:53:00 CDT In an update to our report last week that Antique Bakery will become an anime series this summer, Anime News Network reports today that the anime will retain the gay character of Ono and the surrounding storylines, unlike the 2001 live-action drama, according to the Japanese publisher of Antique Bakery. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/wildadapter.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:49:00 CDT Review of the ambiguous series Wild Adapter by Kazua Minekura, released 1/30/2007 by Tokyopop. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/kirepapa.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:11:00 CDT Review of KirePapa, created by Ryou Takagi. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/yakuzainlove.html Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:44:00 CDT Review of Yakuza in Love by Shiuko Kano, released 1/8/2008 by Deux Press. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#02-28 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:31:00 CDT Fumi Yoshinaga's popular manga Antique Bakery will become a 12-episode anime series in Japan this July. Antique Bakery is a non-yaoi yet ambiguous manga that features a gay pastry chef as one of four attractive men working at a bakery cafe. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#02-26 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:05:00 CDT Embracing Love: Cherished Spring (Haru wo Daiteita) will be released on Region 1 DVD on May 27, 2008, according to RightStuf. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/anime/wintercicada2.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:55:00 CDT Review of Winter Cicada, created by Youka Nitta. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/hatetoloveyou.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:55:00 CDT Review of Hate to Love You by Makoto Tateno, released 7/15/2007 by Deux Press. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/petonduty2.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:55:00 CDT Review of Pet on Duty by Nase Yamato, released 11/28/2007 by Boysenberry Books. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/lovecircumstances.html Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:55:00 CDT Review of Love Circumstances by Aco Oumi, released 1/1/2008 by 801 Media. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#02-18 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:27:00 CDT Youka Nitta, creator of Embracing Love, will be the guest of honor at Yaoi-Con 2008. Reigstration and hotel reservations are also now open. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#02-14 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:08:00 CDT 801 Media announces four new yaoi manga licenses to be released at the end of 2008. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#02-14 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:45:00 CDT Love Circumstances by Aco Oumi and Maybe I'm Your Steppin' Stone by Shiuko Kano are now available from 801 Media. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/duetto.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:27:00 CDT Review of Duetto by Aoi Kujyou, released 12/19/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/deliverycupid2.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:13:00 CDT Review of Delivery Cupid by CJ Michalski, released 7/1/2007 from Boysenberry Books. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/heroheel.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:53:00 CDT Review of Hero Heel by Makoto Tateno, released 11/8/2006 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/primeministerssecretdiplomacy.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:30:00 CDT Review of The Prime Minister's Secret Diplomacy by Youka Nitta, releasing 2/15/2008 from 801 Media. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200802archive.html#2-4 Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:26:00 CDT The new KirePapa OAV is now available in English fansub from the Aarinfantasy fansub group. We have links to the BitTorrent tracker as well as offering it via Streamload http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200801archive.html#1-29 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:02:00 CDT June Manga offers a limited-edition dust jacket for their upcoming release of All Nippon Airlines by Kei Azumaya - one that's not exactly bookstore-safe! http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/poisoncherrydrive2.html Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:30:00 CDT Review of Poison Cherry Drive by Motoni Modoru, from Kitty Media. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/manwhodoesnttakeoffhisclothes.html Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:35:00 CDT Review of The Man Who Doesn't Take Off His Clothes by Narise Konohara, released 10/25/2006 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/wagamamakitchen.html Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:15:00 CDT Review of Wagamama Kitchen by Kaori Monchi, released 2/28/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/constellationsinmypalm.html Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:05:00 CDT Review of Constellations in My Palm by Chisake Sakuragi and Yukine Honami, released 10/15/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/news/200801archive.html#1-13 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 12:46:00 CDT The first episode of the yaoi OAV Ikoku Irokoi Romantan has been released. http://www.801media.com/801/store/ Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:36:00 CDT The Prime Minister's Secret Diplomacy, by Youka Nitta, is available early in the 801 Media Store. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/summit.html Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:52:00 CDT Review of The Summit by Young Lee Hee, released 3/31/2007 from Drama Queen. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/ainokusabi.html Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:39:00 CDT Review of Ai no Kusabi Volume 1 by Rieko Yoshihara, released 11/20/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/kashinfu.html Sat, 5 Jan 2008 00:02:00 CDT Review of Love Bus Stop by Ritsu Natsumizu, released 10/24/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/lovebusstop.html Fri, 4 Jan 2008 23:12:00 CDT Review of Love Bus Stop by Ritsu Natsumizu, released 10/24/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/dash.html Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:27:00 CDT Review of Dash! by Isaku Natsume, released 11/25/2007 from June Manga. http://www.boysonboysonfilm.com/manga/fromupabove.html Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:12:00 CDT Review of From Up Above by Sakuya Kurekoshi, released 11/25/2007 from June Manga.