This is long overdue.



When I started as a BL fan in my teens, my curiosity for the genre was fed by highly informative websites such as Aestheticism(dot)net and communities on Livejournal that outlined the foundations of BL and the different expressions its community created. In many ways, that community has fuelled my personal and professional decisions in making BL a central aspect of my identity and life. Had I been a BL fan in this day and age, I doubt this website would exist or that I would be motivated to do what I do as an academe.



Despite the accessibility of various texts concerning BL in the last decade, BL media and its community of BL consumers are faced with much discrimination and vitriol online. Some of these prejudices bleed onto articles and online discourses that perpetuate misconceptions, misunderstandings, and misreadings of the genre. Rather than getting encouraged to appreciate the vastness of BL, people dabbling with the genre are often faced with remarks on how the genre is perverse, immoral, problematic, and so on. It is in this context that I found myself gathering some of my cohorts to confront these misunderstandings and discuss the broader ways we could appreciate BL. In this podcast, I talk with Sam Aburime (@SamAburime), an independent scholar, and Thomas Baudinette (@tbaudinette), Senior Lecturer from Macquarie University, about this growing vitriol on BL media and culture, its prevalence in Anglophone discourse, the various feminist and queer studies from all over the globe that are lost in this discourse, and how different communities are using BL as a tool to deepen and broaden their understanding of queer identities and media.



Critical to this episode are the fantastic articles written by Sam on anti-fan culture and her rich database on BL research that lists the English-language works by academics and scholars such as Tom and myself. I strongly suggest that after this podcast, you read through Sam's article and browse through her database. Tom and I also referenced some Japanese scholarship that pushed people's understanding of the BL genre, such as Naoko Mori's Onna was porno o yomu and Akiko Mizoguchi's BL Shinkaron.



Seriously, one hour barely touches the surface but we're hoping that in listening to this episode, you may be inspired to look deeper into BL and reflect on the many ways BL can be meaningful to you and to the broader media ecology of queer content.

Futekiya's Library

When things look glum, it's nice to find the light at the end of the tunnel. If there is one thing great about the world right now is that BL is growing and has become increasingly accessible.

When English-translated BL used to be handled by a select number of companies, some of which have consistently given us heavy hitters while others have broken our hearts, in the last few years, there are more publishers eager to publish BL works and distribute globally online. Sublime and Renta have been staples in our community. Seven Seas has also joined the BL race with a number of heavy hitters. And now, there is Futekiya.

On this Yaoi no Hi, I'm happy to speak with Emma Hanashiro, Editor in Chief of Futekiya, and how their website helps us navigate the ever-growing world of BL manga. We talk about their acquisition process, we squeed about how some of our favourite works and titles are there, and then we delved into some of the interesting questions BL titles are raising.

I hope you would find this podcast fascinating to try the titles on Futekiya.
SHOW NOTES
On this podcast, Emma Hanashiro and I talked about the origin story of their website, their selection process, their spice ratings, how they navigate censorship with their titles and dealing with puritanism and conservatism in queer expression. Some notable titles mentioned in this podcast can be found in English namely:

Sneaky Red by Thanat

Pornographer and Mood Indigo by Marukido Maki

The Dreams of the Cuckoos by Tamekou

Welcome to the BL Research Club by Haruta

Aki-chan is the Super Erotic Madonna for Guys by Kabano Sadakichi

Young Bad Education & Young Good Boyfriend by Dayoo

Here There and Us by Thanat

Link and Ring by Tsuyuku Yuruco

Shinjuku Lucky Hole by Kumota Haruko

Heaven in Hell and God is Probably Left Handed by Mushiba

Ayu Yamane's Works
Fujojocast #15: Diversity through Futekiya


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Photo of a circle. Taken by the author at Comic Frontier 2018.

In case you missed the memo, fandom is not a safe place, especially for BIPOC fans.

It's something that we Asian fans have been keenly aware of since our engagement online. It's something that has been documented by scholars. In the last week, as different organisations respond to justice and equality, the Organisation for Transformative Works also made an effort to address racism in fandom. Of course, there are people who felt these promises are empty as there is no promise of structural change that supports BIPOC fans.

This recent drama has left my friends and me in a tiff, as we have been enraged as fans over the years. The ways in which Western ideas, practices, and morals are shoved down our throats has left a bitter taste in our fan experiences that, more often than not, we disengage with fandoms popular in the West or we seek for circles that understand our contexts.  For a space that claims to be "our" own, this should not be the case and yet this displacement continues and it impacts the way we express our fandom.

Here are links to some of the articles and discussions I mentioned here and others that may also reflect the cultural tensions we face in fandom.

* Stichomancery's article on What Racism Looks Like in Fandom. 
* Dr. Bertha Chin and Dr. Lori Morimoto's call Towards a Transcultural Fandom
* Dr. Lori Morimoto's petition to OTW do do better.
* Dr. Rukmini Pande and her thoughts on racism in Fandom

* Squee from the Margins 
* How (not) to talk about race 
* Conversations with Henry Jenkins (Part 1 and Part 2)


* My work with Dr. Febriani Sihombing on manga's cultural tensions in Indonesia and the Philippines (If any of you are interested in reading this, leave a comment below)


Fujojocast No. 14: When Asian Fans Socially Distance because of Cultural Tensions in Fandom
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Music Insert: Zhu YiLong and Bai Yu's "Flying Across Time" from the Guardian Soundtrack.

BL is taking an interesting turn and it's not happening on the shelves of Ikebukuro but on television broadcasts and streams in Thailand. Thai BL has become a hot topic in recent years and as someone invested in boys love culture, the world of boys love in Thailand has definitely piqued my curiosity. My enabler for this is none other than Dr. Thomas Baudinette who has watched every Thai BL ever released and was more than happy to give me the lowdown on Thai BL.
Show Notes
As mentioned in the podcast, Thomas was one of the first anthropologists who has written on Thai BL in English. He has an article that explores the early years of the phenomenon as seen through Lovesick and he has also mentioned in the podcast that he's currently developing a book on Thai BL. Recently, he also gave a online talk on Thai BL which is definitely something worth listening to as well. His work on Thai BL has led to articles on Asahi Japan that talks about the explosion of Thai BL in the region, his recommended shows, and the new queer practices emerging from this new Thai BL Idol culture.

The show also mentioned a chapter written by Dredge Kang who touches a bit on this culture in his chapter for BL Opening Doors (Japanese only). For those of you who are able to read Japanese, I strongly recommend this book so that you may see the transformation of the genre in the region. 

Over the years, I've seen Tom's research grow and I'm fascinated by its connection with the Philippines. In this podcast, we also discussed why Filipino fans are at the centre of Thai BL, the politics of its consumption, and its engagement with our local BL community. After the recording of this podcast, the local publisher for original BL, Black Ink, tangentially touches on Thai BL as they discuss this genre with one of our renowned gay writers, Danton Remoto. 

What is clear from this podcast is that BL is changing its shape and it's no longer centred in Japan alone. Thailand is writing its own chapter and so is China with danmei. The Philippines is thinking of creating their own BL too.

Certainly, BL as we know it is changing.

Herculion's Full Service. Illustration by Mazjojo

I am finally back from check republic ((as my students call final markings)) with the second part of my conversation with Thomas Baudinette on gay manga.

In the last episode, we talked about Tom's research, how he stumbled upon gay manga, and how this genre is consumed by readers in Japan. As for this episode, Tom and I will continue and conclude our discussions on gay manga as it moves in transnational spaces.


In this Episode
Thomas and I continue our discussions on gay manga. This time, we look into new concepts of "hard" BL or "hard" yaoi as terms fans use to describe what Tom considers as hybrids of BL manga and yaroukei. As we discuss the works of some artists such as Matsu Takeshi and Zariya Ranmaru, we acknowledge that these works are changing the landscape of BL manga and has shifted the eroticism of the manga to what some of his respondents consider as pornographic.



We continue to discuss the authenticity of these hybrid manga and see its in impact in transnational spaces. Thomas and I look into the works of Asian artists such as Mazjojo and Guilt|Pleasure and see how their works highlight the transformations of gay comic, as seen through this transnationational concept of "bara".

As we conclude the show, we summarise the main points of the show and reflect upon the future of gay manga as it continues to navigate in a transnational space.
Fujojocast #12: Gay Manga Dialogues with Thomas Baudinette Part 2
Note: The opinions of both Thomas and Khursten do not represent their institutions



OP: Doukyusei BGM 1 by Oshio Kotaro (from the Doukyusei Movie OST)
EP: Doukyusei BGM 1 by Oshio Kotaro (from the Doukyusei Movie OST)
Show Notes

Scarlet Beriko's BL Design Manuals: Kissing Scenes, Love Scenes, Mousou Poses)

Geshuku no Oniisan by Nohara Kuro

Even when my life since last year has been moving forward like a jet plane, I always make an effort to do something special for Yaoi no Hi! That's August 1, and that is today!

For this Yaoi no Hi, I decided to upload a podcast featuring my awesome friend and colleague, Thomas Baudinette (or Tom, as I call him in the show) about gay manga in Japan and its place in gay and women's culture. We brushed on various related topics to gay manga such as gei komi and, of course, boys love.


In this episode
Thomas Baudinette is an anthropologist and Japanese Studies scholar who is currently teaching at Macquarie University in Sydney.  We've worked together for a couple of conferences and often found ourselves talking about our research which looks at people's consumption of boys love texts. Finally, I had a chance to invite him on a podcast!

In this show, we talked about so many things about gay manga and BL that I had to divide the show into two parts. The first part deals with Tom's research on gay manga and how Japanese gay men are defining and consuming this comic genre. We also talked about the subgenres within gay manga, some of which are beyond what I perceive as aesthetically gei komi. Of course, we also brushed upon "bara" and how  English discourse packages gay manga through English-translated texts such as Massive and other gay-translated titles.

It was a fun first hour, and hopefully, you learned so much from Tom about Japan's vibrant gay manga culture.
Fujojocast #11: Gay Manga Dialogues with Thomas Baudinette (Part 1)
Note: The opinions of both Thomas and Khursten do not represent their respective institutions.



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OP: Doukyusei BGM 1 by Oshio Kotaro (from the Doukyusei Movie OST)
EP: Doukyusei BGM 1 by Oshio Kotaro (from the Doukyusei Movie OST)
Show notes
Articles 

Thomas Baudinette's "An evaluation of physicality in the bara manga of Badi magazine" and "Japanese gay men's attitudes towards 'gay manga' and the problem of genre" (See Thomas' academia for more articles).

James Welker's "Beautiful, Borrowed, and Bent: Boys Love as Girls Love in Shōjo Manga" and "Flower Tribes and Female Desire Complicating Early Female Consumption of Male Homosexuality in Shōjo Manga." (See James' academia for more articles)

Wim Lunsing's "Yaoi Ronsō: Discussing Depictions of Male Homosexuality in Japanese Girls' Comics, Gay Comics and Gay Pornography"
Gay Manga Artists from Badi
Geshuku no Oniisan by Nohara Kuro

So I posted last weekend about pooling people's recs for a BL starter kit! If you've got a few titles in mind, that's great! Let me know about it!

However, if you're still thinking how to go about it, let Airin, Maija, and I help you build a criteria for your BL starter kit! In this podcast, we share our thoughts on BL titles we think is accessible for curious readers! It may have been recorded last year but I think our selection still holds! Listen in and I hope it inspires you to rec for the BL Starter Kit!





OP/Insert: Spicy Marmalade by Bad Luck
ED: Shining Collection by Nittle Grasper
Airin's list
Est Em's Ultras
Takarai Rihito's Seven Days
Junko's Kasa no Shita, Futari
Ogeretsu Tanaca's Renai Rubi wo Tadashiikata
Maija's list
Homerun Ken's I want to become your bird
Est Em's Red Blinds the Foolish
Nakamura Asumiko's  Doukyuusei
Khursten's List
Yuki Shimizu Love Mode
Saburo Nagai's Smells Like Green Spirit
Yamamoto Kotetsuko's works (Chunchun ga Chun, Honto Yajuu, etc.)
Honorable Mentions
Kumota Haruko's Itoshi no Nekokke
Yuzuha Ougi's Darling
Sakurai Shushushu's Vibrator Company
Yamato Nase's Chintsubu

As always, all my love and thanks to Airin and Maija. If you are Finnish and you love BL, please visit their awesome website Fujoshiluola!!

If you have your BL Starter Kit recs ready, do leave a comment here and you might have a chance to win a BL care package from me!!

Has it really been a year? Is the eternal summer really over?

Well, clearly, Nozmo, Airin, and I cannot have enough of Free! Now the second season came and went with fantastic new characters who even made some of us cry in misery. The second season also showed us our boys' attempt in sorting out their future. There were meat pies, cute dogs, adorable little bros, and AUSTRALIA! So if you feel like reminiscing over the season that came and went, feel free to listen to this episode!



OP/EP Music: Future Fish, Style Five

If you want to see more of the fan stuff that Nozmo and Airin do, just head on to their tumblrs. You can also read Nozmo's Todd Allison and the Petunia Violet here. As for Airin's fic, check out her Ao3 (and for the HaruRins, don't forget to read Wind Waves!)

Hey fujojo! Happy Yaoi no Hi!

As always, I wish you all the best when it comes to BL! Itâ€s been a good year for BL with many exciting titles released in English, Japanese, and online! But as BL fans, weâ€re probably familiar with a lot of criticism with regards to our beloved genre. Weâ€ve seen it here and there how BL is unsophisticated because itâ€s all about sex. Sometimes, we as readers are also seen as virginal women who have no critical thought because we enjoy shameless boy bonking. And the list goes on and on and it even spreads within the community. We are critical of what is good and in the eyes of many, BL is not good.

Somehow, that got me thinking. Actually, Alan McKee's book called Beautiful Things in Popular Culture made me think of the situation of BL and how popular culture's position in the grand scheme of things is similar to BL's position in the grand scheme of manga. So I got some of my closest fujoshi friends, Ami of Hazukashii kedo and Airin, and we discussed these criticisms in BL and discover if Boys Love has more to say than boy bonking. We're discussing the Beautiful Things in BL and hopefully you can join us in this discussion through the comments on what you think makes beautiful BL.

So for those who will be listening, you might want to think about the following questions. These are the same questions I raised to Airin and Ami and let's see if we all thought of the same thing.

1.) Think of a BL title that you believe is beautiful. If you can't think of a title, think of the best BL author out there. if that's still hard, just think what makes you want to keep a title in your shelf or give it away?
2.) Why do you think this title is beautiful? What are the criterias in which you name this title as the best or beautiful? Do you use this criteria for other titles?
3.) How does your selection fare with other fans? Is it just as popular?
4.) Do you think that BL fans also have particular criteria in selecting some of the most popular titles in Japan and outside of Japan?
5.) Do you think that our perspective/position as foreign fans change our appreciation of BL? Do we consume BL as the Japanese do? Or are we different?
6.) What are the things that makes BL reading shameful to you?

As much as youâ€d love to listen to our responses, Iâ€d also love to hear your answers to these questions too! Yaoi no Hi is a good day to reflect on the genre that we love and why we continue to love this genre.



OP/EP Music: Odore, Amars from the Kuragehime Soundtrack

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This is a podcast about the fans who love an author's work and a publisher who has been a bit of a hit and miss when it comes to maintaining the quality of their titles.

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai (Twittering Birds Never Fly) is a work written by Yoneda Kou that features the relationship of high masochist yakuza boss and his loyal bodyguard. It is possibly the most popular title of Yoneda Kou to date, one that is loved dearly by many BL fans in Japan and abroad. It also has one of the most visually stunning cover designs in BL to date and these designs have been lauded by many fans.

In this show, I have Himi, owner of Com801 and organiser for the Licensing of Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai, an online fan campaign that seeks the support for a better quality release for this title. The title has been released by Digital Manga Publishing as part of their June titles. The online edition is available in Amazon US and e-manga and the print edition will be made available in September.

Throughout the show, Himi and I talk about the issues they raised in the campaign, particularly in the quality of translations and editing that DMG have done to some of their works. Itâ€s an interesting talk that really gets into the expectations of fans as consumers of a niche genre and perhaps some insights about translation, post-production work, and the manga industry.



OP/ED - Season of Love by Pinky & Killers (Evangelion 2.0, You can (NOT) Advance OST)

In the end, as fans who know that DMG publishes the largest amount of BL for us, we want to put our money on something worth it. No shoddy translations, lazy editing and cut up printing. We want DMG to set the same standards they have in their Tezuka titles for their BL titles as well.

Perhaps this is the first "breaking news" podcast I've done. Not that this is completely breaking news but it, nonetheless, an interesting development in things that we do in fandom.

Last week, there was a bit of a stir when it was made public that a particular scanlation group has said that they're blocking Japanese IPs so that publishers and doujin creators can't access their works. Clearly, this doesn't sound right on all angles but in this podcast, Nellie, who works for Crunchyroll and is an editor genre fiction, discusses with me the complex story that arises from this decision of said scanlation group as well as discussing the complexities we face as fans of Japanese animation and manga.

Some of the things we definitely discussed is the protective attitudes and measures of artists and with regards to the fan works which goes on both ends (Western fandom side and Japanese fandom side). You might have seen pages or websites with the mark OFP which is Online Fanarts Protection group (now defunct). If you want to consider the economic states of doujin artists, you can read this research on how much doujin artists make in Comic Market. Or maybe you can also see the problems of Manga artists too. And for those who are thinking of permissions, here are some things that can help in case you are lost in translation. Asking permission does make an artist happy. Of course, stealing and sharing it a whole lot early can make artists mad, as is the case of Yamamori Mika's page leak for Hirunaka Ryusei.


OP/ED - Rage On! by Old Codex (Free! Season 1 TV Opening)

In the end, we are in a conundrum, finding no real solutions (although honestly we hope that attitudes DO change). Personally, I'd love to hear every one's comments on this. But let's not make this a bashing of the group or that scanlations is wrong but rather really open up discussions on fan attitudes and what needs to be changed so that we can meet fans and content producers in Japan halfway.

If you wanna tune in our future discussions, weâ€re in also ITUNES now, so feel free to subscribe!

You gaiz knew this was gonna happen.

You probably sniffed it when I was talking about too much pedal over at twitter and tumblr. I was so bad at this that I decided to dedicate all my pedal feels in a separate twitter (@pedalbaka)

But then again, here I am with my friends Nozmo (@bakemono91), Mickey (@yowamickeypedal), Yeehun (@_yeehun_), and Megumi (@onkeikun) spazzing about this series that has destroyed our lives at the start of the year and continues to do so. We talked about Yowamushi Pedal, Watanabe Wataru's shounen manga that runs in Shounen Champion. The animation can be seen in parts of the world via Crunchyroll and Niconico Douga.

Yowamushi Pedal's manga is currently at its 34th volume. Because of its length, it remains unlicensed as a manga (wink wink, please look into this crunchyroll). But the fandom, while small, have been pooling their efforts in helping other fans get more pedal in their lives. Megumi has been a resource of information on Watanabe's autograph signings, interviews, and yowapeda events. She's also been responsible in translating the novel, specially released manga called Special Bike, and the yowapeda stage play. The fandom also participates in various draw events such as the #ywpd_69min in twitter!

For fans of the manga, Ebookjapan, Line Manga, Ibooks and Google Books Japan release Yowamushi Pedal digitally on the same day the manga is released in Japan!



In this edition of Fujojocast, we talk about nothing but Yowamushi Pedal: from how I hate Toudou so much that I ate his face in Japan to why we are all singing Hime hime hime, daisuki suki suki hime~.

We are clearly obsessed with this title and with good reason! So if you're curious and ready to start pedaling with us (WARNING: THERE ARE SOME MILD SPOILERS AHEAD), take your bikes to the starting line and listen to us talk about Yowamushi Pedal! And maybe fangirl with us in our pedal twitters!



OP: Be as One - Team Sohoku
EP: Glory Road - Team Hakogaku

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Fujojocast is back for the new year!! In this show, my comic nakama, Yue, joins me as we look at the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi award (This Manga is Amazing!), 2013 Comic Natalie Awards shortlist, and Kono BL ga Yabai 2014 (This BL is Dangerous!).



OP/EP: Life by Fujifabric (OP of Silver Spoon season 2)

In this show, we talked a lot about the winners such as  Sakamoto Desu Ga? (But isn't that Sakamoto?) and Ansatsu Kyoshitsu (Assassination Classroom), some of our favourites like Smells Like Green Spirit and Gin no Saji (Silver Spoon), and some titles we are looking forward to like Bokura no Hentai and Tsukikage Baby. Hope you could listen in and hopefully you guys can read some of these amazing manga as well!

I'm also happy to announce that we're in ITUNES now, so feel free to subscribe!

Hi everyone! Fujojocast is back! :D YAAAAAAY!

So happy to do another Fujoshicast. This time, my guests are Rotch from Magnetic-rose.net and Blush, Ebichuu making weird sounds and murmurs, and Pirotess from Room801!




Fujojocast No. 3: Fujoshi Gift Guide for the Holidays
OP: 12 days of Yaoi

Fujoshi Gift Guide
1. Amazon Gift Card / Sublime 
2. Kobo - Guilt Pleasure Works (I keep on saying Nook but it turns out to be in Kobo!)
3. Pairing Figures
- Hot Toys (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Loki)
- Real Action Hero (Shinji and Kaworu)
- Metal Gear Solid stuff
4. Fandom stuff
- Levi Dakimakura
- Gintoki Dakimakura
5. Heichou cleaning package
6. Horse Mask for the Jean fans
7. Capsule figures (Ami Ami)
8. Give them tickets to Yaoi Conventions!

Blush Convention (May 3, 2014, UP Ikeda Hall Convention, Manila Philippines) 
- Blush Anthology Submission Guidelines
- Blush Fan Panels Submission
- Blush Cosplay Competition


Room801 (22-23 February 2014, Y Hotel, Sydney Australia) 
- Events
- Guests

With this podcast, I'm actually quite excited to announce that the podcast is now in itunes!!! You can now listen in on our show in your itunes and get updates and prattlings on anime and manga with fujoshi lenses.

But thank you so much to everyone who has been listening in on Fujojocast! Hope you have a good holidays, fujojo!

So gather 5 girls in skype to talk about Kyoto Animation's and mayhem ensues.

Well... we tried to behave.

Kyoto Animation's summer offering, Free, just ended last week and while our feels were still fresh, I gathered some friends to talk about their thoughts and emotions about the series.

With me are some friends from tumblr: Kat (batgirls), Taka (takanye), Airin (icecreambat), and Nozmo (junjouprince). And we spent a good time talking about abs, olympics, Australia, and this series just exceeded our expectations.

In case you guys haven't caught up to speed, you can watch Free! in Crunchyroll! Then listen in on our podcast and share your feels.

Note: I apologize for the awful recording quality I have. ;__; Made a mistake with the microphones and so yeah... :< Sadness. Will fix that in the next podcasts. But do listen in! The girls sounded awesome though.


Fujojocast No. 2: What We Love about Free!
OP: Taste the Satisfaction (Free Soundtrack, Ever Blue)
ED: Splash Free (Free Soundtrack, Ever Blue, Free! ED)
Episode Index
00:00 - 2:17 Introductions
2:20 - Expectations of the Anime
6:20 - When did your expectations of the anime change?
10:00 - High Speed and Haru
15:00 - Favorite characters
18:00 - Rin Matsuoka and his amajing
21:00 - Free! charas as shounen chara stereotypes
23:00 - "There's no canon ship here but friendSHIP"
27:00 - Did it have to be Rei?
28:00 - "It had to be Rei"
30:00 - Rin talking to hobos & the Australia experience
38:00 - Fears for the last episode
40:00 - "I just want Rin to be happy"
41:00 - In defense of Rin Matsuoka
47:00 - Free!'s potential after the first season
54:00 - "It sold itself more on the friendships than it did on the sport"
58:00 - The Free!Boys 5 years from now
1:05:00 - The betrayal of otaku and an anime just for us
1:16:00 - Free! breaking expectations of anime usually aimed towards fujoshi
1:18:00 - Expectations for upcoming fujoshi titles (e.g. Meganebu!)
1:22:00 - Thank you ladies!!

This was so much fun! I actually didn't imagine that I will last until episode two. But I suppose that'll get things rolling and I'm starting to get more ideas for the podcast.

So, do you want to join me for the fujojocast? Do you have an idea for the show? Don't hesitate to e-mail me and if schedule and time permits, we can talk about it in the next fujojocast! Or you might receive a stalkery e-mail or message from me as well.

Right-o! Put three fujojos in a room and they talk about pr0n. Even in a skype chatroom.

For the 801 MMF, I'm happy to share some time with Anne Lee from Chic Pixel and Jocelyne Allen from Brain vs. Book to talk about something close to our hearts: Boy's Love Manga

Anne Lee's translated a number of titles for DMG and she's currently doing her PhD on Boy's Love. Jocelyne Allen is also a translator for Sublime but she's got a roster of BL titles under her belt. On the other hand, I'm just a BL fan. lol. Well, Anne and I move around the same academic BL circles, so we get around.

Either way, for this podcast, we're doing an overview of BL and prattle on about sound effects in BL and all that jazz!


Download the file here.

OP & ED - Splash Free! from Free!

The Fujojocast Podcast Index
00:00 - 2:30 - Introductions
2:36 - Beginnings with BL
8:00 - Yuki Shimizu's Love Mode
9:20 - Elements of a good BL/yaoi

15:30 - Translating cultural nuances in BL
25:00 - Notes for cultural nuances in BL
26:00 - Est Em's Red Blinds The Foolish
28:00 - Anne's Favorite Authors: Est Em, Basso, Yoshinaga Fumi
29:00 - Kinou Nani Tabeta
33:00 - Jocelyne's Favorites: What Anne Said, Kumota Haruko

35:00 - Kumota Haruko's Shinjuku Lucky Hole
36:00 - My favorite: Nakamura Asumiko and why we can't bring some of her works here
37:00 - Pink Gold 2 Anthology
39:00 - Yoneda Kou
40:00 - Inoue Satou and Male BL Artists
41:00 - Gengoroh Tagame
42:00 - Ten Dance by Inoue Satou
44:00 - Craziest BL stories that you've read
Jocelyne - Incredible Kintaro

Anne - Equus
Khursten - Chintsubu
50:00 - Vibrator Company
52:00 - Hey, It's Me
53:00 - Things to look forward to in BL

01:02:00 - BL going mainstream

01:04:00 - Blue Morning by Hidaka Shouko, Chil-chil's best comic BL ranking
01:05:00 - Kusama Sakae: The Match Seller, The Bed of my Dear King

We had so much fun doing this podcast and I'm personally considering doing this quite regularly. I better invest on a good mic! :D

If you guys have topics related to BL that you want to hear about, what would be the topic? I'd love to hear from you and hopefully maybe invite you to talk about your feels for the next Fujojocast! :D

Put four mangavores (Ed Chavez, Erin Finnegan, Noah Fulmor, and myself) in a show talking about food manga, Japan's foodie culture, and the future of food manga and you'll definitely have another batshit crazy edition of Mangacast and Ninjaconsultant shenanigans.

I greatly apologize for some recording trippings. ;3; podcast n00b much!



File Download: Manga Foodie Podcast

Opening theme: Sora from Chuuka Ichiban
Ending theme: To all you dreamers from Yakitate!! Japan!
The Manga Foodie Podcast Index

00:00 - 1:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Popularity of Food Manga in Japan   
04:00 - Anpanman as Food manga?  Manga before for Oishinbo 
06:00 - "U" & The "Chi" Food Manga Crossover
08:46 - Lady of Udon by Est Em
11:17  - Hatsukoi Lunch Box
12:00 - Naruto Kyaraben
14:00 - Elements of food manga
15:03 - Melon Spaghetti from Kishoku Hunter
17:58 - Ramen Manga
19:00 - Hanazubora Meshi
22:22 - The need to say something is delicious in Japan
27:03 - Favorite Food Manga (Erin: Kitchen Princess, Ed Chavez: Addicted to Curry)
30:00 - Chew & Bambino Corps. Police
32:48 - Are American readers ready for food manga? 
36:00 - The issue of terroir in following food manga recipe
38:00 - Experiencing food manga through cooking or visiting the restaurants
44:00 - Manga-themed cafe in Japan
46:13 - Future of Food Manga
51:13 - Possible food manga licenses (not by Vertical, okay!): Shinya Shokudo, Kodoku no Gourmet, What did you Eat Yesterday (Kinou Nani Tabeta)
56:50 - Drops of God, support from the wine community
1:00:00 - Mario Batali supporting Bambino?
1:03:09 - Anthony Bourdain comic: Get Jiro
1:05:00 - Hulk smashing food, Thor tenderizing hammers?
1:07:00 - Coffee, milk tea, cafe boom (Hyougemono)
1:08:00 - End

You can listen to more of Erin & Noah's podcasts in Ninja Consultant. Erin's a regular contributor in ANN with Shelf Life too! Ed Chavez is all over the internet under Vertical but you can catch his fangirling in his tumblr, or go through archives of his old podcasts in mangacast. You can all follow us at @khursten, @mangacast, and @erinf on twitter.