Otaku Champloo

Tag: basso

  • #30: Nigeru Otoko

    I think everyone comes to that point in their life where they just want to run away. It’s tempting, isn’t it? The idea of dropping everything — bills, debts, responsibilities, homework — is such a beautiful thought that it feels like paradise. It must be paradise. It should be paradise, doesn’t it?

    Natsume Ono attempts to capture this idea of fleeing with her comic, Nigeru Otoko (The Man who Ran Away). However, unlike the paradise she imagines, she places her fleeing character in a thick, dark forest. His paradise is seeping with mystery that eventually he owns a myth in the place.

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  • #801MMF – Fujojocast no. 1: Not enough BL in the world!

    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!

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    OP & ED – Splash Free! from Free!

    The Fujojocast Podcast Index

    00:00 – 2:30 – Introductions
    2:36 – Beginnings with BL
    9:20 – Elements of a good BL/yaoi
    15:30 – Translating cultural nuances in BL
    25:00 – Notes for cultural nuances in BL
    28:00 – Anne’s Favorite Authors: Est Em, Basso, Yoshinaga Fumi
    33:00 – Jocelyne’s Favorites: What Anne Said, Kumota Haruko
    36:00 – My favorite: Nakamura Asumiko and why we can’t bring some of her works here
    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
    01:05:00 – 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! 😀
    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! 😀

  • #801MMF Spotlight: BL’s New Wave

    When a couple of Japanese BL scholars went down to Manila, I spent a good week with them – interviewing local female artists and getting to know BL fans in Manila. During down time, they had a chance to ask me, “What kind of BL do you read?” And as with everything that involves my feels, it was hard to say a proper answer and went on to say the names of the authors I love: Yamashita Tomoko, Nakamura Asumiko, Kumota Haruko, etc. As I go down the list, they were completely unfamiliar with the names until I said “Est Em” and one of them interjects, saying, “Ah! So you like New Wave works!”

    “Eh? New Wave?”

    “Yes. New Wave.”

    Back then, I had no idea if they meant some 80s music movement but I silently nod until months later, upon reviewing for this MMF and the Fujoshi Bible, I’ve been reminded of the term New Wave. It seems this New Wave is sweeping the future of BL.

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  • #801MMF: The Fujoshi Bible

    In Eureka’s Fujoshi Manga Compendium, there’s this interesting section where they list down the things a fujoshi must read.　They called it the Fujoshi Manga Bible.  I thought it’d be best to share the list down here for fujoshi to check what these women think are titles that we fujojos must read. I’ll also try to append what’s available in English!

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  • Spotlight: Natsume Ono/basso

    Spotlight: Natsume Ono/basso

    With the Toronto Comic Arts Festival coming up, I felt it best to tell the world more about Natsume Ono. She’s been getting much acclaim among manga critics however, the truth of the matter is — the English-speaking world has only grazed half of her works. Natsume Ono still has lots to offer.

    There’s more to Natsume Ono than Italian restaurants and kidnappers. In fact, doing this spotlight for Natsume Ono requires a journey for my readers. If you would allow me, I’d like to take you to a journey down to Ono’s lane because knowing her works takes more than just looking at her pictures. You’ve got to immerse yourself and experience her works to understand how Natsume Ono is definitely not simple.

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