This is a list of boys' love anime, manga, OVAs, ONAs, and films.
The following yaoi titles were originally published as manga; any subsequent adaptations into other mediums are noted.
From | To | Title | Creator(s) | Publisher | Volumes | Adaptation(s) | Ref(s) |
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2004 | 2004 | 9th Sleep | Makoto Tateno | Biblos | 1 | [1] | |
2014 | 2014 | Adolescence Boy & "It" | Aya Sakyō | Tokuma Shoten | 1 | Audio drama | [2] |
2007 | 2007 | After I Win | Kaname Itsuki | Houbunsha | 1 | [3] | |
2008 | 2008 | Age Called Blue | Est Em | Tokyo Mangasha | 1 | [4] | |
2000 | 2003 | Ai no Kotodama | Keiko Konno | Frontier Works | 2 | Live-action film | [5] |
2009 | present | Akiyama-kun | Aiko Nobara | Tokyo Mangasha | 3 | [6] | |
2007 | 2007 | Alcohol, Shirt and Kiss | Yuko Kuwabara | Biblos | 1 | [7] | |
2008 | 2008 | All Nippon Air Line | Kei Azumaya | Magazine Magazine | 1 | [8] | |
2006 | 2006 | Alley of First Love | Ellie Mamahara | Tokuma Shoten | 1 | [9] | |
2008 | 2008 | Author's Pet | Deathco Cotorino | Magazine Magazine | 1 | [9] | |
2004 | 2016 | Awkward Silence | Hinako Takanaga | Biblos (2004–2006), Libre (2006–2016) | 6 | Audio drama | [10] |
2006 | 2006 | Barefoot Waltz | Romuko Miike | Houbunsha | 1 | ||
2006 | 2006 | Baseball Heaven | Ellie Mamahara | Tokuma Shoten | 1 | [9] | |
2003 | 2005 | Black Knight | Kai Tsurugi | Biblos | 4 | — | [11] |
2009 | 2015 | Blue Morning | Shoko Hidaka | Tokuma Shoten | 6 | [12] | |
2006 | 2015 | Blue Sheep Reverie | Makoto Tateno | Nihon Bungeisha | 9 | — | [13] |
2007 | 2007 | Blue Sky | Yuko Kuwabara | Biblos | 1 | [9] | |
2013 | Blue Sky Complex | Kei Ichikawa | [12] | ||||
2004 | 2005 | Brilliant Blue | Saemi Yorita | Shinshokan | 2 | — | [14] |
2008 | Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love | Yaya Sakuragi | [15] | ||||
2003 | Bond(z) | Toko Kawai | Biblos | 1 | — | [16] | |
2004 | Brother | Yuzuha Ougi | Kaiohsha | 2 | — | [17] | |
1997 | 2001 | ...But, I'm Your Teacher | Row Takakura | Biblos | 1 | — | [18] |
2007 | 2007 | Candy | Satomi Sugita | Oakla Publications | 1 | [9] | |
2010 | present | Candy Color Paradox | Isaku Natsume | Shinshokan | 6 | Audio drama, OVA, live-action television series | [19] |
2004 | 2004 | A Capable Man | Hinako Takanaga | Kadokawa Shoten | 1 | [9] | |
2014 | 2021 | Caste Heaven | Chise Ogawa | Libre | 8 | Audio drama, video game | [20] |
2007 | 2007 | Cause of My Teacher | Temari Matsumoto | Libre | 1 | [9] | |
2017 | Change World | Yuu Minaduki | Dear + | 2 | Audio Drama | [21] | |
2018 | present | Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! | Yuu Toyota | Square Enix | 5 | Live-action television series, live-action film | [22] |
2006 | present | Classmates | Asumiko Nakamura | Akane Shinsha | 6 | Anime film | [19] [12] |
1999 | Color | Eiki Eiki & Taishi Zaō | Shinshokan | 1 | — | [14] | |
2006 | 2009 | The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese [lower-alpha 1] | Setona Mizushiro | Shogakukan | 2 | Audio drama, live-action film | [25] |
2017 | present | Cosmetic Playlover | Sachi Narashima | Libre | 8 | Audio drama, live-action television series | [26] |
2006 | 2021 | Crimson Spell | Ayano Yamane | Chara | 7 | Audio drama | [27] |
2013 | present | Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu. | Hashigo Sakurabi | Libre | 6 | Audio drama, anime television series | [28] |
2018 | present | Dangerous Drugs of Sex | Yuki Mizuta | Magazine Magazine | 2 | Live-action film | [29] |
2009 | Delusion Elektel | Yonezou Nekota | [30] | ||||
2019 | 2021 | Dick Fight Island | Reibun Ike | Libre | 2 | ||
2007 | 2007 | Dining Bar Akira | Tomoko Yamashita | Tokyomangasha | 1 | [31] | |
2006 | 2015 | Does the Flower Blossom? | Shoko Hidaka | Gentosha | 5 | Audio drama, live-action film | [12] |
2006 | present | Don't Be Cruel | Yonezou Nekota | Libre | 11 | Audio drama | [30] |
2016 | The Dragon's Betrothed | Meguru Hinohara | Shinshokan | 2 | |||
2002 | 2002 | Dry Heat | Yugi Yamada | Houbunsha | 1 | [1] | |
1999 | 2009 | Embracing Love | Youka Nitta | Biblos | 14 | [32] | |
2006 | 2006 | Endless Rain | Yuuya | Ookura Shuppan | 1 | [9] | |
2015 | 2018 | Escape Journey | Ogeretsu Tanaka | Libre | 3 | [19] | |
2002 | present | Finder | Ayano Yamane | Libre | 12 | Audio drama, original video animation | [33] |
2015 | Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato | Scarlet Beriko | Shinshokan | 1 | [34] | ||
2019 | present | Fudanshi Shōkan | Moe Fujisaki | Futabasha | 2 | [35] | |
2002 | 2004 | Future Lovers | Saika Kunieda | Biblos | 2 | [36] [9] | |
2005 | 2006 | A Gentleman's Kiss | Shinri Fuwa | Tokuma Shoten | 2 | Audio drama | [9] |
2014 | Ginger Honey | Isaku Natsume | [37] | ||||
2013 | present | Given | Natsuki Kizu | Shinshokan | 7 | Audio drama, anime television series, anime film, stage play | [38] |
2014 | 2016 | Go For It, Nakamura! | Syundei | Akane Shinsha | 1 | [39] | |
2003 | 2004 | Golden Cain | You Asagiri | Biblos | 1 | [40] | |
2006 | 2006 | Golden Prince and Argent King | Kouko Agawa | Libre | 1 | [9] | |
1996 | 2002 | Gravitation (manga) | Maki Murakami | Gentosha | 12 | OVA, anime TV series, audio drama, novels | [41] |
2012 | 2013 | Hana no Miyako de | Rihito Takarai | [12] | |||
2003 | 2003 | Happiness Recommended | Souya Himawari | Houbunsha | 1 | [9] | |
2020 | 2023 | Happy of the End | Ogeretsu Tanaka | Takeshobo | 3 | Audio drama, live-action television series | [42] |
2008 | Present | His Favorite | Suzuki Tanaka | Magazine Be x Boy | 12 | ||
2012 | present | Hitorijime My Hero | Memeco Arii | Ichijinsha | 13 | Anime television series | [12] |
2006 | 2006 | Hot Limit | Minori Shima & Akira Kanbe | Nihon Bungeisha | 1 | [37] | |
2007 | How to Seduce a Vampire | Nimosaku Shimada | [1] | ||||
2005 | 2005 | Hybrid Child | Shungiku Nakamura | Biblos | 1 | [43] | |
2013 | present | I Hear the Sunspot | Yuki Fumino | Canna Comics | 5 | [19] | |
2006 | 2016 | I Want to Be Naughty | Mei Sakuraga | Houbunsha | 14 | Audio drama | [44] |
2015 | Jackass! | Scarlet Beriko | Shinshokan | [19] | |||
2002 | present | Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance | Shungiku Nakamura | Kadokawa Shoten | 25 | Anime television series | [45] |
2010 | Kimi Note | Junko | 1 | [46] | |||
1997 | 1998 | Kiss All the Boys | Shiuko Kano | Ohzora Publishing | 3 | [9] | |
2006 | 2007 | Kiss Blue | Keiko Kinoshita | Taiyoh Tosho | 2 | [9] | |
1992 | 2008 | Kizuna: Bonds of Love | Kazuma Kodaka | Biblos | 11 | [40] | |
2012 | 2013 | Koitomo!? | Yuu Moegi | Core Magazine | 1 | Audio drama | [47] |
2012 | present | Kuroneko Kareshi | Aya Sakyō | Shinshokan | 9 | Audio drama | [48] |
2013 | 2014 | L'étranger de la Plage | Kanna Kii | Shodensha | 1 | Audio drama, anime film | [49] |
2014 | present | L'étranger du Zéphyr | Kanna Kii | Shodensha | 4 | Audio drama | [49] |
2018 | Liquor & Cigarettes | Ranmaru Zariya | [20] | ||||
2005 | Living For Tomorrow | Taishi Zaō | Shinshokan | 1 | — | [14] | |
2018 | 2021 | Love Nest | Yuu Minaduki | Shinshokan | 2 | Audio Drama | [50] |
2003 | present | Love Pistols | Tarako Kotobuki | Libre | 9 | [51] | |
2005 | Love Prism | Asami Tojo | [52] | ||||
2010 | 2016 | Love Stage!! | Eiki Eiki & Taishi Zaō | Kadokawa Shoten | 7 | Anime television series, live-action film | [53] |
2006 | 2006 | Loving Gaze | Akira Kanbe | Libre | 1 | [9] | |
2006 | Maniac Shorts Shot | Miya Ousaka | [1] | ||||
2007 | Midnight Bloom | Rico Fukiyama | Shinshokan | 1 | — | [14] | |
2019 | present | Minato's Laundromat | Yuzu Tsubaki & Sawa Kanzume | Media Factory | 4 | Live-action television series | [54] |
2015 | Minori's Hand | Scarlet Beriko | [34] | ||||
2011 | Mr. Mini Mart | Junko | Tokuma Shoten | 1 | — | [55] | |
2019 | present | Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! | Gamoko Tsuyu | Libre | 1 | Live-action television series | [56] |
2020 | present | My Personal Weatherman | Nikke Taino | NTT Solmare (digital), Libre (print) | 1 | Live-action television series, audio drama | [57] |
1995 | 1998 | New York, New York | Marimo Ragawa | Hakusensha | 4 | ||
2013 | 2020 | The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window | Tomoko Yamashita | Libre | 10 | Audio drama, live-action film | [37] [58] |
2007 | 2008 | No Touching At All | Kou Yoneda | Taiyoh Tosho | 1 | Audio drama, live-action film | [59] |
2019 | present | Old-Fashioned Cupcake | Sagan Sagan | Taiyoh Tosho | 2 | Audio drama, live-action television series | [60] |
2017 | 2018 | One Room Angel | Harada | Shodensha | 1 | Audio drama, live-action television series | [61] |
2005 | Only You | Asami Tojo | [52] | ||||
2010 | Otokogokoro | Kanda Neko | [32] | ||||
2015 | 2017 | Our Dining Table | Ori Mita | Gentosha | 1 | Live-action television series | [62] |
2017 | present | Papa Datte, Shitai | Serina Seo | Suiseisha | 3 | Anime television series | [63] |
2004 | Pathos | Mika Sadahiro | Oakla Publishing | 2 | [9] | ||
2004 | Physical Attraction | Tatsumi Kaiya | [1] | ||||
2010 | The Prince's Time | Junko | Taiyoh Tosho | 1 | — | [64] | |
2008 | 2012 | Private Teacher! | Yuu Moegi | Core Magazine | 4 | Audio drama | [65] |
2013 | Recipe no Ōji-sama | Junko | [46] | ||||
2006 | 2006 | Red | Sanae Rokuya | Taiyoh Tosho | 1 | [9] | |
2016 | 2018 | Restart After Coming Back Home | Cocomi | France Shoin | 1 | Live-action film | [66] |
2019 | present | Restart After Being Hungry | Cocomi | France Shoin | 1 | — | [66] |
2009 | Rutta to Kodama | Youko Fujitani | [32] | ||||
2007 | 2010 | Sakura-Gari [lower-alpha 2] | Yuu Watase | Shogakukan | 3 | [67] [68] | |
2011 | Same Difference | Nozomu Hiiragi | Live-action short film | [69] | |||
2016 | Present | Sasaki and Miyano | Shō Harusono | Pixiv Comic | 9 | Anime television series | [70] |
2016 | Sayonara Game | Yuu Minaduki | Shinshokan | 1 | Audio drama | [71] | |
2019 | 2020 | Senpai, This Can't Be Love! | Shinta Harekawa | Kadokawa | 2 | Audio drama, live-action television series | [72] |
2016 | 2017 | Secret XXX | Meguru Hinohara | Shinshokan | 1 | Audio drama | [20] |
2006 | Seduce Me After the Show | Est Em | [9] | ||||
2007 | 2009 | Seven Days | Venio Tachibana | Taiyoh Tosho | 2 | Live-action film | [12] |
2013 | Special Delivery! | Momiji Akutagawa | [37] | ||||
2006 | 2007 | Steal Moon | Makoto Tateno | Nihon Bungeisha | 2 | [32] | |
2005 | 2012 | A Strange and Mystifying Story | Tsuta Suzuki | Libre | 7 | [9] | |
2019 | 2019 | Sugar Dog Life | Yoriko | Ichijinsha | 1 | Live-action television series | [73] |
2010 | present | Super Lovers | Miyuki Abe | Kadokawa Shoten | 13 | Anime television series | [74] |
2016 | Stray Bullet Baby | Kei Ichikawa | [19] | ||||
2020 | 2022 | Takara's Treasure | Minta Suzumaru | Shinshokan | 1 | Audio drama, live-action television series | [75] |
2013 | 2017 | Ten Count | Rihito Takarai | Shinshokan | 6 | Audio drama, video game, OVA | [76] |
2017 | 2018 | Therapy Game | Meguru Hinohara | Shinshokan | 2 | Audio drama | [20] |
2005 | Thunderbolt Boys Excite | Asami Tojo | [52] | ||||
2019 | present | The Titan's Bride | Iktz | Suiseisha | 1 | Anime television series | [77] |
2018 | present | Twilight Out of Focus | Jyanome | Kodansha | 4 | Audio drama, anime television series | [78] |
2008 | present | Twittering Birds Never Fly | Kou Yoneda | Taiyoh Tosho | 6 | Audio drama, anime film | [79] |
2007 | 2007 | Wild Butterfly | Hiroki Kusumoto | Oakla Publishing | 1 | [37] | |
2006 | present | The World's Greatest First Love | Shungiku Nakamura | Kadokawa Shoten | 16 | Anime television series, light novel, anime film | [12] |
2012 | present | Yarichin Bitch Club | Ogeretsu Tanaka | Gentosha | 5 | Original video animation | [80] |
2004 | 2008 | Yebisu Celebrities | Kaoru Iwamoto & Shinri Fuwa | Biblos | 6 | Original video animation | [81] |
1995 | Yume no Kodomo | Shouko Hamada | [32] | ||||
2018 | present | Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko | Konkichi | Shodensha | 2 | Live-action television series | [82] |
The following yaoi titles were originally published in a medium that was not manga or anime, but were later adapted into a manga or anime.
Year | Title | Creator(s) | Original medium | Adaptation(s) | Ref(s) |
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2020 | 2gether: The series | JittiRain | Novel | Live-action television series, manga | [83] |
1986 | Ai no Kusabi | Rieko Yoshihara | Novel | Original video animation | [84] |
2003 | Angel's Feather | BlueImpact | Video game | Manga, original video animation | [85] |
2006 | Boys Love | Kaim Tachibana | Live-action film | Manga | |
2014 | Dramatical Murder | Nitro+chiral | Video game | Manga, anime television series | [86] |
2002 | Enzai: Falsely Accused | Langmaor | Video game | Original video animation | [87] |
1994 | Fujimi Orchestra | Kō Akizuki | Novel | Manga, original video animation | |
2002 | Gakuen Heaven | Spray | Video game | Novel, manga, anime television series | [9] |
2007 | Kichiku Megane | Spray | Video game | Manga | [88] |
1999 | Kiss in the Dark | Ken Nanbara | Novel | Original video animation | [85] |
2014 | My Beautiful Man | Yuu Nagira | Light novel | Live-action television series, live-action film, audio drama, manga | [89] |
2002 | No Money | Tohru Kousaka& Hitoyo Shinozaki | Light novel | Manga, original video animation | [90] |
2011 | Steal! | Spray | Video game | Manga, light novel | [88] |
1992 | Takumi-kun | Shinobu Gotoh | Novel | Audio drama, manga, live-action film, stage play | [91] |
2010 | Togainu no Chi | Nitro+chiral | Video game | Manga, novel, anime television series | [92] |
2014 | Yes, No, or Maybe? | Michi Ichiho | Light novel | Anime film | [93] |
Antique Bakery is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The slice of life series follows the lives of four men who work in a pâtisserie. It was originally serialized in the manga magazine Wings from 1999 to 2001, and collected into four tankōbon volumes published by Shinshokan; a spin-off dōjinshi series has also been produced.
Libre Inc., formerly known as Libre Publishing from 2006 to 2016, is a Japanese publishing company owned by Animate. Libre primarily publishes yaoi and teens' love manga and light novels, which are run in their magazines Magazine Be × Boy and Be × Boy Gold. The company was founded on May 8, 2006, after Biblos closed in April 2006, when their original parent company, Hekitensha, filed for bankruptcy.
Lily Hoshino is a Japanese manga artist. She is known for her extremely cute art style featured in her many published manga, some of which are boys' love (BL) series.
What Did You Eat Yesterday? is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The slice of life series focuses on the relationship between Shiro Kakei and Kenji Yabuki, a middle-aged gay couple living in Tokyo, Japan. The manga has been serialized in the manga magazine Morning since February 2007, and was adapted into a live-action television drama by Shochiku that aired on TV Tokyo in 2019; a film sequel to the television drama was released in November 2021. Both the manga and its live-action adaption have received widespread critical acclaim, winning a Kodansha Manga Award, a Galaxy Award, and multiple Television Drama Academy Awards.
Ten Count is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rihito Takarai, serialized in the manga magazine Dear+ from 2013 to 2017. Two video game adaptations of the series have been produced.
Given is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Kizu. It has been serialized in the bimonthly manga magazine Chéri+ since 2013 and has been collected into nine tankōbon volumes by Shinshokan. The series follows a group of four students in an amateur rock band and the dual romantic relationships that form among them: between electric guitarist Ritsuka Uenoyama and vocalist Mafuyu Satō, and between bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.
Yarichin Bitch Club is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Ogeretsu Tanaka. Yarichin Bitch Club has been self-published on Pixiv since 2012, and in 2016 it received a print publication by Gentosha.
Does the Flower Blossom? is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shoko Hidaka. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Rutile from August 2006 to January 2015. It was adapted into a live-action film that was released on February 24, 2018.
Grizzly, Inc. is a Japanese animation studio. It is the first studio to produce boys' love or BL anime exclusively.
Blue Lynx is a Japanese anime label and subsidiary of Fuji TV. Founded in 2019, the label produces boys' love (yaoi) anime films exclusively.
Twittering Birds Never Fly is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yoneda. A sequel to Yoneda's previous one-shot stories Don't Stay Gold (2008) and Though They Drift, They Do Not Sink, But Nor Do They Sing (2009), it has been serialized in the boys' love (BL) manga magazine ihr HertZ, formerly known as HertZ, since August 2011. The manga was adapted into an anime film trilogy produced by Blue Lynx and animated by Grizzly beginning in 2020. It also inspired an original animation DVD (OAD) adaptation of Don't Stay Gold and an ongoing audio drama produced by Frontier Works.
No Touching At All is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kou Yoneda. No Touching At All was serialized in the quarterly boys' love manga magazine Craft from 2007 to 2008. The book was followed up with a one-volume sequel spin-off titled Even So, I Will Love You Tenderly. A live-action film adaptation of No Touching At All was released on May 31, 2014.
Seven Days is a Japanese manga written by Venio Tachibana and illustrated by Rihito Takarai. Seven Days was serialized in the quarterly boys' love manga magazine Craft from 2007 to 2009. The story was released in two parts: Seven Days: Monday-Thursday and Seven Days: Friday-Sunday. A live-action film duology adaptation for both books was released in 2015.
Toshiyuki Someya is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as an actor in 2008 and has starred in multiple theater and film projects including Musical: The Prince of Tennis 2nd Season, Stage: Touken Ranbu, Kokuchō no Himitsu, and Koisuru Futari.
Caste Heaven is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chise Ogawa, the yaoi pseudonym of Shigeyoshi Takagi. It was serialized in the monthly yaoi manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy since March 2014. A mobile game based on the manga was released in 2019 in Japan.
Awkward Silence is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated Hinako Takanaga. It was serialized in the monthly boys' love manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy from September 2004 to September 2016.
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomoko Yamashita. It was serialized in the monthly boys' love manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy from March 7, 2013, to December 7, 2020. A live-action film adaptation was released on January 22, 2021, and an anime television series adaptation by Zero-G aired from October to December 2021.
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Nagi no Oitoma is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Misato Konari. It has been serialized in Akita Shoten's josei manga magazine Elegance Eve since June 2016, with its chapters collected into eleven tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. A television drama adaptation aired from July to September 2019.
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