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NEWS: Love Stage!! Boys-Love Anime's 1st Promo Streamed

As a person who writes articles on ANN...
I usually try to use one anime that's an older title that is known by a US audience (whether online or with legal releases) and one anime title that is recent. So for example, I might use "Nana Mizuki (Elemental Gelade, Senki Zesshō Symphogear G)". Of course, since these parts of the article might be written swiftly, significant titles might be written off the top of my head.

Hope this answers some questions! We're not trying to be a mysterious organization.

I'm not gonna be watching this since it's BL but I must say it looks colorful and the PV made me laugh. Hopefully this sells well and more BL anime is made.

Well, a few yuri anime has been coming out this year, so a BL anime isn't too sudden.

@zeo1fan

All of Eiki Eiki and Taishi Zaou's characters look very pretty and tend to be gender ambiguous, so it's no surprise you are unsure what to make of him. I don't particularly care for the designs myself. The two have gotten worse after writing their Princess Princess series but some people really like the ambiguous look so that's okay. In Princess Princess+ they even stated that they were ignoring the rules they had set for themselves for the original Princess Princess for what boys could cross dress in because of their body differences with girls. I don't think they applied that here though.

@phoenixalia

No worries. I'm not trying to question you or anything. As I said I understand since I don't like reverse harems.

I've also decided that I think their mouths look like fish or maybe a cat. They still just look odd.

Oh, I have nothing against BL. I don't like BL but, I'd be happier if there were more BL anime for BL fans since they need good anime too.

Might I commend you, fine sir or madam, on your attitude? As someone outside the target demographic you still wish the series well and I really must express how happy that makes me. To be respectful of other genres/tropes/whathaveyou within our weird little community is a fantastic thing.

No, but seriously, this is like the cutest post. Bless you :]

I'd wager the success of fujoshi shows such as Free! had to do with this anime being greenlit.

@zeo1fan
The artwork not the writing (their stories are still as quirky and weird albeit humorous as ever).

For me anyway, there seems to be a less and less define line between how they draw men and women with each new work. Keep in mind, though, they've always used androgynous designs and always played with that ambiguity with their characters. This is just a continuation of that trend.