30-sai made Doutei dato Mahoutsukai ni Nareru Rashii

Nontoxic BL! Heartwarming and beautiful. With great character development and even better relationships.

If you crave some light-hearted, sweet, heartfelt romance anime at the moment! Contains little to none drama between the two main characters. This list includes no sequels or side stories.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3011

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/10826

This includes Shojo, BL, Seinen, and Shounen. Although Shounen and Seinen are usually targeted at a male audience, there are some shows which I think more attract a female audience instead ^^
Also some new shojo that will be airing over the next 1-2 years. I'm so happy that there are new shoujos / female-targeted series coming out instead of just more Shounen romance 😭.

--> Link to Part 2 because the Shoujo gods have blessed us with more shows. https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32081

Anime featuring romantic relationships between adults, featuring aspects of adult life. Feel free to let me know if there's any I've missed!
Still being updated.

I've compiled a list of show with queer characters, queer-coded characters, queer relationships, or characters outside the gender binary.

The BL anime included are labelled 'uncontroversial', 'partly controversial', 'controversial', and 'bait' to better help you find something to your liking. Those labels mainly refer to how healthy the relationships depicted are, and whether those relationships are explicitly romantic.

[Boys love, yaoi, shounen ai, male-male romance]

Anime that could be seen as Josei due to their themes and tropes, but most cannot be tagged as such due to this site's restrictions. Some are tagged Josei in other pages.

These should NOT be based on a manga for other demography (e.g. Nana, Tomie and 7SEEDS wouldn't count as they are based in Shoujo manga)

Good looking, adult men doing cute things.

Update:
-- added Glass Reflection, Gigguk
-- added AH Brandon Reviews season playlists - each list will accumulate the weekly episode reviews as the season goes by

Update:
-- started adding first impressions: AH Brandon Reviews, Mother's Basement, Otaku Spirit
-- caught up with some pre-season entries, including some hashtags


This stack consolidates watch recommendations for the Winter 2024 season from several YouTube critics/commentators. Stacked in alpha order.

Solo Leveling definitely led the way with the most pre-season hype, but out of nowhere, Gushing Over Magical Girls has produced a ton of reaction after the first episode aired.

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These are recommendations based on hype, buzz, trailers, and sometimes the reputation of the creative team.

We're only half way through Fall 2023 and videos looking forward to next season have already started to appear. Like last season, ViniiTube is first out of the gate.

ViniiTube 1.07M subs: "Top 10 Most Anticipated Anime of Winter 2024". Covering new and returning shows. VT doesn't rank his picks so I'll just note they are anticipated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9RqJYs51oA

GiggukVODs 78.2K subs: "Picking EVERY Anime I Watch in Winter 2024". 3 hours, 47 minutes. If there's an edited version, I'll take a look but no way I'm working my way through nearly 4 hours of YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTUzuAzQbkw

Probably Pretentious 11.9K subs: "Every Anime You Need To Watch | Winter 2024". A general run-down of new and returning shows that they are watching this season. I'll note any pithy comments on the appropriate show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx2SFfM97lM

------------------------------< First Impressions and Episode Reviews >------------------------------

AH Brandon Reviews - added Episode 1 initial impressions.

Gigguk 3.56M subs: "Winter Anime 2024 in a Nutshell". G comments on selected anime from this season. Not ranked or rated. He doesn't explain how or why he chose the shows to comment on, but I think it is because he had something amusing to say, not because they are somehow "good". No chapter markers so I guesstimated time hacks from the transcript.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCKFrMoOsqQ

Glass Reflection 584K subs: "I Watched EVERY SINGLE NEW ANIME of the Winter 2024 Season..." Covering new seasonal anime. No sequels. No continuing or returning shows. Rating: KEEP, GR will keep the show on his watchlist. Rating: TOSS, GR will toss the show from his watchlist. Rating: HOLD, GR will keep the show on his watchlist for at least a few more episodes, the implication being unless it does something worthwhile, it will get TOSSed. GR didn't cover "Fluffy Paradise" and "The Unwanted Undead Adventurer".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm8e5FtYEm8

Mother's Basement 1.34M subs: "The BEST Anime of Winter 2024 - Ones to Watch". Ten shows worth watching, plus the Bargain Bin (anime with a couple bumps and bruises on them). The list is not ordered or ranked. [aside] MB explains a couple of terms I have to take note of: "real robot" anime imagine mecha as mass-produced tools of warfare in contrast to the more fantastical, often sentient "super robots" that come from space to protect earth from aliens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMWYSzYcWak

Otaku Spirit 21.9K subs: "Top New Anime So Far After Watching Everything!". Top 19 new anime after watching the first three or four episodes. "Oh my gosh, the thirsty anime fans are winning, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning, winning."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ0G5aUy9cQ

------------------------------< Mid- and Post-season Reviews >------------------------------



Updates to this stack will continue as more videos covering next season are released.

▪︎I'm always happy whenever I see anything related to Thailand🇹🇭 in a cartoon📺, movie🎥, or anime🖥 because it's my country.🐘
▪︎I also want Thai characters👥️ to get more recognition because they're so underrated and deserves more love.❤️
▪︎I haven't watched most of these, so I don't know how accurate they are.🤷🏻‍♀️ I'll gradually add more anime.📝

➕️Additional Names📋: Aang👩🏻‍🦲 from "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2005), Mari Enomoto👩🏿 from "Dirty Laundry" (2007), and Garnt Maneetapho/Gigguk🧑🏻 (YouTuber▶️).

▪︎ฉันมักจะดีใจทุกครั้งที่เห็นอะไรเกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย🇹🇭ในการ์ตูน📺, ภาพยนตร์🎥, หรือ อนิเมะ🖥เพราะมันคือประเทศของฉัน🐘
▪︎ฉันอยากผู้คนให้ความสนใจในตัวละครไทย👥️มากขึ้นเพราะพวกเขามักจะถูกเมินและสมควรได้รับความรัก❤️
▪︎ฉันยังไม่ได้ดูอนิเมะส่วนใหญ่ในนี้เลยไม่รู้ว่ามันสมจริงแค่ไหน🤷🏻‍♀️ เดี๋ยวค่อยมาเพิ่มอนิเมะอีก📝

➕️รายชื่อเพิ่มเติม📋: แอง👩🏻‍🦲จาก "เณรน้อยเจ้าอภินิหาร" (๒๕๔๘), มารี เอโนโมโตะ👩🏿จาก "ซักอบร้ายนายสะอาด" (๒๕๕๐), และ กานท์ มณีตะโพธิ์/กิ๊กกั๊ก🧑🏻 (ยูทูปเบอร์▶️)

🎧Anime with Thai dubs🇹🇭 / 🎧อนิเมะที่มีพากย์ไทย🇹🇭
1️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40261 2️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40980 3️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41671
4️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41759 5️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46630 6️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/00000

*There's another Interest Stack with this topic: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39869 by https://myanimelist.net/profile/GodjosephInwza

📖Manga published in Thai🇹🇭 / 📖มังงะที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นภาษาไทย🇹🇭
1️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41309 2️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41346 3️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41570
4️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/00000 5️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/00000 6️⃣: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/00000

🖥Anime🇯🇵, Donghua🇨🇳, and Aeni🇰🇷 with official Thai titles🇹🇭 / 🖥อนิเมะญี่ปุ่น🇯🇵, อนิเมะจีน🇨🇳, และอนิเมะเกาหลี🇰🇷ที่มีชื่อทางการเป็นภาษาไทย🇹🇭
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=1971413&id=70206130
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=1971413&id=70246077
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=1971413&id=70363058
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=1971413&id=70480299

📖Manga🇯🇵, Manhua🇨🇳, and Manhwa🇰🇷 with official Thai titles🇹🇭 / 📖มังงะญี่ปุ่น🇯🇵, มังงะจีน🇨🇳, และ มังงะเกาหลี🇰🇷ที่มีชื่อทางการเป็นภาษาไทย🇹🇭
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=1971415&id=70513785
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?goto=post&topicid=1971415&id=70583784

🖥My Anime Recommendations💬: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Adrena/recommendations

🇹🇭Thai{MAL}Club👥️: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=4130

As a person in their twenties, I get a little frustrated with how many romance shows focus on high school students. To help combat this frustration, here is a list of romance anime (or anime that feature romance) with an adult cast.

this has nothing to do with how good I felt the shows were, just that it is a romance with an adult cast.

this is one of my favorite niche genres, so I wanted to compile them for you.

placement in the list has nothing to do with whether the show is good, just has to do with the psychic status of the main character.

Boys love titles with manga, anime and live-action adaptations (TV series, movie, and/or stage play).

Note: Only titles adapted to all three mediums (and BLCD or audio drama) are included in this stack. Those with only 'manga and anime', 'manga and live-action', 'anime and live-action', or 'manga and BLCD' are excluded; more titles will eventually be included when they get adapted to all three mediums. Only the first anime for each franchise are included in this stack. However, reading order and watch order guides are listed per item. MAL, IMDb, MDL, Wikis are also noted.

Tags: 🏳️‍🌈, BL, Shounen-ai, Yaoi, Franchise, Adaptation

Note: Some of the stage plays are available in Blu-ray and/or DVD (check Amazon Japan) while some can be streamed online on streaming platforms like U-Next. 📀

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Legend:
🧑‍🎨Mangaka
📕Manga
📺Anime
🎥Live-action
(🎭Stage Play)
💿BLCD
🌐Wiki
Bonus! - Not really tagged with the BL genre.

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TBA Live-action:
Saye / Nuan Yang
*𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 (左肩有你)

Tian Guan Cifu - Eternal Faith
*𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 (吉星高照)

Watch this list in order to go from youthful wonder to adult life disappointments.

Also added some side characters with multi-episode plot line at the end of the list