Curiosities: Bishonen characters in anime and popular culture (1)

'Bishonen' is the Japanese term for 'beautiful boy', meaning a guy that has more feminine than masculine features and is considered pretty by Japanese standards.

These guys in real life are often idols, actors or public figures with an overzealous female fandom.

In anime and manga, these are popular characters, known by their refined personality, or in some cases, a tough personality that serves as contrast.

This would be the case of actor Ken'ichi' Matsuyama, who played L Lawliet in the live action movies. He recently revealed to be gay, but still he has a great fandom worldwide, which is awesome.

One of the ultimate bishonen characters would be the protagonists of the various Final Fantasy series, Cloud.

And the list goes on, with even specific series full of bishonen characters, like Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, known also as Wallflower or Perfect Girl Evolution.

Autor de Hellsing publicará un nuevo manga!

El autor de Hellsing, Kouta Hirano, publicará un nuevo manga de tres partes titulado Bishōnen de Meitantei de Doesu, en la edición de verano de ASCII Media Works.

Por ahora no hay muchos detalles pero la premisa es esta: la historia se centra en un atractivo oftalmologo que debe investigar un asesinato ocurrido en Tokio en la primera mitad del siglo XX.

Nada mal!