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5:00 PM on 08.10.2012

Yaoi Prose are hitting up a few conventions this year

For the Japanator readers who also indulge in Yaoi, I've got some news for you if you live around Nevada. Yaoi Prose (of Yaoi Press) were just at Animeland Tucon, and they've sent over some information of where they'll be thr...

Kristina Pino



Japanator Recommends: Flutter photo
Japanator Recommends: Flutter
by Kristina Pino


8:00 AM on 03.02.2012

Shungiku Nakamura is full of anime projects

Apparently I completely missed the memo last year when it was announced that Hybrid Child, another one of Shungiku Nakamura's popular BL manga titles will be adapted into anime, and that there is another one in the works for...

Kristina Pino

4:00 PM on 01.04.2012

Final Impressions: Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi 2

Back when the first half of this series ended, I felt a little disappointed with the pacing, and was hopeful for the best once this second part fired up for this season since it picked right up where the former had left off. ...

Kristina Pino



Final Impressions: Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi photo
Final Impressions: Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi
by Kristina Pino


5:00 PM on 07.01.2011

A look at: Tale of the Waning Moon #2

Oh hey, it's Kristina with that yaoi stuff again! Yes, yes it is. Tale of the Waning Moon is a really fantastical manga series with stuff like cat boys and moon spirits that I'm not used to seeing in my boy-on-boy stories. It...

Kristina Pino

2:00 PM on 05.04.2011

Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi Episode 12.5 for release in September

Volume five of the Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi manga in Japan came bundled with an OVA, which told the...prelude? It gave you the background (between Ritsu and Takano, the main couple of the series), the story before the anime which ...

Kristina Pino

10:00 AM on 04.13.2011

First Impressions: Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi

When I saw there was a BL show up for Spring season, most of you probably already knew I was going to snatch it up. Not only is it BL, its creator also brought us Junjou Romantica (which we totally recommend, by the way), whi...

Kristina Pino



Confessions 25: The rabbit that got away photo
Confessions 25: The rabbit that got away
by Kristina Pino


2:00 PM on 02.03.2011

Delish, edible pretty boys coming to a drama CD near you

If you're a foodie AND you like pretty boys, this is probably going to be right up your alley (ladies, of course). A new monthly drama CD series is coming out, called "Isshoni Gohan". I'd like that to roughly transl...

Kristina Pino

6:00 PM on 01.18.2011

The boy addiction: A Yaoi Experience

So, I've noticed that yaoi (yOW-ee) is pretty under-represented on Japanator, and it's also the subject of much fuss and disdain considering our general reader demographic. For the girls, though. For those closet-freaks that ...

Kristina Pino

10:00 AM on 07.29.2010

Japanese IKEA features goth-lolita and otaku model rooms

I'm sometimes sad that there isn't an IKEA nearby for me to shop at - the closest one is across the Canadian border, so we rarely go. But if you've never been to the land where the furniture folds to a much smaller size, you ...

Bob Muir